Conor q

[Conor q @conq10]

Wow..unreal

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

A 24-year-old Polish tennis player arrived in Paris last week ranked 114th in the world, with no sponsors, no guaranteed income, and no certainty she could even pay for her hotel room.

She had to win three qualifying matches just to enter the French Open main draw. Prize money is only paid at the end of the tournament, so a Polish sports drink brand quietly stepped in and covered her hotel bill.

Her name is Maja Chwalinska. And today, she plays in the French Open final.

Before this tournament, she had won exactly one Grand Slam main draw match in her entire career. She had battled depression so severe that in 2021 she couldn't get out of bed. She underwent knee surgery in 2022. She spent years grinding through small tournaments across Europe just to stay afloat.

Then she arrived in Paris, won three qualifiers, and kept winning. Zheng Qinwen. Elise Mertens. Maria Sakkari. Diana Shnaider. Nine straight matches. One set dropped.

She is now the first qualifier in French Open history to reach the final. The last time a qualifier reached a Grand Slam final, it was Emma Raducanu at the 2021 US Open. Raducanu won.

By simply making the final, Chwalinska has earned more prize money than her entire career combined. The runner-up cheque alone is $1.6 million. If she wins today, she takes home $3.25 million.
One week ago she couldn't pay for her hotel room.

[Conor q @conq10]

@SmallerFishGAA Well worth it 🤝

[Conor q @conq10]

Congrats on the progressive thinking 👌

[Ladies Football @LadiesFootball]

NEWS 🗞️

Special Congress has voted through the package of 12 playing rule enhancements trialled during the 2026 @lidl_ireland National League season and @LadiesHEC competitions

A full suite of education will now be provided to all match officials, coaches and players

Full details👉 https://t.co/oduuJMIkvC

#LGFA

[Conor q @conq10]

@SmallerFishGAA 🤣🤣🤣

[Conor q @conq10]

Ref want to chill out with all the whistle blowing ..relax there buddy

[Conor q @conq10]

@conormeany Great reading all year 👏

[Conor q @conq10]

@DOL17 @hojaygamingyt I didn’t

[Conor q @conq10]

@mlverney Great for the girls but terrible for lgfa and some journalists promoting it the last few years .

[Conor q @conq10]

The athletes are always last to be heard ..
Well done Paul

[Irish Independent Sport @IndoSport]

Paul Kimmage – Part Two of the investigation into Irish rowing: Denial, downfall, and a bitter end

@paulkimmage ✍️
https://t.co/cW02V9VsrZ

[Conor q @conq10]

Another excellent piece 👏

[Irish Examiner Sport @ExaminerSport]

Ciarán O'Sullivan on coaching: Sport thrives in turbulence, where problems solve themselves through movement https://t.co/Z0ox7pIHqz

[Conor q @conq10]

Class 👏

[Live Poker Updates @PokerUpdateLive]

Winner of the Killarney Poker Cup - Tadhg Ryan €17,540

#k25 #killarneypokerfestival #livepokerupdates #irishpokertour

@imtheman8

[Conor q @conq10]

@conormeany Unbelievable..fair play 🙌

[Conor q @conq10]

@wayneod5 Leave the hurling to the city lads now kid 🤣

[Conor q @conq10]

Always wondered how he caught that ball

[Buff Egan @buff_egan]

One of Patrick Horgan's Best EVER Goals. What a MARVELLOUS hurler.

[Conor q @conq10]

@fotoole13 That he did …
Class

[Conor q @conq10]

@DOL17 @m_brosnan Mmmm

[Joel Beall @JoelMBeall]

He was a prodigy. Then he joined a biker gang, quit golf and spent 5 years in a supermax prison for assault. Now he’s playing in the Open Championship at Royal Portrush.

Meet Ryan Peake, one of the most unlikely stories you will hear https://t.co/bcVNVMF23O

[Conor q @conq10]

Huge news ☘️

[Conor Meany @conormeany]

Big time news!

Timberwolves GM Tim Connelly in a post draft interview confirms they are trying to get CJ Fulton on to their Summer League team.

Amazing!

[Conor q @conq10]

An exceptional piece of writing ..wow
Well done @ciaransully

[Maurice Brosnan @m_brosnan]

“Talent is the graveyard of evidence. Nobody sees the dead bodies. We remember prodigies who survived the system but forget those crushed by its weight.”

https://t.co/De4YOITuZG

[Conor q @conq10]

Nice combo