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(02-11-2021, 03:49 AM)LP link Wrote:I'm not sure I understand this perspective, people behaving appallingly deserve our respect!
I recall McEnroe being a knob on the court, I don't really recall him being precious or appalling off court, actually off court I have memories of him being quite charitable but maybe they aren't reliable memories given the distance. I don't count occasions when he was baited by media types, in that circumstance he has my permission to bite back. You need a villain or two in any sport to drag the punters through the door, Jmac played his role to perfection, of course he had great ability too but seems to be remembered more for his flair ups and slanging matches with umpires.
End of the day though he made a great career out of being a knob on court but knew how to get it done off the court too and thats a skill on its own.
You look at Anna Kournikova now retired and Genie Bouchard, they just have to look good carrying a racket and wearing the designer tennis gear and its game set and match. You would be able to count the number of tournaments won from each on one hand and have fingers to spare at careers end but they will leave the game as winners, this is just how pro sport and in particular tennis rolls.
They wont go down in history as great players but having an angle to make money out of is all that counts.....but with all that comes this attitude and treat me as special behavior and in these CoVid times copping complaints from very privileged individuals like well to do Tennis players is very hard to handle . Leave the theatrics, and prima-donna stuff for the court and take a hit for the public who make your life so good and follow the rules like we all have to do is all the community wants from them in return for their special lifestyles.
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Tennis to me now is just another component of today's bullshit world, right up there with social media and "reality tv". Never watch these days.
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02-16-2021, 02:22 AM
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I saw some irony last night in a tennis report.
Apparently someone having a phone conversation at the back row of the stand is an intolerable distraction, but squealing like a pig as you serve is all OK!
In fairness I thought the players had moderate this a bit recently, I'm not sure if that is the officials clamping down or the player's embarrassment of the unbridled squeal in an empty stadium. But as soon as there is a big point, it seems to resurface.
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The medical timeout strikes again!
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(02-17-2021, 02:43 AM)LP link Wrote:The medical timeout strikes again!
But Ash is a class act! Hopefully, she will learn from this.
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(02-17-2021, 02:43 AM)LP link Wrote:The medical timeout strikes again! I heard about this on the news, blaming a swing in the game on a medical time out. A bigger load of horse shite I have never heard.
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Muchado's medical timeout is just something for everyone who is on the AO teat to get upset about/ talk about/ express outrage over. Non- story.
I have watched more matches this year than other years and picked some good ones - I have also just walked away from several that are tripe. Won't watch Djokovic as a rule.
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(02-17-2021, 09:45 AM)Gointocarlton date Wrote:I heard about this on the news, blaming a swing in the game on a medical time out. A bigger load of horse crape I have never heard. They are coached about when to take them, sports psychologists are part of the entourage, it's a tactic like grunting!
If Ash missed a trick it was taking her own medical time out when momentum swung!
One day the event will degrade into a medical intervention tit-for-tat, the tennis version of a soccer swan dive, I'm predicting this to happen between some European players and the match will be declared a nil all draw!
These are professional athletes, being paid hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars by tax payers, and they secure victory by very very questionable tactics.
Start billing/fining them for medical timeouts, maybe 10% of prize money per incident, don't bill/fine them if they retire hurt from a match. I'll predict the frequency of timeout incidents greatly diminishes because most are disingenuous.
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As much as I love seeing our Ash Barty in the contest and ranked No.1, I have to say I think Naomi Osaka is the world's best at the moment by some margin.
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All I saw was that Osaka was 2-0 down in the first set. The score suggests a great win. She's an excellent player. Williams is another that I don't watch (although I would watch Osaka, which makes this match quite conflicting!)
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