@khachafan.bsky.social I AM IN HERE!!! First time in like 10 months 😭

But NO ONE IS ON HEREEEEE ugh

This is my first time using Blue Sky in like ten months 😱

Honestly I read something that Elon was making more ass rules for Twitter and that plus the DMs breaking is so shit and I'm at my limit

Pretty seismic coaching news.

Carlos Alcaraz announces he will no longer be coached by Juan Carlos Ferrero.

Learner Tien wins 1-4, 4-1, 4⁷-3⁴, 4⁷-3² against Martin Landaluce

Tien had that upset loss yesterday after holding the match points, in this match he was up 3-1 40-0 in the 4th and it got to the tiebreak so a good bounceback for him there.

Breaking: Naomi Osaka to Leave Evolve Osaka, one of the highest-earning female athletes in history, is leaving the agency she co-founded with her longtime agent, Stuart Duguid.

Breaking some big tennis business news at Bounces:

Naomi Osaka is leaving her longtime agent Stuart Duguid and the agency they cofounded in 2022, Evolve.

Subscribe to read more about Naomi’s business history and where she’s going next.

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News: Caroline Garcia has announced her retirement from tennis following Roland Garros.

Fell outside the Top 100 in recent months so this doesn't really surprise me that much. Won a WTA Finals and 3 WTA 1000s in her career.

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No Jack broke its the hairs fault @aprilglick.bsky.social

me toooo its gonna be so close, want fritz to clutch it out

I am here @aprilglick.bsky.social

Let the Fritz prayer circle commence

Keys Unlocks the Quarters

Madison Keys was serving at 71% in the 1st set... and still lost 55% of her 1st serve points.

But Donna Vekic couldn't keep up that level on her return, gradually succumbing to the barrage of big serves as Keys pulls out the win, 4-6, 7-6⁷, 6-3, to reach the quarterfinals

Echoes of a Voice An interview with the woman who broke the silence around Alexander Zverev at the Australian Open.

New at Bounces: An in-depth interview with the woman who broke the silence around Alexander Zverev during the #AusOpen trophy ceremony with five words:

"Australia believes Olya and Brenda"

Free to read for all, but please do subscribe:

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Just as Zverev is about to speak at the trophy ceremony, a woman repeatedly shouts:

“Australia Believes Olya and Brenda! Australia Believes Olya and Brenda!”

Broke through the silence.

#AusOpen

The first grand slam champions of the year are...

Olivia Gadecki & John Peers!

The pair win an all-Aussie showdown with Kimberly Birrell & John-Patrick Smith to take the Mixed Doubles title.

The kid's got several points.

Aussie media has been pretty embarrassing this year. Every point he makes here checks out.

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Going for the 3-Peat!

The Queen of Oz is one win away from her third straight coronation after sweeping past first-time semifinalist Paula Badosa.

Aryna Sabalenka defeats her good friend Paula Badosa, 6-4, 6-2, for a spot in Saturday's championship showdown with either Iga Swiatek or Madison Keys.

Getting back to 5-5 after being down 1-5 or 2-5... and then losing the set 5-7 is one of the most demoralizing things that can happen in this god-forsaken game.

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Madison Keys wins 5-7, 6-1, 7¹⁰-6⁸ against Iga Swiatek

Might be the best win of her entire career, as she is back in a Grand Slam Final for the first time since 2017.

📸 Jimmie48/WTA Tour

A Stunner in Melbourne!

Madison Keys plays the match of her life in Melbourne, fighting back from the brink of defeat to topple 5-time slam champ Iga Swiatek, 5-7, 6-1, 7-6⁸

Through a nervy but electrifying final set, the American recovers from a late break deficit to reach her 2nd slam final

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OMG is right
Well done Madi Keys. Well done 👏👏💪🏽💜

Coco Gauff had a good performance earlier to get the 6-3, 6-2 win over Leylah Fernandez. Team USA was cruising in the 2nd match but Auger-Aliassime has made that one interesting again.

🇺🇲 1-0 🇨🇦

📷 Jimmie48/WTA Tour

Felix Auger-Aliassime wins it 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 against Taylor Fritz after Taylor served for the match in the 2nd set, an incredible turnaround to force doubles to decide this tie.

🇺🇲 1-1 🇨🇦

I keep seeing these 2025 WTA Top 20 predictions with the same 20 folks from 2024 remixed a lil' bit.

8 of the 2024 top 20 (Paolini, Navarro, Collins, Badosa, Shnaider, Kalinskaya, Andreeva, Kostyuk) weren't there in 2023.

Live a little, folks. Give me a Danilovic or a Stearns or an Avanesyan!

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The 2024 ATP Brisbane draw posted as the 2025 draw.

A zoomed in screenshot of the 2024 ATP Brisbane draw, showing now-retired Andy Murray vs. Grigor Dimitrov.

A zoomed in screenshot of the 2024 ATP Brisbane draw, showing now-retired Rafael Nadal vs. an ALSO now-retired Dominic Thiem.

Wow, TNNS app.

Way to give me a micro-coronary.

Not them posting last year's draw as the 2025 Brisbane main draw... making me think for a brief, hopeful second that we'd just received the 3 biggest gifts since gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

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Please don't make fun of children for still believing in Santa. I know fully grown adults that still believe Alexander Zverev will win a Grand Slam.

actually sounds badass

I will love it for the first ten times until I inevitably get sick of it playing on loop while I’m at AO

Katie Boulter and Alex de Minaur announce their engagement with a photo of the two on a beach, Boulter's arm around de Minaur's neck, showing off the engagement ring.

🚨*airhorn noises*🚨

Maybe the biggest tennis nuptial announcement of a very busy proposal season.

ATP top 10 Alex de Minaur pops the question to the British #1 on the WTA Tour, Katie Boulter!

Congratulations, Alex & Katie! 👏❤️💍

Learner Tien’s ‘victory royale’ sets him up for promising 2025 JEDDAH: As American teenager Learner Tien wrapped up a four-set victory over Arthur Fils on Friday to reach the semifinals of the Next Gen ATP Finals in Jeddah, his next opponent, Alex Michelsen, rose...

Learner Tien didn’t initially love tennis, even though he was really good at it.

“I thought I’d put so much time into it already, it would be a waste just to stop. I eventually found that love for it and it’s taken me to where I am today,” he tells me.

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www.arabnews.com/node/2583848...

A pic I took from last year, literally right on the border with Austria lol

Initial batch of #AusOpen main draw wildcards announced just now by Tennis Australia:

🇦🇺James McCabe
🇹🇭Kasidit Samrej
🇦🇺Tristan Schoolkate
🇦🇺Li Tu
🇨🇭Stan Wawrinka

🇦🇺Talia Gibson
🇦🇺Maya Joint
🇦🇺Emerson Jones
🇦🇺Daria Saville
🇦🇺Ajla Tomljanovic
🇨🇳Zhang Shuai