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Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #150 on:** 04 June, 2016, 11:09:20 pm »

Quote from: TigaSefi on 04 June, 2016, 05:19:44 pm

Quote from: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 04 June, 2016, 04:47:27 pm
Serena

Serena is an awful sportsperson. Glad we have a new winner.

I love both the Williams sisters. I think they've both peaked and are beginning the downward slopes, but they're still amazing players.

simonp · « **Reply #151 on:** 05 June, 2016, 02:26:41 pm »

Wow. What a start!

Andrew · « **Reply #152 on:** 05 June, 2016, 02:50:37 pm »

There's something I don't like about Djokovic, and never have. I can't quite figure it either. A faux-niceness or smarminess or something, dunno. $:-\$

caerau · « **Reply #153 on:** 05 June, 2016, 02:57:10 pm »

C'mon Andy!!!

caerau · « **Reply #154 on:** 05 June, 2016, 02:57:57 pm »

Quote from: Andrew on 05 June, 2016, 02:50:37 pm

There's something I don't like about Djokovic, and never have. I can't quite figure it either. A faux-niceness or smarminess or something, dunno. $:-\$

It's because he's generally annoyingly the only player who stops Murray winning everything

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #155 on:** 05 June, 2016, 03:00:09 pm »

Quote from: Andrew on 05 June, 2016, 02:50:37 pm

There's something I don't like about Djokovic, and never have. I can't quite figure it either. A faux-niceness or smarminess or something, dunno. $:-\$

Is it because he's dead huffy and has a weirdly rectangular head?

mattc · « **Reply #156 on:** 05 June, 2016, 06:49:21 pm »

He looks a lot like the late great Tommy Simpson in his pomp. The hair is near identical.
(ND has a slightly better french accent than Serena. Simpson probably had better French, but I've never heard it.)

Congrats to him, anyway. Andy gave it a go, waasnt to be.

trekker12 · « **Reply #157 on:** 08 June, 2016, 04:42:34 pm »

Sharapova banned for two years according to the BBC

De Sisti · « **Reply #158 on:** 08 June, 2016, 05:26:21 pm »

Quote from: trekker12 on 08 June, 2016, 04:42:34 pm

Sharapova banned for two years according to the BBC

She's a pretty white woman and a sponsor's dream. All manner of legal teams are going to try and
get the ban rescinded.

simonp · « **Reply #159 on:** 08 June, 2016, 05:27:50 pm »

Last three paragraphs here:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jun/08/maria-sharapova-banned-two-years-failing-drugs-test-meldonium

De Sisti · « **Reply #160 on:** 08 June, 2016, 06:00:00 pm »

Quote from: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 05 June, 2016, 03:00:09 pm

Quote from: Andrew on 05 June, 2016, 02:50:37 pm
There's something I don't like about Djokovic, and never have. I can't quite figure it either. A faux-niceness or smarminess or something, dunno. $:-\$
Is it because he's dead huffy and has a weirdly rectangular head?

Sickening when he won the Australian Open last year and got the media hordes to sing happy birthday to his mother.

Asterix, the former Gaul. · « **Reply #161 on:** 09 June, 2016, 11:55:41 am »

Quote from: De Sisti on 08 June, 2016, 06:00:00 pm

Quote from: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 05 June, 2016, 03:00:09 pm
Quote from: Andrew on 05 June, 2016, 02:50:37 pm
There's something I don't like about Djokovic, and never have. I can't quite figure it either. A faux-niceness or smarminess or something, dunno. $:-\$
Is it because he's dead huffy and has a weirdly rectangular head?
Sickening when he won the Australian Open last year and got the media hordes to sing happy birthday to his mother.

If a preying mantis played tennis..

(Not that I am bitter, let alone twisted)

caerau · « **Reply #162 on:** 09 June, 2016, 12:17:02 pm »

The medal ceremonies reached a crescendo of sickliness in the Nadal/Federer era. Cringeworthy niceness - it did appear reasonably genuine between them but one can never be sure.

I sometimes wonder if they'd have done the mutual backslapping/psychophancy thing in the 80s how McEnroe, Connors and Lendl would have approached this as they seemed to rather openly hate one another.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #163 on:** 18 June, 2016, 02:31:13 pm »

Come on Andy!

rafletcher · « **Reply #164 on:** 19 June, 2016, 06:05:13 pm »

Well he turned that round in the nick of time!

Asterix, the former Gaul. · « **Reply #165 on:** 21 June, 2016, 10:45:56 am »

Quote from: rafletcher on 19 June, 2016, 06:05:13 pm

Well he turned that round in the nick of time!

He was playing games.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #166 on:** 30 June, 2016, 06:12:08 pm »

Get it up ye!

mattc · « **Reply #167 on:** 30 June, 2016, 07:44:37 pm »

its not done yet, but in the Conjuh-Radwnska match I may have just seen the saddest, most unlucky tennis incident ever.

It is heartbreaking to watch

Wowbagger · « **Reply #168 on:** 30 June, 2016, 09:46:04 pm »

Quote from: mattc on 30 June, 2016, 07:44:37 pm

its not done yet, but in the Conjuh-Radwnska match I may have just seen the saddest, most unlucky tennis incident ever.

It is heartbreaking to watch

For those of us who rely on yacf for our sports, are you going to elucidate?

mattc · « **Reply #169 on:** 30 June, 2016, 10:58:54 pm »

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2016-06-30/radwanska_saves_three_match_points_to_survive_konjuh_test.html

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #170 on:** 02 July, 2016, 03:57:34 pm »

Squeaky bum time in the Djokovic/Querrey match!

Andrew · « **Reply #171 on:** 02 July, 2016, 05:09:59 pm »

well played Querrey!

simonp · « **Reply #172 on:** 03 July, 2016, 02:56:06 pm »

Isner v. Tsonga. 11-10 in the 5th.

TigaSefi · « **Reply #173 on:** 03 July, 2016, 03:08:19 pm »

Hope Tsonga wins. Isner is a stain on tennis.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #174 on:** 03 July, 2016, 06:43:37 pm »

Quote from: simonp on 03 July, 2016, 02:56:06 pm

Isner v. Tsonga. 11-10 in the 5th.

iSTR Isner has previous for that sort of thing.