Sinrah knows Al Qaraz could be waiting for him in the final so I don't think he'll waste much time here.

 

I saw a Twitter user call him Alcaeda once 😭

 

Al Sinrah to honour Allah and do his part to play Al Quraz while fasting to become even skinrah

 

 

Big match

Let's see if Tsitsipas can seize this incredible opportunity and turn his career around while he still can

 

@AntiTardDefenseSystem , is Sinner a hun?

Perhaps but not sure. I know the Mongols got all the way to the gates of Vienna before turning back but never took over

And we all know Sinner is Austrian

Well it was called Austria-Hungary for a long time after all

 

is Sinner a hun?

Nah he's not, however the term Hun was used for the Germans back in WW1.

Germanic tribes did populate Austria in the 5 or 6th century (around and after the fall of Rome), I think Sinner is more of a Lombard actual (or maybe the Tyroleans were a different tribe altogether? Not sure).

 

The tennis matchup in heaven..

Rinderknech & Vacherot have already been upstaged mere a few days later.. LOL!

It's Astefa Nus-sitsipa's first Quarter Final in 6 months since Barcelona.... so congrats!

 

Love the thread. Great job, OP. 😅

 

Also looked up Grecia, this is what Grok says:

Grecia is the Spanish and Italian word for Greece, the country in Southeast Europe officially known as the Hellenic Republic.

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Located at the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula, it borders Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Turkey, and is surrounded by the Aegean, Ionian, and Mediterranean Seas, including over 2,000 islands (about 170 inhabited).

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Key Facts About Greece (Grecia)

• Geography: Rugged mountains (e.g., Mount Olympus at 9,570 ft/2,917 m) and deep gorges dominate the mainland, with a coastline longer than any other European country.
  
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  Capital: Athens.
• History & Culture: Birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, the Olympics, and ancient civilizations like the Cycladic (c. 3200 BC).
  
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  Influenced by Byzantine and Ottoman eras.
• Economy: Developed high-income nation with key sectors in shipping, tourism (9th most-visited globally in 2024), and recovery from a post-2008 debt crisis.
  
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• Population & Language: About 10.4 million people; official language is Greek.

In historical or biblical contexts (e.g., the King James Bible), "Grecia" specifically refers to ancient Greece or Greek-speaking regions.

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It can also be a feminine given name of Spanish/Italian origin, meaning "gracious" or derived from "Greece," often associated with charm and sensitivity.

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Very interesting stuff, I did not know Greece meant gracious

 

Also looked up Grecia, this is what Grok says:



Very interesting stuff, I did not know Greece meant gracious

Grecia also the Romanian name for Greece.

 

Tsitsipas leads the H2H 6-3.

 

Yes but that's kind of misleading as for most of that h2h Sinner wasn't the player he is now and neither was Tsitsipas.

 

I don't see the correct answer in this poll.

 

Who cares? It's a lousy exhibition played in evil Saudi Arabia.

 

No need to change Alcaraz’s name, since Alcaraz already exists in Arabic (it means “cherry”), and given that Murcia was founded by the Arabs, it wouldn’t surprise me if Carlos had some very distant Arab ancestry.

You can call me Al

The surname of the new Wimbledon champion, Carlos Alcaraz, is a reminder of the enduring Arabic influence on European languages.

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It doesn't have to do with ancestry but with geography. As you surely know, there are plenty of Arabic placenames in Spain, since Arabs used to rule most of it for centuries. Alcaraz is a small town that's been known since XII century, named after the local mountain range, which was apparently known for its cherries. I call him Vishnevsky (Wisniewski) for fun (it's a Russian/Polish surname that also derives from a placename whose name derives from the word for cherry).

 

What a clown.

 

Getting into the spirit!

 

This is today? I thought this tournament was next month

 

BREAKING: Match has been postponed to 9/11.

 

SanO said:
No need to change Alcaraz’s name, since Alcaraz already exists in Arabic (it means “cherry”), and given that Murcia was founded by the Arabs, it wouldn’t surprise me if Carlos had some very distant Arab ancestry.


from wiki

The French terms cerise, English cherry (from Norman cherise, with [z] taken as a plural), Spanish cereza, German Kirsche, Old English cirse all come from Vulgar Latin *cerĕsia, itself from Low Latin ceresium for cerasium, borrowed from the Greek κερἀσιον / kerásion.

 

Sitsipa got owned by Sinrah. Love the Arabic names.