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More success today as Katerina Siniakova wins Portoroz title in three sets over Elena Rybakina.

@hckošicewould be happy to know that Linda F. follows ice hockey as I saw her liking Slafkovsky's IG posts

Linda Fruhvirtova wins her maiden WTA title in Chennai! She comes back from one set down and 1-4 in the third set to beat Magda Linette 4-6 6-3 6-4! Her younger sister Brenda won W25 in Italy earlier today and continues her winning ITF streak that is at 25 matches now.

Well, the second SF ended after three games as Katie Swan retired with exhaustion. So it's vs in the final.

Linda Fruhvirtova (age 17 and four months) makes her first WTA final in Chennai. She will also move into Top 100 of the rankings on Monday. The second SF will be Magda Linette vs Katie Swan.

I usually don't notice that either though I'm obviously aware the time outs/fouls are standard procedure in close basketball finishes but since @hckošiceappears to be a new fan of basketball I specifically looked on the clock for that one

[hide] Preliminary Round September 23rd - October 2nd, 2022 24 Nations, The Top 4 Nations from each Pool will qualify for the Second Round. Group A Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 23rd 2022, h. 20:00 Netherlands 3 0 Kenya September 24th 2022, h. 14:00 Belgium 3 2 Puerto Rico September 24th 2022, h. 15:00 Italy 3 0 Cameroon September 25th 2022, h. 13:00 Belgium 3 0 Kenya September 25th 2022, h. 16:00 Netherlands 3 0 Cameroon September 26th 2022, h. 18:00 Italy 3 0 Puerto Rico September 27th 2022, h. 18:00 Italy 3 1 Belgium September 27th 2022, h. 20:00 Cameroon 3 2 Kenya September 28th 2022, h. 20:00 Netherlands 3 1 Puerto Rico September 29th 2022, h. 18:00 Italy 3 0 Kenya September 29th 2022, h. 20:00 Puerto Rico 3 0 Cameroon September 30th 2022, h. 20:00 Netherlands 3 1 Belgium October 1st 2022, h. 16:00 Puerto Rico 3 1 Kenya October 2nd 2022, h. 13:00 Belgium 3 0 Cameroon October 2nd 2022, h. 16:00 Netherlands 1 3 Italy Group B Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 23rd 2022, h. 18:00 Poland 3 0 Croatia September 24th 2022, h. 13:00 Turkey 3 1 Thailand September 24th 2022, h. 18:30 Dominican Republic 3 2 South Korea September 27th 2022, h. 14:00 Turkey 3 1 South Korea September 27th 2022, h. 17:30 Dominican Republic 3 1 Croatia September 27th 2022, h. 20:30 Poland 3 1 Thailand September 28th 2022, h. 14:00 Thailand 3 2 Croatia September 28th 2022, h. 17:30 Turkey 3 2 Dominican Republic September 28th 2022, h. 20:30 Poland 3 1 South Korea September 29th 2022, h. 14:00 South Korea 3 2 Thailand September 29th 2022, h. 17:30 Turkey 3 0 Croatia September 29th 2022, h. 20:30 Poland 3 2 Dominican Republic October 1st 2022, h. 14:00 Dominican Republic 3 1 Thailand October 1st 2022, h. 17:30 South Korea 3 1 Croatia October 1st 2022, h. 20:30 Poland 2 3 Turkey Group C Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 24th 2022, h. 19:30 United States 3 0 Kazakhstan September 25th 2022, h. 19:00 Germany 3 1 Bulgaria September 25th 2022, h. 20:00 Serbia 3 0 Canada September 26th 2022, h. 15:30 Germany 3 1 Kazakhstan September 26th 2022, h. 16:00 Serbia 3 0 Bulgaria September 26th 2022, h. 21:00 United States 3 0 Canada September 29th 2022, h. 13:00 Canada 3 1 Kazakhstan September 29th 2022, h. 16:00 Serbia 3 1 Germany September 29th 2022, h. 19:00 United States 3 0 Bulgaria September 30th 2022, h. 13:00 Serbia 3 0 Kazakhstan September 30th 2022, h. 16:00 Bulgaria 3 2 Canada September 30th 2022, h. 19:00 United States 3 1 Germany October 1st 2022, h. 13:00 Germany 3 2 Canada October 1st 2022, h. 16:00 Bulgaria 3 1 Kazakhstan October 1st 2022, h. 19:00 United States 2 3 Serbia Group D Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 24th 2022, h. 20:30 Brazil 3 0 Czech Republic September 25th 2022, h. 14:00 China 3 0 Argentina September 25th 2022, h. 14:15 Japan 3 1 Colombia September 26th 2022, h. 14:15 Japan 3 2 Czech Republic September 26th 2022, h. 18:30 Brazil 3 1 Argentina September 27th 2022, h. 14:00 China 3 0 Colombia September 28th 2022, h. 14:15 China 3 1 Japan September 28th 2022, h. 15:00 Brazil 3 0 Colombia September 28th 2022, h. 18:00 Argentina 2 3 Czech Republic September 30th 2022, h. 14:00 China 3 0 Czech Republic September 30th 2022, h. 14:15 Brazil 3 1 Japan September 30th 2022, h. 18:00 Colombia 3 2 Argentina October 1st 2022, h. 14:00 Brazil 3 2 China October 2nd 2022, h. 18:00 Colombia 2 3 Czech Republic October 2nd 2022, h. 14:15 Japan 3 1 Argentina Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation Italy Serbia USA [/hide]

[hide] Preliminary Round September 22nd - September 27th, 2022 12 Nations, Top 4 from Group A and Group B will qualify for the Quarterfinals. Group A Date & Time (GMT +10) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 22nd 2022, h. 10:30 Bosnia & Herzegovina 5 Puerto Rico September 22nd 2022, h. 11:30 United States 18 Belgium September 22nd 2022, h. 17:30 South Korea 6 China September 23rd 2022, h. 10:30 Puerto Rico 21 United States September 23rd 2022, h. 13:00 Belgium 13 South Korea September 23rd 2022, h. 14:30 China 12 Bosnia & Herzegovina September 24th 2022, h. 14:30 United States 15 China September 24th 2022, h. 18:00 Bosnia & Herzegovina 4 South Korea September 24th 2022, h. 20:30 Puerto Rico 12 Belgium September 26th 2022, h. 11:30 Belgium 9 Bosnia & Herzegovina September 26th 2022, h. 14:00 South Korea 20 United States September 26th 2022, h. 17:30 China 5 Puerto Rico September 27th 2022, h. 11:30 Puerto Rico 2 South Korea September 27th 2022, h. 13:30 China 7 Belgium September 27th 2022, h. 14:00 United States 25 Bosnia & Herzegovina Group B Date & Time (GMT +10) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 22nd 2022, h. 13:00 Canada 6 Serbia September 22nd 2022, h. 14:00 Japan 32 Mali September 22nd 2022, h. 20:30 Australia 3 France September 23rd 2022, h. 12:00 Serbia 4 Japan September 23rd 2022, h. 18:00 France 2 Canada September 23rd 2022, h. 20:30 Mali 35 Australia September 25th 2022, h. 14:30 Mali 27 France September 25th 2022, h. 18:00 Australia 7 Serbia September 25th 2022, h. 20:30 Japan 1 Canada September 26th 2022, h. 13:30 Serbia 28 Mali September 26th 2022, h. 16:00 France 2 Japan September 26th 2022, h. 20:30 Canada 3 Australia September 27th 2022, h. 16:00 Mali 30 Canada September 27th 2022, h. 17:30 Serbia 4 France September 27th 2022, h. 20:30 Australia 3 Japan Top 3 Place 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Nation [/hide]

Spain wins 96-91 and will play France in the final. Poland vs Germany for bronze. @hckošiceThe last 32 seconds of game time lasted 6 minutes in real time

Spain leads Germany by seven with 32 seconds left...

Ever since the Waczynski drama it's clear this team has a ton of dirty laundry to deal with. No offense but Slaughter is 35 years old and still looks like the best PG we have. We got lucky with Slovenia, it's that simple. Don't have to sugar coat every result or else we're still talking about Wembley 1973 since we don't have any better memories in the last 40+ years Like I said before, I stopped enjoying basketball when it became a 3 pt shooting contest. It's happened in FIBA basketball too. That's not what I followed when I was younger and I simply don't enjoy this game anymore. Some people have similar issues with tennis, serve & volley was removed as 'boring' but the slow ass courts are wearing people out too. Some of these sports have changed over time and not every change is for better. Basketball has clearly changed for worse IMO. I watched more 3x3 basketball at the Olympics than the regular 5x5.

I turned it off long before the final minute but I assume it lasted ca. 90 seconds of real time with this scoreline

France wins 95-54

Five minutes left in Q3 and Poland has scored 23 points so far France lead by 22...

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I objectively stopped enjoying basketball when it became a 3 pt shooting contest. I believe this is why 3x3 basketball has suddenly became more popular in the last decade or so.

We got extremely lucky with Doncic's fouls. We were ready to choke this one away big time

We barely held on to win by 3 pts with Doncic not playing the last four minutes. Better be lucky than good

Doncic fouled out and Poland leads by 8 pts with 2:30 to play. The upset is back on...

Poland led by 19 points at half-time but Slovenia won the third quarter by 18 pts

This is basketball after all. The final minute of a game usually lasts longer than the entire quarter unless the score is decided already. Alright, vs QF up next. We didn't play in the volleyball WCh so we play them in Euro Basket instead

Word is Kazakhstan secretly approached Dzinara Alimbekava over a nationality change but she declined it. Her father comes from Kazakhstan and she was born there too.

Carlos Alcaraz wins the US Open and becomes the youngest ATP #1 in history!

Alcaraz won the one TB that mattered after those lost in QF & SF... one game away...

Congrats to Italy