Joe Wyatt

@TheTennisTalker British tennis is as flakey as the current UK Political system....

Harriet Dart 🇬🇧 couldn't hold a lead again as Sonmez 🇹🇷 wins 4-6 6-2 7-5 Alicia Dudeney 🇬🇧 struggled 0-6 3-6 with Bouzas Maneiro 🇪🇸 Not a good week for the British women in Eastbourne, Boulter 🇬🇧 even chose Germany !

@tennisweeklypod Exactly my point. I just wish she hadn't answered the door...

@JWW8080 You cannot make contact with the tester and Serena didn't unlike Vondrousova

You can think the punishment for Vondrousova is too harsh but there is nothing to be heartbroken about here. She refused the test whilst knowing the consequences, posted the official's identity online whilst simultaneously claiming she herself suffers from online abuse and then actively sought to continually misrepresent what happened that night by saying it was 'late at night' when the reality was it was 8pm and she went on a dog walk afterwards. It's a shame but the mess is of her own creation.

Massive WIN from Arthur Fery in Eastbourne 👊 Arthur fought from a break down in the deciding set to claim a battling victory on the #LexusEastbourneOpen centre court

@bart_wasilewski @juanignacio_ac More ridiculous than Sinner getting Chlosterbol in his bloodstream because a massage therapist rubbed it into his body from a cut finger?? As a massage therapist, I can tell you this is the Mother of all stories!! No way she deserves a 4 year ban when he got 12 weeks.

@JWW8080 @juanignacio_ac She said that she had panic attack because of what happened to Kvitova. So why the hell did she open the door and refuse to take a test? And the after all she went out for a walk with her dog. Please, this sounds so ridiculous.

My main conclusion after a full day of discourse over this, is that the tennis community would even defend Lance Armstrong back in the day if he were a tennis player.

WOW!!!!!!!!🔥🔥 Against all the odds Esther Adeshina🇬🇧 gets the biggest win of her life as she beats 8th seed and world number 108 Moyuka Uchijima🇯🇵 6-1 3-6 7-5 to move into the second round of Wimbledon Qualifying!!!👏🏼👏🏼 WHAT A STORY!💪🏼 @TeamBathTennis

@Jenny_1884 It always has been. The saying goes "it's all just part of the bread and the circus"

Am I the only one that thinks everything going on right now has all been in the planning for a while. None of what’s happening right now can be coincidental. We are being scammed once again. It’s all theatre

@marcus_buckland @Wimbledon It's not too late I suppose. He did burn a lot of bridges with his comments at the time so if he makes it, it will purely be down to his own hard work.

@JWW8080 @Wimbledon He’s had so much to deal with. Hope he can enjoy a successful autumn of his career

V interesting to interview Bernie Tomic after his victory in qualifying today. 15 years on from his run to the quarter finals @wimbledon he reckons he can still beat anybody when on top of his game

@1gamesetmatch God, I hope she draws Serena in round 1.

Jelena Ostapenko: "I hope you guys enjoyed the match. I enjoyed it!" (laughs) She says after she won 6-2, 6-2 😂

@mikegardner_wb There's no Honeymoon Period, it's a Baptism of fire from the start. Literally nobody has good vibes about this!!

So the Worst Prime Minister in History has gone, but he leaves behind the Worst Government in History and 400 MPs, none of whom were deemed capable of replacing him. I suspect Burnham's honeymoon period will be a very short one.

@raelbrav It's ironic really - we've lost our sense of seriousness and also our sense of humour... Not looking great right now.

Yet again, we can barely hear the Prime Minister speaking on the steps of Downing Street because someone is blasting music in the background and nobody seems able or willing to stop it. For me, it is symbolic of a country that has lost its sense of seriousness. We cannot even ensure that a national address from the heart of government can be heard properly. Small things matter because they reflect a wider culture. I am tired of living in a country that increasingly seems incapable of doing basic things with competence and authority.

🌱 @alfiehewett6 and @GordonReid91 are back on the green... The 24-time Grand Slam doubles champions made their now annual appearance at @QueensTennis over the weekend, along with fellow Brits Ben Bartrram and Andrew Penney #WheelchairTennis | #HSBCChampionships

@HanlonWalsh It's Ostspenko for me. I hope this happens

Players I would *love* to see Serena face at #Wimbledon Osaka Gauff Swiatek Sabalenka Raducanu Tomjlanovic Siegemund Ostapenko Jovic Eala

@JoeyMannarino And oddly enough, this is actually the least of our problems right now!

Andy Burnham wasn’t part of the Labour government at the last general election. He was not elected to any national position whatsoever. Now he’s going to become the Prime Minister without anyone even voting on it? And they call that a democracy? The UK is an Islamic joke…

INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🔥🔥 36 year old Dan Evans🇬🇧 is not done yet as he takes down Juan Carlos Prado Angelo🇧🇴 7-6 6-3 to move into the second round of qualifying at Wimbledon👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Absolutely brilliant from Dan, it would be amazing to see him qualify🇬🇧💪🏼

@josemorgado This is very sad. When you look at Swiatek and Sinner actually having banned substances in their bodies and how lightly they got off, this length of ban is disproportionate.

Marketa Vondrousova, the 2023 Wimbledon champion and 2021 Olympic Silver medalist, receives a four year ban for her refusal to take an anti-doping test last December. Crazy.

@pavyg @TennisPodcast I have a feeling that these will be banned eventually or at least restricted from a time point of view before you will be allowed to return and compete

An emotional Catherine Whitaker spoke at her shock and unease of Serena Williams coming out of retirement with the aid of GLPs on the @TennisPodcast "The most important thing that Serena represented to me was body positivity... I remember in 2007 Aus Open where she was fat shamed but steamrolled through the draw. She showed with all her achievements that skinnier doesn't always mean it's better or healthier. I can't tell you how powerful a message that felt for women and girls, but when I saw her promoting the GLP 1 weight loss drugs which her husband sits on the board off at the Super-bowl Ad breaks my heart honestly broke. I think the marketing of them (GLPs) preys on women's insecurities in what I think is a very sinister way and to see Serena Williams be apart of that is very unsettling and sad. For me promoting a medication for financial gain feels unethical, the prevailing feeling for me is one of deep unease." Who agrees with Carherine?

@TheTennisTalker Yes

Do we think Serena Williams 🇺🇸 will be given Centre Court for her singles return at Wimbledon no matter which tennis opponent she is facing?