Tennis

Alice In Wonderland · 18 Jan 2022 at 10:23

Shocky-FM said:
Doubt I'll watch any of it, times aren't exactly convenient.

I'm just reading the text updates whilst doing other stuff.

SoliD · 18 Jan 2022 at 11:58

moved to aussie open thread

mysticsniper · 18 Jan 2022 at 14:32

Alice In Wonderland said:
So Murray through the first round!!

I feel really nervous for Emma though. I do hope she surprises us and gets through but I'm not confident at all.

Emma has won her first match, although dropped a set.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/60036998

Alice In Wonderland · 18 Jan 2022 at 21:26

mysticsniper said:
Emma has won her first match, although dropped a set.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/60036998

Yes, I'm so happy she won!! I need to find the new thread for this Open!

doodah · 20 Jan 2022 at 14:50

Just heard (haven't found a link yet) - Novak is suing the Aussie government for inhumane treatment and loss of earnings :rolleyes:

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Edit - 'ill treatment' and only found a DE link so far.

Pigeon_Killer · 20 Jan 2022 at 14:54

Hope they ban the anti-vax scumbag for the full 3 years then. Actually, just ban him for life.

And while on the subject of anti-vax...

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jan/19/novak-djokovic-stake-biotech-firm-quantbiores-covid

Alice In Wonderland · 20 Jan 2022 at 15:45

doodah said:
Just heard (haven't found a link yet) - Novak is suing the Aussie government for inhumane treatment and loss of earnings .

Edit - 'ill treatment' and only found a DE link so far.

Oh what an idiot!! :rolleyes:

Reuben klang · 21 Jan 2022 at 20:21

What an idiot, just keep digging.

Kind of gutted for Murray but the bloke really needs to just retire. Just ruining his legacy at this rate. Never ever going to be any where near the level he was and at this point is just taking WC for the sake of it - even if he did get to R2 this time round.

Pigeon_Killer · 28 Jan 2022 at 17:21

Doubts over timing of Covid test

If Djokovic did get his test results falsified, it should, but won't, result in every country banning him and retirement/imprisonment.

Reuben klang · 28 Jan 2022 at 18:49

Pigeon_Killer said:
Doubts over timing of Covid test

If Djokovic did get his test results falsified, it should, but won't, result in every country banning him and retirement/imprisonment.

It’s amazing on so many levels.

Psycho Ned · 28 Jan 2022 at 20:50

Pigeon_Killer said:
Doubts over timing of Covid test

If Djokovic did get his test results falsified, it should, but won't, result in every country banning him and retirement/imprisonment.

It's obviously what happened, he got a dodgy result cooked up which is why he was apparently galavanting all over the place when he was 'positive' cos he was never positive but couldn't say that now as he's too deep in the lie!

This should be made a much bigger deal of but Serbia will just brush it under the carpet and that'll be the end of it.

Alice In Wonderland · 28 Jan 2022 at 23:43

Pigeon_Killer said:
Doubts over timing of Covid test

If Djokovic did get his test results falsified, it should, but won't, result in every country banning him and retirement/imprisonment.

There definitely should be some severe sanctions of some sort.

Although I don't hold out much for his Serbian government to hold him to account as they see him as like a God.

Pigeon_Killer · 11 Mar 2022 at 21:10

700th career win for Murray tonight :cool:

Alice In Wonderland · 11 Mar 2022 at 21:55

Pigeon_Killer said:
700th career win for Murray tonight

Brilliant

Pigeon_Killer · 23 Mar 2022 at 13:06

Ash Barty’s just announced her retirement, she’s only 25 so hope it’s a choice she’s made rather than a choice she’s had to make due to illness or other reasons.

Also, Nadal’s out for 6 weeks and looks doubtful for the French Open.

englishpremier · 23 Mar 2022 at 13:51

Not uncommon especially for female tennis players to retire early. Most come back though. Hell even Kim Clijsters came back last year.

Alice In Wonderland · 24 Mar 2022 at 12:41

englishpremier said:
Not uncommon especially for female tennis players to retire early. Most come back though. Hell even Kim Clijsters came back last year.

Must admit I much prefer watching the men.

But because of this I have never really kept up with the women's game so wasn't aware that it was common for the women to retire early.

I hope she finds happiness and success in whatever it is she chooses to do next.

englishpremier · 20 Apr 2022 at 17:01

https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/61161016

Wimbledon bans Russian and Belarusian players.

Shocking short sighted decision in my view given that tennis is mostly an individual sport, and players such as Medvedev have lived in France or elsewhere for a large part of their lives. Rubles still lives in Russia and is connected to an Oligarch but was one of the first to come out against the war. No other major tennis tournaments have seen fit to ban players who hold Russian nationality.

On the other hand, I'm curious to see what they do about players such as Bublik. A Russian, born in Russia, living in Russia playing under a Kazakstan flag of convenience.

fez · 25 Apr 2022 at 16:03

englishpremier said:
Wimbledon bans Russian and Belarusian players.

Its a tricky one because they are not doing it out of spite towards people who happen to have been born in the "wrong" country, they are simply trying to be part of putting pressure on all aspects of Russian foreign influence and prestige.

You could make the argument against almost every sanction if you consider the human cost to the average Russian. The other question is should normal Russians who support Putin be punished when they are a victim of state manipulation. Same with China. I mean, its the same with most countries. Americans are fantastically patriotic and find inventive ways to convince themselves they are the greatest nation on earth and paragons of moral virtue while torturing and killing abroad to further their own goals.

Lets be honest, most professional tennis players can much more easily weather not being allowed to play in a tournament than someone working for a company that has exited Russia can afford to be jobless.

Basically there is no right answer to this and sometimes you take the nuclear option for maximum impact.

Then again maybe we should just do what the olympics did. Ban Russia and make it so that no one could possible ever know where these athletes from parts unknown are actually from...

Reuben klang · 26 Apr 2022 at 09:18

Emma has split with her coach. 4th in the space of a year.

hmm