Gauff compares herself to Michael Jackson, Bublik leaves team in stitches with retirement comment and Rybakina, Anisimova, Sabalenka stun in Riyadh
WTAFriday, 31 October 2025 at 15:34
The Daily Dose of Social Media is back for another day with all the items of entertainment and social media best bits that may have been missed on Thursday 30 October mostly from the Paris Masters and Riyadh WTA Finals.
While the WTA Finals begins to take place on November 1 and we await the photoshoot which has been hotly waited for online, Anisimova, Rybakina and Sabalenka themselves have got dressed up prior to the event. While Coco Gauff is more worrying about looking like Michael Jackson.
Also Alexander Bublik left his team in stitches with the reason why he won't be a Grand Slam champion and why he wants to retire instead.
Gauff giving Michael Jackson
Coco Gauff is defending champion at the WTA Finals and she is practicing ahead of the event as she looks to defend her title in Riyadh that she won 12 months ago defeating Zheng Qinwen.
But while it might be Thriller Night as Halloween approaches, she joked that she held a resemblance to the legendary hitmaker and even posted a picture of MJ in the next slide on her Instagram story.
In her group for the WTA Finals are Jessica Pegula who she faces first as well as Aryna Sabalenka and Jasmine Paolini who face off as well in the opening game of the group Sunday November 2.
Casper Ruud plays Nickname Bingo
Casper Ruud may have lost out in his quest to reach the ATP Finals but could he manage to tick off everything from his list in Nickname Bingo.
He tried to see how many he could tick off from the following: Bro, Monsieur, Dude, Here's Trouble, Hermano, Beautiful, Big Dog, Handsome and My King.
Given likely Meta Glasses, he scans the room before first approaching Reilly Opelka and he tries from there to tick off everything from his list.
"I don't want to win a slam, I want to have a retirement" - Bublik in hilarious form
Alexander Bublik has been gaining more and more fans over the course of the week at the Paris Masters after his hilarious retort to Corentin Moutet and he went on to beat Taylor Fritz in the Last 16 of the Paris Masters.
But during this match, he managed to leave his team laughing after he told them he doesn't want to win a slam and wants retirement instead.
He then told them to f*** off as he went back to his service box and the next time he managed to hit the court he broke Fritz to love so the classic case of Bublik snubbing his instructions means that he knows what he is talking about.
The comments also called him box office and said that it was funny that Bublik was embroiled in a serious conversation and just so happened to make it into something that was a joke.
Carlos Alcaraz enjoys time off after early exit
Carlos Alcaraz is not playing again until the ATP Finals in two weeks time and instead of heading straight for Turin, he managed to take in some home comforts.
Alcaraz was dumped out of the Paris Masters losing out to Cameron Norrie in a loss he was pretty dumbfounded by and wasn't sure how it happened. Often Alcaraz struggles on indoor hard courts.
But despite injury concerns heading into the tournament, it was a real off day and the Brit Norrie managed to pick him apart.
“I came here really well. I came here with a lot of energy. I came here thinking that I could do good results because I have been playing really good tennis,” said Alcaraz.
"Other years I felt exhausted, I felt tired, I felt mentally, physically. But this year I feel good. I skipped Shanghai. I have been at home [for some] days so I could enjoy myself there and relax, help the battery, so I don't know what happened here. It is a tournament that is really difficult for me to play well, but I will figure it out, and I will end up playing great tennis here, for sure.”
But he went back home and caught his home team, Real Murcia playing their latest match and was filmed at the game. One last bit of respite before he heads to Turin to hopefully put it right. He could also feasibly lose the World No.1 this week with Sinner on the verge of sealing the title in Paris and he plays in the Quarter-Finals tomorrow.
Sabalenka, Rybakina and Anisimova stun before Riyadh
The WTA Finals in Riyadh will start on November 1st albeit one tradition that is a usual part of the WTA Finals is currently missing and that is the photoshoot which sees the top names from both draws dress up prior to the tournament.
Albeit that hasn't stopped Aryna Sabalenka, Amanda Anisimova and Elena Rybakina getting dressed up while in the country. All of whom shared pictures of themselves glammed up prior to the tournament starting over the weekend.
Who takes the title? Will it be one of the three below?
Mirra Andreeva left doing all the work
For most of the season, Mirra Andreeva has looked exhausted since her early exploits but despite not getting to the WTA Finals only just in the singles, she is there in the doubles and is doing both of the roles.
She teams with Diana Shnaider next week and Tennis Channel shared a hilarious video of the 18-year-old running around the court cleaning up every shot no matter if it was intended for Shnaider or not.
Very much the basis of doing all the work in a doubles tandem. She is also the first alternate in case of injury or illness and Ekaterina Alexandrova is also there. Both will get money for being alternates which will rise if they do play.
Albeit compared to last year, Andreeva is more unlikely to play as last time around most of the field were either injured or exhausted in the group stages so late chances were given.
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