Stay In Your Lane

Tennis, stop. Give us a minute, my God. The chaotic February schedule gives us a first-time 1000 title winner (Anisimova), a first-time ATP titlist (Fonseca), Ostapenko’s fifth unanswered defeat of Swiatek, and Bencic winning a big title soon after her return from maternity leave. While trying to keep track of tennis results, we also saw the resolution of the Sinner’s WADA appeal, the conclusion of the WTA’s investigation into Stefano Vukov, and Simona Halep's retirement.  01:40 Anisimova wins Doha, Penko turns her year around 5:35 Fonseca’s first title, Schwartzman’s swan song, and will the South American swing go hardcourt? 11:40 Alejandro, por qué??? 15:10 Last week: Bencic, Alcaraz, Shapo 19:40 The Sinner Agreement 31:05 US Open makes mixed doubles a glorified exhibition 40:55 Compton’s most famous daughter 47:05 Rybakina’s coach Vukov suspended for a year  53:30 Simona Halep retires 62:20 We don’t need straight men’s takes on which men are hot