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Nothing’s going Cobolli’s way at the moment, as he thwacks his own leg with his racket while trying to hit the ball, as he’s taken to deuce once more on his serve. He recovers to get to his advantage, but then balloons another errant forehand well long, before finally getting on the board to reduce his deficit to 3-1.

It was also a day when Stan Wawrinka played his final grand slam match, Carlos Alcaraz made his return from injury and Aryna Sabalenka, after a shaky summer, started her title defence with a comfortable victory.

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Leo Messi le dice adiós a la Selección Argentina. “Me voy vacío”, dice su nota de despedida. “Nos deja lleno”, digo en representación de todos los que amamos el fútbol. Se despide de la camiseta más sufriente, querida y gloriosa para él. Deja el refugio preferido para mí, el lugar en el que podía disfrutarlo sin culpa. Como madridista fue un amor incómodo. Pero fue imposible no admirar su talento descomunal. Imposible, para mí, no sentirme orgulloso por delegación y por pura argentinidad. Imposible no quererlo.

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Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly finds warmth and humor in Rachael Gunn’s ordeal, but never fully reckons with what her notoriety meant for breaking

Early in Netflix’s new documentary, Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly, Australian B-girl Rachael Gunn, recounts a session she had with her sports psychologist prior to the 2024 Paris Olympics.

“Right before the Olympics, I went to my therapist, panicked,” she says. Her therapist asked her what was the worst thing that could happen. And she said, “The whole world could laugh at me.” Her therapist responded: “Do you think that’s reasonable?” Cue Gunn’s hysterical laughter.