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Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · Feb 6

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Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · 4h

The Ymers getting screwed even in Stockholm…

“Okay, we’ll give you the wild cards, but somebody’s going home.” 🎾

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Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · 3h

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Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · 4h

The Ymers getting screwed even in Stockholm…

“Okay, we’ll give you the wild cards, but somebody’s going home.” 🎾

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Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · 13h

And even on the cusp of being seeded 🤯

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Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · 13h

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Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · 14h

Man, this battle between Coco Gauff and Jessie Pegula 😅

Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · 14h

It’s true. It went into overdrive during the Federer, Nadal, Murray, Djokovic years. And it continues now.

It’s such a lazy strategy.

Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · 14h

We saw the momentum shift coming at the end of the first set.

But Gauff is helping Pegula get there quicker with these double faults taking hold.

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Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · 14h

He’s got a chair now and is receiving a leg massage.

Vacherot continues. 😂

Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · 14h

Rinderknech has fallen over on the platform but Vacherot is continuing with his speech. 😳

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Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · 15h

OHMYGOD 😭😭😭

Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · 15h

Rinderknech and Vacherot, sitting on the bench next to each other, with Rinderknech putting his hand on Vacherot’s back. 😭🎾

Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · 15h

When the new rankings come out, Valentin Vacherot will be 40 in the world.

All of that for a guy who got into Shanghai qualifying as an alternate. 🥹🎾

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Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · 15h

For all the people trying to dunk on Shanghai and men’s tennis because Vacherot is on the cusp of winning a 1000-level tournament while ranked outside the top 200…

Tell me you haven’t watched him play all week without telling me you haven’t watched him play all week.

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Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · 16h

Roll call! Who’s watching?!? 🎾

a man is holding a megaphone with the word cousin written on it

ALT: a man is holding a megaphone with the word cousin written on it

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James Hansen @jameskhansen.bsky.social · 15h

Not even the cousins final is immune to the prevailing Shanghai Masters dynamic of "one player is just out of gas"

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Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · 15h

It’s absolutely baffling that the official ATP/WTA app doesn’t have the basic stats of winners and unforced errors for Shanghai.

The TNNS Live stats are dead wrong.

This shouldn’t be such a problem. 😐🎾

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Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · 16h

We’re back to this.

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Rinderknech is playing some tired tennis today, even if he is up in this second set. 🎾

Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · 16h

That lazy marketing sends the wrong message that if Sinner and/or Alcaraz aren’t around, tennis isn’t worth watching.

Sure, take advantage when they are. But the over reliance on those few means the sport suffers.

Same goes for the WTA, but their big push this year has highlighted more players. 🎾

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Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · 16h

This is an incredibly entertaining final between Rinderknech and Vacherot.

It proves, once again, how good our sport is.

And it proves, once again, that we need to stop the lazy marketing around a few superstars. 🎾

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Ground Pass Podcast - A Tennis Podcast @groundpass.bsky.social · 16h

I hadn’t looked until know to see who was the older of the cousins but makes sense that it’s Rinderknech. Got the early break and seemed the more confident one throughout the first set of the Cousin Final. Vacherot has some work to do.
#RolexShanghaiMasters 🎾

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Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · 16h

Sounds like you’re doing it right. Now the key is to not doze off and miss the women’s final. 🙃

Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · 16h

Tennis!

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Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · 16h

Roll call! Who’s watching?!? 🎾

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Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, who knows. I tune him out.

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