Aussie Open
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Another youngster makes a statement - 19 year old yank Tien knocks out Medvedev in a match that went from 10pm - 3am.
Another theme I'm enjoying in this year's AO is opponents taunting the home crowd after knocking out the local player. The crowds have been especially boorish this year so I don't blame the players. Makes for good theatre.
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Amen. Recently I've come to the conclusion we need more villains in sport. Or people willing to act the villain for the purposes of entertainment.
Virat Kohli is a great example. Of course he doesn't need to be shoulder barging a debutant opening bat, but did it make the game heaps more fun? Unquestionably. Nick Kyrgios is the same.
So when I see a tennis player give it back to the crowd I love it. Don't be middle here, have a fucken crack.
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Channeling my inner GOM I have to disagree.
I'm not saying that it all has to cucumber sandwiches and strawberries and cream but there have to be standards and the minority of ferals at the AO have stepped way over that line. I loved the way Danielle Collins gave it back to her hecklers.
I think Kyrgios is part of / symptomatic of the problem. Apparently organizers' love him because he's introduced a younger audience to the tennis. Well, if that audience are those that were chanting out obscenities about a player's mother then personally I'd prefer they stay away.
Throwing your support behind a player is great. Likewise giving it to the 'villain' but if it descends into boorishness it's a very slippery slope.
Tennis goes on for a long time. It's hot and there's plenty of booze but certain standards should be respected old chap.
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@dogmeat said in Aussie Open:
Channeling my inner GOM I have to disagree.
I'm not saying that it all has to cucumber sandwiches and strawberries and cream but there have to be standards and the minority of ferals at the AO have stepped way over that line. I loved the way Danielle Collins gave it back to her hecklers.
I think Kyrgios is part of / symptomatic of the problem. Apparently organizers' love him because he's introduced a younger audience to the tennis. Well, if that audience are those that were chanting out obscenities about a player's mother then personally I'd prefer they stay away.
Throwing your support behind a player is great. Likewise giving it to the 'villain' but if it descends into boorishness it's a very slippery slope.
Tennis goes on for a long time. It's hot and there's plenty of booze but certain standards should be respected old chap.
The crowd at the Kyrgios Kokkinakis Venus match a couple of years back was disgusting
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@Bovidae said in Aussie Open:
@1kiwi said in Aussie Open:
Kiwi Erin Routliffe and her Canadian doubles partner are through to the Women's Doubles quarter-finals after a 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 win
They need to stop losing the 1st set. That will come back to bite them sooner or later.
She started slow in the mixed doubles with Michael Venus too
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@booboo said in Aussie Open:
Is it just me or are Serbians incredibly over sensitive?
Come from an ultranationalist country so not renowned for their ability to laugh at themselves. Plus it was a lame and deliberately insulting comment. Hiding behind the 'harmless banter' defence as he desperately backpedals.
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@Bovidae said in Aussie Open:
@1kiwi said in Aussie Open:
Kiwi Erin Routliffe and her Canadian doubles partner are through to the Women's Doubles quarter-finals after a 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 win
They need to stop losing the 1st set. That will come back to bite them sooner or later.
No such issues in the QF. Routliffe and Dabrowski win their QF in straight sets
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Coco Gauff is on the verge of losing to Paula Badosa. She's playing terrible, with so many unforced errors, Coco has been far too tentative and hit tons of groundstrokes into the middle of the net. It's 5-2 in the second with Badosa serving for the match. Gauff is running out of time to save herself. Having said that Badosa has dropped her serve, Badosa will have one more service game to try and serve the match out
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