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Tennis Still Doesn’t Know How to Handle Alexander Zverev

The German star finally won his first major title at Roland Garros, bringing to light his complicated place in the sport. Plus, the Rafael Nadal documentary, Jannik Sinner’s place in history and more in this week’s mailbag.

Sports Illustrated

Nadal, Alcaraz and now Jodar: how Spain’s school of ‘suffering’ forges the stars of men’s tennis

The 19-year-old nicknamed the ‘new Rafa’, seeded at this year’s French Open, is the latest talent to emerge from the country’s conveyor belt of champions

The Guardian - US

Indie dev who lives in a village of 1,000 people stunned as over 250,000 Steam users buy his roguelike: "It's not adding up in my head"

"It's crazy, but I have no reference point," says the creator of Dwarves: Glory, Death, and Loot

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If I Had Legs I'd Kick You's Rose Byrne finds parenthood challenging

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You star Rose Byrne has sons Rocco, nine, and Rafa, eight, with her husband Bobby Cannavale.

BANG Premier

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz thank ‘legendary’ Rafael Nadal as Spaniard watches Australian Open final

The Spaniard watched on as Alcaraz became the youngest man in history to win all four major titles

The Independent UK

Hafta letters: On NL’s ‘editorial bias’ and the Ajit Pawar ‘hagiography’

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Newslaundry

Novak Djokovic Drops Iconic Line to Question About Chasing Alcaraz, Sinner

What a mic drop response from the 24-time major champion.

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Liverpool’s Rafaela Borggräfe given six-game ban after FA finds she made racist remark

The Liverpool goalkeeper Rafaela Borggräfe was given a six-game ban by the Football Association after being found to have made a racist comment

The Guardian - UK

Puerto Rico salsa giant Rafael Ithier, who led El Gran Combo for more than half a century, dies

Rafael Ithier, a beloved musician and a founder of the legendary salsa band El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, whose hits have inspired Bad Bunny and other icons, has died

The Independent UK

Borderlands 4 Horrors of Kairos dates and rewards

Get haunting rewards in the Halloween event.

PC Gamer

'Everybody's unique in their own way' - Tadej Pogačar plays down greatness after record-breaking fifth consecutive Il Lombardia victory

Pogačar dedicates his victory to teammate Rafał Majka

Cycling News

The Borderlands 4 buff patch is here: Gearbox juices Amon and boosts "underperforming skills," says it's now targeting "unintended interactions" that "trivialize content"

The latest Borderlands 4 patch notes are filled with buffs for all, but especially Amon

GamesRadar

Borderlands 4 players "CRUSHED" one of the looter shooter's toughest challenges yet as Rafa, so Gearbox is rewarding them with a special Shift code that doesn't expire until 2030

¡Qué bacán!

GamesRadar

Borderlands 4 review

True looter-shooter greatness in a messy package.

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GamesRadar

As Borderlands 4 players dub Vex "the strongest vault hunter in the entire series," Gearbox responds to worries regarding potential nerfs: "Chill guys, we're not going to knee-jerk react to anything"

"Do not nerf this, it's part of the fun"

Destructoid

The best Rafa build in Borderlands 4

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PC Gamer

The best Rafa builds in Borderlands 4: Exo-Soldier guide

Rafa's builds are a speedrunner's dream.

PC Gamer

All Borderlands 4 characters: Which Vault Hunter should you pick?

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Windows Central

Borderlands 4 seems to recapture the series' signature chaotic charm — a welcome return to its roots

If this preview is similar to the rest of the game, it's time for all the veteran Borderlands players to rejoice.

PC Gamer

I used my 967 hours in Borderlands to predict Borderlands 4's most busted builds

Plus ranked them all in a tier list.

BANG Premier

Rafael Nadal is a dad again

Rafael Nadal and his wife Mery Perello have welcomed their second child into the world.

GamesRadar

New Borderlands 4 trailer is a funny critique of capitalism, and Randy Pitchford says if we "share and retweet" we could get more: "Those numbers directly impact the decisions made in the suit meetings and conference rooms"

This is really on the nose

GamesRadar

The new Borderlands 4 trailer feels like an extreme parody of the 2025 games industry: a (literal) bloodbath caused by board members killing cool ideas to save money

New Vault Hunter Rafa gets one of Gearbox's bloodiest trailers yet

GamesRadar

"The meme is over": Borderlands 4 fans sigh in relief as Gearbox puts out a trailer that isn't for Vex, showing off series throwback Rafa, who might be the best melee Vault Hunter ever made

Vexlands has ended, return to melee

GamesRadar

As Borderlands 4 fans create a skill tree planner months before launch, creative director issues a reminder that "the game isn't done yet" and their builds are "subject to change"

The planner is only for Vex and Rafa though, so business as usual for the remaining characters

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