What's Up? Topic #37; entries 1/2026 ...on

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Current News: Djokovic def./DQ Medvedev SF. China Open! Menšík upset 2nd Rd.! ;-)

NFL #4 KC Chiefs d LV Raiders 30-27 going 4-0! They'll play 0-4 LA Chargers! ;-)

What's Up? Topic #36; entries 3/2025 - 1/2026

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Current News:Chicago Bears def. GB Packers 31-27 in Div. Playoff game! Malinin wins US FS Nationals! ;-)

Djokovic YE #4 making 4 Major SF's! He won Title #100 & #101; Geneva early, then Hellenic Chp. late! YEC won by Sinner! Alcaraz finishes #1 in 2025! ;-)

What's Up? Topic #35; entries 5/2024 - 3/2025

 

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Current News: Alcaraz upset by Draper in Indian Wells! Rune upset Med! Djokovic to play Miami! ;-)

***KC def. Buffalo Bills 32-29 in AFC Conf. Final! ...3rd straight SB! Drops SB LIX to Phil. Eagles!***

What's Up? Topic #34; entries 7/2023 - 05/2024

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Current News: Djokovic d Herbert 1st Rd. French!  Zverev d Nadal 1st Rd.!  Djoker #1 Rank: 428 wks!

What's Up? Topic #33; entries 11/2022 - 07/2023

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Current News: Djokovic drops Wimbledon Final to Alcaraz! - - -Vondrousova upset Jabeur for Ladies' Chp.! - - - - On to the US Open! - - - - - Have a great Summer! ;-)

***** Congratulations SB LVII MVP Patrick Mahomes & The Kansas City Chiefs *****

What's Up? Topic #32; entries 04/2022 - 11/2022

 

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Current News: Nakashima wins Next Gen ATP Finals - - Grand Prix de France 

What's Up? Topic #31; entries 07/2021 - 04/2022

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Current News: Djokovic drops final @ Serbia Open to Rublev. - Wks @ #1 (366 wks)

What's Up? Topic #30; entries 10/2020 - 07/2021

                                          

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Current News: Djokovic wins Wimbledon defeating Berrettini! - Wks at #1! (330 wks)

What's Up? Topic #29; entries 6/2020 - 10/2020

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Current News: Djokovic playing Vienna this wk! Election '20 well underway w/ over 90 M votes cast by mail & early balloting! ;-)

Nathan Chen wins Gold over Zhou @ Skate America! ;-)

Election '20 over! GA certified Joe Biden as winner! President-Elect Biden has accepted w/ Kamala Harris, the 1st Blk./So. Asian VP-Elect.! "Congrats JOE!" ;-)

What's Up? Topic #28; entries 12/19 - 6/2020

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 Current News: - Djokovic wins 8th AO! All sports events on hold due to Covid-19! ;-)

- Kansas City Chiefs win Super Bowl LIV in Miami d SF Niners! Mahomes SB MVP! -

What's Up? Topic #27; entries 3/19 - 12/19

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Current News: Djokovic wins his 7th Aussie Open & 5th Wimbl. over Fedal! 12/12/19

What's Up? Topic #26; entries 9/18 - 3/19

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Current News: Djokovic going for 6th IW Masters! - - Nole @ #1 for 240 wks - 3/4/19

What's Up? Topic #25; entries 3/18 - 9/18

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Current News: Djoker wins 3rd USO, 4th Wimbl. & Cincy for Gold Masters - 9/21/18

What's Up? Topic #24; entries 11/17 - 2/18

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Current News: Djokovic out of DC w/ elbow injury; undergoes surgery! Federer re-takes #1 ranking!

What's Up? Topic #23; entries 6/17 - 11/17

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Current News: Grigor Dimitrov wins the YEC Final over David Goffin in 3! - 11/29/17

What's Up? Topic #22; entries 3/17 - 6/17

 

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Current News: Djokovic d Monfils - Aegon Eastbourne Int'l Chp. for 68th title - 7/1/17

Fan Page - Borg/Navratilova - (70's-90's)

Bjorn Borg - '73-81

Bjorn Borg's a former world #1 tennis player from Sweden widely considered to be one of the greatest in tennis history. Between '74 & '81 he became the 1st male pro to win 11 Grand Slam Open Era singles titles: 6 @ the French Open & 5 cons. @ Wimbledon. He won 3 YE Chps. & 15 GP Super Series titles.




Borg set numerous Open Era records that still stand, including winning 41% of the GS singles tourneys he entered & 90% of those matches, winning both the FO & Wimbl. for 3 cons. yrs,  and winning 3 GS w/o losing a set. His total career match win rate of 82.74% remains in top 2 of the era.


per wiki: A teenage sensation at the start of his career, Borg's unprecedented stardom and consistent success helped propel the rising popularity of tennis during the 1970s. As a result, the professional tour became more lucrative, and in 1979 he was the 1st player to earn more than $1 million in prize money in a single season. He also made millions in endorsements throughout his career. However, the constant attention and pressure eventually caused burnout & his retirement at the age of 26.

Navratilova & Evert

Martina Navratilova was World #1 for a total of 332 wks in singles, & a rec. 237 wks in doubles, making her the only player in history to have held the top spot in both singles & doubles for over 200 wks. She was YE singles #1, 7 times, including a record 5 cons. yrs, as well as YE doubles #1, 5 X's, including 3 cons. yrs during which she held ranking for the entire year.

She won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, 31 major women's doubles titles (an all-time rec.), & 10 major MD's titles, marking the Open-Era rec. She won 20 Wimbledon titles, an all-time record. Navratilova holds the records for most singles titles (167) & doubles titles (177) in the Open Era. Her rec. as #1 in singles ('82–86) is the most dominant in pro tennis. She was ranked in the world's top 10 in singles for a rec. 20 cons. yrs ('75-94), a span which included 19 yrs top 5, 15 yrs top 3, & 7 years as #1.

The Real GOAT List: #1 Djokovic - - - - - - - #1 Martina Navratilova (59 Majors)

#2 Nadal, #3 Federer, #4 Sampras - - - - - #2 Serena Wms., #3 Graf, #4 Court

#5 Borg, #6 Laver, #7 Agassi - - - - - - - - #5 Evert, #6 BJK., #7 Seles, #8 Henin

#8 Lendl, #9 McEnroe, #10 Connors - - - - - - - #9 Hingis, #10 Goolagong

What's Up? Topic #21; entries 10/16 - 3/17

 

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Fan Page Evgeni Plushenko

Costumes ('96-2010)

Evgeni Plushenko is a Russian figure skater. He's a 4-time Olympic medalist, a 3-time World champion, a 7-time European champion, a 4-time Grand Prix Final champion, and a 10-time Russian Nat'l champion. Plushenko's 4 Olympic medals tied Sweden's Gillis Grafström's record for most OM's in figure skating. - - - - - - - - - ( Comments? ) - - - - - -

 

Dark Eyes - Gypsy Dance

per Wiki: ...At the '99 NHK Trophy, he became the 1st skater to perform a 4T–3T–2Lo combo in comp. He has since landed the combo 26 times. Plushenko's also the 1st to land 4T–3T–3Lo & 3A-1/2Lo-3F in comp. He 1st landed the combo at the '02 Cup of Russia and has since landed it 4 times.

It's est. that he has landed a total of 100 quads in comp. He's worked on & landed 4Lo & 4Lz in practice, but has never completed in comp. He's received a total of 75, 6.0's before the new COP's judging system was introduced. Under the Code of Points system, he's set 13 world rec. scores (5 SP, 4 Free Skate, & 4 combined total).



Fave Performances: 2004 LP - Tribute to Nijinsky

2000 SP - Schindler's List** = LP - Dark Eyes
'01 SP - Bolero = LP - Once Upon A X In Amer. >>>
'03 SP - Adagio = LP - St. Petersburg 300
'06 SP - Tosca = LP - The Godfather

**Schindlers List Music, Adagio SP really...

Results for ISU Season '26-27:

Current News: ISU FS Season

Results for ISU FS Season '25-26:

-  Malinin wins GP de France!.Siao Him Fa Silver! - Cup of China - Sato wins GOLD!

- Skate Canada - - Malinin wins GOLD! - - NHK Trophy - Kagiyama wins over Sato!

- Skate America - Aymoz takes GOLD! - Finlandia Trophy - Kagiyama wins GOLD!

- Grand Prix Final - Malinin defends GOLD! Kagiyama wins Silver! Liu takes GOLD!

- US Nat'l Chps. - Malinin wins 4th Gold! - Torgashev Silver! - Glenn defends ladies'!

- Europeans FS Champ. - Egadze wins men's GOLD! - - Petrõkina defends GOLD!

- 4 Continents FS Chp. - Miura wins GOLD! - Cha takes Silver! - Aiko wins Ladies!

- FS Olympic Champ. - USA wins GOLD Team '26 Milan Olympics - Japan Silver!

Shaidorov wins OG Medal!  Alysa Liu wins OG Medal! Sakamota takes Silver!

- '26 World FS Chp. - Malinin wins Men's Gold! Kagiyama Silver! Sakamoto Ladies!

Fan Page Novak "Nole" Djokovic

Novak Djokovic

Djokovic is a Serbian pro tennis player who's been ranked World #1 in men's singles by the ATP 428 wks. He's considered 1 of the greatest players of all time. Coached to best results by former Slovak player Marián Vajda. Parting in '17, back in '18; leaves '22. G. Ivanisevic brought in '19, out in '24! Vemić in '25! Gómez-Herrera in '26! - - - (Comments?) ;-)

French Open 2016 - Completes Nole-Slam

per Wiki: Djokovic has won 24 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in men's history, & held the #1 spot in the ATP rankings for a total of 428 wks. In majors, Djokovic has won an all-time rec. 10 Aussie Open titles, including an Open Era rec. 3 cons. titles twice; '11–13, then '19-21 (the only player). He's won 7 Wimbledon titles, 4 USOs, & 3 French Opens titles. In 2016, he became the 8th player to achieve the CGS by winning the '16 FO; accomp. again @ '21 FO & '23 FO. Djokovic the 3rd man to hold all 4 Major titles at once, the 1st since Laver in '69, & the 1st ever on 3 diff. surfaces (HC, Clay, & Grass; the 6th man to win GS & Slam Singles title on all the surfaces). He's overtaken Sampras for his 8th YE #1 Ranking: 3 > Federer, Nadal, & Connors. ;-)

24 Majors - (72 Bigs) - (101 Title wins) & counting

Nole (The Master) - - - - - - Tribute (Pt.1) & (Pt.2)

Update: Novak took Olympic Gold def. Alcaraz to be the 3rd male to complete & achieve the Golden CS behind Agassi & Nadal & a Career Super Slam w/ Agassi! ;-)

Djokovic's won the ATP World Tour Finals 7 times (4 cons., a rec.) & holds the best match winning rate (83.7 %) in Open Era, as of Nov. 2023. Nole owns the all-time record of 40 Masters 1000 series titles; 4 > Nadal. Djokovic's records incl. breaking the single-season rec. w/ 6 titles in 2015, winning 31 cons. ATP World Tour Masters 1000 series matches, playing the finals at all 9 ATP Masters 1000 tourneys (shared w/ Fed, Nadal & Sinner), & the only player to win 9 of 9 events @ least twice (GM).

Djokovic leads Serbia to win Inaugural ATP Cup over Nadal/Spain in Sidney in 2020!

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7 YEC's - '08, 4 str: '12-15, '22-23

Nole's my new fave player, on par w/ Lendl! He had to play "2nd fiddle" to Borg, McEnroe, & Connors 45+ years ago! Both were #1 while opposed on all sides! Fedal's fading as Djoker #'s in the Rec. Bk. supplanting them; H2H rivalries, Majors, Masters, & %!

Current News: Novak gets to 7th China Open Final! Def. Medvedev in SF 7-5,5-3 DQ'd! Alcaraz to play Lehečka in Japan Open Final! ;-)

Djokovic '26 Season / Geneva (100th) - #10 - 3310 ATP Pts.

'26 Season Novak drops AO Final & Wimbl. SF! Upset IW, Rome, FO, Cincy, & USO! WD's Miami, MC, Madrid, & Canadian Open! Prime Video Documentary of Novak!