anna karenina

this is literally a tennis fan account

[Mattress Mick @mattressmick]

Happy Bank Holiday Monday to all my Family , Friends, Staff and even my Enemies. Cheers and have a great day .

[Annie Wu (all socials: @annie_wu_22) @Annie_Wu_22]

she’s gonna be hit hard by the tariffs

[Meg @megannn_lynne]

i saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by the wii fit’s BMI calculator

[Nywele Ngumu @mariahsudi]

If you have a child that can articulate themselves at an early age and exudes confidence , you have an obligation to ensure that the environment you place them in does not break this out of them.. you cannot surround them with adults with poor self esteem and ignorance

[José Morgado @josemorgado]

This is so good 😅

[amelia @amelieasw]

CASPER RUUD INTO DALLAS SEMI-FINAL🥹❤️🇳🇴

[serena shahidi @glamdemon2004]

One of the most important things in the world is to walk home alone after two drinks. That’s why people lose themselves when they get into a relationship or move to the suburbs, they stop walking home alone after two drinks

[Scott Barclay @BarclayCard18]

It is objectively embarrassing to have chatted as much shit as Nick Kyrgios did prior to this tournament, just to go out in the first round without winning a set.

[Roger Federer @rogerfederer]

Vamos, @RafaelNadal!

As you get ready to graduate from tennis, I’ve got a few things to share before I maybe get emotional.

Let’s start with the obvious: you beat me—a lot. More than I managed to beat you. You challenged me in ways no one else could. On clay, it felt like I was stepping into your backyard, and you made me work harder than I ever thought I could just to hold my ground. You made me reimagine my game—even going so far as to change the size of my racquet head, hoping for any edge.

I’m not a very superstitious person, but you took it to the next level. Your whole process. All those rituals. Assembling your water bottles like toy soldiers in formation, fixing your hair, adjusting your underwear... All of it with the highest intensity. Secretly, I kind of loved the whole thing. Because it was so unique—it was so you.

And you know what, Rafa, you made me enjoy the game even more. 

OK, maybe not at first. After the 2004 Australian Open, I achieved the #1 ranking for the first time. I thought I was on top of the world. And I was—until two months later, when you walked on the court in Miami in your red sleeveless shirt, showing off those biceps, and you beat me convincingly. All that buzz I’d been hearing about you—about this amazing young player from Mallorca, a generational talent, probably going to win a major someday—it wasn’t just hype.

We were both at the start of our journey and it’s one we ended up taking together. Twenty years later, Rafa, I have to say: What an incredible run you’ve had. Including 14 French Opens—historic! You made Spain proud... you made the whole tennis world proud.

I keep thinking about the memories we’ve shared. Promoting the sport together. Playing that match on half-grass, half-clay. Breaking the all-time attendance record by playing in front of more than 50,000 fans in Cape Town, South Africa. Always cracking each other up. Wearing each other out on the court and then, sometimes, almost literally having to hold each other up during trophy ceremonies.

I’m still grateful you invited me to Mallorca to help launch the Rafa Nadal Academy in 2016. Actually, I kind of invited myself. I knew you were too polite to insist on me being there, but I didn’t want to miss it. You have always been a role model for kids around the world, and Mirka and I are so glad that our children have all trained at your academies. They had a blast and learned so much—like thousands of other young players. Although I always worried my kids would come home playing tennis as lefties.

And then there was London—the Laver Cup in 2022. My final match. It meant everything to me that you were there by my side—not as my rival but as my doubles partner. Sharing the court with you that night, and sharing those tears, will forever be one of the most special moments of my career.

Rafa, I know you’re focused on the last stretch of your epic career. We will talk when it’s done. For now, I just want to congratulate your family and team, who all played a massive role in your success. And I want you to know that your old friend is always cheering for you, and will be cheering just as loud for everything you do next.

Rafa that!

Best always, your fan, 

Roger

[José Morgado @josemorgado]

INTO THE SEMIFINALS!

Casper Ruud, who could barely win a match for months, finds his best tennis and qualifies for the semifinals for the 3rd time in three appearances at the ATP Finals. First since Stan Wawrinka to do it.

Confirmed after taking the first set against Rublev.

[amelia @amelieasw]

Casper Ruud at laver cup (a thread)

[roro, PhD @fuglibetty]

Some weekends you enter knowing you'll be participating in the main storyline. this weekend i think i'll be doing mostly b-plots & a sort of recurring celebrity guest bit

[anna karenina @anniecwall]

Literally everyone does this at the U.S. Open during changeovers. They have a live DJ in Ashe lol

[gk @liebesur]

craziest part is that NO ONE acts like this at US OPEN if you pan the camera around everyone is on their seats enjoying and have decorum - this is tennis lol not football

[Liam Broady @Liambroady]

Let your apologies be as loud as your disrespect folks

[anna karenina @anniecwall]

This scheme is one of the best things the country has done recently btw

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

The free contraception scheme has been expanded to include women aged 32-35, the Minister for Health has announced https://t.co/mi5eZsKRsQ

[. @taylorcoded]

this prophet

[big duntles @biglunty]

everyone slags off taylor for flying a 20 minute drive to beat the traffic yet the *very* same people laud wallace and gromit for launching a rocket all the way to the moon simply to get some cheese. once again a man can laugh while a woman has to chuckle

[anna karenina @anniecwall]

Kyrgios calling the Zverev Medvedev match for Eurosport is actually egregious?????? Tennis’s treatment of domestic violence allegations is a fucking joke