The one really good thing about the 2 weeks Masters tournaments is that it gives lower ranked players a chance to compete. If Shanghai was 1 week, Vacherot wouldn't even have been there. And with the state of the top 20 (except Sincaraz), these surprises could happen more often.

The only decent thing to do now is cancel tomorrow's final and have the couzies share the title. How are we supposed to choose tomorrow 😭??

Death, taxes, and Rune losing a match he absolutely, categorically cannot possibly lose.

Medvedev throwing tantrums every two points, eight limbs flailing in every directions at once, while Tien doesn't even have a full facial expression will never not be funny. Who do we pay to make sure they're in the same half of every draw forever.

Some matches the commentators should really use first names only. Vacherot vs Griekspoor is just a tennis match. Valentin vs Tallon is an action scene from a fantasy movie.

If I had $5 for every time I've seen Djokovic on the verge to death just for him to come back, run around like the energizer bunny and win the match, I'd be sailing my yacht around the Carribean by now 🙄

Amanda Anisimova! ⚡WTA Finals 👀

The conditions are bloody brutal out there. Taylor Fritz's legs were literally giving out from underneath him.

Unlike that other twat Rublev realizes it's not the court speed (or the color of your underpants or whatever excuse Zverat will next have ready) that's the problem, but one-dimensional players. Marat finally starting to do the work with him that should have been done ages ago.

So Goffin just sent Shelton packing in round one and then said my work here is done.

What jam would you pick to vibe with your favorite player?
Carlitos
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWzH...

Amanda Anisimova is starting to give that star in the making vibes.
Here's Boston's Amanda, one of the band’s signature hits and their highest-charting single . Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1t1...

Yannick Noah's hit song from 1991, from the album Black and What. (Yes, tennis Yannick Noah, for you youngsters who weren't old enough to remember.) It was so good to have him and his sense of humor back at the Laver Cup.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw15...

I like it when Fritz gets feisty!

Today's tennis so far for me ... but it looks like Marozsan is finally going to make things interesting.

Francis.... dude...

Although the lyrics are not specifically about her, this song was written as a favor to Elton John's friend, tennis star Billie Jean King, who was part of the Philadelphia Freedoms professional tennis team.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwcm...

Speechless.

And then she breaks!

Amanda Anisimova - what a fight that was to hold! But the legs are tired.