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[Ben @TennisWinter]

Rika Fujiwara was playing Laura Robson in $60k Kurume R16 today and her routine between points was... quite unusual. 👀
(📽️ via HuHu 👍🏼)

[Ben @TennisWinter]

There's a 70 second clip of that Zhang - Tóth match widely circulating (even outside Tennis Twitter circles) which doesn't really contextualise what actually happened. This thread is the best I've seen at laying out the timeline of events that sadly led to Zhang retiring.

[Stephanie Myles @OpenCourt]

Okay ... so ... since people here are jumping to all sorts of conclusions based on the selected timeframe of one clip on Twitter, I decided to mosey over to the replay to see what the heck happened. Because there was surely more to it.
And indeed, there was.
A thread!!!

[Roland-Garros @rolandgarros]

Victory is sweet 🏆

#RolandGarros

[Ben @TennisWinter]

Leylah was pretty upset after that but she’s recomposed herself and giving a good speech in fluent French.

[Ben @TennisWinter]

When she’s on Xinyu has some absolutely devastating groundstrokes from the back of the court. As she got into this match she was hitting some superb winners at crucial moments. Helps having an experienced partner like Su-Wei to ease her nerves.

[Ben @TennisWinter]

Wow, Wang Xinyu has a grand slam title! Congrats to her and Su Wei. 🏆

[Roland-Garros @rolandgarros]

Su-Wei Hsieh and Xinyu Wang are the 🆕 Women’s Doubles champions 🏆

#RolandGarros

[Ben @TennisWinter]

Heading to the bar afterwards presumably.

[Ben @TennisWinter]

Aga on Eurosport talking about Iga! 🤩

[Ben @TennisWinter]

When did all the Americans start referring to Muchova as ‘Mookie’?

[Ben @TennisWinter]

Aww Kaja. Given every bit of adversity she’s had to overcome to get here I’m not surprised how emotional she is.

[Sgr A* 🚮 @zdzichudyrma]

What a great advert for womens tennis, the last two rounds were absolutely electric. Muchova what a player, she came back magnificently, in the slam final it is quite rare, but Iga with the nest comeback in her life💪.😊😊

[Ben Rothenberg @BenRothenberg]

Slam singles titles won by players born in 1990s+2000s:

4
Osaka🗽🐨🗽🐨
Swiatek🐌🐌🗽🐌

3
Barty🐌🍓🐨

2
Halep🐌🍓
Kvitova🍓🍓
Muguruza🐌🍓

1
Alcaraz🗽
Andreescu🗽
Kenin🐨
Krejcikova🐌
Ostapenko🐌
Medvedev🗽
Raducanu🗽
Rybakina🍓
Sabalenka🐨
Stephens🗽
Thiem🗽
Wozniacki🐨

[Ben @TennisWinter]

Glad Karolina was able to turn this match around after it looked like it was going away fast. Very exciting in the end. Excellent showing in her first (hopefully not last) slam final.

[Ben @TennisWinter]

Well done Iga! She survived a dip in the middle there and weathered a storm in the third set.

[Ben @TennisWinter]

Double fault 😭

[Ben @TennisWinter]

Nothing certain but those two missed returns might be Kaja’s chance gone.

[Ben @TennisWinter]

Happy to be wrong. The match came alive.

[Ben @TennisWinter]

Looking like curtains for Kaja. 😕

[Ben @TennisWinter]

Wow!

[Ben @TennisWinter]

Love it! That net play.

[Ben @TennisWinter]

🤷🏻‍♂️Feel like anything could happen now