#Jiri Novak

[joanofarc]

take my love, cinnamon (1995).

i’ll think it over i’ll think it over a million times and something like this will happen the dream come true i’ve been dreaming ‘bout this oh, so many times holding back my feelings just waiting for you

[meddybears]

The Final 8 | Men’s Singles | Australian Open 2023

[candlelitutopia]

The Dubai draw 🫣😵‍💫

[fritzes]

the curse of ATP Madrid 2024

remember toronto's chaos? yeah this one's crazier

(shoutout @rodlaveraryna for helping me find the toronto post when I totally lost it)

first of all, the World #1 Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the tournament, making the fairly new #2 Jannik Sinner the top seed at a Masters 1000 for the first time.

In the first round, Félix Auger-Aliassime (who, keep in mind, took Nadal to five sets at Roland Garros) loses the first set to Nishioka. However, he comes back in the second and third sets to win the match 4-6 6-1 6-4. We'll be seeing a lot of him. In a Next Gen battle, young phenomenon João Fonseca loses the first set to the clay incompetent Alex Michelsen but proceeds to bagel him in the second set and then win the third with 4-6 6-0 6-2. Fabian Marozsan (of beating Alcaraz in Rome fame) saves eleven set points against Karatsev to win the first set and goes on to win the match 7-6 7-6. Moutet and Shang play an almost four hour match in which Moutet caused a massive delay by demanding the umpire give him coffee. And, most insane of all, teenager Darwin Blanch is drawn against Rafael Nadal for his second tour match ever. The scoreline is 6-1 6-0 (at least he got a game!)

Second round - here come the seeds. Jakub Menšík, yet another Next Gen wonder, upsets Dimitrov in three intense sets 6-2 6-7 6-3. Félix bagels known clay flop Mannarino. Fonseca loses quite brutally to Norrie. The ultimate clay hater himself, Daniil Medvedev, loses the first set to Matteo Arnaldi and looks absolutely done but comes back to win 2-6 6-4 6-4. Another known clay hater, Alexander Bublik, jokes his way through a win against Carballés Baena, who was so frustrated that he hit a serve directly at Bublik. Ben Shelton bagels Machac. Rafa manages to beat de Minaur, who he just lost to in Barcelona. Stefanos Tsitsipas, fresh off of two clay finals, is beaten by qualifier Monteiro 6-4 6-4.

In the third round, our top seed Jannik Sinner starts to show sign of discomfort, and his opponent Kotov is serving for the second set after Jannik won the first. Kotov has set point... and hits a questionable underarm serve that Jannik crushes down the line. Jannik goes on to break back and win the match 6-2 7-5. In the beginning of a long line of strange occurrences, Félix's opponent Menšik retires in the second set. Daniil loses the first set to Korda, yells at everyone, accuses the umpire of working for the Illuminati, but comes back to win the match 5-7 7-6 6-3. Bublik, the other resident clay hater, beats Ben Shelton 3-6 7-6 6-4, stetting up a match against who but Daniil. Holger Rune, who made two clay masters finals, loses to Griekspoor 6-4 4-6 6-3.

We start off the fourth round with another shaky Jannik match where he barely gets past Khachanov 5-7 6-3 6-3. At the exact same time - I kid you not, the exact same time - is a rematch of last year’s final. Carlos Alcaraz has match points over Struff at the very same minute as Jannik, but loses all three of them and extends the match another half hour or so, eventually winning it 6-3 6-7 7-6. Daniil comfortably wins the clay hater battle 7-6 6-4, and Bublik seems perfectly fine with it. In a strange occurrence of two varying levels of servebots on clay, Taylor Fritz beats Hurkacz 7-6 6-4 (including a very predictable tiebreak). Perhaps the strangest of all, Félix takes out Casper Ruud, the man who would marry clay if he could, 6-4 7-5.

And now to the quarterfinals. Think these matches have predictable outcomes? Wrong! Only Taylor manages to emerge as the favorite who wins, beating Cerundolo 6-1 3-6 6-3, an American servebot into clay masters semis. Meanwhile, Jannik withdraws entirely, giving Félix yet another walkover. In what may be the calmest match of his career, Andrey Rublev beats Carlos 4-6 6-3 6-2, ending his Madrid title streak. And, Daniil retires against Jiri Lehecka.

So, the semifinals no one expected. Andrey dispatches Fritz 6-4 6-3 after they traded breaks in the opening two games. And Félix receives yet another walkover when Lehecka retires a few games into the match. Yes, he received not one, not two, but three walkovers en route to the final.

In the end, though, Andrey wins it and claims a second masters title. So, that’s the end of the story, right? No, because in his interviews afterwards, Andrey reveals that he has been extremely sick for the entirety of the tournament and that he could barely sleep or eat. A bizarre yet fitting end to this strange tournament.

[mortiflyer]

jannik out hip injury carlos out arm injury jiri out back injury daniil not out but leg injury casper out injury i know nothing about (flopitis) andrey not out but toe busted and fever ridden novak not out but hit by water bottle (???) stefanos broken up with (about to bother the shit out of daniil) holger terrorizing everyone twitter feed felix cackling in the corner about to cook up three grand slams and olympic gold

[muirneach]

interesting slash evil atp first round picks: mensik vs felix. jack vs zizi. moutet vs korda could be really funny. reilly vs muse. emil vs the rat noooooo. potentially struff vs novak r2 which could be interesting. jiri vs fucsovics could be one to watch

[denowylie]

Me and my partner in crime have like 30+ OC's all in all so this would take forever to finish, so I am wrapping it up for now with these dweebs all lined up.

Some fun facts!:

Sheila had a fling with Hauk back in the day, but when he introduced her to his cousin Sedek she knew Sedek was her future husband to be, because she had a dream earlier about a gorgeous, tall tree sheltering her from both rain and blistering sun, and being full of ripe apples. (Sedeks magical powers is in the earth and vegetation).

Sedek is naturally tall from the extra dragon gene in his family line, sadly being so gigantic just wrecks his knees and upper back. He also is scared of syringes/needles (trypanophobia). Demisexual.

Deno the lemur caught some green goo from a potion maker once and took a sip: that resulted in her mouth and tongue turning green, adding years to her lifespan, and more intelligence! She understands more, yet still choose to bite every buttocks she can reach and hoard everything that shines.

Ravn have a learning disability and can only read and write a little and don't understand math at all. He also don't understand metaphores. But he can kill and gut pretty much anything and makes beautiful tanning leather. (Oh and he is indeed the twink of the group, gay as fuck.)

Novak is happily married to Ravn, after accidentally having an affair with Ravn's long lost half sister Autumn, which resulted in twins. Autumn found a new mate once resolving things between Novak and Ravn and they all keep in touch to be there for the twins. Novak is 20 years younger than Ravn, but everyone thinks Ravn is the youngest because of his height.

Hauk is Novaks father and was a closet-bisexual for years, now living openly and happily with his husband Jolyn. He have food allergies against shell fish and spice, and is an recovering alcoholic with a temper.

Jolyn was best friends with Jiri in the youth and during a fight he got injured from Jiris lightning powers, giving him visible scarring down the half of his torso and arm. His leg got injured from another battle as an adult when he was struck in the back and damaged some nerves leading down to his leg. Jolyn handles wild stallions and his beefy husband with ease and is often seen smoking from a pipe. Pansexual.

Whisper is the Chieftess and when she is not busy being in charge of the clan she enjoys being a Dominatrix with her loyal husband Jiri.

Jiri is Sedeks little brother. He never was in a releationship until he met Whisper and she is the only one who can make him smile and show affection in private. Even though he is seen as cold and distant: anyone who threaten his family or friends will suffer from it.

[joanofarc]

heavenly option, cinnamon (1996).

now, go away the end is near you haven’t figured it out

[leanstooneside]

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[sa7abnews]

Russian star into Australian Open semifinals after US rival withdraws

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Russian star into Australian Open semifinals after US rival withdraws

Karen Khachanov is into the last four in Melbourne after Sebastian Korda retired in their quarterfinal

Russia’s Karen Khachanov has booked a spot in the Australian Open semifinals for the first time in his career after American opponent Sebastian Korda retired with injury in the third set of their match in Melbourne on Tuesday. Khachanov was leading the quarterfinal after taking the opening two sets 7-6 (7-5) 6-3, and was 3-0 ahead in the third set when Korda could no longer continue due to an issue with his right wrist. The American, who had received medical treatment during the second set, was forced to withdraw with Khachanov already well on his way to victory at Rod Laver Arena. The Russian 18th seed has now reached consecutive Grand Slam semifinals after his appearance at the same stage of the US Open in September. He will next face the winner of the quarterfinal between Greek third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas and unseeded Pole Jiri Lehecka, who play later on Tuesday. It was a disappointing end to the Australian Open for the 22-year-old Korda, who is the son of former tournament winner Petr Korda. Seeded 29th in Melbourne, Korda has enjoyed a career-best run at a Grand Slam and saw off Russian former two-time finalist Daniil Medvedev in the third round and then beat Polish 10th seed Hubert Hurkacz.

Korda was unable to continue at Rod Laver Arena.

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Khachanov, 26, will meanwhile attempt to reach a Grand Slam final for the first time after becoming just the 50th man in the Open Era to reach the quarterfinal stage of each of the four majors on the tennis calendar. “Back-to-back semi-finals in a Grand Slam feels great,” Khachanov said on court after his win. “Obviously not the way you want to finish the match. I think until a certain point it was very competitive, a very good battle… “Sebastian beat one of my friends, Daniil [Medvedev], in three sets and won in five sets against Hurkacz. He is playing great tennis… I’m feeling good, to be honest. I’m really happy about my level, about the way I compete, and looking forward to the semifinals here in Australia for the first time.”

READ MORE: Tennis federation angered by Russian star’s camera messages

Hoping to join Khachanov in the last four is compatriot Andrey Rublev, who emerged from an epic five-set match with Denmark’s Holger Rune on Monday. Rublev, who is seeded fifth, faces the formidable challenge of nine-time tournament winner Novak Djokovic in their quarterfinal on Wednesday. Number four seed Djokovic demolished local hero Alex de Minaur in straight sets on Monday, producing one of his best performances of the year and laying down a statement of intent after previously being hindered by a hamstring injury in Melbourne.

[sportsgr8]

Alcaraz To Face Sinner In Indian Wells Semis; Rudd To Meet Medvedev

Indian Wells Tennis Garden: Carlos Alcaraz moved into the Indian Wells semifinal after beating Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-1 in a quarterfinal match like no other.Swarmed by bees, Carlos Alcaraz swung his racquet in defense, halting play for nearly two hours. Despite the interruption, Alcaraz showcased incredible resilience and skill, overpowering Zverev with his monstrous ball-striking to secure a victory and a spot in the semifinals. Reflecting on the surreal moment, Alcaraz described the chaos of thousands of bees surrounding him, illustrating the intensity of the situation. With the help of a beekeeper, play resumed, and Alcaraz emerged from the delay in top form, demonstrating his prowess on the court with blistering forehand winners and impeccable court coverage. “It was strange, I’ve never seen something like that on a tennis court,” Alcaraz said. “When we ran out of the court, we were watching the bee invasion on the TV and we laughed a lot about it. It was funny for me. It’s going to be remembered for that, not for tennis.” The bizarre incident occurred in the 20-year-old’s second service game of the match when bees surrounded him and completely covered the spidercam on Stadium 1. "I saw the sky and there were thousands (of bees) flying, stuck in my hair, going to me. It was crazy," Alcaraz said. A beekeeper was called to the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, and later Alcaraz kept Zverev from defeating him for the third time in six months. Alcaraz's victory marked his tenth consecutive win at Indian Wells and propelled him into his eighth Masters 1000 semi-final, where he is set to face off against Jannik Sinner. Jannik Sinner extended his unbeaten streak in 2024 to 16 matches with a comfortable victory over Jiri Lehecka 6-3 6-3 in the other quarter-finals. The world No. 3 won his 19th match in a row since losing to Novak Djokovic at the ATP Finals in November. At 22 years old, Sinner has become the youngest male player in the Open era to start a season with 16 successive victories. In another quarter-final match, Tommy Paul battled past Casper Ruud 6-2 1-6 6-3, reaching the semi-finals of an ATP Masters tournament for the second time in his career. Paul will face Daniil Medvedev in the semis who came from down a break in the second set against Holger Rune to get back on serve and then went on to secure a victory by e 7-5, 6-4 win in the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells for the second consecutive year. Read the full article

[fritzes]

tennis ramble idea: say one positive thing about each player in the top 40

atp:

jannik sinner: I love how committed he is to The Process and improving

carlos alcaraz: he's so positive on court but he also knows his own limits and when he can't be like that

skip

daniiil medvedev: he's very honest

novak djokovic: he's living his best life right now and really prioritizing what's most important to him, both in tennis and outside of it

taylor fritz: he proved the haters wrong!

casper ruud: even when he's struggling on court, he never takes out his frustration in a destructive way

felt a little conflicted, but I'm gonna skip

alex de minaur: he's so funny. like legitimately, every interview he gives has me chuckling

grigor dimitrov: I admire his commitment to flirting with everyone

tommy paul: his tennis is so pretty

stefanos tsitsipas: uh... his situationship with daniil is funny

holger rune: if he has opinions, he'll make them known

jack draper: his improvement this year is genuinely insane

hubi hurkacz: he unironically wears paddington slippers

I genuinely couldn't think of anything sooo skip (just one of those players I don't like for no reason)

frances tiafoe: he's just so fun and I love how friendly he is with everyone

ugo humbert: he plays piano!

ben shelton: he's so smiley and giggly when he plays doubles and I love it

arthur fils: his title runs this year are crazy impressive

karen khachanov: he peaks exclusively against francisco cerundolo

alejandro tabilo: when he's on, he's ON

SKIP

alexei popyrin: he had maybe the most iconic summer hardcourt swing ever

tomas machac: best backhand on tour for real

sebastian baez: he wins a bunch of random 250s and does nothing else and I respect him for that

jordan thompson: he's peaking in singles and doubles

felix auger-aliassime: he always has good sportsmanship and seems like such a genuinely kind persn

francisco cerundolo: he's a good sport about the h2h against karen

giovanni mpetshi perricard: his serve scares me (affectionate)

jiri lehecka: lots of my mutuals love him so by extension so do I

flavio cobolli: he's just such a cutie

nuno borges: he beat rafa in a clay final

alexander bublik: dgaf (except the times when he randomly does gaf)

matteo berrettini: doesn't seem too bothered by being cursed

nicolas jarry: his son is adorable

brandon nakashima: peaks against fellow americans and then goes into hiding for the rest of the season. truly an icon

matteo arnaldi: just a lil spider scuttling around the court

tomas martin etcheverry: I love how excited he gets to play novak

jan lennard struff: winning his first title at 33 was iconic

wta:

aryna sabalenka: she seems like such a genuinely fun person to be around

iga swiatek: she's so insanely talented, genuinely mesmerizing to watch when she's really on top of her game

coco gauff: always proving the haters wrong

jasmine paolini: her rise in the rankings this year was incredible

elena rybakina: I love her game so much, it's just so clean

jessica pegula: she's always randomly beating top players and I love that for her

zheng qinwen: medaling isn't for everyone but it is for her!

emma navarro: she keeps things interesting

daria kasatkina: the tennis world would be in shambles without her vlog

danielle collins: she's always honest and open

skip

barbora krejcikova: winning a slam and doing pretty much nothing else is quite the season to have

anna kalinskaya: may not be very good at converting championship points now but I think she has a really high ceiling

diana shnaider: has so much potential and a really nice game

jelena ostapneko: simply iconic

mirra andreeva: I love how much she's genuinely a fan of tennis and how she fangirls over players like andy murray

beatriz haddad maia: I admire her commitment to not playing straightforward matches

marta kostyuk: I really love the glimpses we get to her friendship with her coach (sandra zaniewska), they seem really close and it seems like sandra is the only one who can really communicate with her on court

donna vekic: randomly peaked during the summer and also against aryna sabalenka

victoria azarenka: she's so resilient

madison keys: she hits the ball so hard

karolina muchova: best volleys on either tour

magdalena frech: I don't know much about her, but it seems like she really broke through this year!

ludmilla samsonova: exclusively peaks against elena rybakina

linda noskova: really established herself on tour this year (also, I love her friendship with karo)

elina svitolina: her commitment to her foundation is genuinely inspiring

ekaterina alexandrova: beat iga once and disappeared for the rest of the season. you go girl

yulia putintseva: locks in so hard against top players

katie boulter: she seems so friendly with everyone

anastasia pavlyuchenkova: literally just chilling with her 2021 olympic gold and slam final

maria sakkari: WILL WIN INDIAN WELLS ONE DAY

leylah fernandez: I love her attitude both on court and off court, she seems very positive and kind to both others and herself

dayana yastremska: had quite possibly the funniest ban in all of tennis

elise mertens: doubles queen who also does really well in singles

anastasia potapova: did not let getting double bageled by iga stop her from maintaining her top 50 rank!

amanda anisimova: great comeback season, and also has some incredible powerful groundstrokes

wang xinyu: went from a last minute replacement in olympic mixed doubles to winning silver

hmm... I'm just gonna skip

marketa vondrousova: zero consistency but it doesn't matter, she literally won wimbledon

lulu sun: her wimbledon run this year was amazing

[cricketfun]

Australia into quarter-finals draw, Stefanos Tsitsipas withdraws through injury; Stefanos Sakellaridis frenzy; Ajla Tomljanovic admission after loss; Greece vs Chile, Maria Sakkari, Stefanos Tsitsipas *All times AEDT (Perth is three hours b... #usa #uk

[stateofsport211]

ITF M25 Jablonec nad Nisou (Aug 28) D SF: Martin Benes/Jakub Novak def. Piotr Matuszewski/Roy Stepanov [1] 7-5, 7-6(3) Match Stats

Piotr Matuszewski/Roy Stepanov’s point to 4-4* 30-40 (initial BP, left) and Martin Benes/Jakub Novak took the first set 7-5 (📸 ITF Media)

In this week’s ITF M25 Jablonec nad Nisou, one of the doubles semifinalists that opened the day featured Martin Benes/Jakub Novak, who previously defeated third seeds Adam Jurajda & Timo Stodder 6-4, 6-4 and Jiri Cizek and Jan Facek 6-2, 6-1 in the first two rounds, and first seeds Piotr Matuszewski/Roy Stepanov, who pulled a comeback win from several points down in the first round to defeat Hynek Barton/Juan Bautista Torres 4-6, 6-3, [10-7], followed by another victory against Michal Lusovsky/Roman Postolka 7-6(3), 7-6(3) in the quarterfinals. Knowing both pairs, this could potentially be a close match, but there were twists and turns during the turning points of this match.

In the first set, even though there were a lot consecutive holds in the brink of a potential tie-break, P. Matuszewski/R. Stepanov had their own chances in forms of 4 break points (including the deciding points) spread approximately between the seventh until the ninth game, one of which came from R. Stepanov’s volley in the ninth game. However, M. Benes/Jakub saved the chance through the rally at the expense of the former pair’s errors, where they ended up holding their service game to 5-4. It did not take long until two other consecutive holds, where a forehand winner opened the path for them to be one point ahead before the set point was made thanks to a swift forehand return. However, two points later, P. Matuszewski’s volley that went too wide right at the deciding point resulted in the conversion of such set point, resulting in the Czechs taking the first set 7-5.

Martin Benes/Jakub Novak’s point to 1-0* 15-30 (top left), to *4-5 30-40 (initial match point, top right), to 6-6(6-3) (bottom left), and to convert their match point to 7-6(3) in the second set (bottom right)

The second set almost turned out to be a one-way traffic before P. Matuszewski/R. Stepanov had other ideas. It all started after M. Benes/Jakub holding their service game to 1-0, where a backhand pass secured their one-point lead before another failed volley from P. Matuszewski created their break point, which was eventually converted to 2-0. Consolidating their position to 3-0, they ended up taking advantage of P. Matuszewski’s often dysfunctional volley side to construct their points, ultimately doubling the break before holding to 5-0. Two games later, they visibly tightened up with erroneous service games, which was taken advantage of by P. Matuszewski/R. Stepanov in an attempt to complete a comeback mission, minimizing the gap to 4-5 several games apart. Waking up from such a sticky situation, M. Benek/Jakub started to regain their return depth and point construction in a more responsive manner, even having a close volley exchange at the net for their initial match point. However, it did not pull through, and P. Matuszewski/R. Stepanov ended up forcing a tie-break, where the former pair dominated in their return games. Other than the forehand winners, the backhand lob winner to create the match point at 6-3 was the pinnacle of their point construction, before a backhand return ace resulting in them taking the second set 7-6(3), hence denying the first seeds a potential epic comeback moment.

In the finals, M. Benes/Jakub would face the winner between an all-Czech semifinal in Patrik Homola/Petr Michnev and Dominik Recek/Daniel Siniakov, which match is still ongoing when this was written. This could also be a close and fun encounter, where every element matters to get the title, with the most important one being the point construction. Should be interesting and fun to see how everything turns out, considering their potentials and the depth of the Czech tennis in general.