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Merlisa

@merlisa.com
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Award-winning journalist and author of the book: Serena Williams: Tennis Champion, Sports Legend and Cultural Heroine. Contributor to Forbes. Creator of Courtside Coffee Substack, highly-caffeinated tennis coverage. courtsidecoffee.substack.com

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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 02/10/2026
The baseline console is nice.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 01/10/2026
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 30/09/2026
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 28/09/2026
She doesn't kick them off. She doesn't wear them. Some people feel more grounded performing barefoot. Ralph Fiennes does this on stage. Won a Tony doing Hamlet with no shoes.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 27/09/2026
He is turning into his mom. I bet that's why he tries to overcompensate with the machismo. Bet he looked more like mom than all the Trump kids, including his sister. And his dad probably reminded him of that.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 27/09/2026
They are third cousins. Look at the features, the surname (which has its own wiki page). They are related. In these pics, Ralph and Joseph's dad, Mark, Ranulph with Ralph. Ranulph with Joseph.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 25/09/2026
Reposting. So true. I laugh at the pumpkin patches in Florida trying to sell fall when it's 90 degrees out.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 12/09/2026
Elena Rybakina is your 2026 US Open Champion. She defeated Aryna Sabalenka, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. Rybakina, the new No. 1, won her third Major and first U.S. Open title. She is a French Open win away from a career Grand Slam.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 06/09/2026
I Googled Team USA and Italy and this is what I got:
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 31/08/2026
Federer wore a gold-trimmed tuxedo with a blinged-out bag at Wimbledon. Love dude, but c'mon.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 30/08/2026
Was watching the BBC News about the Roman Space Telescope launch at Cape Canaveral and they were at T minus 15 when it hit me, girl go outside and look! 😆 By the time I got dressed and walked to the lake all I saw were vapors. And a nice sunrise.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 21/08/2026
Honeycomb, my favorite coffee shop, is five years old today. I'm celebrating with a mocha and a brisket breakfast sandwich.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 14/08/2026
Dang, is the Tennis Channel going bankrupt? First they reduced Tennis.com to a live scores feed. Now this 1998 Photoshop-looking promo for the Cincy Open. Yikes.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 02/08/2026
What she did was wrong. But I chuckled at this headline for one of the fastest women in the world.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 30/07/2026
Carlos Alcaraz uses his time away from tennis to try a new hairstyle. Cornrows? Bruh?
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 30/07/2026
Happy to welcome Sir Andy Murray to the Pickleball Haters Society. We don't want to cancel the sport. Just get that game off the tennis court.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 29/07/2026
A year ago, there was more coverage about Shedeur Sander's speeding tickets than we are getting on Kyle Shanahan's reckless driving accident.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 26/07/2026
They act like she's the only player who met Obama. She wasn't the MVP of the game or the best player on her team. Her teammate, Kelsey Mitchell (who played for the other side), had a better game. Clark led the game in turnovers (5). Olivia Miles led in assists (8, with one turnover).
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 22/07/2026
There are crazy collabs out there, but I like this Under Armour D. Fox X Sharpie shoe.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 22/07/2026
FYI: his review is not about the casting. He's in rehearsals for his role as King Claudius in Shakespeare & Company's Hamlet while still performing in Twelfth Night. Dude stays busy.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 21/07/2026
What kind of headline is this?
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 15/07/2026
Guess Amanda Anisimova is rooting for England today? Love these pictures of her and Coco Gauff at Hard Rock Stadium taking in some World Cup action. They are with Alexis Milunovich, who played tennis at Harvard. (from Amanda's Instagram account).
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 14/07/2026
The Good Thief (2002): Nick Nolte and Ralph Fiennes
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 13/07/2026
Photos from Katie Boulter and Alex De Minaur's wedding. The couple had a small church ceremony on the final day of Wimbledon. The ceremony took place right before the men's final. They are reportedly having a bigger wedding next week.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 11/07/2026
More than the trophy at stake at Wimbledon. If Noskova wins, she climbs to a career high No. 7 and defending champion Iga Swiatek drops to No. 8. Jessica Pegula will be No. 3, no matter what. Coco Gauff would be No. 4. If Muchova wins, she's No. 4, Coco, 5 and Andreeva drops out of Top 5.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 10/07/2026
My brother without a costume.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 10/07/2026
My brother, in costume for Shakespeare & Company's Twelfth Knight. Oh my.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 10/07/2026
Orlando's Jordan Lee will serve for a spot in the boy's Wimbledon final.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 07/07/2026
Look at Bouchard and Kontaveit, 32 and 30. They seem too young to be playing in the Ladies Invitation doubles.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 04/07/2026
Serena Williams posted pictures of her having her knee drained. She probably did that to shut up the naysayers who think she made up the knee injury.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 04/07/2026
Happy Fourth of July to all who celebrate, while watching Wimbledon.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 03/07/2026
This "article" ended with "this is a developing story."😭 I get clickbait but writing an entire sports story based on social media trolls? I intentionally left the name of the writer and the outlet off. My point is you can do journalism even in the SEO era.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 01/07/2026
Mirra Andreeva loses the match and could lose her newly-minted career-high ranking. I'm looking at the live rankings and Coco Gauff, Iga Swiatek, Amanda Anisimova and Karolina Muchova still have a chance to move ahead of her.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 01/07/2026
Coco Gauff is wearing two different kits at Wimbledon. Tennis players are so superstitious. Does she stick with the dress because she played better, or the two-piece because she survived? Or keep switching them up?
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 30/06/2026
Perhaps people will stop whining about Serena getting a wildcard after looking at all the Brits who got one and how many have already lost.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 29/06/2026
Tracking a package and only people who know Central Florida will understand how ridiculous this route is for my new ink pens to travel. Been waiting for my Cleopatra pen.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 29/06/2026
Novak Djokovic's jacket, I like it. Fashion, it's not just for the ladies!
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 29/06/2026
Bald-headed FAA is 1-0 at Wimbledon.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 29/06/2026
Teodora Kostovic (down 1-4 to Sabalenka) must have grown up a fan of Victoria Azarenka. The hair, the headband, the entire vibe. She clenches her fist like Vika. And she came out with her own little fashion statement.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 29/06/2026
Naomi Osaka, girl, you never disappoint.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 29/06/2026
Happy Wimbledon Day! Some interesting matches on Day One. Daniil Medvedev vs. Marin Cilic Casper Ruud vs. Hubert Hurkacz Katerina Siniakova vs. Qinwen Zheng Americans Coco Gauff and Tommy Paul are in action today. On Centre Court: Jannik Sinner, Aryna Sabalenka and Novak Djokovic.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 28/06/2026
Ok. I cat/house sat for a friend for six weeks. She has two old cats (14) and they used a porcelain fountain. I loved the sound. I miss them.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 27/06/2026
She was suspended for that. You are acting like that's the only thing she has. She LEADS the league in assists! She's a forward, not a guard. Check out her turnovers compared to Clark's. Thomas has talent.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 25/06/2026
“All of us are a little frustrated with the Democratic Party. But you don’t blow it up. That’s what MAGA has done.” - Tish James. Even the quote ignores what she said about racism and people with roots in the community. The headline makes it seem like she's blaming Dem issues on Mamdani.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 24/06/2026
As Beyonce said, "Ok ladies now let's get in formation. Prove to me you got some coordination. Slay trick, or you get eliminated." Coco and Amanda in London, slaying.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 21/06/2026
This is Maggie, "interrogating Trump." FYI, her mother worked for Rubenstein Associates, a Manhattan PR agency which represented Trump and his father Fred.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 19/06/2026
Lovely photos from Casper Ruud's wedding are posted on the ATP website. www.atptour.com/en/news/ruud...
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 19/06/2026
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 12/06/2026
Although, 61 percent of all college tennis players are not American citizens, the USTA's collegiate wildcard playoffs are restricted to American college students. Main draw and qualifying round wildcards to the US Open are up for grabs.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 12/06/2026
How can CNN reconcile the headline with the caption? First, there is no deal. A memorandum of understanding is not legally binding. Second, Iran hasn't even confirmed that. But that doesn't stop lame stream media from pushing Trump's propaganda.
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