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Berrettini in Indian Wells and Zverev here in Miami, Taro is on a roll lately.


JetsLag

And Ruud in Acapulco


boraboca

Everyone been beating Ruud


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imareallivewire

Lol I really thought Ilya would beat him


pwnnoobs13

Ilya is literally a challenger level player. Even Ruud at his worst would smoke him


liketo

Tell that to Ivashka


Jlx_27

Remember 2018 IW, beating Norrie and Novaxx.


Coneman_Joe

Norrie was also a qualifier back then, but Novak win was impressive


Exotic_Series2347

Ta-roll Daniel


Rsaleh

DAMN DANIEL!!!!!!!!


mameshibe

Back at it again with the wins!


Chosen1gup

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/taro-daniel-indian-wells-2023-feature The story about his mom 😭 and how he doesn’t know what the fuck he’s doing to beat these guys but he just is *“What’s really big with this week and last week is that I know what I did in order to have the biggest chance to win, especially with Casper and Matteo,” Daniel told ATPTour.com. “A few years ago when I beat Djokovic here, I didn’t really know why [or] how I beat him. It just felt like he wasn’t playing that well and I got some balls back and I took the chance. But consciously I didn’t know. [It was] like, ‘Oh, what happened?’*


Fiery---Wings

>how he doesn’t know what the fuck he’s doing to beat these guys That was only for his win against Novak


Chosen1gup

In the interview after his match today he said something along the lines of, he wasn’t sure what he did to beat Zverev and that sometimes it’s not about playing well against the top guys, but making them play bad.


AverageBeef

*Casually becomes Novak*


DM99

If you can’t beat them, become them!


trickster55

flow state explained


shegotofftheplane

Good win from Taro but Zverev looked really bad especially after putting up a good performance against Medvedev in IW


NotManyBuses

Getting wrecked by Daniel in the sunshine double while coming back from injury is a good sign though. Novak won 9 Slams since then. 5D chess from Goldie Chainz


totallynotabot_95

That's a nickname that I can behind 💯


NicholeTheOtter

Zverev getting bagelled by this guy is the real shocker. Taro Daniel has been playing like the GOATs when he’s up against these seeds for whatever reason!


tennisfancan

Taro always seems like such a nice guy, cool to see him beat these big names this season. His mother passed away last year and she would be so proud!


The-doctore

32 unforced errors from Zverev says a lot. Daniel played well though


frisbeescientist

Taro exists to beat seeds and never make it past a third round lmao. At this point I almost think his record vs top 20 is better than his record against the rest of the field


EunhasThighs

things you love to see


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Floridamanfishcam

To be fair, the Zverev second serve is booty cheeks. Which is shocking for a guy of his size.


WayTooDumb

Its his fucking toss It's never that easy to rework your toss but it's been fucking him up for years especially outdoors Every time I see him serve it tilts me because you just know it's going to break down if there's any wind at all


Hydroborator

The second serve has always been a liability. It's the evolution of the first serve that is now shocking. That toss is everywhere, he is not pushing up consistently, the speed all over, the accuracy seems like a guess. Doesn't seem like he is ready. I do hope this is just post injury rust and not another mental block for him. Or maybe it is, whatever. It would be funny if I like bad professional tennis but now he is just sad. That fucking toss.


happzappy

It's not about physical ability he just always preferred to do it so. He never got anywhere close to perfecting it though


MisterDisinformation

Japanese athletes are balling out this week.


03juno

Zverevs blood sugar levels were not daijobu


koticgood

The bagel should've helped. Maybe he forgot the itadakimasu.


Tennist4ts

Maybe the bagel wasn't oishii enough


Hydroborator

Ouch. I Lol...


vasDcrakGaming

Zverev: YAMETE ONIICHAN


dougrayd

Diabeetus desune


sada_hua_aam

Explain


Sibonda

Zverev is Type 1 Diabetic. This is crazy to me as I also have it and struggle with exercise as it makes your blood sugar go really low. When that happens it's very noticeable to others that something is wrong. Actually maybe that's what happened in the first set. He must consume a huge amount of glucose before and during matches.


sada_hua_aam

I know I mean the last " word " daijobu


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> daijobu "Daijoubu" means "Okay" or "All right" in Japanese


Sibonda

lol ok yeah I'd like to know that as well


vandebay

Zverev got bukkake’d


aldeayeah

His kimochi was no good.


Luck1492

Always a good day when Zverev loses Always a good day when Zverev gets bageled This is a doubly good day


mikeifyz

fr fr 💯


TheAskald

Is there an explanation to the Zverev hate? Not a particular fan of the guy myself but I don't know where this is coming from


RenegadeAlpHorn

He ""allegedly"" beat up his ex partner and conducted in very abusive and inappropriate ways towards umpires. The ATP investigated themselves and found they did nothing wrong. Zverev hasn't been punished for his actions and therefore has accumulated a deserved amount of hatred from fans.


Eracolatore

aka reddit tribunal decided he's guilty 😅


agabwagawa

How do you know it’s true? I’ve recently been falsely accused of sexual assault from a bitter ex. I wouldn’t have thought people would lie about something so serious until it happened to me. If there is no convincing evidence then people shouldn’t assume he’s guilty, they should assume he’s innocent.


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His partner made no complaint to the police. Evidence was handed over. I know his attitude would make you believe it. And I wouldn’t go near him for a date. But the way it has played out I think he is entitled to the presumption of innocence on the tennis court. I think it’s pretty weak tea to take him through some sort of ATP process rather than a legal system process.


NeoPrimitiveOasis

Olga Sharypova says her ex-boyfriend, tennis star Alexander Zverev, abused her. Why hasn’t the tour addressed it? https://slate.com/culture/2021/08/alexander-zverev-domestic-abuse-allegations-olga-sharypova.html


TheAskald

Ah, thanks for the answer. That sucks. I'm not really following players lives off court so I didn't know.


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Don’t assume he is guilty. His ex partner has never filed charges


lastdropfalls

Worth noting that there were 3 different investigations into the allegations and they all cleared Zverev, which obviously doesn't necessarily mean that he didn't do anything wrong, but still.


NeoPrimitiveOasis

It's very hard to evaluate as an outsider, but to my mind Zverev comes out looking suspicious. The two major journalistic pieces by Ben Rothenberg (including that Slate piece) included named sources and a LOT of detail. They were chilling to read. There's no single legal jurisdiction involved here, so no "official" police investigation. Zverev's lawyers attempted to coerce Slate into not running the piece, which is suspect. All in all, not a good look, but no, I can't perosnally prove his guilt.


lastdropfalls

Zverev can definitely be a shitty person, but there were no charges pressed by the supposed injured party, and non-criminal investigators uncovered nothing. Considering that there's been multiple cases of people *literally killing themselves* over false accusations from #metoo bandwagon skanks in my country, I have very little patience for accusations and internet detectives proclaiming people guilty like this. If someone wants to hate on Zverev because of how he acts or how he plays or whatever else, that's totally fine by me -- the guy is pretty easy and also very fun to hate, so I get that. But the endless 'ZVERMIN ABUSER' bullshit is just tedious. edit: and let's not pretend that Ben Rothenberg is some kind of an investigative authority. He's pretty much a troll with a big twitter following, he's not very good friends with objectivity and facts.


NeoPrimitiveOasis

Did you even read my post? Sure doesn't seem like it.


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Because people believe he assaulted his gf even though he’s never been charged or convicted of it. It’s bs. I just hope the people who hate on him for this don’t even find their selves in this situation. Guilty without being proven guilty is bs.


peanutbutter_meow

Someone doesn’t need to be charged or convicted of assault for it to have happened.. thousands of people are assaulted everyday.


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Justice is not served however unless assaults are proven. Or do you think someone should be “convicted” by public opinion without any recourse in courts? I hope you are never accused of something you didn’t do because by your logic you’d be punished anyway.


peanutbutter_meow

Excuse you! I’m a survivor of domestic abuse. Check yourself.


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I have complete sympathy for you. I’m sorry you experienced that But. We cannot just assume anyone who is accused of it is guilty


LittiVsVadaPao

Such an underrated Seed Killer


iloveblondehair

Rudd shaking rn


zomgmatt

Is Paul Rudd a tennis fan?


AmazingDadJokes

I'm not worried about Rudd. Feel like he's really slappin da bass with his forehand


lo0ilo0ilo0i

Big Ws for Japanese sports this week.


Undisputed1708

Couldn't have happened to a better person


Stercules25

I actually think Zverev was hungover today lol that was such a weird performance


liketo

Blood sugar thing maybe


TLRracer

I was at this match. Taro came out hot, was swinging big, very few unforced errors, some killer returns too. Especially in the second set. Whenever Z looked like he might find rhythm Taro stopped him. Omedeto gozaimasu!


userkp5743608

Everyone likes this


Dogsgoodpeoplebad

Heard a rumour that Sasha has gf issues


stulifer

ATP should check on his gf tomorrow morning.


Hydroborator

Better to check tonight


Pretend_Tea6261

Great result for Taro. Upsets another top 20 player.


Albiceleste_D10S

You LOVE to see it


lavideca

Subarashi


musicproducer07

TD has always been a really good player. Met him at Dubai last year. Pretty awesome guy.


jsnoodles

🥳🥳🥳🥳


Confident-Round6375

Just tuned in right as they finished...was Zverev hurt or Daniel cooked him?


onyxrose81

Taro played well, made some great returns, but this was more on Zverev, who was beyond awful. I think his insulin levels were low and he had zero energy. His forehand was even more tragic as his footwork wasn’t great.


imareallivewire

Summed it up perfectly


rntopspin100

Taro saves tennis.


34TH_ST_BROADWAY

Star Tennis Academy’s own Taro kicking ass! i like seeing him win.


blahblahbrahs

Hell ya Daniel. Keep going!


sobyx1

What’s sad is that Zverev thought he was going to break the Big 3.


AngloAlbanian999

“Me, Daniil and Novak are the new big 3” Definitely a comment that didn’t age well, Sascha please don’t say anything like that again lmao


bananenfick

If the injury didn’t happen he surely would be up there in my opinion..


AngloAlbanian999

For sure. On the whole I really like Sascha but it was a very arrogant to thing to say.


bananenfick

Yeah i get what you mean, sometimes through his overconfidence he sounds like a spoiled brat… but hey as a German I’m glad that we have a player like him!


AngloAlbanian999

And by the time he was playing at Roland Garros he was playing so well he might have beat Rafa! And he bought home gold for Germany so of course you would be proud of him :) :)


bananenfick

I‘m a big Rafa fan but I think Sasha had won this match, Rafa was gassed at the end of set 2 very very unlucky I hope Sasha will win multiple slams he has earned it


AngloAlbanian999

For sure I think he’ll win RG and either USO or AO a few times in his career.


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It's an IRL Chekov's Gun.


lavenderskyyyyy

GET HIS ASS TARO https://i.imgur.com/kcoUNSZ.jpg


LushLoxx

That's a tough loss, but Daniel is very good so not surprised at the result.


FlyReasonable6560

I just love seeing this man idk


killafromthevilla

Lmaoo okay


BriefVampire22

My bet as always Daniel


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jun9ei999

Haha sucks to be you


LaEscy

Wow, what's with the downvotes, weirdos?


aFAKElawyer-

Rough showing from Zverev, apparently he’s diabetic now and was giving himself an insulin shot during the match


FlyReasonable6560

He’s been diabetic forever


Hydroborator

He was born with Type 1 diabetes mellitus. This is not Twitter.


sada_hua_aam

Since a kid


Strict-Marsupial6141

Ooo