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It really show how badly Mexico sucks these days and how lucky Poland got at the World Cup Meanwhile Canada doesn't win their group as they finished 2nd to Guatemala. As a result we have a blockbuster vs quarterfinal

Marta Kostyuk beats Maria Sakkari 0-6 7-5 6-2. Another epic GS failure from Sakkari

Play has resumed. Looks like those Wimbledon morons finally came to their senses and cancelled all R2 matches on outside courts today so R1 could be completed first. Meanwhile Darya Kasatkina is into R3 already, losing only two games vs Jodie Burrage.

More rain. At this rate some R1 matches won't start until Thursday Wimbledon didn't close the roof on the show courts because they somehow hoped it will only be a mere shower so there's a delay on the roof courts as well. What a shambles. Just fuck with the tradition and put as many matches as you can but I presume those morons living in 19th century will claim the audience paid to see only the best known names so who cares about the rest?

Jake Wightmann will not compete in World Championships due to foot injury (has he even started once this season?).

Apparently this happened last August but the French federation swept it under the rug yet Braisaz filed a criminal complaint. So now the cat is out of the bag. I guess it's known why Simon is training alone

@BelleElena Rybakina, the defending women's champion

This is the official 2023 Wimbledon poster. Yikes. At least Alcaraz has won a GS already In case TF people don't know, it's Pete Sampras on far right

Justyna Święty-Ersetić will not compete this season anymore due to Achilles inflammation. It's to be expected she retires after the Paris Olympics IMO.

Alistair Overeem (K-1 legend) has announced his retirement.

Yeah, US media jumped on Gauff as the "next Serena' after she beat past prime Venus in 2019 and she has like the worst record versus Top 50 ranked players in the Top 10. She is Kirk Cousins of WTA and not Joe Montana but she's regressed enough even ESPN can't really pretend she's anything close to a GS winner. The fact Wimbledon put her on all the posters besides Serena & Steffi Graf is mind-boggling but the hype ain't gonna win you matches. Not to mention Gauff's forehand is tragic and anyone who can play to that side will eventually break it down. Anyway, major rain delay today, several matches have been cancelled already including Sakkari vs Kostyuk @Makedonas

I doubt Venus Williams retires anytime soon and she will always receive Wimbledon WC if she wants it. The pairing between two wild cards was always suspicious as it's clear AELTC tries to remove the stench from last year's no ranking points fiasco and also portait a pro-Ukraine stance. Over in the men, Felix Auger-Alliassime is doing his best "poor man's Milos Raonic" impression with another early GS exit.

The somewhat suspicious draw of two Wild Cards ends with Elina Svitolina beating Venus Williams 6-4 6-3. I still think Wimbledon made this pairing on purpose and also put it on Center Court as the only women's match on Day 1

Multiple V8 Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen wins the NASCAR Chicago street race in his first start in the series. That is a historic achievement

Main draw starts in 12 hours time! Nick Kyrgios has pulled out tonight due to a wrist injury but he's barely played all season and his comeback would have probably been a short one anyway. One less reason for TV drama though...

What can you do? They got rid of gravel for the video game generation drivers and now they're stuck with track limits. It's a clown show. FIA claims Red Bull Ring wants tarmac for the bike races but it sounds like a cheap excuse.

Katharina Komatz (nee Innerhofer) is also pregnant

Three Russians who live in the USA will be allowed to compete in the US National Championships https://www.reuters.com/article/ukraine-crisis-fencing-us/fencing-three-russian-fencers-to-compete-at-u-s-summer-nationals-idUSL1N38M3BQ

Last grass events before Wimbledon (which included many tactical withdrawals in the process): Eastbourne 500 Madison Keys def. Darya Kasatkina 6-2 7-6(13) Bad Homburg 250 Katerina Siniakova def. Lucia Bronzetti 6-2 7-6(5)

10 qualify for the final. Some high-profile names like Kauzer & Aigner missed out

Kickboxing missed their window 30 years ago with the Van Damme hype and the K-1 breakout in the late 90s/early 00s. IOC is like 20 years behind the curve if they want to make it happen as Olympic sport. The juice ain't worth the squeeze anymore. One might argue the sport recruits poor boxers at this stage in most areas and it' quite clearly a pariah sport compared to where it was 30 years ago.

Nika Kriznar wins the LH competition by almost 30 points! Nika Prevc and Selina Freitag on the podium. Tamara Mesikova in 30th place but I don't think many people expected her to make the 2nd round

@GrassmarketNo, he was apparently taking pictures of infrastructure buildings of "safety & military" importance and passed them over to Russian intelligence. There were more arrests made of people involved with this ring. Sosnowiec lies within the most industrial region in Poland so there's plenty of objects he could have focused on in bordering cities & the region itself.

20-year old ice hockey player Maxim Sergeev has been arrested by our counterintelligence agency (ABW) as alleged member of a Russian spying ring He played 23 games for Zagłębie Sosnowiec last season. https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,114883,29925154,rosyjski-szpieg-zatrzymany-w-polsce-media-to-hokeista-i-ligowego.html

Milena Todorova is also pregnant