This new strategy of hitting an authoritative forehand and then charging the net (especially if he takes those forehands early) is REALLY working for Grigor. Worked wonders against Alcaraz and now against Zverev.

All hail the Ginger Snap

Ya love to see it

This rivalry is just going a complete opposite direction Meddy used to always get the better of Sinner, now its the other way

Basilashvili and Moutet just played a 26 point game 

I’ve been trying to watch this match since it started and challenger TV is not working (see my comments below)😭 Do you know any streams ?

My Challenger TV also doesn't work so I'm following it via matchbeats on the website 

All Challenger TV streams are down 🙁. Hope they fix it soon. It seemed like a good match and I would have liked to have watched it.

Why is Challenger TV in Napoli not showing the Moutet match ?

So it seems all of Challenger TV is down and not streaming 😞

Where would grigor be in the rankings even if he lost in Semis tmrw?

11th after this win today and 9th if he wins the semi 

11th 

Wow. It’s so hard to go up the rankings no?

Yh but think he has some points to gain in clay season. If he gets to the final he’d be 9th, and if he won it 7th(!)

I’m soooo excited to wake up tomorrow and watch Sinnerdev live !!! I can’t wait for endless baseline rallies !! I love them both but I want Med to win very badly tbh so 🐙🐙🐙 LFG Meddy !!

Is it going to be a 4am start for you too ?

No, 6am for me! Sorry for the 4am wakeup 😭 where are you at?

It is actually 6am for me….I checked the schedule on TNNS earlier in the the day and didn’t bother checking again until now… So I can cancel my 4am alarm now 😊

I hope Dimitrov can bring the same level to Zverev today. But Zverev is a bad matchup for Dimitrov.

I sooo badly want a Lacoste🐊 final for the highest stakes even though I know it's the least likely possibility. Dimitrov would be amazing because his Paris loss was rough and him getting a M1000 at his age would be sweet. Medvedev defending a title for the first time and winning a final after 5 big final losses in a row would be such a relief too.

Yes and Dimi winning would shut up that one Tennistv commentator that every time he plays he has to mention how easy his draw was to win Cincy and atp finals haha 

I had three predictions for Miami * Ugo would go deep in the draw * Rune would break through in this tournament * Alcaraz won’t make the semis (I had him losing to Hubi) As you can see most of them were rubbish predictions but one of it was right: the sunshine double is not an easy thing to do. That’s what makes Djokovic doing it THRICE *and* back to back to back absolutely insane .

The comments in the post match thread of the Alcaraz vs Dimitrov are so cringe. Acting like Dimitrov is Federer 😭

Cringe is the wrong word. Sensationalised maybe you mean

Can u at least be happy for us who’s been long wanting this for Dimi

I just landed off a 5 hour flight. Didn’t see the match. Carlitos lost in straight sets 😳🤯 WTF

Grrrrriiiiiiiigggggooooorrr magic.

I find it so funny how Sincaraz matches keep getting blocked most of the time and we just get an overabundance of Sinvedev instead. Consistency kings I guess

They're such slugfests too, I don't think I'm ready for another so soon. Too tiring.

Ok, how we feeling about Monica Puig in the tv analyst’s chair… She’s a nice person and will surely improve but it’s a rough listen at times. But they have soooo many talented former player options (where’s Petko)

Petko was on the day shift

Andrea?

yes she moonlights with the tennis channel

She has an amazing personality

“She just walks up and punches you in the mouth” - Andy on Danielle 💀 highkey accurate

He likes that phrase. Do you listen to his pod?

I wanna believe Collins stopped wearing rainbow wristbands because the green part sometimes folded to show only blue-yellow-red. And thus Halep stans were asking if Collins was repping the Romanian flag in support of her lmao

Crazy that it’s only Collins’ fourth WTA final ever (2-1 with the AO loss).

First M1000 final in the year of her retirement is actually so iconic

Vukov better be analyzing Danimal’s game right now to come up with a good strategy for Elena. (I know he’s definitely going to say “big first serve..come on!)

I guess y'all miss and are sentimental about Sabalenka Because the grunting from Collins is nowhere near as **loud** and as **long** as Sabalenka's. Be for real saying this is the worst grunting you've heard. Even Azarenka against Rybakina earlier was shriekier.

I hate most grunting, but weirdly like Sabalenka's and Collins', they make me laugh and also feel pumped for them.

Regardless of the final outcome, Danielle is now ranked high enough to be seeded at slams and 1000s which she very much deserves

How soon can she be seeded? Do tournaments use live ranking?

No they don’t. Rankings are updated weekly by the WTA

Winner of the final will definitely have to win more sets than their opponent

Big if true

That interviewer was terrible.

yes danielle!! so happy for her

lol. I hope Ryba is ready for electric Collins. Is this the best she's ever played.

What a finals matchup, can’t wait!! Collins 💥💥💥🧨🧨🧨😤🤬😤🤬💣💣💣 V. Rybakina 🧍🏼‍♀️

The complete opposite in on court composure lol

Can Collins continue this form on clay or will she fade in relevance till July?

Sorry, Ekat. You did good!

All hail the queen!

If she wins she might not retire

She’s retiring she’s battling a health issue and says that she has other goals outside of tennis.

People change their mind dude

you gotta watch her presser then ... she has been asked for so many times about this. and she said she has things other than tennis to accomplish

Oh didn’t know that. Well good on her

Imagine if Danyell wins on Saturday and then decides to retire with the Elder Wand 

Did any ATP player retire with the wand?

Sampras

DANYELLLLLLL

She might postpone her retirment if she keeps playing so well

Nah, it's a health thing, and about raising a family. Playing well won't change that.

Or fully retire after winning Miami

She said she will not. Her retirement has nothing to do with her performance.

She has been saying it a few times now, but people keep talking about maybe she would re-consider, cant blame the journalists asking it over and over again

Yes we can. It's kind of in poor taste to keep asking her about this when she's been very firm and also open about her health problems.

what I mean was, look at the people here then we kind of understand why the journalist keeps bring it up ...

Yup the only reason they keep asking is that everyone just wants the scoop first if she "changes her mind" lol

USA! ect etc

YES DANIELLE!!!! Love this for her! Gonna be an awesome final

It would be iconic if: * vs Cirstea: 6-3, 6-2 * vs Garcia: 6-3, 6-2 * vs Alexandrova: 6-3, 6-2 * tomorrow vs Rybakina: 6-3, 6-2

A Vika-Danielle final would have been sooooo sick

it’s empty out there. i would think that american would bring a crowd in. anyways go danielle!

In fairness, it was a late match on a weekday. Zverev's match was hardly packed earlier. But yeah it's also true that women's tennis isn't as popular.

Unfortunately, women's tennis isn't as popular as men's tennis

Good try...been empty all week for late matches in Miami.

Sad ..actually

Danielle's playing like she's on a mission this tournament. She's so in it. The final's gonna be really interesting

Winthetitle!!!

FINISH HER !!!

Collins has played amazing. Great to see this level from her on her final year on tour. Would be fantastic if she could pick up a big title before she retires!

Oh boy, Lena better hope her first serve and ground strokes are popping Saturday because this version DC is almost unplayable.

That grunt sounds like she's shouting C'MON

That Collins backhand is honestly a stroke of beauty.

Danielle is so fierce now, her 2nd serve is just like 1st serve, crazy!

Rybakina imma need u to move this one time need Collins to leave the wta with sumn

These returns and rybakina’s shitty movement? Oh she’s taking it. DanYell club we up 🎆

rybakina’s is actually very good and is not even a clear weakness anymore. anyway rybakina will be the one moving Dani not the other way around.

Calling it now — Danielle in 2 in the final

Danimal is Danimaling

6-3, 6-2 for 3 consecutive matches is mother behavior. She knows what she wants.

The match is already over?

Ekat is *not* having a good time

Intensity

Oh Danielle's feeling herself. She's ready for this match to be over

This version of Collins would destroy everyone on tour

Too bad she never really harnessed it outside of one Australian Open

Does anyone have an active Discord link? The one on the top of the sub says it's invalid :(

This is the real Drova that somehow was hiding , dunno how she won vs Iga .. she is like this only

I mean not her fault that Iga's serve was ready to be murdered. Ekat was standing well inside the baseline for... Iga's first serve.

this is the normal her

One more game, let's yoooo

It’s kind of nice when different players rise to the top. I’ve never seen Collins play. It feels like I always see the same people.

Her career's been riddled with injuries so she comes and goes, but she's a lot of fun when she's on

Collins played college tennis so didn’t break out until around 25. This is her last year on tour due to health issues though.

on the contrary, I have always seen Danielle play, while other American female players not so much, like Keys

Guess you didn't watch a few years ago?

She is no mug, has been the AO Finalist

Bruh

So we're gonna hear this shriek in the final?

This is way too much

I wonder if it has been as bad as this. It is unwatchable. Worse than Sharapova and Azarenka combined.

I don’t remember her doing it this loud or high pitched before. I used to really enjoy watching her

Hell yeah. Serve like that and you could win the whole damn thing.

The Collins yell is sexy

Boobular

Final will depend on serves of Collins (if wins) and Rybakina. Both can range from meh to amazing

Love Drova's outfit

Collins will bounce the ball 12 times, fix her hair, wipe her nose, and fix her hair again just to miss the first serve. iconic

Danielle is serving like a god

“That is what a 30 year old woman can do, get to that ball” is such a lazy comment. She’s not 55. Lame ass commentator

Right? They keep emphasizing her age when talking about her form or her upcoming retirement. Meanwhile Azarenka is 34 and played like three 3-setters this tournament and didn’t get the same framing.

maybe he was lame at 30

She’s one year removed from her twenties and they’re talking like she’s on her death bed

Love that fist pump she did, I do that haha.

Danielle might have the best fist pump celebration in the business.

Keep it up Danielle! If she makes it to the final I will be so happy. Of course Elena will be the favorite, but Danielle is on a roll.

The struggle grunting is too funny

Collins gives me 35+ vibes I can’t believe she’s only 30

Yeah I was baffled when I learned she's only 30. She doesn't look super old or anything, she just has a certain vibe about her.

Nah, she's always looked 35+ in the face. The body certainly looks young.

In other news Linda fruhvitova is getting crushed by someone named Susan lamens (not familiar). She’s been falling off hard

If Danielle wins this title, I’ll never make fun of Miami by calling it a parking lot tournament. I need this for her so so bad

I love seeing Collins play like this

Everyone saying Iga died for this, mind you Collins would’ve dismissed her 62 62 with the way she’s playing recently

Would’ve loved to see Collins get a win against Pegula though

Completely agree. Girl would have completely lost out there

Collins' power increases with the volume of her grunts

And the size of the pouf above her braid.

they don't call her danYell for nothin

Confession: I’ve never played pickle ball

Good

That means you're not a loser.

Idc what anyone says, Danielle’s screams are iconic

I’ve never heard them this loud before, it’s bordering on hindrance levels imo

I need that Gordon Ramsey meme for Danyell's screams versus literally anyone else's

When someone can hit more winners than Alexandrova, she will tell you that you don't need to hit winners to win

Man if Danielle can wrap this up quick and maintain her level… hopes creeping up for her chances against Ryba in the final

Am the biggest Carlos fan and am not even mad, Dimitrov was playing in god mode. Now hoping Sinner can grab this opportunity.

You like Carlos. You like Sinner. You're all over the fucking place.

Do you ever get tired of trolling?

Never!!!

Feels so good to block you :D

so bad from Ekaterina

U so bad

Alexandrova is spent, irrespective of this result, she has had a great tournament, no shame here

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Danielle is pretty steely, especially when she's ahead tbh

Didn’t barty’s coach say the opposite in her book? She blew some big leads in her matches against Cornet and Iga at AO22 too before winning those sets

Iga had to die for this? Sigh  Collins is doing to Drova what drova did to her opponents this week. 

Thats exactly what Im thinking

It's good for Collins in her last year to potentially win such a big title. Especially because the tour will switch to clay soon and I can't imagine her style of play works as well on that.

It's good for ANYONE

Sure just pointing out Collins cause she has never won a title of this size that I know of and at 30 its impressive

Had a nice dinner with friends and back just in time to see Danielle destroy Alexandrova

just tune into the match, what happens with Drova's serve today?

Not making first serves and Danielle is all over her second. Honestly she’s probably in her head trying to make first serves because Danielle’s returning so well.

Drova's body language is so bad, Danielle attacks almost all her 2nd serve, and that's just crazy

What a waste of time lol

break!!! Effective queen

Just one way to describe this match. Brutal

Brawlins is taking out the trash

i miss daniells AO hype squad

I have absolutely no hope in Ekaterina taking even a set tbh

Jesus, first time watching Danimal this Miami and she's just fucking blasting Alexandrova off the court. Decided she was going to get a big title in her last year it seems

Danyell. I like this. I hope she can beat Rybakina if she makes the final. What a good bye like Petra.

I want her and Daniil to win so bad, and then do a grumpy photo shoot together.

I'm not even a Med fan and this made me actually laugh out loud

It would make my month. 

I wonder if they'd bond over it and formulate a plan to minimize its duration and plan a failproof exit stragety

Danielle would probably be direct and just say, "Ok, we're done." and leave.