Mert Ertunga
@tennisnerdmert.bsky.social
Play, coach, teach, or read/write about #Tennis (and a bit of all else) + Trekkie 🖖🏼
National Daughter's Day? I'm game 😍
September 25, 2026 at 2:40 PM
National Daughter's Day? I'm game 😍
For about half of my life, watching tennis live 30K-feet high in the air as a concept had as much plausibility as Scotty beaming Spock from the Enterprise down to a planet. And yet, here we are...
#LiveLongAndProsper 🖖🏼
#USOpen
#MySport24
#LiveLongAndProsper 🖖🏼
#USOpen
#MySport24
September 7, 2026 at 2:53 AM
For about half of my life, watching tennis live 30K-feet high in the air as a concept had as much plausibility as Scotty beaming Spock from the Enterprise down to a planet. And yet, here we are...
#LiveLongAndProsper 🖖🏼
#USOpen
#MySport24
#LiveLongAndProsper 🖖🏼
#USOpen
#MySport24
Today's elite superstars in the WTA have maximum 4 Majors to their name.
Ashleigh Barty retired before she turned 26, while on top of her game, with 3 Majors on 3 different surfaces to her name
I so wish she were still around 😥
[📷: Getty 2022]
Ashleigh Barty retired before she turned 26, while on top of her game, with 3 Majors on 3 different surfaces to her name
I so wish she were still around 😥
[📷: Getty 2022]
August 31, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Today's elite superstars in the WTA have maximum 4 Majors to their name.
Ashleigh Barty retired before she turned 26, while on top of her game, with 3 Majors on 3 different surfaces to her name
I so wish she were still around 😥
[📷: Getty 2022]
Ashleigh Barty retired before she turned 26, while on top of her game, with 3 Majors on 3 different surfaces to her name
I so wish she were still around 😥
[📷: Getty 2022]
Exactly this...
In fact, there were three WTA125 tournaments last week, and there was not a single post/update from the WTA about any of them 🥸
This week --> Palermo WTA125. So far ---> zero promotion, zero posts from the official WTA account... again 😒
In fact, there were three WTA125 tournaments last week, and there was not a single post/update from the WTA about any of them 🥸
This week --> Palermo WTA125. So far ---> zero promotion, zero posts from the official WTA account... again 😒
July 22, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Exactly this...
In fact, there were three WTA125 tournaments last week, and there was not a single post/update from the WTA about any of them 🥸
This week --> Palermo WTA125. So far ---> zero promotion, zero posts from the official WTA account... again 😒
In fact, there were three WTA125 tournaments last week, and there was not a single post/update from the WTA about any of them 🥸
This week --> Palermo WTA125. So far ---> zero promotion, zero posts from the official WTA account... again 😒
WTA... this is a big fail 🚫
July 18, 2026 at 1:30 AM
WTA... this is a big fail 🚫
Someone had a hilarious response to this on the other site, so I got a screenshot 😅
July 9, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Someone had a hilarious response to this on the other site, so I got a screenshot 😅
So, on there, I clicked on "deciders" in the "sets" column on the left, and this is what I get. I don't see where Gauff is third or (where anyone else is.. it doesn't 'rank' them). Am I still off?
July 9, 2026 at 3:27 PM
So, on there, I clicked on "deciders" in the "sets" column on the left, and this is what I get. I don't see where Gauff is third or (where anyone else is.. it doesn't 'rank' them). Am I still off?
July 4, 2026 at 7:34 PM
July 3, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Ecuador coach Beccacece is the ex-Argentinian footballler Caniggia reincarnated.
July 1, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Ecuador coach Beccacece is the ex-Argentinian footballler Caniggia reincarnated.
June 29, 2026 at 12:06 PM
*Usually* between 6 AM - 11 AM because the earlier the more likely the athlete is at home, so they prefer those times to be safe. What may have hurt Vondrousova in this case is that she was there indeed but refused the test. Below is an excerpt from commentary by gold-medalist golfer Steve Mesler
June 22, 2026 at 3:29 PM
*Usually* between 6 AM - 11 AM because the earlier the more likely the athlete is at home, so they prefer those times to be safe. What may have hurt Vondrousova in this case is that she was there indeed but refused the test. Below is an excerpt from commentary by gold-medalist golfer Steve Mesler
#Wimbledon women's qualifying draw ✔️
June 22, 2026 at 3:01 PM
#Wimbledon women's qualifying draw ✔️
Serena Williams, recipient of the last wild card, will be playing singles at #Wimbledon 🌱
June 21, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Serena Williams, recipient of the last wild card, will be playing singles at #Wimbledon 🌱
Er.. um, o-kay...
June 19, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Er.. um, o-kay...
Lendl was labeled by many as a choker in Major finals until that 1984 RG final.
So was Agassi until the 1992 Wimbledon final.
They ended up with careers far better than Chang & Roddick who won their first final, but never won another, yet never labeled as chokers.
Chart via #TennisMyLife
So was Agassi until the 1992 Wimbledon final.
They ended up with careers far better than Chang & Roddick who won their first final, but never won another, yet never labeled as chokers.
Chart via #TennisMyLife
June 7, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Lendl was labeled by many as a choker in Major finals until that 1984 RG final.
So was Agassi until the 1992 Wimbledon final.
They ended up with careers far better than Chang & Roddick who won their first final, but never won another, yet never labeled as chokers.
Chart via #TennisMyLife
So was Agassi until the 1992 Wimbledon final.
They ended up with careers far better than Chang & Roddick who won their first final, but never won another, yet never labeled as chokers.
Chart via #TennisMyLife
The surprise here, I'd guess, is that it started at 2 sets up and 5-1. It was not (for example) at the third hour of an extended 4-setter.
Rough day for the world no.1, but he has been resilient in moving forward despite disappointments.
#Sinner #RolandGarros
[Photo: AP/Thibault Camus]
Rough day for the world no.1, but he has been resilient in moving forward despite disappointments.
#Sinner #RolandGarros
[Photo: AP/Thibault Camus]
May 28, 2026 at 3:23 PM
The surprise here, I'd guess, is that it started at 2 sets up and 5-1. It was not (for example) at the third hour of an extended 4-setter.
Rough day for the world no.1, but he has been resilient in moving forward despite disappointments.
#Sinner #RolandGarros
[Photo: AP/Thibault Camus]
Rough day for the world no.1, but he has been resilient in moving forward despite disappointments.
#Sinner #RolandGarros
[Photo: AP/Thibault Camus]
Career-best win, first top-10 victory for #Sönmez ✔️
💢💢♨️♨️💢💢
Next ----> #Fernandez in the second round.
(Via @wta)
💢💢♨️♨️💢💢
Next ----> #Fernandez in the second round.
(Via @wta)
April 15, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Career-best win, first top-10 victory for #Sönmez ✔️
💢💢♨️♨️💢💢
Next ----> #Fernandez in the second round.
(Via @wta)
💢💢♨️♨️💢💢
Next ----> #Fernandez in the second round.
(Via @wta)
Talk about up, high, and steep 👁👁
April 9, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Talk about up, high, and steep 👁👁
TV view Court de Massy in the ATP Monte-Carlo...
These shadows make it almost impossible to see the ball..
I wonder if anyone (who's not a fanatic of the players on court) still watches this 🥸
These shadows make it almost impossible to see the ball..
I wonder if anyone (who's not a fanatic of the players on court) still watches this 🥸
April 8, 2026 at 2:47 PM
TV view Court de Massy in the ATP Monte-Carlo...
These shadows make it almost impossible to see the ball..
I wonder if anyone (who's not a fanatic of the players on court) still watches this 🥸
These shadows make it almost impossible to see the ball..
I wonder if anyone (who's not a fanatic of the players on court) still watches this 🥸