The Sunnydale Herald

Welcome to “Tennis Tuesday”, my new series of recurring posts with a weekly (ish) round-up of news and updates about Italian tennis.

Featured this week:

• Musetti breaks ATP Top 5: Career Best!
• Melbourne’s Kooyong Classic: Jan 13-15
• Million Dollar 1 Point Slam: Jan 14, waiting for AO26
• Sincaraz: 1st face-off goes to Carlos
• Best ATP/WTA results (Italian players only)
• Current ATP/WTA Rankings (Italian players only)

( Tennis Tuesday — Week #2 )

See you next week with Tennis Tuesday! 🎾

Jannik Sinner (ITA, world #2) and Carlos Alcaraz (ESP, world #1) kicked off the season with a performance match in Seoul (KOR).
The Hyundai Card Super Match went to the Spaniard (7-5, 7-6) after a couple of hours of high-level but rather playful tennis.

Sincaraz H2H – 2026
Sinner — Alcaraz
0 — 1

This match had nothing to do with the adrenaline-packed matches we saw back in November and October for the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin or for the Six Kings Slam in Riyadh, even though the latter was also a performance match.

Today’s match felt way more relaxed and playful on both sides, with more focus on entertaining the packed Inspire stadium (15,000 seats) and the fans watching live.
At some point Jannik left his racket and the court to a little fan, who played a few exchanges with an amused Alcaraz... and the boy even scored a deuce for Sinner! It was a very cute and enjoyable moment.

The whole match was rather entertaining, although I did miss the usual adrenaline. And I am of course not thrilled about the result, unofficial as it may be—I always root for Sinner! 😉

Well, the adrenaline will be back soon: the Australian Open (Slam) awaits and surely Carlitos will try to snatch the title from two-time defending champion Jannik (while securing a Career Grand Slam for himself, should he succeed).
Both champions are one slam title away from scoring a Career Grand Slam: Carlos could accomplish that by winning the Australian Open, while Jannik could do the same by winning the Roland Garros.

An adrenaline-packed season is about to kick off... today was just a little taste.

Forza Jannik! ♥

Welcome to “Freebie Friday”, my new series of (semi) recurring posts where I plan to offer as many graphic freebies as possible.

Here is a fannish January calendar featuring Buffy Summers (BtVS) and a quote from S7.

Click on the preview for the full size and download/save options

Edited from a free Canva template by Caeleste. Texts and Polaroid pic added with GIMP 3.0.
For personal use only. Do NOT sell or redistribute; linking back to this post is always okay.

Help me pick next month’s character!

Would you help me pick next month’s character from a selection of the main BtVS ensemble?
I had to leave out a few... Only 11 spots available. But if a character gets enough votes I might make doubles for some months.
So feel free to suggest someone I left out and you think should be featured.
Preferably no big “villains” or minor characters or characters from the AtS ensemble, unless they had a prominent role in BtVS (Cordelia, Harmony, Wesley, etc).

The “suggested quote” text box has a 255-character limit. Feel free to drop a comment if the quote doesn’t fit.

Event: Hey, Sweetheart 2026
Organized by: ficwip | ficwip
Duration: February 13-15, 2026
Announcement post: HERE (Dreamwidth) or HERE (Tumblr)
Description: Hey, Sweetheart is back, the little event where we challenge you to use the pet name "sweetheart" in fic and art!

Event Promo Card:

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IMPORTANT NOTE:
I am NOT in any way involved with this event or its organization, this is merely a promo post/signal boost. Please head over to the official announcement post linked above for all the rules, FAQ, AO3 collection, and other info.

 

Welcome to “Freebie Friday”, my new series of (semi) recurring posts where I plan to offer as many graphic freebies as possible.

Here is a 2026 calendar with a transparent square in the top left corner for you to customize with your favorite fannish (or personal) pic.

Click on the preview for the full size and download/save options


Made and edited from a free Canva template by Ülkü Güzel (Beige and Black Simple 2026 Calendar).
Transparent square made with GIMP 3.0.
For personal use only.
Do NOT sell or redistribute; linking back to this post is always okay.