Gurmeet

Physiotherapist l Tennis enthusiast l Passionate about wellness

[Danny @DjokovicFan_]

Novak Djokovic: “I’m chasing Sinner and Alcaraz? I’m always the chaser and never been chased? I find it disrespectful that you missed out on what happened in between when I dominated the Grand Slams for 15 years.” 🔥

https://t.co/rhPL3gQ4yJ

[Danny @DjokovicFan_]

I’ll never forget when Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal could no longer stand after their Australian Open final.

Amazing that it took 2 minutes for someone to get them a chair. 😂

[Puneet @IamPuneetX]

Nick Kyrgios so on the money here with his opinions about Sinner’s two failed doping tests. “If he didn’t do anything wrong, why did they take his points and prize money away? I won’t shut up about it. Taking performance enhancing drugs is ridiculous”

[The Players’ Tribune @PlayersTribune]

Frances Tiafoe: “I’m the son of immigrant parents from Sierra Leone. When I was a kid, my dad got a construction job at College Park Tennis Club in 1999, a new tennis academy in the D.C. area. While my dad worked, I picked up the game during nights and weekends at the facility when the other kids weren’t around. I’d hit against the wall by myself, mimicking techniques I had seen older boys at the academy do. I’d imagine I was playing against Rafa or Roger in the U.S. Open, that those guys were just on the other side of the wall.⁠
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Eventually, I was accepted into the academy, and the rest is history....⁠
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I like to tell everybody that I didn’t choose tennis, tennis chose me — that I was built to play this sport — but that didn’t make it any easier for me. When I told people that I wanted to grow up to be a tennis player, they laughed at me.⁠
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My dad has always been supportive, but he was laughing, too. (‘If you want to do it, then do it!’ he’d tell me). My mom actively did not want me to play professionally. She and I fought about the decision for years, even after I turned pro and started making a little money — all she wanted for me and Franklin was for us to go to college, and I had earned my ticket anywhere I wanted to go. She had a hard time wrapping her head around that. On top of all of that, every kid I played with or against had more than me and would never have to worry about money or whether they’d be able to go to college.⁠
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I realized early that I could either sit there and be sad about my situation.... or use it as a way out. I look at it like this: Your parents are your parents. You came up how you came up. You can’t change that. What I could control though was how hard I worked. I knew I had an ability to help my family and my community in a way that my peers at the academy couldn’t. For me, there was so much more at stake.⁠
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Tennis was my way out.⁠
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I know it’s a cliché to say, ‘There isn’t anything you can’t do if you believe,’ but that’s something I subscribe to, even if it’s corny. But the way I see it, it’s all about going out and doing what you believe you can. That’s the hard part.” https://t.co/deSoyyXd2w

[Serena's snatched wig @Danidilo2]

two years ago today ✨🥹

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Serena Williams on Hot Ones is GOLDDDD 😂😂😂😂

(via @firstwefeast)

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Coco Gauff’s dad, Corey, wrote a message about how Coco handled herself during her exchange with the umpire:

“So proud of my daughter. Standing up for yourself and fighting for fairness. You have the strength of your grandmothers who are 2 of the strongest women we know. While being passionate you remained respectful as you articulated your argument. The scene is so familiar to women and women of color pleading and fighting to be treated fairly and respectfully by their male counterparts. Your are an incredible example to women and your generation on what it means to fight and despite not getting the outcome you wanted you stood up for yourself and successfully moved on. You are becoming the young woman I prayed for. God Bless you.”

[Myles David @TunedIntoTennis]

Serena Williams getting the worst line call in history at the 2004 US Open.

[VeeStar 🌟 @VeeSTARWilliams]

I'm not crying u are 🥺❤️

[Ngoza ka Mkhubukeli @zukolatest]

Her whispered “come on” after the chair umpire ruled a hindrance when she celebrated too early on a service winner and was docked a point 😭

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Jannik Sinner said some beautiful words about his parents after winning the Australian Open:

“Everyone who’s watching from home, especially my family.. I wish everyone could have my parents. They always let me choose whatever I wanted to. Even when I was younger, I played some other sports.. they never put pressure on me. I wish this freedom is possible for as many young kids as possible. Thank you so much to my parents.” 🥹

[CANWNT @CANWNT]

And just like that… the greatest international goalscorer of all time says goodbye.

Sinc, your contribution to this sport and this country will never be forgotten.

The GOAT is CANADIAN 🇨🇦

#ThankYouSinc 🐐

[Canada Soccer @CanadaSoccerEN]

It's official 🇨🇦❤️

The Greatest Goalscorer of All Time is retiring from international football.

#ThankYouSinc 🐐

[US Open Tennis @usopen]

3 Roland Garros titles
6 US Open titles
7 Australian Open titles
7 Wimbledon titles
23 Grand Slam Singles titles

✨An incredible 42 years of @SerenaWilliams ✨

[Abraham Lim @realabrahamlim]

Never forget that Serena Williams won the Australian Open while pregnant and that Rihanna killed the #SuperBowlLVII halftime show, flying over a football field, while pregnant. #FentyBowl

[Nike @Nike]

Only @EliudKipchoge is faster than himself. Congratulations on beating your own world record in Berlin and pushing us all to reimagine our limits.

[ESPN @espn]

The greatest to ever do it.

Thank you, @serenawilliams ❤️

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

🏆 186 consecutive weeks at No. 1
🏆 4x Olympic gold medalist
🏆 23-time major champion
🏆 367 major match wins
🏆 6 US Open titles
🏆 73 career titles

1 of 1 🐐 @serenawilliams

[espnW @espnW]

Serena Williams' victory in the second round was exactly 24 years apart from her #USOpen debut in 1998 🤩

[Myron Medcalf @MedcalfByESPN]

You gotta understand, that as a Black 80s/90s kid, seeing two young Black women, Venus and Serena, at pro tennis events at the highest levels on our TV screens, winning and wearing the same beads in their hair that my sisters would wear to school in their hair, meant everything.