cheekyboy Posted July 21, 2019 Posted July 21, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, LHC said: 'Tanking' does happen in professional sports, not just in tennis, and sometimes for good reasons. The morality is certainly questionable especially from the paying audience point of view. I recall Max Wilander was criticised for skipping the smaller tournaments to save himself up for the Grand Slams, and ended up winning seven titles. That was not tanking, but Wilander was clearly been strategic to the irks of his peers. As for Tomic, his hitting partner Djokovic thinks taking the prize money away was not fair - https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Novak_Djokovic/73554/novak-djokovic-tomic-has-a-history-of-playing-matches-with-less-effort-/ LOL, Max must be a brother of Mats? Edited July 21, 2019 by cheekyboy 1 1
LHC Posted July 21, 2019 Posted July 21, 2019 9 hours ago, cheekyboy said: LOL, Max must be a brother of Mats? didn't you spelt it 'Matts' earlier today? It is all good mate. Speaking of Wilander, he was critical of Federer's tactics during his two match points that he failed to convert. https://www.ubitennis.net/2019/07/djokovic-wouldnt-gone-mats-wilander-criticises-federers-wimbledon-tactics/ 1
cheekyboy Posted July 21, 2019 Posted July 21, 2019 9 hours ago, LHC said: didn't you spelt it 'Matts' earlier today? It is all good mate. Speaking of Wilander, he was critical of Federer's tactics during his two match points that he failed to convert. https://www.ubitennis.net/2019/07/djokovic-wouldnt-gone-mats-wilander-criticises-federers-wimbledon-tactics/ I don't think I'd make that sort of mistake..................wait, I'll have a look............no, I have definitely spelt it with one 't'! Cheers, Keith 1
LHC Posted August 3, 2019 Posted August 3, 2019 No longer the Wimbledon, but Nick Kyrgios is certainly winning fans over with his style. Watch the rally point starting at 0:32 mark, it is wicked.
wolster Posted August 3, 2019 Author Posted August 3, 2019 1 hour ago, LHC said: No longer the Wimbledon, but Nick Kyrgios is certainly winning fans over with his style. Watch the rally point starting at 0:32 mark, it is wicked. Bloody brilliant
wolster Posted August 5, 2019 Author Posted August 5, 2019 On 03/08/2019 at 8:49 PM, wolster said: Bloody brilliant And he won the final overnight. Good comment by his opponent (world No. 10) post match: “When you’re a winner, you’re always happy,” Medvedev said of Kyrgios. “We all know how Nick can play when he wants to and, this week, I think he wanted to play, and it was tough. Hopefully you can make many more like this.” 1
wolster Posted August 25, 2019 Author Posted August 25, 2019 I have modified the title of this thread as the US Open starts this week. Ash Barty is the second seed. Serena Williams plays Sharapova in the first round. John Millman faces Nadal. Barty plays Zarina Diyas. Lots to look forward to.
wolster Posted August 28, 2019 Author Posted August 28, 2019 So Barty is through. Serena demolished Sharapova. Federer struggled against a qualifier. Nadal received a code violation for time wasting. Aussies Alexei Popyrin and Jordan Thompson gott through last night. Kyrios plays tonight. It's all happening at the US Open
cheekyboy Posted August 28, 2019 Posted August 28, 2019 3 hours ago, wolster said: So Barty is through. Serena demolished Sharapova. Federer struggled against a qualifier. Nadal received a code violation for time wasting. Aussies Alexei Popyrin and Jordan Thompson gott through last night. Kyrios plays tonight. It's all happening at the US Open Yep, she was a little shaky though..............hope she lifts over the next couple of rounds. Sharapova only knows one speed..................unfortunately. Not really, but Nagal did play well though..............he had nothing to lose, did he? What else is knew!............he gets a pretty good ride most of the time. Good to see Alexei and Jordan get up, fingers crossed they have a great tournament. Kygrios has played and won..............he played well and was relatively well behaved too. Cheers, Keith 1
metal beat Posted August 28, 2019 Posted August 28, 2019 (edited) and Kyrgios won against Steve Johnson!! In the 2nd set when Kyrgios was up 5-4 he was arguing with the umpire about nothing at the change of ends. Steve Johnson also had something to say and told Kyrgios to "stop f****ing around and play tennis," Nick was pretty quiet after that and well behaved Perhaps some of his other friends can start telling Nick that more often. Edited August 28, 2019 by metal beat 1
wolster Posted August 30, 2019 Author Posted August 30, 2019 How good was Alex de Minaur, beating the seventh seed, Nishikori? 1
evil c Posted August 30, 2019 Posted August 30, 2019 35 minutes ago, wolster said: How good was Alex de Minaur, beating the seventh seed, Nishikori? He's a great talent , Wol - watched his previous match against Garin and he ran him into the ground! Poor guys spirit was crushed by De Minaurs relentless precision. Looking forward to seeing the highlights of this. And Barty!!! 1
wolster Posted September 1, 2019 Author Posted September 1, 2019 Well that's a new excuse for losing: “Gaming, bro. Call of Duty has ruined me,” Kyrgios moaned to his box about the first-person shooter video game early in the second set. 1
LogicprObe Posted September 1, 2019 Posted September 1, 2019 15 minutes ago, wolster said: Well that's a new excuse for losing: “Gaming, bro. Call of Duty has ruined me,” Kyrgios moaned to his box about the first-person shooter video game early in the second set. Well.............he gets my vote for the World's Top Ten Dickheads! 1 1
wolster Posted September 2, 2019 Author Posted September 2, 2019 No Aussies left in singles - I think. Djokovic booed off the court after retiring hurt with a shoulder injury while two sets down. Roger and Serena both looking good.
wolster Posted January 11, 2020 Author Posted January 11, 2020 I know, another thread title change ..and a little late for this comp. Loved the way the Aussies beat UK in the quarters and De Minour tonight, against Nadal is playing out of his skin. Won the first set 6-4. Let's hope he can keep it going. Agut for Spain has been sensational. 1
evil c Posted January 11, 2020 Posted January 11, 2020 (edited) 59 minutes ago, wolster said: I know, another thread title change ..and a little late for this comp. Loved the way the Aussies beat UK in the quarters and De Minour tonight, against Nadal is playing out of his skin. Won the first set 6-4. Let's hope he can keep it going. Agut for Spain has been sensational. Never get tired of watching De Minaur, looking fearless and heading for top 5 ranking within the year Wol. Edit: jinxed Alex - Nadal has an uncanny knack of lifting his game when needed! Edited January 11, 2020 by evil c 2
metal beat Posted January 11, 2020 Posted January 11, 2020 39 minutes ago, evil c said: Never get tired of watching De Minaur, looking fearless and heading for top 5 ranking within the year Wol. Edit: jinxed Alex - Nadal has an uncanny knack of lifting his game when needed! Alex is a fine young player, but he imo has no chance to break into the top 5 by end of year. Nadal, Joker, Fed, Thiem and Stefanos will all be ahead of him. If he can get to top 10, that would be outstanding. 1
cheekyboy Posted January 11, 2020 Posted January 11, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, metal beat said: Alex is a fine young player, but he imo has no chance to break into the top 5 by end of year. Nadal, Joker, Fed, Thiem and Stefanos will all be ahead of him. If he can get to top 10, that would be outstanding. Yeah, ranked 18 currently and defending a pretty good year in 2019, I can’t see De Minaur ranked in the top 5 by the end of the year either. He needed desperately to win that second set tonight against Nadal too........anyhow, Serbia v Spain tomorrow should provide some pretty good tennis. Cheers, Keith Edited January 11, 2020 by cheekyboy 3
evil c Posted January 11, 2020 Posted January 11, 2020 20 minutes ago, metal beat said: Alex is a fine young player, but he imo has no chance to break into the top 5 by end of year. Nadal, Joker, Fed, Thiem and Stefanos will all be ahead of him. If he can get to top 10, that would be outstanding. You could well be right, however he can beat top 10 players on a good day - needs to work on his serve and build himself up, but certainly exciting to watch. 1
metal beat Posted January 11, 2020 Posted January 11, 2020 40 minutes ago, cheekyboy said: Yeah, ranked 18 currently and defending a pretty good year in 2019, I can’t see De Minaur ranked in the top 5 by the end of the year either. He needed desperately to win that second set tonight against Nadal too........anyhow, Serbia v Spain tomorrow should provide some pretty good tennis. Cheers, Keith Keith, you heading down to the Aust open this year? I am going down the first 3 days with a ground pass to enjoy the back courts.
cheekyboy Posted January 11, 2020 Posted January 11, 2020 (edited) Hello Shane, @metal beat My two eldest girls have tickets for men's and women's semi finals and the men's final, thanks to a very generous aunt, but I won't be going down this year unfortunately. I hope you enjoy the ground pass days, but I found the last time I went in the first week, which was some years ago now, the event is so crowded with people just out for a day at the Open, that you struggled to get into the show courts. I'm thinking back 8 - 10 years though and at that time the first week was busy, but you could still get into any of the show courts in the first week with little difficulty. Now, there are queues outside each show court just to get in, but I'll be keen to hear how you find it this year. I do like the first week of the Open and you will see some very good tennis on those show courts too. Cheers, Keith Edited January 11, 2020 by cheekyboy
scuzzii Posted January 11, 2020 Posted January 11, 2020 On 01/09/2019 at 9:06 PM, wolster said: Well that's a new excuse for losing: “Gaming, bro. Call of Duty has ruined me,” Kyrgios moaned to his box about the first-person shooter video game early in the second set. being a knob is what has ruined him. 2
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