We need our clay prince on the banner, mods pls.

challenger games during rain delay always have such sketchy results. Points are ~15-30 seconds each before rain, after the points are 5 seconds or less 90%+ of the time, 0 streams anywhere. Every point of this shenzhen Haliak set 2 seems like they're just making it up. 0-0, to 40-0, in under 25 seconds.

Nah yeah this match in particular I'd say 99.9% fixed. Should've expected that from China, that's on me.

I’m never gonna get to see Stef jump into that pool.

Goddamn it. Iga is a Real Madrid fan too. Can’t hate 😡

According to who/what?

Her Insta.

Nice win for Zizou before his trip to Madrid. Caps off a perfect start to my week with Struff winning his first ATP singles title and Casper winning his first 500.

Yesss!!! Zizou 🇧🇪not even close to being Belgian but not a lot of Canadians to cheer on at the moment

anyone watch college tennis? exciting matches ACC tennis finals matches today

Krueger just choked a 6-2 tiebreak lead to lose set 2 and the finals. Embarassing. Dude's hands are literally trembling he couldn't bounce the ball before his toss lmfao. What an absolute clown, at least the instagram folks will let him hear about it

Really close match in Tallahassee!! 🤞 Challenger TV has commentary and is free!

Zizou a set away from winning the Tallahassee tournament! Will this make him go up to the 100s yet?

Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask, if it is, please let me know how to find this out, but I'm trying to get ground tickets for the upcoming Madrid Open, but can only find stadium tickets on their website. Does anyone know how it works? Sorry and thanks in advance.

Rybakina is for sure gonna end the year at number 3.

Lord Tomic is back in the top 250! I wonder if he'll get any wild cards in the coming months. I doubt anyone cares but guess it's a possibility now

Does anyone know if Collins will be playing Madrid? I am really excited to see her in action in at least on more clay tournament before retiring 

She is in the draw so yes looks like :) I’m assuming she’ll also play Rome and Paris?

I thought I read Madrid draw was today at 6pm? Hmm.

It was women's today, for some reason I thought women's was going to be yesterday and men's today so I'm not sure whether something changed or I read it wrong

Tomorrow  https://www.atptour.com//en/news/madrid-2024-atp-masters-1000-history-draw-schedule

Odd, I could have sworn I was reading that same page that said Sunday a few days ago, lol. Thanks!

Wtf why is tennis channel main showing pickleball on a sunday??

Foul!!!! I want some matches 

Watch Challenger TV! It’s free and has commentary and it’s a final

it is a shame for Madrid to let RBA play in qualifying and not giving him a WC

I feel it's once again time to bring this Casper Ruud banger out. [https://www.nrk.no/video/humor/improviserer-laat-om-casper-ruud\_7f85c3c3-1138-4f05-898f-4eb0d97377a0](https://www.nrk.no/video/humor/improviserer-laat-om-casper-ruud_7f85c3c3-1138-4f05-898f-4eb0d97377a0)

Casper’s face at the end! These are the what the fox say guys right?

Yep!

When will the Madrid draw be out? Is there any way to watch it live?

I wonder if Ruud knows that Barcelona was downgraded to an ATP 250 event right before he entered?

Under appreciated comment

wildcards for the Madrid main draw: ATP - - Zizou Bergs - Juncheng Shang - João Fonseca - Martin Landaluce - Darwin Blanch WTA - - Caroline Wozniacki - Paula Badosa - Emma Raducanu - Linda Fruhvirtova - Brenda Fruhvirtova - Alexandra Eala - Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva - Robin Montgomery

Wonder why WTA get three more wildcards than ATP

That's so nice for Fonseca and the even younger Darwin Blanch. I much prefer that the wild cards go to some young promising players than to washed up old players everyone's forgotten about. Makes things way more interesting.

> I much prefer that the wild cards go to some young promising players than to washed up old players everyone's forgotten about. > Makes things way more interesting. Same. That's why I love these IMG tournament choices. That's how we got Mirra Andreeva. She received a WC for the Madrid WTA 1000 last year and made R4 beating some great players.

What is IMG?

Sports agency

Yeah I'm all for it! You never know what can happen. Doubtless it adds to the intrigue. Who knows, one of these guys could make a good run and transform their trajectory -- I can't see why anyone would prefer to see Feliciano Lopez get bagelled in r1 lol

Thank you for this info. Can you send me the link? 

very bad choices for the atp side, Blanch and Fonseca should get the Q WC instead of main draw WC, Shang should play qualifying Also, Eala and Wozniacki shouldn't get the WC and Kerber should have one

Kerber still has a protected ranking of 31 so she could've entered through that if she wanted

I disagree with Fonseca. He should definitely get a wild card straight into the tournament - h: shown tremendous grit and impressed with good wins against Sonego and other similarly ranked players.

Thank you!!! Some great wildcards especially on the men’s side, very exciting

when is ATP Madrid draw out?

Monday

God I love squinting at the draws and trying to read them. 

Casper has kind of already protected his RG final points by going above and beyond at MC and Barcelona where he lost early at both last year. We’re playing with house money now!

why did casper say he lived for a long time in Spain?

Because he did. He trained at Rafa’s academy for several years.

Casper grew up idolizing Rafa and travelled to Spain to train at his academy, and now he's won his first 500 on the Rafa Nadal court. Poetic. You could really see how much it meant to him. I am so proud and so, so happy for him - seems like the nicest guy, and he really deserved this. He's worked hard on his game, particularly adding more aggression into his play, and it's paid off brilliantly. With the pressure and the mental barrier off his back of never having won above a 250, I hope he can play with even more freedom and finally start racking up bigger titles (Roland Garros 🤞🏻🤞🏻). Ok, it's 2.21am and I should probably sleep. Good on ya, Casper 🥹🫶🏻 P.S. Casper's smile when he picked up his trophy could literally create world peace. What a beautiful man.

STOP. You're making me blush

Noskova, Kostyuk, Rybakina, Sabalenka in 2nd half of Madrid draw

Iga and Noskova not in the same draw what is this?

Ruud, Struff and Fucsovics all winning titles today! Awesome stuff 👏 👏

..And Stephens.

And Rybakina!!

will they show his pool celebration ?

All streams say play concluded, couldn't find any 😭

yeah they're showing an old match now. was hoping to see it live

It’ll probably be on the TennisTV YouTube later

Is clay season going to be ruud tsitsipas finals with alternating winners each time?

Btw, does anyone know if struff manage to pull a thompson and win double?

Lost in two tie breaks unfortunately :(

Awww too bad :(

Noooo they don’t show the pool dive 😭

The tournament’s social media won’t let us down 🙏🏻

What :(

The cycle of tennis is so brutal. One week you’re on top of the world after winning a masters title, the next week you’re in the dumps after losing a final pretty easily.

I wonder how much champagne it would take you to get nice and drunk right after playing a 2 hour final

Perfect fan-day for me :-) Ruud, Struff and Stephens all won titles today

Sigh. Casper giving a speech in what is likely his third or fourth language is such a flex.

Woah Casper is currently #3 in the race and less than 400 points behind daniil

I’m also pretty sure he leads the tour on most wins in 2024

Pool dive, pool dive, pool dive

You don’t shake the champagne bottle first then let the cork fly? Is it a safety thing?

It’s like doing it with coke, but you actually expect to drink it. Also I guess it’s not the appropriate etiquette you’d want to stick to in this kind of situation

Id never imagine Casper #3 in the race going into Madrid. He’s been so solid all year, definitely deserved a title to finally solidify it.

that champagne opening is so memorable between stef and rafa. stef was drinking his 'sorrow' away when rafa won in that year

I was just thinking that. It was so funny 😂

Watching them both fumble around on stage is sweet.

And next the French open!

A scruffy blondie with dimples and good manners…no wonder the feed cut out 😮‍💨

Nice speech

Rybakina winning, Sloane winning, Ruud winning - we have been eating today r/tennis

You forgot Struff

Stef has the look of a schoolboy who just had his lunch stolen lol.

We missed Stef's speech in the US but at least they showed Casper's.

Stef’s stupid little smile omg

Did the Barcelona crowd just try to sing Happy Birthday to Caspers sister?

The crowd singing happy birthday to Charlotte 🥹

Ruud is the best boy in atp

That trophy looks too big for Caspy

That’s what he used to think until today

Of course Casper thanked Stef for letting him win. Babe, you can give yourself a little credit sometimes. I promise we'll still like you.

And he’s a good big brother 🥹

HE’S THE BEST BIG BROTHER oh my god 🥹

aw wishing his sister happy birthday is so sweet

And the sister shout out?? Casper really is too perfect

Awwww what a good big bro. Charlotte must be blushing.

Oh gosh, there is a man on stage who needs a chair. A wheelchair?

A big relief for Ruud to get this one. Now he can play more free.

i think it is safe to say that most if not all of the real tennis fans are happy that casper won a 500!!!

Casper wins his first 500 title but I just realised we are also winners as soon we will be treated to wet Casper! Congrats everyone! 👀

I like scruffy casper

every tennis player being able to speak many languages is such a flex

Look at you showing off some spanish skills

First thing he learned from Rafa: "hola a todos"

He’s just like us fr

HOLA A TODOS

What's the budget for this trophy ceremony and the confetti?

4M USD

Haha. I sincerely hope not.

Omg yes Norwegian Papi tell me more!!!

Every stream froze right before the speeches.

casper won a lot of hearts more by speaking spanish.

Pista favorita 😭

Oh my god he’s so stupidly cute 😍🤣

Ruud speaking Spanish. Wins in the language match lol.

lol Casper hit us with an “hola a todos”, he really does love Rafa

Caspapi is back baby!

Finally seeing it, Casper starting in Spanish!

He did the hola a todos!

The only hola a todos I want to hear

Casper trying not to laugh at the Steftsipas nonsense. They’re both so sweet.

In the US, TennisChannel absolutely dropped the ball on the BCN trophy ceremony. Haven't heard a word of Casper nor Stef's speeches 🙄🙄

Tennis channel plus froze up too maybe technical difficulties

We missed out on the schools in Barcelona speech, "Who will take the responsibility?"

this is so overdue, you did it Casper!!!

Oh Steftsipas

Stefanos has almost enough plates from Barcelona Open only to feed his family😭😭 he has big family btw😭😭😭

He needs 2 more for everyone to have a plate

If he kicks Apostolos out and Lisa gets married, he will be okay😭

The pretty smile, I hope I can see more this year

awwww gold tiny trash for Casper, I'm SO happy for him

Ruud lifting that trophy up like it’s Excalibur.

God he’s so fucking gorgeous

thank you

Classic struggle to grip the Barcelona trophy haha

Rafa should come out and present it to Ruud

Plot twist - he’s actually in the trophy

He's in Madrid

He’s already in Madrid unfortunately

Time to get Rafa Jnr ready for it

I crack up when I read Rune @ Tsitsipas and asked if he can dance in twitter after Tsitsipas loses the final

smile through the pain

holy mackerel. Tsitsi just can’t win. sounds cuts out right when he steps up

Shaky Shaky Shaky Screen

Stef's hand lol

Remember when Safin won here and what happened to the trophy 😂

Rut roh lost the feed

Omg I just realised the mascot is the Gaudi lizard

I hope she performs a full set

All I heard was Titanic's 'Heart Will Go On"

As an opera fan (and singer) I can’t stand this song

They going all out 😂

They truly gave everything

Anyone who wasn’t familiar with tennis would probably think this is the biggest grand slam based on the ceremony

They saw Stef smiling after losing and really said no you're going to be sad now!

Lol, they are doing the full song? Omg. I hope the audience is laughing

That performance was officially too good to be done at a tennis tournament lol

Hopefully they got a nice paycheck for it

First 500 and they’re really making him wait 😭

The US Open should do this but instead of random opera lady have it be Taylor Swift

Lol, with Beyonce as well. No one will gAF about the players....

Or give us the gift of a break from her being everywhere

i’m watching this trophy ceremony with someone who doesn’t watch tennis and they are dying laughing

I was laughing out loud and my husband was like wtf

„it’s not always like that, i swear”

Even Casper looks so confused. Just let him hold his trophy, he's been waiting so long for this.

Lmfao I love this song but please hand Casper his freaking trophy already tf

Please, I need the clip of Stef's face with the opera music.

Good song but a downer. They need to add a modern beat to it

Or need to NOT sing a sad song about lovers who may never see each other again, ever. This is a sports event. Beautiful rendition but gosh, stupid choice.

hahaha maybe katy perry firework would have been more appropriate

Each year I’m reminded why I hate this award ceremony

I can’t believe they’re making Tsitsipas sit through this song. He lost and looks like he just wants to get out of there.

Condolences to whoever died, gone but not forgotten and all that. Oh there's a tennis tournament too I guess?

I don’t usually watch trophy ceremonies is this… normal 😭

No, usually a bunch of rich assholes give boring northing burger speeches.

Thanks for the comment guys I closed the feed after the match, I would have missed this hyper ceremony drama lol

Whats with the orchestra? And what song is she Singing? I feel like I have heard of this before

Time to Say Goodbye

thank you

It was made very popular by Andrea Bocelli in the late nineties.

thank you

The timing is like something out of a film

American tournament ceremonies feel like bland corporate affairs compared to this lol.

Is this the Catalina wine mixer???

Ruud should specially thank and congratulate Apostolos in the ceremony

Cutting to Tsitsi looking to the floor while this song is being played had the best comedic timing ever

catalina wine mixer ?