Re: The Tennis Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 5:56 am
Barty is retiring at 25. 
Thats unbelievable.
Thats unbelievable.
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Re: The Tennis Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 7:07 am
It might be health-related, but I’d bet she’s decided she’d rather just stay in Australia and play cricket.
Re: The Tennis Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 8:47 am
Tineash wrote:It might be health-related, but I’d bet she’s decided she’d rather just stay in Australia and play cricket.
I can see her playing international cricket for Australia, she was more than decent when she tried it before.
Re: The Tennis Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 9:17 am
A shame in many ways, but I reckon she'd have dominated the Slams if she'd continued.
Re: The Tennis Thread
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2022 9:29 am
Novax. 
Re: The Tennis Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 3:50 pm
Former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker jailed for two and a half years for hiding assets to avoid paying debts
Re: The Tennis Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 5:09 pm
The only thing he'll be serving now is jail time.
Re: The Tennis Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 5:10 pm
He's not the Boris I wanted to go to jail.
Re: The Tennis Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 5:51 pm
Hopefully he’ll still be doing the Wimbledon commentary this year.
Re: The Tennis Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 5:59 pm
KK wrote:Hopefully he’ll still be doing the Wimbledon commentary this year.
Re: The Tennis Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 6:26 pm
WIMBLE-DONE FOR FRAUD
The Sun tomorrow, probably.
Also, did anyone notice he wore a strawberry floating Wimbledon tie to court today 
The Sun tomorrow, probably.
Also, did anyone notice he wore a strawberry floating Wimbledon tie to court today
Re: The Tennis Thread
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2022 11:25 pm
He was my first tennis hero and i followed him for many years. He fired my interest in tennis. No sympathy for him though. Very self indulgent man who had everything. What a strawberry floating idiot. Im just glad his wife and kids got theirs before he spunked it all away.
Re: The Tennis Thread
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2022 11:26 pm
Insert a few "They've jailed the wrong blonde Boris" jokes here. Absolute bellend - this isn't even the first time he's found himself hauled up on similar charges, so as Denny says I have no sympathy for him.
Re: The Tennis Thread
Posted: Sun May 01, 2022 9:55 am
Djokovic: I'm the biggest idiot in tennis
Becker: hold my beer
Becker: hold my beer
Re: The Tennis Thread
Posted: Sun May 01, 2022 10:05 am
Tomous wrote:Djokovic: I'm the biggest idiot in tennis
Becker: hold my beer
Nah, Novak is still the biggest prick.
Re: The Tennis Thread
Posted: Sun May 01, 2022 10:47 am
Moggy wrote:Tomous wrote:Djokovic: I'm the biggest idiot in tennis
Becker: hold my beer
Nah, Novak is still the biggest prick.
Biggest prick and more harmful to others but it takes a special kind of stupid to win the financial jackpot and be so bad with managing it you end up in jail.
Re: The Tennis Thread
Posted: Sun May 01, 2022 10:52 am
Tomous wrote:Moggy wrote:Tomous wrote:Djokovic: I'm the biggest idiot in tennis
Becker: hold my beer
Nah, Novak is still the biggest prick.
Biggest prick and more harmful to others but it takes a special kind of stupid to win the financial jackpot and be so bad with managing it you end up in jail.
Give Novak time.
Re: The Tennis Thread
Posted: Fri May 20, 2022 9:37 pm
So both ATP and WTA have thrown their toys out the pram this evening and stripped all ranking points from Wimbledon. A lot of players seriously unhappy apparently.
I'm glad Wimbledon have done this. I'd feel sick seeing Medvedev standing there with a cheesy grin on his face holding the trophy, with the images beamed all over the glorious motherland.
I'm glad Wimbledon have done this. I'd feel sick seeing Medvedev standing there with a cheesy grin on his face holding the trophy, with the images beamed all over the glorious motherland.
Re: The Tennis Thread
Posted: Fri May 20, 2022 11:01 pm
Imrahil wrote:So both ATP and WTA have thrown their toys out the pram this evening and stripped all ranking points from Wimbledon. A lot of players seriously unhappy apparently.
I'm glad Wimbledon have done this. I'd feel sick seeing Medvedev standing there with a cheesy grin on his face holding the trophy, with the images beamed all over the glorious motherland.
It's very strange to see the ATP and WTA take a very different stance to most other major sports. I hope we see the US open follow Wimbledon.
Re: The Tennis Thread
Posted: Fri May 20, 2022 11:06 pm
Unless those tennis players have links to the Kremlin or outright support the invasion of Ukraine I don't think it's right to discriminate against individuals or potentially put their families on Putin's radar by making them sign up to declarations against the Russian leadership. Wider Russian organisations and teams, sure, ban them from whatever international sport potentially forever but you shouldn't for example have an outright ban on sports teams from signing individual Russian players.
The LTA have made themselves a very obvious outlier within the tennis world when it comes to dealing with Russian and Belerusian individuals potentially representing their nations. Indian Wells, Miami, France, and Italy have all allowed those players to compete at the highest level by not representing any nation and I don't feel for example that the French Open will be compromised because it'll be the first Grand Slam to do the same.
EDIT - Think I meant All England Club rather than LTA.
The LTA have made themselves a very obvious outlier within the tennis world when it comes to dealing with Russian and Belerusian individuals potentially representing their nations. Indian Wells, Miami, France, and Italy have all allowed those players to compete at the highest level by not representing any nation and I don't feel for example that the French Open will be compromised because it'll be the first Grand Slam to do the same.
EDIT - Think I meant All England Club rather than LTA.