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My predictions for this season:

AFC

East: 1. Bills, 2. Jets, 3. Dolphins, 4. Patriots

North: 1. Bengals, 2. Browns, 3. Steelers, 4. Ravens

South: 1. Jaguars, 2. Colts, 3. Titans, 4. Texans

West: 1. Chiefs, 2. Chargers, 3. Broncos, 4. Raiders

NFC

East: 1. Eagles, 2. Cowboys, 3. Giants, 4. Commanders

North: 1. Vikings, 2. Lions, 3. Packers, 4. Bears

South: 1. Saints, 2. Falcons, 3. Panthers, 4. Buccaneers

West: 1. 49ers, 2. Seahawks, 3. Rams, 4. Cardinals

Jelena Ostapenko takes out Iga Świątek in three sets and improves h2h to 4-0!

This means WTA will have a  new #1 after US Open. And that person is Aryna Sabalenka since even if Pegula wins the tournament she can't surpass the Belarussian anymore.

ride Melissa Vargas until the very end and beat 3-2 in the final.

14-year old tennis hopeful Ksenia Efremova has switched to

Sorana Cirstea takes out Elena Rybakina in three sets so that's the highest women's seed gone so far.

Iga Świątek needed only 49 minutes to beat junior BFF Kaja Juvan 6-0 6-1

Following the Moldova debacle Fernando Santos decided to call up washed-up has-beens Krychowiak and Grosicki for the  and matches

At least there is no Kamil Glik to complete the useless triffecta.

@hckošiceMy local club (sixth or seventh tier) used to have train tracks roughly 30 meters behind the invisible back fence (because there was no fence). Our games are still usually played at 5 pm on Sundays and in the middle of the second half a train passed by ca. 6:20 pm. However that ended in late 90s when the nearest coal mine was shut down and the train stopped going there

11 hours ago, Gianlu33 said:

Apparently Thiem had a respiratory crisis and decided to retire

Rumours are COVID is running around US Open. John McEnroe has tested positive and is in isolation. In addition to Thiem, Ons Jabeur also had breathing issues in R1 and she could be ill too.

beat 3-0. The final set was no-contest after Poland blew all those leads in the first two.

To think Polish media actually think Wołosz is the best setter in women's game

Schmiedlova won the Slovak derby

Meanwhile endures another upset result with Tsitsipas losing to Stricker in five sets

flopping hard vs

Blew a 16-12 lead in set 1 then blew a 21-18 lead in set 2 (lost it 22-25)

Must be real bad if CNN hires non-American as the new boss? They really closed their streaming service after ONE month?

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66656093

Alright, Czech Republic has apparently lifted the ban on Russian & Belarussian players entering the country and Ostrava is rumoured to have joined the YEC chase (given how Vondrousova & Muchova might well make it). Obviously the ban affected Aryna Sabalenka who is a lock to make YEC (no Russians could make it though).

https://denikn.cz/1222370/protivalecne-prohlaseni-a-zadne-symboly-vlada-umozni-start-ruskym-a-beloruskym-sportovcum-v-cesku/?ref=tit1

I don't know how much the Ashe night session tickets cost but last night was massive overpay since the Minnen vs Venus beatdown was followed by Koepfer rolling his ankle after one game and somehow only retiring half-way through the second set vs Alcaraz 

Greet Minnen just destroyed Venus Williams 6-1 6-1 on Ashe night session. So much for that wild card to a 43-year old dinosaur but obviously she can return next year?

Caroline Garcia bites the dust in R1 vs Wang Yafan. It wasn't even close (4-6, 1-6). It seems like Garcia is another so-called top player in serious decline.

58 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Not sure what you mean with "supported". Canada and Australia are both pretty good in race walking and both are english-speaking countries as far as i know.

Historically Canada was never much good in race walking. It's still a sport dominated by Eastern Europe and Spanish-speaking countries.

Australia had some peaks over the years but I don't think WA cares that much about them when it comes to pure business (since the plans to extend the season are purely business-driven).

@MakedonasSome of these R1 draws are not random at all and the Main Draw was done behind closed doors so the organizers ain't even pretending they're juicing up the draw with some marketable R1 matches

All this being said and Maria Sakkari becomes the first Top 10 WTA player to exit (4-6 4-6 vs Masarova).

Meanwhile Iga Świątek lost exactly one game vs Rebecca Peterson

Bol blows by Jamaica for gold

Mahuchikh goes over 2.01.