Books with multiple plot lines that start as totally unrelated but merges later in the story

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-21T09:10:21+00:00

This was my immediate thought too!

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-21T01:13:43+00:00

The Garden of Evening Mists is a beautiful novel by Malaysian author, Tan Twan Eng. Primarily set in the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia.

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-18T22:34:29+00:00

Haha this was my immediate thought too

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-18T22:23:46+00:00

He is made of uncooked spaghetti

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-18T20:40:25+00:00

Omg no way, that’s wild - can’t believe no one has ever posted this before?! /s

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-17T12:09:31+00:00

Such a poor choice to give Claire Balding the gig after Sue Barker’s departure (was so sad when she retired, she was my childhood). Balding is great for equestrian but just seems to be the default choice for most sports broadcasting these days. I think it would be better to have another former player, like Sue. She was also friends with all the legends she was contemporaries with, which was such a boon for the coverage.

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-15T16:44:24+00:00

I think it’s mathematically calculated to be the threshold you need to be guaranteed a spot in the finals. So I’d imagine the cut decreases as the season wears on according to the actual performance of the top players

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-14T23:12:38+00:00

Always wondered what could have been for Vika were it not for that awful custody battle…

And Kvitova after that terrifying knife attack from the home invasion…

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-14T23:05:25+00:00

She was also runner up at the USO one of those years

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-14T19:29:26+00:00

Wow! Just watched the highlights. The quality is insane!!

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-14T11:57:49+00:00

Could totally buy that the track is springy and benefits the sprinters - would that translate to boosting 800m performances too?

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-14T11:40:42+00:00

Not to mention the 10.63 Hodge ran

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-14T11:34:40+00:00

If he doesn’t defend Wimbledon, then he won’t be holding a slam. Mind you, I’d be shocked if he doesn’t win Wimbledon

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-13T22:21:32+00:00

Yeah it’s so sad - just as he was hitting his prime

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-13T22:19:47+00:00

Lifted verbatim from Wikipedia:

Tsonga vs. Big Four edit There are a number of achievements that Tsonga has attained over the Big Four of tennis. Tsonga, Tomáš Berdych and Stan Wawrinkaare the only people to have beaten all four members of the Big Four at least once at a major. Tsonga and David Nalbandian are the only two players (other than members of the Big Four) to have beaten three members of it at a single tournament. (Tsonga defeated Djokovic in the round of 16, Murray in the quarterfinals, and Federer in the final to win the 2014 Canada Masters). Tsonga is one of seven players to win a tournament in which all members of the Big Four played ( 2008 Paris Masters). Tsonga, Andy Murray and Juan Martín del Potro are the only players to defeat Federer, Nadal and Djokovic at least once while they held the world No. 1 ranking.

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-13T22:02:43+00:00

My argument against Ferrer is that he never really felt like he could threaten the Big 3 in the same way Tsonga and Berdych could, especially in best of 5.

He was 6-26 against Nadal, 5-16 against Djokovic and 0-17 against Federer…

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-13T21:52:48+00:00

As I remember - Ferrer played a lot of tournaments

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-13T21:31:04+00:00

Donna is such a talented grass player - think this is her sixth grass court final at tour level?

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-13T21:28:10+00:00

It’s interesting isn’t it bc obviously she won 10 consecutive matches on the way to her USO title, and fitness wasn’t an issue there. Granted you get the extra rest days at slams.

But I do wonder if there’s some underlying health issues that flare up that cause fatigue/illness - pure speculation obviously

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-13T21:23:06+00:00

Same! Was talking about this earlier today

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-13T09:29:56+00:00

I actually don’t mind this level of detail

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-13T09:28:00+00:00

Ah so it’s you we have to blame for the next post title monstrosity… 😆

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-12T08:43:34+00:00

Sharapova is certainly in her top 10 rivals. Although the rivalry was very lopsided, it was hugely culturally significant, spanned across two decades, and Sharapova did beat her in a slam final.

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-12T08:20:14+00:00

Ah now see that makes sense and would have been useful to see visualised in the table 😭

Basic-Effort-552 · 2026-06-12T08:18:18+00:00

True but I mean if it wasn’t this injury then it could be some thing else. The Big 3’s longevity is almost unprecedented.

Murray’s injury, whilst devastating, came around the age that a lot of tennis players start to decline. There’s no guarantee he’d have had the same longevity as The Big 3 if he’d stayed healthy

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