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[Zaheer B @ZiriB]

Please tell me I'm not the only one who does the following when Rafa plays:

1. Avoids doing things that are out of the norm so I don't jinx him.
2. Walks around My couch non stop while watching Rafa play imp points.
3. Rafa misses a first serve and I think that's it he lost 😂

[Zaheer B @ZiriB]

Congratulations Zverev. Usually winning your first grandslam takes the pressure off and lets you play with more belief and freedom in future slams.

I doubt this will be the case for Zverev as he will still have mental demons against the higher quality opposition he avoided.

[Zaheer B @ZiriB]

3 weeks ago if you told me a Polish Female tennis player and an Italian Male Tennis player would make the Roland Garros Final, I would not have been surprised. But here we are today with the same situation and I'm totally surprised 👀

[Zaheer B @ZiriB]

If we want tennis tournaments to be sustainable & players ranked outside the top 100 to make a decent living, how about we look at profits (not revenue) that tournaments generate.

10% of prize money AND profits that tournaments generate could be pooled for those ranked 100-300.

[SK @Djoko_UTD]

It’s funny now that she made the final but how crazy is that a 114 ranked women’s tennis player has no clothing sponsor.

I keep telling how only few player male a living off tennis….After Rank 200, it’s almost nothing and lot of players don’t even break even…

It’s a big issue and ATP/WTA have to find a way to make lower ranked players survive in tennis…

[Zaheer B @ZiriB]

It doesn't matter who wins the ladies final of Roland Garros. Andreeva and Chwalinska are so likeable 😁

If Zverev makes the final, all hell is going to break loose on X on finals day😂

[Zaheer B @ZiriB]

One thing I love about Grandslam tennis is that you will have to go through different conditions to win the trophy. Hot, cold rain, windy, indoor, outdoor , delays , draws, night, day, illness and fatigue.

That's the ultimate challenge for a professional tennis player.

[Zaheer B @ZiriB]

Tiafoe must be kicking himself

[Redi Tlhabi @RediTlhabi]

Let's talk about this. I too come to you in peace..I'm inviting you to sincerely confront your words, attitude and truly reflect. I appreciate you coming back and sharing your thinking. You made yourself vulnerable and opened space for engagement. I appreciate it. But here is my robust enquiry.

I am Brian's wife. He is my husband, the ONLY man to whom I ever want to be married. Why should he struggle to "tolerate" me taking a picture, a celebratory picture with a man that I have known professionally for years and like? What does it mean when colleagues, friends, fellow runners, take pictures with each other? Why should I not feel and capture the joy of seeing someone I like and respect? Why would a spouse struggle with that? By the way, I took MANY pictures that day. Were they all flirtations or just this one?

Your language is also problematic: "majority of us men can hardly handle such." That is a big problem for us women. Why are you fragile and so insecure? And the word "such." What is "such?" A picture? Not hidden but taken spontaneously at a public event? You generalize a lot instead of owning your own dysfunction. I know Makashule. I've interviewed him many times. Why would you interpret a picture as a flirtation?

The only problem here is insecurity. These insecurities lead to controlling behavior, accusations, fights, broken relationships and in many cases, emotional and physical abuse. What must women do with their warm, old and respectful relationships with childhood friends, kind classmates, colleagues, mentors? Pretend they don't know them and put superficial boundaries because men like you are constantly sexualizing them? And the idea that a woman can just bump into a man she knows, quickly and spontaneously and without blinking, she's just ready to be sexual, is disgusting and disrespectful. What makes you think women are wired that way and have no respect for themselves and their relationships?

Another reality. Brian has his own, warm and beautiful relationships with colleagues, friends with whom he goes way back, neighbours. Men and women too. He hugs them and supports them when they need him. The mutual affection between him and his own village is beautiful to watch. Must I scratch those womens' eyes out because they know Brian in a different context and have immense respect and affection for him? Must they suppress it because the wife can't cope with the fact that her man has a normal and healthy reaction to people that he likes?

You need to do some work on your view of women as pieces of meat who are just ready to give it up to any guy who walks past. It is precisely these thoughts that lead to abusive words and actions. Please reflect. Thank you for the tone of your engagement..it was not rude and ugly. I I hope you also see my response as an urgent desire to challenge your attitude and hopefully lead to better and healthier approaches to relationships.

[Zaheer B @ZiriB]

Aryna Sabalenka doing a moon walk on Phillip Chartrier was not on my bingo card today! 🔥🔥🔥

[Cashew @Ash333333666]

jodar there’s a ball kid across the net from you..

[emi is on vacation again @mer_theluckyone]

what is zohran mamdani’s plan to stop zverev from winning a grand slam?

[Pedro Francisco 🇪🇸 🇻🇪 @pfmacias]

@Sr_Donze Yo pensaba lo mismo Javier, pero después de ver la mini serie, el mismo Rafa dice que descubrirse tan frágil lo empujó a intentar ganarlo todo porque sentía que podía ser siempre el último año. Nunca lo sabremos pero evidentemente algún GS más habría caído a la saca.

[Zaheer B @ZiriB]

@TunedIntoTennis This name for sure- T. Pressure

[AKA @akaworldwide]

BENNI MCARTHY is bigger than Arsenal.

[Zaheer B @ZiriB]

Zverev , Berretini, Felix and Ruud
Vs
Fonseca, Jodar, Mensik and Cobolli

The Best of the Rest vs The future of Tennis!

Rare opportunity to win a grandslam !!!

[🌜Katia🌛 @__L_S_K_]

Después de ver el tremendo documental de Rafa y llorar tanto como el día que se retiró me he dado cuenta que poco le admiré. Sin palabras. Gracias.

[Zaheer B @ZiriB]

The number of matches won exceeding 4 hours:

Fonseca - 1
Sinner - 0

[Roland-Garros @rolandgarros]

FONSECA TAKES OUT DJOKOVIC IN A FIVE-SET THRILLER 🇧🇷

#RolandGarros

[Zaheer B @ZiriB]

For the first time in a long time we are going to have a grandslam champion not named Djokovic, Alcaraz or Sinner!!!

I'm team ABZ - Anyone But Zverev!

Just for the banter 😂

[NP @nadalprop_]

The documentary we’ve all been waiting for premieres tomorrow on Netflix.

RAFA.

[SK @Djoko_UTD]

RG commentators in 2022 :

“When the draw was made 12 days ago, fate whispered to Rafa ‘A storm is brewing,’ and Rafa, without hesitation, whispered back, ‘Here – at Roland Garros – I AM the storm’”- Poetic

[Service Volée @SVolee]

On ne pourra jamais relativiser, expliquer, comprendre le fait qu'un homme ait remporté 14 fois Roland-Garros, le tournoi le plus brutal du tennis.

On peut aimer ou pas Rafa.
Mais c'est peut-être le plus grand exploit de l'histoire du sport.