Aussie Open
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Open:
we need more lunatic Russians like Safin
Just a few more rounds and Medvedev will accuse the entire country of being backwards-facing halfwits. That, or we could have the makings of a classic Criminal Minds at the Open episode.
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@nostrildamus said in Aussie Open:
@mariner4life said in Aussie Open:
we need more lunatic Russians like Safin
Just a few more rounds and Medvedev will accuse the entire country of being backwards-facing halfwits. That, or we could have the makings of a classic Criminal Minds at the Open episode.
Medvedev is so robotic, so it was nice to see him lose his shit against the French American Cressy last night
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Open:
we need more lunatic Russians like Safin
most likely to invade an adjacent state during the tourney?
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@nzzp said in Aussie Open:
@mariner4life said in Aussie Open:
we need more lunatic Russians like Safin
most likely to invade an adjacent state during the tourney?
Annexe the disabled locker room....
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@barbarian said in Aussie Open:
But more than that, these blokes are all pretty bland.
This is the same sport that had Federer dominate for a decade?
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@antipodean said in Aussie Open:
@barbarian said in Aussie Open:
But more than that, these blokes are all pretty bland.
This is the same sport that had Federer dominate for a decade?
Would never call Federer's style on the court bland though.
Kiwi Michael Venus is up against Kyrgios and Kokkinakis in front of a rowdy crowd right now.
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@antipodean said in Aussie Open:
@barbarian said in Aussie Open:
But more than that, these blokes are all pretty bland.
This is the same sport that had Federer dominate for a decade?
He is from Switzerland. 500 years of peace and they didn't even invent cuckoo clocks, apparently.
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@nostrildamus said in Aussie Open:
500 years of peace >
Switzerland didn't even exist as a country until created by Napoleon.
Apart from three civil wars, the French annexation and establishment of the Helvetic Republic, the subsequent rebellions and the Battles of Wintherthur and Zurich. After which Switzerland existed as a client state of France.
The Congress of Vienna recognised Switzerland as a sovereign state and guaranteed its neutrality.
Subsequently Switzerland were an active participant in the 7th coalition in 1815
There was also a brief Civil War around the 1830's.
So a couple of hundred years of peace as long as you ignore airspace incursions by both sides in WW2 which included the Swiss shooting down American bombers and US taking out Swiss fighters, plus the (mistaken) bombing of several Swiss towns including Zurich and Basel.
The Swiss also sent troops to Afghanistan the first time they had served overseas since 1815.
My brothers in-laws were Swiss. I was regaled with stories about how Hitler did not dare invade and how Switzerland could stop a Soviet army in its tracks so I made it my job to learn a few facts.
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@barbarian said in Aussie Open:
@mariner4life said in Aussie Open:
it's probably really hard for the marketing department, but as a sporting event it would be good to see the men go like the women, where you just never know who is going to win the thing
I disagree. The women's game is too volatile. I would consider myself to be relatively connected to tennis, in the sense that I pay attention to all the Australian Open and the later rounds of the other majors. And yet I looked at the top 10 female seeds in this year's Oz Open and I reckon I recognised two of the names.
There's people I have no recollection of ever seeing before who are ranked 4, 5 and 6 in the world! That can't be a good thing for attracting viewers.
Yeah totally agree with that. The winners (often Russian-Americans) seem to just disappear or fade rather than kick on. It's weird. Ash Barty seems like an absolutely wonderful person and competitor, but I kind of feel like her success is more due to others being wildly inconsistent rather than her being the dominant player around. I hope I'm wrong, but I see her more as a Hewett rather than a Sampras or Federer.
I also think the men's game is suffering from a severe lack of new blood or at least guys that can take the next step to superstar. The fact that a gnarled senior citizen like Nadal is a strong chance is absolutely ridiculous. Guys like Zverev and Thiem should be swamping the old guard but it just isn't happening yet.
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@dogmeat said in Aussie Open:
@nostrildamus said in Aussie Open:
500 years of peace >
Switzerland didn't even exist as a country until created by Napoleon.
Apart from three civil wars, the French annexation and establishment of the Helvetic Republic, the subsequent rebellions and the Battles of Wintherthur and Zurich. After which Switzerland existed as a client state of France.
The Congress of Vienna recognised Switzerland as a sovereign state and guaranteed its neutrality.
Subsequently Switzerland were an active participant in the 7th coalition in 1815
There was also a brief Civil War around the 1830's.
So a couple of hundred years of peace as long as you ignore airspace incursions by both sides in WW2 which included the Swiss shooting down American bombers and US taking out Swiss fighters, plus the (mistaken) bombing of several Swiss towns including Zurich and Basel.
The Swiss also sent troops to Afghanistan the first time they had served overseas since 1815.
My brothers in-laws were Swiss. I was regaled with stories about how Hitler did not dare invade and how Switzerland could stop a Soviet army in its tracks so I made it my job to learn a few facts.
To clarify, I am riffing on a famous Orson Welles line.
https://genius.com/Orson-welles-cuckoo-clock-speech-annotated -
‘Absolute knob’: Kyrgios’ doubles opponent unloads on ‘10-year-old’ antics in fiery tirade
‘Absolute knob’: Kyrgios’ doubles opponent UNLOADS on ‘10-year-old’ antics
Venus calls a spade a spade. He is a talent. But Nick Kyrgios is a knob. They were encouraging the mob and it crossed the line of what is acceptable at a tennis match. It was more like Bay 13 at the G. If the umpire had any balls (she didn't) she would have threatened to kick everyone out of the stadium
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@canefan said in Aussie Open:
‘Absolute knob’: Kyrgios’ doubles opponent unloads on ‘10-year-old’ antics in fiery tirade
‘Absolute knob’: Kyrgios’ doubles opponent UNLOADS on ‘10-year-old’ antics
Venus calls a spade a spade. He is a talent. But Nick Kyrgios is a knob
At least it makes tennis, aka windscreen wiper, interesting
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@machpants said in Aussie Open:
@canefan said in Aussie Open:
‘Absolute knob’: Kyrgios’ doubles opponent unloads on ‘10-year-old’ antics in fiery tirade
‘Absolute knob’: Kyrgios’ doubles opponent UNLOADS on ‘10-year-old’ antics
Venus calls a spade a spade. He is a talent. But Nick Kyrgios is a knob
At least it makes tennis, aka windscreen wiper, interesting
See my edited comments above. It was entertaining. Then it got way out of hand
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@canefan said in Aussie Open:
‘Absolute knob’: Kyrgios’ doubles opponent unloads on ‘10-year-old’ antics in fiery tirade
‘Absolute knob’: Kyrgios’ doubles opponent UNLOADS on ‘10-year-old’ antics
Venus calls a spade a spade. He is a talent. But Nick Kyrgios is a knob. They were encouraging the mob and it crossed the line of what is acceptable at a tennis match. It was more like Bay 13 at the G. If the umpire had any balls (she didn't) she would have threatened to kick everyone out of the stadium
At one point said Knob deliberately smashed a ball into the crowd and hit a kid in the stomach. Is that much different to what Djokovic was kicked out of the US Open for doing a couple of years ago?
I went to the Aus Open a couple of years ago and the incredible skill and talent on display was more than enough to entertain me and I suspect anyone else who was there. If you want a clown show go to a farking circus.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Aussie Open:
@canefan said in Aussie Open:
‘Absolute knob’: Kyrgios’ doubles opponent unloads on ‘10-year-old’ antics in fiery tirade
‘Absolute knob’: Kyrgios’ doubles opponent UNLOADS on ‘10-year-old’ antics
Venus calls a spade a spade. He is a talent. But Nick Kyrgios is a knob. They were encouraging the mob and it crossed the line of what is acceptable at a tennis match. It was more like Bay 13 at the G. If the umpire had any balls (she didn't) she would have threatened to kick everyone out of the stadium
At one point said Knob deliberately smashed a ball into the crowd and hit a kid in the stomach. Is that much different to what Djokovic was kicked out of the US Open for doing a couple of years ago?
I went to the Aus Open a couple of years ago and the incredible skill and talent on display was more than enough to entertain me and I suspect anyone else who was there. If you want a clown show go to a farking circus.
I didn't mind them supporting the home town team. But he whipped them up to a frenzy. Venus said they were shouting obscenities about him and his family during the changes of ends. The umpire and referee are right there and did nothing. Weak
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@canefan said in Aussie Open:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Aussie Open:
@canefan said in Aussie Open:
‘Absolute knob’: Kyrgios’ doubles opponent unloads on ‘10-year-old’ antics in fiery tirade
‘Absolute knob’: Kyrgios’ doubles opponent UNLOADS on ‘10-year-old’ antics
Venus calls a spade a spade. He is a talent. But Nick Kyrgios is a knob. They were encouraging the mob and it crossed the line of what is acceptable at a tennis match. It was more like Bay 13 at the G. If the umpire had any balls (she didn't) she would have threatened to kick everyone out of the stadium
At one point said Knob deliberately smashed a ball into the crowd and hit a kid in the stomach. Is that much different to what Djokovic was kicked out of the US Open for doing a couple of years ago?
I went to the Aus Open a couple of years ago and the incredible skill and talent on display was more than enough to entertain me and I suspect anyone else who was there. If you want a clown show go to a farking circus.
I didn't mind them supporting the home town team. But he whipped them up to a frenzy. Venus said they were shouting obscenities about him and his family during the changes of ends. The umpire and referee are right there and did nothing. Weak
I don't mind the parochialism either. It's perfectly normal. But yeah it didn't need to degenerate like that.
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This Felix dude from Canada is bloody good. Maybe he's the one to finally see off the geriatrics.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Aussie Open:
This Felix dude from Canada is bloody good. Maybe he's the one to finally see off the geriatrics.
He's only 21. Gone deep at Wimbledon and the US Open last year. Medvedev is just hanging on
