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mattc · « **Reply #375 on:** 23 January, 2017, 08:56:45 am »

Quote from: rafletcher on 22 January, 2017, 11:07:39 am

Quote from: LEE on 22 January, 2017, 12:12:57 am
FYI

Johanna Konta was born in Sydney, Australia on 17 May 1991, the daughter of Hungarian parents Gábor, a hotel manager, and Gabriella, a dentist. Her parents had emigrated separately from Hungary and met in Australia. One of Konta's grandfathers, Tamás Kertész (1929—1989), played football for Ferencvárosi TC, won two international caps for Hungary in the 1950s and later coached the Ghana national team. Konta has an elder sister, Éva Emese, from her father's previous marriage.

Konta's childhood was spent in Collaroy on Sydney's Northern Beaches, where she was introduced to tennis at an after-school programme at the age of eight. When she was 14, she began attending the Sanchez Casal academy in Barcelona, spending 15 months there in an attempt to further her development. While she was in Spain her parents moved to England.

Makes you proud to be British.

Oddly enough I did already know that, as I suspect do most people who follow tennis. She's chosen to be British, so I shall support her as such.

I wonder - if she'd stuck with "Team Australia", would there be Aussies moaning about her foreign heritage?

rafletcher · « **Reply #376 on:** 24 January, 2017, 07:36:37 am »

I doubt it - it doesn't seem to matter to them that Tomic was born in Germany to Croat and Bosnian parents, or that Kyrios has a mixed Greek and Malaysian heritage.

LEE · « **Reply #377 on:** 24 January, 2017, 11:18:06 am »

Quote from: rafletcher on 24 January, 2017, 07:36:37 am

I doubt it - it doesn't seem to matter to them that Tomic was born in Germany to Croat and Bosnian parents, or that Kyrios has a mixed Greek and Malaysian heritage.

It becomes increasingly difficult to figure out who to cheer for, and why we do.
Presumably we hoped she would lose against a British opponent when she was playing her youth tennis as an Australian.

I'm happy enough that, if she says she's British, and pays 40% tax, that she's British.

Lewis Hamilton, the Union-Flag-waving-Tax-Exile, on the other hand, can fuck right off and race under the Monaco flag.

Legs · « **Reply #378 on:** 26 January, 2017, 10:14:11 am »

Williams vs Williams and (potentially, quite possibly) Federer vs Nadal? That has a certain retro feel to it...

simonp · « **Reply #379 on:** 26 January, 2017, 11:31:38 am »

45% tax.

αdαmsκι · « **Reply #380 on:** 26 January, 2017, 10:13:55 pm »

It feels like deja vu with me cheering on Rafa in the hope he'll beat Federer.

andyoxon · « **Reply #381 on:** 29 January, 2017, 03:38:08 pm »

What a final.

Going to be an interesting tennis year.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #382 on:** 05 February, 2017, 10:59:22 pm »

Canadian player hit the ball in a fit of temper and accidentally got the umpire in the eye.

Jaded · « **Reply #383 on:** 05 February, 2017, 10:59:27 pm »

Well that was an interesting finish to a Davis cup match.

Asterix, the former Gaul. · « **Reply #384 on:** 06 February, 2017, 08:28:25 am »

They should all wear helmets.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #385 on:** 06 February, 2017, 03:51:15 pm »

Bloody tennis mucking up the scheduling of QI again

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #386 on:** 02 March, 2017, 06:39:05 pm »

Andy Murray is playing Mr Kohlschreiber in Dubai. Murray lost the first set 6-7, then won the 2nd set 7-6, with the tiebreak score being 20-18.

Jaded · « **Reply #387 on:** 02 March, 2017, 09:49:42 pm »

and did the last set more easily.

It should be pointed out that Mr Murray is recovering from Shingles and Mr Federerer lost in his match to I am not a Number 116.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #388 on:** 02 March, 2017, 11:28:30 pm »

It was a great match and Andy Murray showed what a fantastic player he's become.

rafletcher · « **Reply #389 on:** 04 March, 2017, 05:07:54 pm »

And Andy takes the Dubai title. That puts him approx 2200 points ahead of Djokovic.

simonp · « **Reply #390 on:** 06 March, 2017, 08:59:07 pm »

I think Indian Wells has dropped off today.

Which puts the gap at 3170 points. What a turn around from a year ago.

mattc · « **Reply #391 on:** 12 March, 2017, 10:44:02 am »

Quote from: simonp on 06 March, 2017, 08:59:07 pm

I think Indian Wells has dropped off today.

Oh dear:

Andy Murray struggles to explain shock Indian Wells exit to qualifier Vasek Pospisil

Sorry, couldn't resist

simonp · « **Reply #392 on:** 12 March, 2017, 05:27:53 pm »

He often does badly at IW so less of a shock than the headlines are making out.

If he doesn't improve his form soon he will have a lot of points to defend later in the season.

simonp · « **Reply #393 on:** 16 March, 2017, 03:09:49 am »

Well well.

So Murray drops 35 ranking points and Djokovic drops 910.

TigaSefi · « **Reply #394 on:** 16 March, 2017, 07:33:36 am »

Quote from: simonp on 16 March, 2017, 03:09:49 am

Well well.

So Murray drops 35 ranking points and Djokovic drops 910.

BBC says Murray only drops 20?

simonp · « **Reply #395 on:** 16 March, 2017, 09:58:19 am »

Quote from: TigaSefi on 16 March, 2017, 07:33:36 am

Quote from: simonp on 16 March, 2017, 03:09:49 am
Well well.

So Murray drops 35 ranking points and Djokovic drops 910.

BBC says Murray only drops 20?

Could be. I'm going by live-tennis.eu. They may be taking different events into account.

rafletcher · « **Reply #396 on:** 31 March, 2017, 09:20:58 am »

Well done Jo Konta

rafletcher · « **Reply #397 on:** 01 April, 2017, 07:47:24 pm »

And she wins Miami, excellent. No 7 now..

Jaded · « **Reply #398 on:** 01 April, 2017, 09:25:41 pm »

Yeah but now we've signed Artickle 50 she'll be a foreigner again.

simonp · « **Reply #399 on:** 16 May, 2017, 11:10:34 pm »

Slump in form continues for Murray.