2026 Off-Topic Chat Thread

[Phipppppa]

I believe it’s back to back? Ash then Raffa straight after?

 

[FredLeDeux]

Fair enough! A little higher and he would have really got his point across to the umpire.

Had to hit it pretty hard to make a big enough noise after the umpire admitted he was hearing-impaired.

 

[Shell]

It’s ash and Raffa day!

Yep night sesh from 7pm

 

[Shell]

I'm just tuning in around 1pm for Sakkari and or Monfils, but that's about it that I'm interested in for the day session.

 

[Munich]

Grunting has never ever annoyed me.

It amuses me how it annoys others tho

It amuses me people think it's just the women who grunt.

 

[Drunkcat]

It amuses me people think it's just the women who grunt.

When i stopped watching over 20 years ago it was only the women

 

[Munich]

Non-tennis folk might not know that Meds is a huge troll

 

[Munich]

When i stopped watching over 20 years ago it was only the women

Lemme guess, one player Starting with M?

Watch the italian and spanish men they are loud. Rafa also makes a fair bit of noise. As does Muzza.

Even Fed can let out a little grunt on serve sometimes

 

[Phipppppa]

It amuses me people think it's just the women who grunt.

Sharapova was all i could think about when someone said “Tennis” and “grunt”.

 

[FredLeDeux]

Sharapova was all i could think about when someone said “Tennis” and “grunt”.

Peter Ustinov after watching Monica Seles grunting to a victory at Wimbledon:
‘I’d hate to be be in the hotel room next door on her wedding night.’

 

[standupand]

Peter Ustinov after watching Monica Seles grunting to a victory at Wimbledon:
‘I’d hate to be be in the hotel room next door on her wedding night.’

I don't get it. FOMO?

 

[Shell]

Lemme guess, one player Starting with M?

Watch the italian and spanish men they are loud. Rafa also makes a fair bit of noise. As does Muzza.

Even Fed can let out a little grunt on serve sometimes

Even Seles didnt annoy me. And her grunt was possibly "the worst" sounding of all the grunts

 

[Shell]

Oh wait. Please dont tell me you're talking about Maria

 

[Munich]

Oh wait. Please dont tell me you're talking about Maria

Nah Monica.

I guess that's who they meant.

 

[Shell]

Nah Monica.

I guess that's who they meant.

20 years ago is more Sharapova era tho!

**** I feel old.

 

[Shell]

In my head still is the 90s era, not 2000s when you say "20 years ago" I guess.

 

[Munich]

20 years ago is more Sharapova era tho!

fu** I feel old.

I read over 20 years ago so went for Monica

 

[Shell]

I still can't believe she got stabbed.

Wtf were security even doing that day

 

[Munich]

I still can't believe she got stabbed.

Wtf were security even doing that day

Yeah, it's wild.

Two stabbings in tennis in recent memory is pretty wild and both ended their reigns at the top. Kvitova has not been the same since poor love.

 

[Shell]

Seles would suffer a half-inch wound between her spine and left shoulder blade that required surgery. Had she not bent forward prior to the attack, there’s a strong chance Seles would have been paralyzed. But once she’d been operated on, doctors believed Seles could return to tennis at the 1993 US Open.

Alas, the psychological wounds were much deeper. There were the memories of the attack itself and its lingering aftershocks—anxiety and depression by day, troubled sleep by night. There was the fate of Parche. Declaring that he had no desire to kill Seles, but only wanted to injure her just long enough to let Graf regain the No. 1 ranking, his penalty was a two-year suspended sentence: zero jail time.

 

[Shell]

And i thought our Legal system was ****ed..

 

[Phipppppa]

I still can't believe she got stabbed.

Wtf were security even doing that day

That was dreadful

 

[Phipppppa]

20 years ago is more Sharapova era tho!

fu** I feel old.

That makes two of us!

 

[cats_09]

It amuses me people think it's just the women who grunt.

I find Rafa one of the worse in terms of grunting

 

[Shell]

I like Rafa's grunt.