#my country only has 1 ATP 250

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Using my tennis knowledge to let you know something funny about Phil's Tire Town Challenger

So, as you may or may not know, this is the competition Art loses against Du marier. The Atlanta Open (ironically the same open where a few years earlier Tashi and Patrick slept together. It's a 250, so it makes sense that Patrick would be able to qualify for them).

Although, the Du marier game could also be in this one, which is just a week or so after and is slightly harder to get in, since it's 500 (keep in mind the dates here are for the 2024 season and not the 2019 season)

Either way! This is the Cincinnati open that Tashi pulls Art out of. It's a masters which is the hardest one right before the grandslams. (the numbers are pretty self explanitory I feel). If you notice, there's a 250 right around the same time, which Tashi could have sign him up for (a much better and more sensible career move than a fucking challenger!!!)

But you're probably wondering, what does this have to do with Phil's Tire Town challenger?? As I am sure you guessed, no such Challenger exists. But do you know what challenger does exist?? And that happens around the same time as the movie?? This one!

The Atlantic Tire Championships!! Which may or may not be the inspo behind Phil's Tire Town Challenger.

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What to Watch Saturday at the French Open

Serena Williams vs. Sofia Kenin

Williams received a comfortable welcome to the tournament, facing players ranked 83rd and 238th in her first two matches. She has a far sterner test in the third round against Kenin, a 20-year-old American who has steadily climbed the rankings to her current spot, No. 35. As a child, Kenin trained with Rick Macci, the same coach with whom Williams spent many of her teenage years. She will know Williams’s game well. This match will close Saturday’s play on the main Philippe Chatrier Court, probably so it can be in NBC’s broadcast window for the American audience.

The Italian Men

Italy, never considered a traditional power in tennis, has assembled the largest contingent within the ATP Top 250 of any country, with 23. Two of them will play on Saturday. The qualifier Salvatore Caruso, ranked 147th, will take on No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the second match on Chatrier. The ninth-seeded Fabio Fognini, the country’s top player, will open Saturday’s play on Suzanne Lenglen Court, facing 18th-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut.

Lesia Tsurenko vs. The Age 30

Tsurenko began her second-round win over Aleksandra Krunic on her 30th birthday. Rather than a cause for celebration, the milestone became an existential millstone. “I had so many things in my head that I would say it was one of the worst days of my life,” Tsurenko said of turning 30, after she won the postponed third set, 11-9, on Friday. Tsurenko will be 30 years 2 days old when she opens Saturday’s play on Philippe Chatrier Court (5 a.m.) against the defending champion, Simona Halep. Tsurenko has never beaten Halep in six previous matches, but this is their first match on clay.

Alexander Zverev vs. Dusan Lajovic

The fifth-seeded Zverev, well acquainted with long matches, will have a particular feeling of déjà vu on Saturday in the first match on Simonne Mathieu Court (5 a.m.), where he will face Dusan Lajovic. Zverev needed five sets to beat Lajovic in the second round at Roland Garros last year. Lajovic, seeded 30th, is a more proven player than he was a year ago, having reached the final of the Monte Carlo Masters in April.

Amanda Anisimova vs. Illness

Of the eight seeds in her quarter of the draw, Simona Halep is the only one who reached the third round. Anisimova, the 17-year-old American who defeated the 11th-seeded Aryna Sabalenka in the second round, has a good opportunity to make her first Grand Slam quarterfinal. She plays the last match of the day on Court 1, against Irina-Camelia Begu. But Anisimova withdrew from her doubles match on Friday with a viral infection, which could prove a factor in her ability to seize the day.

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