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Wimbledon ✅
Pleasure to work at this magical site for the first time. Just didn’t expect AusOpen type heat on day one.
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Connor Joyce retweeted
New Tennis Australia CEO Andrew Abdo has outlined his vision to help Australian tennis "grow and prosper", revealing he has received "pretty strong feedback" around what has worked and what areas require attention.
✍️ @monte_sports ⤵️
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Grand Slams won without beating a top-8 player:
(men to win multiple majors in the last 25 years)
2 - ALEXANDER ZVEREV
2 - Novak Djokovic
1 - Rafael Nadal
0 - Roger Federer
0 - Carlos Alcaraz
0 - Jannik Sinner
0 - Andy Murray
0 - Stan Wawrinka
Opportunity seized.
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Highest Career AFL Player Rating Average: (250+ rated games)
16.9 - Marcus Bontempelli
15.8 - Patrick Dangerfield
15.0 - Max Gawn
14.8 - Scott Pendlebury
14.4 - Dustin Martin
14.2 - TOM LIBERATORE
14.1 - Lachie Neale
13.9 - Patrick Cripps
Criminally underrated career.
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INSANE STAT:
LeBron has played long enough to share the floor with over 37% of every player in NBA history!
That includes playing against 12 father-son duos (AND playing with his own son):
1. Gary Payton⏭️Gary Payton II
2. Rick Brunson⏭️ Jalen Brunson
3. Kenyon Martin⏭️ KJ Martin
4. Gary Trent⏭️ Gary Trent Jr.
5. Adrian Griffin⏭️ AJ Griffin
6. Juwan Howard⏭️ Jett Howard
7. Glenn Robinson Jr.⏭️ Glenn Robinson III
8. Jabari Smith⏭️ Jabari Smith Jr.
9. Samaki Walker⏭️ Jabari Walker
10. Dale Davis⏭️ Trayce Jackson-Davis
11. Glen Rice Sr.⏭️ Glen Rice Jr. *
12. Patrick Ewing⏭️ Patrick Ewing Jr. *
* never shared the court concurrently in regular season games
Long Live the King 👑
Once every four years football gets an opportunity to win the hearts of new fans across Australia - it missed its moment. Full story: bit.ly/3QZlq3T
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Either 39-year-old Novak wins #25, or a man wins their maiden Slam in Europe for the first time since Rafa in 2005 🤯
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‘For tennis players flying weekly – often last-minute and long-haul – it's a significant jump in expenses, and one not balanced by a rise in earnings.’
Read @connorjoyceb’s latest feature👇
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Gibson’s game absolutely stacking up against the best 👀
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Best Win % vs the WTA Top-20 in 2026: (min. 3 matches)
89% - Aryna Sabalenka (8-1)
83% - 🇦🇺 TALIA GIBSON (5-1)
80% - 🇺🇸 Jess Pegula (8-2)
63% - 🇰🇿 Elena Rybakina (5-3)
63% - 🇺🇦 Elina Svitolina (5-3)
An incredible month for 21yo Gibson.
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Amid Gibson's run in IW, I was looking back at Aussie women winning against the top-20 in recent years.
How ridiculous was Barty's record against the top-20 across 2021 and 2022 before retiring.
She really went 17-1 against this absurd list of players.
Was ultra impressed with Gibson at the AO this year. Wrote this one yesterday for @TheFirstServeAU, and she just keeps impressing - another top-20 victory this morning over Clara Tauson.
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Plays the 5th longest ATP (BO3) match ever and then comes back later in the same day to win the Final in 3 hours from a set down.
Hell of an effort 🇦🇷
The Rio de Janeiro semifinal between
🇦🇷 Tomas Martin Etcheverry and 🇨🇿 Vit Kopriva is the 𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 best-of-3 @atptour match
[Data since 1991]
@RioOpenOficial | #RioOpen | #Tennis
Biggest men’s tennis match since…
2020 Roland Garros final, 2019 Wimbledon final, longer?
It's set to be a historic night in Melbourne as Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic each look to break long-standing records.
@connorjoyceb looks at what's on the line ✍️
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This has to be one Djokovic’s greatest ever wins. I’m saying top-3, given age, everything we knew about the matchup, two sets to one down…absurd stuff.
Also not sure there’s been a greater sportsperson ever 🐐
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Couldn’t agree more.
Be strange if she didn’t break something after that performance. But holds it together on court, does it privately, and still ends up being filmed.
Gonna be one of the hottest Melbourne days in decades tomorrow.
It’s that bad they’ve even cancelled my indoor basketball game tomorrow night.
Roof can just be locked shut on RLA.
🚨 The weather forecast for Melbourne tomorrow has now risen to 45c degrees - one of the hottest days in the history of the event.
It is projected to be above 40c from 1pm - 8pm ☀️
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🇦🇺 Demon - 🇰🇿 Bublik almost set to go on RLA.
For those unfamiliar with Bublik's transformation as a player, and rise to the top-10, it's a fascinating story.
@connorjoyceb spoke with 'Sascha' about his new approach to tennis and life ✍️
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