katiecboulter and alexdeminaur had known each other for years from the tennis circuit, but it wasn’t until both athletes happened to find themselves staying at the same Melbourne hotel at the same time that romance blossomed. Six years later, the tennis stars tied the knot at a romantic ceremony in Tuscany, where the bride hand-stitched a piece of fabric from her late grandmother’s wedding dress into her own custom lace gown. Click the link in bio for an exclusive look inside the celebrations.
I am very concerned for the women who won't end up passing these tests (not even only trans women, if there are any, but also intersex women) because it's going to be made public and they are going to be harassed. It's such a horrible move by the wta. They, as always, don't care about their players' safety.
literally this is exactly what has happened when this kind of testing has been implemented before by the olympics. (i say "this kind" of testing as if that article wasn't an anti-scientific, non-specific load of bs) - because genetics are complicated and messy, chromosomal testing has only ever turned up cis women with undiagnosed intersex variations, up-ending their lives, identities and careers, and causing completely unnecessary harm all the way round.
with the wta seemingly introducing mandatory genetic sex testing i want to highlight that not only is sex testing/testosterone testing deeply rooted in transphobia/bullshit fearmongering about an extremely marginalized population but also disproportionately affects BIPOC athletes:
2009 Olympics — Caster Semenya forced to undergo sex testing following her gold medal win / long form profile by Ariel Levy
2021 Olympics — Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi banned from participating in women’s 400m race because of naturally high testosterone levels. / Op-ed piece by Morgan Campbell on misogynoir in sports / NPR podcast: The origins of modern day sex testing in sports
2024 Olympics — The case of Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting / Morgan Campbell Op-ed
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1) The Fiorentina jersey with the number 52 (for his dear "friend" Edoardo Bove)
2) Lightning bolt
3) Good vibes
4) 耐心 that should mean patience/the virtue of enduring in chinese
Left arm:
5) The wolf of Gratton (for AS Roma)
6) "Diffida dalla perfezione" (Beware of perfection)
7) "Uno su Mille" (One in a Thousand), related to the homonymous Gianni Morandi's song
8) A little ghost
9) Platypus
10) The word "tori" (in english is literally "bulls")
11) 勇氣 that supposedly means "courage"
12) Mountain range
13) A paper airplane
14) A rose
15) COBBO 1 (is he afraid to forget his own name?)
16) COBBO 2 (again)
17) Fasano postal code (related to his obsession with fantasy football and the fact that a member of his team is from Fasano)
Left wrist:
18) 50 (barely legible number, WE ASSUME IT'S FOR BREAKING INTO THE ATP TOP 50)
19) Creepy smile
Right wrist:
20) Shhh (I wish I was joking)
Chest:
21) "Sei tu l'unica mia sposa, sei tu l'unico mio AMOR", (You are my only bride, you are my only LOVE, which was featured on the captain's armband of Daniele De Rossi, one of Flavio's idols. The word 'AMOR' spelled backwards actually forms ROMA)
Right thigh:
22) Hulk (Should be related to his famous celebration for the Davis Cup)
Left thigh:
23) "FINO ALLA VITTORIA" (TO THE VICTORY, surrounded by AS Roma's colors)
Right ankle:
24) 30 (again, probably from when he reached the top 30 in the atp ranking)
Left shin:
25) Davis Cup trophy (the so called "insalatiera")
Left ankle:
26) Unidentified phrase running along the ankle
27) Mickey Mouse flipping the middle finger
Left foot:
28) Sbordoni butterfly (dedicated to an uncle, from his father side, who apparently was a biologist and entomologist and discovered this particular species on the island of Ponza)
Right foot:
29) Gluten free
30) Pear (for Acapulco AND BECAUSE IT'S HIS FAVORITE FRUIT)
Between the shoulder blades:
31) Florentine lily (he was born in Florence and his mother's from there)
Paris - June 9: A dejected Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain as he lose the second set to Albert Costa of Spain in the mens singles final during the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on June 9, 2002. (Photo by Phil Cole/Getty Images)
maybe because it's wimbledon this will actually get more eyes on it this time than when I usually talk about it, but 17-year-old tennis player nancy lee is still having videos posted of her on social media accounts run by her parents which are all videos filmed at an intentionally low, zoomed in, upskirting-like angle view of her serving. this has been going on at least since she was 15. the videos are shared with the intentionally misleading premise of being "educational", and the comments largely consist of adult men playing along, saying things like, "this video was so educational, I had to watch it for 10 hours." and if they're not playing along, they are just straight up openly engaging in sexual predation of a 17-year-old girl online by calling her sexy and sensual and asking for more videos. her parents or whichever parent runs the account can be seen liking and interacting with these explicit and sexual comments about their 17-year-old daughter very positively. the parents additionally run a youtube channel under their daughter's name, nancy lee, where they post videos of other female players also along the same lines — intentionally low, zoomed in, upskirting-like. some of the female players featured are, like their daughter, underage junior players. the comments are, again, the same.
feel like I'm screaming into the void here. these are comments on videos of a 16 year old female player — the thumbnail of the video is deliberately angled low to show a view of her shorts riding up into her butt. the video has nearly 3 million views. as you can see, the comments are liked by the channel owner, who is nancy's parent.
this is just one example. there are, no exaggeration, hundreds of videos like this, on the youtube channel and instagram account. I've told you guys the name of the accounts — Nancy Lee Tennis. can you please help me report it?
rybalenka's race to no. 1 + "the cure" by olivia rodrigo
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WTA player Zeynep Sönmez talking about how tournaments won't let her use a Palestine flag pin out of solidarity, even though the Ukrainian flag is allowed and how she uses a watermelon dampener to represent it. My speculation is that sponsors wouldn't allow it, because, after all Ukrainian player Elina Svitolina is sponsored by Palantir (which is doing a Wimbledon Garden Party event), which has a contract with the IDF to use AI to target Palestinians
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