2021 Tennis Thread

[Marshall Tucker]

^ I like Med so far. seems to have a ton of personality. When asked about after winning, "we know how to celebrate in russia. Just hope we don't get picked up by the police."

[garyfromterrace]

Like last year with Thiem winning (over Zverev)?

Ha. Well, when I said a long while I was speaking in terms of a fruit flies life..
Right you are Dee. But aside from that US open, it's been a while right - 2016 Wawrinka

I agree with Marshall's opinion of Med's seemingly good nature now. He seems composed on and of the court. I think this is a more recent development IMO, I remember him being whiney and temperamental as a younger player.

[54-46]

Djoker acted like a little baby under the pressure. Not the GOAT based on class and poise even if he does get more Grand Slam titles

[Marshall Tucker]

IMO, I remember him being whiney and temperamental as a younger player.

I think you remember his US open final with nadal where he was mis-interpreting something like clapping. He thought they were boos. I can't recall the full story but something was lost in translation in that match. If there's been others I'm not aware of them.

[garyfromterrace]

Djoker acted like a little baby under the pressure. Not the GOAT based on class and poise even if he does get more Grand Slam titles

Fuckin eh buddy. I'm with you. Just cause I said one could enter his name into the discussion of Goat doesn't mean he gets the ribbon.

edit: Marshall - here's what I was talking about I guess
2019 US open:
"...The 23-year-old has been fined $19,000 through three matches.

The No. 5 seed was fined $5,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct when he snatched a towel out of the hands of a ball boy, and $4,000 for a visible obscenity when he held his middle finger up by the side of his head in defiance of the crowd....)

2017 Wimbledon:
(...Russian Daniil Medvedev has also been hit with three separate fines, totaling $14,500 The Guardian reports. He racked up two of them for insulting Portuguese empire Mariana Alvez, and a third for tossing coins at her chair....)

2020 ATP Cup:
(...At the ATP Cup, Medvedev was given code violations for unsportsmanlike conduct and deliberately celebrating in Schwartzman’s face, with the Russian captain Marat Safi apologised for....)

[Danno]

Novak Djokovic right now:

[PB]

I will be crushed if there's not a screaming tantrum in ...3,2,1 .....

[Marshall Tucker]

Gotta love Djokovic sr. Only missing the "we throw many rocks at tanks"

"Morrison and his like have dared attack Novak to bring Serbia to its knees. Serbia has always shown that he comes from a proud nation," Srdjan Djokovic said.

"This has nothing to do with sports, this is a political agenda. Novak is the best player and the best athlete in the world, but several hundred million people from the West can't stomach that," he said.

[BmillsSkier]

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić laying down some cold war era language too.

[SumJongGuy]

"Pressure is a privilege, my friend. Without pressure, there is no professional sport. If you are aiming to be at the top of the game you better start learning how to deal with pressure and how to cope with those moments."

[Tele 'til You're Smelly]

He should waive his privacy right and tell us the grounds for his exemption. Until he does that, it is indeed fishy that a famous vaccine skeptic gets an exemption (although if his reason is bogus why would the supposedly independent panel give him the exemption?).

My guess it is based on him claiming to have had covid in the last 6 months, which may be a basis for an exemption. And the Aussie authorities deciding that having delta or whatever strain months ago is no protection from getting and spreading omicron now.

[Sluff]

I’m not a fan and never been a fan of Djokovic. Now hearing he’s being held there until Monday.

Ha ha.

Side note, it’s 2022. Time for a new thread?

[BmillsSkier]

Nadal today said something to the effect of get on board already or don't cry about the consequences.

[Sluff]

Nadal’s thoughts. Fed is too classy to make a statement, but I’d love to see him drop the mic on Djokovic.

https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/20...nis-vaccinated