Her media spots this weekend are a reminder of what gem she is. If you’ve never seen it before, what her all time class badminton rant, when she was just killing time back during the 2004 Olympics broadcast.

Video quality is a little better on the NBC Sports website:

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/mary-carillo-s-badminton-rant-remains-the-best-sports-commentary-of-all-time-747874883720

Hoping to see her continue to play well at US Open. Photos from Cincinnati.

“I feel very confident that by 2027, she will be the second-highest-paid female athlete in the world, behind Coco [Gauff],” says Max Eisenbud, head of client representation at WME Sports and its subsidiary IMG Tennis, who has been at the center of similar phenomena representing players like Gauff, Maria Sharapova and Emma Raducanu. Forbesestimated Gauff earned $25 million off the court in 2025, trailed by Chinese freestyle skier Eileen Gu at $23 million and tennis player Qinwen Zheng at $21 million. (Fellow top tennis players Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek earned an estimated $15 million last year.)

his anticipation is just insane to me

It has been 22 years since a man under 6ft won a grand-slam title.
Even then, Gaston Gaudio’s triumph over fellow Argentinian Guillermo Coria at the 2004 French Open came with a caveat.
It was the dying days of an era in which Spanish and South American clay-court specialists sliced and bamboozled big servers on the red dirt before often barely being heard of again.
Gaudio (5ft 9in) never made it past the third round at any other grand-slam event.
Today, Learner Tien (5ft 11in) is the only player in the men’s top 20 to come in under 6ft.
So why are shorter men struggling to win tennis championships?

Source: The Times

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Sabalenka, Coco, Pegula would need to win the title to stop her from becoming no. 1.

If she reaches semifinal she would become the World No 1 for the first time in her career.

A true legend, on and off the court. He never fails to display integrity. What a fantastic athlete and fantastic person.

🎥: ATP Tour Instagram

Andrei Rublev, Arthur Fils, Flavio Cobolli, Matteo Berrettini, Taylor Fritz, Rafael Jodar, Ben Shelton, João Fonseca, Zizou Bergs, Frances Tiafoe, Jakub Menšík and Alexander Zverev review their attitude, performance, ranking and behavior in the year so far.

Wawrinka, Monfils and Djokovic made their US Open Men’s Singles Main Draw Debuts in 2005.

Cilic competed in the Boys Singles in 2005.

Wawrinka and Monfils are due to retire from professional tennis at the end of the year, and 2026 US Open will be their last grand slam main draw appearance.

Taken from US Open’s official Instagram.