TENNIS Tennis

[Mr Fourex]

So when this all eventually dies down.......you'd have to expect Craig Tiley to get clipped ...yeah?

TA should be held directly responsible for the debacle. Not saying the rest of them didn;t join in to royally **** things up but......TA started the whole thing by misleading Novax.

 

[BroncosFever]

The thing that stands out the most to me about all this is how tone deaf Djokivic and his camp have been to how this has been viewed by the public in general. I get that sports stars are driven, to the point where the only thing that matters is winning. But for me, I'm amazed no one in his camp at any stage said, "let's take a step back and look at this from a public relations point of view".

Bottom line is, he's going to set the record for grand slam titles sooner or later. It wasn't like he had to do it with this slam. And that record will probably never be beaten. So in all likelihood he'll go down in history as the most successful grand slam winner. After his visa was cancelled the first time, if he had accepted the decision, acknowledging the hardships and suffering that most Australians have had to put up with over the last year, and vowed to come back next year if the rules permitted, I think he would have been universally applauded for his reaction.

Instead he carried on like a petulant teenager who believed that the rules everyone else have had to abide by, somehow shouldn't apply to him. And I'm not absolving the government in all this in case anyone thinks I am. This has been a complete shit fest all around. Novak, TA, government, immigration, take your pick. But he had an opportunity to come away with his reputation enhanced. But instead of the bigger picture, all he could see was a mirror.

I agree with you, he has come out of this looking like a fool, not only a fool but someone who believes he is above the global standard as we fight a pandemic that has already taken millions of lives.

I am of the belief that in Serbia he is put on a pedestal, a pedestal which allows him to bypass particular rules and regulations, there's no other way to describe how he thought he could come out of this and win. His lawyers released a statement saying it's in the interest of the government to let him play or whatever their wording was, my feeling has always been that there's no way they can let him play given that so many people in Melbourne particularly have had to be locked down for months at a time, to have some bloke come in from overseas for a few weeks, win a few mill and leave the country, unvaccinated.. yeah, no. It was never going to fly and I am very relieved it didn't fly, Australia as a country would have been made to look like a joke.

 

[Alec]

Who’s the favourite to win the men’s now?

Medvedev, I think. He did win the last grand slam too.
Rafa if he can get back to close to his best is a good shot too.
Zverev probably up there too, he did win the ATP final last year (beating Medvedev), but he never made a grand slam final I think.

 

[Mr Fourex]

I agree with you, he has come out of this looking like a fool, not only a fool but someone who believes he is above the global standard as we fight a pandemic that has already taken millions of lives.

I am of the belief that in Serbia he is put on a pedestal, a pedestal which allows him to bypass particular rules and regulations, there's no other way to describe how he thought he could come out of this and win. His lawyers released a statement saying it's in the interest of the government to let him play or whatever their wording was, my feeling has always been that there's no way they can let him play given that so many people in Melbourne particularly have had to be locked down for months at a time, to have some bloke come in from overseas for a few weeks, win a few mill and leave the country, unvaccinated.. yeah, no. It was never going to fly and I am very relieved it didn't fly, Australia as a country would have been made to look like a joke.

Apparently, one of the Liberal senators....is having a whinge on Serbian TV. Saying we got it wrong....

Alex Antic. I imagine he has Serbian heritage.....?

Depot him as well......the treacherous ****.
.....anyone else got anything to fucken say?

Send a message.....

 

[Nashy]

Apparently, one of the Liberal senators....is having a whinge on Serbian TV. Saying we got it wrong....

Alex Antic. I imagine he has Serbian heritage.....?

Depot him as well......the treacherous ****.
.....anyone else got anything to fucken say?

He's an Australian Senator with Serbian heritage.

 

[Mr Fourex]

Not for long.....

 

[Sproj]

Apparently, one of the Liberal senators....is having a whinge on Serbian TV. Saying we got it wrong....

Alex Antic. I imagine he has Serbian heritage.....?

Depot him as well......the treacherous ****.
.....anyone else got anything to fucken say?

Send a message.....

Same ol' Antics.

 

[Bull Shark]

So Ian Botham has traveled back from 1988 in a Miami Vice t-shirt to play John Millman at the Australian Open tonight ?!

 

[Scorchie]

So when this all eventually dies down.......you'd have to expect Craig Tiley to get clipped ...yeah?

TA should be held directly responsible for the debacle. Not saying the rest of them didn;t join in to royally **** things up but......TA started the whole thing by misleading Novax.

It's a tough one. As an organiser for the AO, he's overseen massive sponsorship and prize money (still the highest around) and has a huge rapport and rating with the players.

This has been a debacle of the highest order though.

 

[BroncsFan]

Probably because Fed is done in everything but name, too many constant injuries. Rafa might have one more in him but he too is breaking down more and more. Djoker is the only one of the three still consistently strong and winning.

And also every other tennis player appears to be absolute trash

 

[Scorchie]

Nadal's ok, just like Fed.

 

[BroncosAlways]

I love lawyer waffle.

Alan Shore and Denny Crane they are not

Great reference there.

 

[Super Freak]

Barty was ruthless in her opening match.

Hopefully she can keep that up. Granted, Tsurenko is ranked 113th but the fact that she only managed to win one game shows how switched on Barty was.

 

[scobie]

I think I also read that, because he's been booted out, he is forbidden from entering the country for 3 years now? That's fucked him for the next few Aus Opens...

This is the thing. He's sacrificed the next 3 for this one. So short sighted.

 

[Mr Fourex]

 

[Nashy]

Nick can serve up an ace, holy shit.

 

[Alec]

Australian male players seem mostly pretty shit. Kyrg is the only really decent one, but he should have been so much better and more successful than what he ended up.

 

[Mr Fourex]

Injury....or being a fuckhead?