I fucking love it. But I also went to UMD.

The sad thing is I feel like Dahlkemper and Short could work out, but Jill’s desire to move on from the DOD is hampering their development. Becky can’t bring that entire defensive line up to speed. Jill has completely forgotten about JJ which astounds me, and the midfield is garbage. Morgan Brian didn’t need this call…

It feels like she’s actively keeping Krieger from reaching 100 caps, while also wearing down Broon. At least she had sense not to call up Kling, but if Jill is so focused on age, why not kick the tires on Sonnett or Menges or Freeman (who is currently injured, unfortunately) or Skroski? Now would be the time to get…

Apparently Jill said in an interview how she wanted a speedy forward who can get behind the defense and one who was an aerial threat and could hold up play. So she went with Press (good decision) and Horan (bad decision). I would LOVE to see Morgan and Press play up top together. There is no midfield to speak of and…

I forgot to mention that Halep would’ve had to stop play completely to argue a hindrance. It might’ve been given to her then. Sometimes the chair ump gives them that.

Nouni would’ve had to call a hindrance in the middle of the rally to stop play, which would’ve given Konta a first serve. Is that any fairer to Halep? Konta couldve hit a clean ace and the match would be over anyway. Since he did not, the only way to replay the point is if Konta conceded the point to Halep. She did…

That was on a break point too. Rafa would normally go for a serve out wide there (possibly the deadliest serve in his arsenal), but on a second serve he rightfully went for the body and spun him like a top.

If she improves her toss, her serve will be soooo much more consistent. And then she’ll be scary. At one point, Halep was cheating to the middle of the court ready to receive Ostapenko’s serve because her toss makes it predictable. That’s what makes Serena and Venus so reliable when serving: the toss.

His grandfather just died about a month ago and he took it pretty hard. He’s been dealing with a hip injury. He’s still without a coach, I believe. And like he said, clay isn’t his favorite surface. Then add in general Aussie underperformance.

Katie Johnson was a great pick by Harvey. If this wasn’t the year of Rose Lavelle, she might’ve been the front runner for rookie of the year.

That would probably be the goal of the week if it weren’t for Debinha’s free kick curler. Some fantastic goals yesterday.

This isn’t really an upset. Makarova is a decent singles player (good serve but she has a hard time closing out matches) and one of the best doubles players on tour (Olympic gold and YEC title in 2016). Besides last year, Kerber has always been inconsistent. She plays better when she doesn’t have the “1” next to her…

This might be the Dash’s last televised game at least? But I know Orlando has more, and at least one is at home. I mean you got Pinoe and Fishlock tweeting criticisms. Ohai said this was the hottest game she’s ever played in. Both coaches have been critical (however, how Waldrum still has a job is beyond me). It’s a…

Lifetime really fucked up by putting the Dash on tv 3 weeks in a row. They’ve lost every game. Meanwhile, the Chicago and North Carolina game should’ve been the one televised. Lifetime’s insistence on having their soccer block at 3pm Eastern is making any televised game in Houston or Orlando near impossible for the…

Halep is probably the favorite, but she got a slight ankle injury in the Rome final so we’ll see if she even plays the French. Svitolina (who beat Halep in Rome) seems to be a good bet as well. There’s always hope that Muguruza can defend her title, but she seems ambivalent towards playing tennis at the moment.…

Probably. Giri seems to be a Federer fan first and foremost.

We’re going to proceed on the assumption that Rafael Nadal will (literally) sink his teeth into the French Open trophy, as he has nine times since 2005.

The guy is really good and is usually a joy to watch when he’s on (and even when he’s off—he’s ridiculously good looking).

When his head is in it, Fognini is an absolute nightmare versus grinders. Dude has just enough variety to his game that when you add it to confident shot-making, he can really wear down even the best opponent. Mostly mental. Kinda like how Kyrgios will go from indifferent to world-beater game to game frustrating his…

I would like to see a rundown of the women on tour who could win the French Open. Just today Simona Halep took out Coco Vandeweghe 1 and 1 in under an hour with only like 3 UEs. We hear all about Giri’s favorite (Fed and Djokovic) or least favorite (Kyrgios) players, while the only stories on the women’s side are…