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Thiem/Med was like power and determination against a steely chessmaster. I kept waiting for Med to put some brilliant new plan into action, but nothing he did made much of a difference. Thiem was positively pulsing with "I WILL WIN" energy, so I knew there was no way he was going to lose. Med even remarked about this in his interview. I think Med needs to hire Zverev's fitness coach and put on 20 pounds of muscle like Sascha did. He's gonna need that power to win slams. I hope Sascha makes the final a good one. He can't take two sets to warm up, that's for sure.

Good comeback! ...but it should have been a 3 set match. Now I'm gonna be up past my bed time watching the next one!

If I was Mike, I would be praying for God to take me now so that I didn't have to listen to Sonny and Joss anymore! Jesus God they are annoying. I don't think a dying person really wants to hear someone blab on and on about all the shit they are gonna miss. Could she have made it any more about herself! And Sonny informing Mike that the doctor said his time was almost up, but only God knows for sure when exactly it will be. WTF?!

This is why I cannot be a Sasha fan. You just never know what you are gonna get.

In her after game interview, Serena said she will be in Paris. She blamed the loss on Vika making shots she normally doesn't make, which came off as both a compliment and a diss. "I think she started playing really, really well. Like, she just started getting balls that she normally doesn't get back, she got those back. She started hitting shots that she normally doesn't make, she made those. She just really stepped her level up." .... "When she's playing against me, she just lifts her level to unseen levels." Then there was this gem: "Yeah, I mean, I always -- she's had a lot of, I would say, downs in her career. She started on a lot of highs. I don't know. I don't know how she stayed positive, to be honest, so... That's a good lesson for all of us."

She looked close to death to me too, but according to the comments on the update page, she is alive and still using. They say she moved in with a much older man. So it seems her mother and that group at least are holding their bottom lines.

From her sister from FB... Weirdly they missed and didn’t air a lot of stuff. They focused primarily on her prostitution, and my mom leaving, my dad ect... but missed all the screaming, slamming doors so hard they almost broke off the hinges.Or all her mental health issues... the fact she was taking drugs for illnesses she didn’t even have. How she’s bipolar.That everyone in our family abandoned her.Or the fact on my honeymoon I had to call Shandon multiple times a day trying to convince her to stay. So much. But other than that it was well done. Very hard to watch. I bawled like a baby. Shandon now is part of a medical program, and is doing so well. This show changed my families life.

Is anyone watching Hard Knocks this season? Just wondered if it was worth watching. I hope they don't play canned cheering during the games like they are doing for US Open tennis. They have a catalog of crowd cheers they play after every freaking point. After a while I'm like, of they are using that clip again. It's absurd. Like, we can see the stadium is empty, it's okay for it to be quiet, we get it. I was actually looking forward to being able to hear more talk/sounds from the field during play.

You know the match is one-sided when they have to send Patrick McEnroe on walkabout to various places around the empty stadium to try to keep us interested. Thiem really brought the fire-power. Medvedev better bring a couple extra packets of CrampsAway! I think I'm rooting for Vica to take her comback all the way.

Zverev giving Brad some lip makes me like him more! BG can't whisper though, he likes to hear himself talk too much. I wish I liked James Blake as a commentator more, but I just find him bland and boring. He's okay courtside. Looks like Mary Carillo has been put out to pasture on the outlands of ESPN3. Heartbreaker for Shopovalov. I kept thinking he had it, but CB found a way. That looked like an exhausting match. I think Med/Thiem might be the real final in the semis. In which case, I have to root for Med. I like Thiem, but like others here, I can't support his Wham-worthy frosted tips. Those really should have stayed in the 80's.

Yay, I hope this mean Craig Revel Harwood will get to be the funny one. He is so much more lively on DWTS AU, but it seems like he tones it down for SCD to let Bruno be the "funny" one.

Is anyone watching Plate of Origin with Mat and Gary? Just wondered if it was worth it....

I was laughing at Cyrus' poster in the lobby, too. How can he skulk around the halls of GH so much, isn't he supposed to be volunteering at Turning Woods? So far this big bad mobster has fired two grannies ...for just cause! WTF?!

I wanted to see Goffin go through, but Shopovalov was on his game. Tiafoe has no answers for Med. The all Russian quarter should be good.

I guess I got my ABN, but damn. He could have killed that woman, end of fucking discussion. I was pissed off that he got no warning for the prior shot that hit his bench!

Tsitsipas/Coric was the first really exciting match for me, where I didn't walk away from the TV. Tsitsipas would play amazing and get some break points, or win 8 games in a row, or be up 5-1 in the fifth set, but then go on walkabout and allow Coric right back in it. Coric earned it though. He was playing great tennis. Lots of spectacular points. There is no interview up yet, but I'm dying to know what was going on! Also, Cliff TOTALLY has a crush on Stephanos.

I hope some changes are in the air cuz.... Alexis/Finn have more spark than Anna/Finn. Valentin/Anna have spark than Finn/Anna. Robert/Olivia have more spark than Ned/Olivia. Meanwhile, CD could not spark if lightning hit him.

Novak must be loving this. Usually he is shunted off to a lesser court so Nadal and Fed can bask in glory on center court while the crowds cheer them on, but this year he has mostly played center court and is getting a lot of attention. Today during Fritz/Shapovolov, they showed him looking on and you could just tell he was thinking.... "Yeah, I will eat those kids for lunch." I wish they would not do the canned applause after each point. I find it cringey.

At least I have heard of quite a few of the stars. And there is no dancing on my TV right now. So I am gonna check it out. ...but I kinda hope the viewership plummets and ABC is forced to admit it was a mistake to get rid of Tom. He was really about as close to perfection as you can get as the host, and I would have liked to see him interact with this group of celebs. I will try to keep an open mind, but if anyone can make a show just not worth it, it is Tyra and her narcissism. She ruined her own show and AGT with it. Will she go for the trifecta?!

Just got caught up! Noooooo Jimbo! Jimbo was a freaky delight in the first episode and totally won me over. But, for me, she didn't really live up to that promising start. She kind of went off into an "all slut all the time" mode, and I missed the sassy weirdness she had in that first episode. But I still loved her throughout. She had such a cool, easy vibe out of drag. Priyanka is actuallly the funniest to me. ...only not in the challenges, just in the talking heads! Where was that wit in the challenges girl?! Rita is not my Baga chips :D ...but I can see she is clearly talented in many ways. I'm open to anyone winning based on how they perform in the finale. I hope it is just a fair contest and not predetermined.

So far the only outfit I am enjoying is David Goffin's. He's such an adorable little elfin creature, and his understated fashion has just the right pop of color. So bummed Medvedev doesn't have a crowd to give him credit for totally turning his demeanor around after last year's hijinks. ....although I kind of miss his hijinks, cuz they were often hilarious. Was rooting for Clisters but she just pooped out (understandably).

Nooo, I do not want Chase saddled with bratty Brooklyn. Let Britt have a crack at him, at least she's got a freaking personality! I can see those two being fun and spunky together. OMG, if I have to look at MB's moistened eyelids one more fucking time! Do they think cuz Max Gail can make MB squeeze out some moisture while reading the prompter, that this is riveting acting?! Then Mikey and Willow starring in their very own Merchant/Ivory period courtship. "I too, did not mind the kiss, Michael. Would you care for a scone?" The Corinthii have gone from making me ragey, to making me cringe.

I FF'd everything but Alexis today ...and I were fast enough with the FF, I would have FF'd the Sam part of even those scenes. UGH. I think the show is doing a huge disservice to people dealing with loved ones with advanced alz. To think someone at the stage where they haven't eaten, aren't talking, and mostly sit mouth agape staring off into space can get in a wheel chair and go the track is absurd. I hope other people don't think they are losers for not taking their loved ones out of the care center and going on a picnic or something!

Wow, for the first time in so long I can't even remember.... I did not see that coming! Since they never actually got to be a couple, I'm not too broken up. If it creates a "dark" Alexis story, then I guess it could be interesting. Definitely, it will crack the door back open for Julian ...and to be fair, that poor shlub needs a crack! Sonny's visits with Mike are so fucking painful. At least he's stopped yelling at Mike, and just quietly orders Mike to squeeze his hand and look at him and stop listening to his music and shit. Oh, and he tells Mike: "Looks like you've lost some weight." OMG Sonny, please never visit me when I am dying!!!! I actually burst out laughing when CD was trying (so damn hard) to make that "I heart you" moony face at Willow. FAIL!!!!

W & S was a disappointment, but still glad to have tennis back on my TV. Rooting for Coco and Alison Riske today. On the men's side.... ABN! (Anybody But Novak!) I hope Thiem or Medvedev can challenge him. Hell, I'd even take Kurious. He's mad enough at Dj that it might inspire him to want to focus enough to win!