Tennis Random, Random (On Court)

[ponchi101]

In the same vein that in TAT1.0 we needed the I'M SHOCKED gif, here I find that I need the SLAP TO FACE gif more often than ever.

[Suliso]

So maybe the big battle between you know who for #21 will be in Paris. Would be fitting...

[the Moz]

If only Tennis Australia was as open and transparent as la FTT is being with respect to the entitlement bubble...

[ti-amie]

I mean that kit is hideous but...

[ti-amie]

OMG

[Owendonovan]

He doesn't even get to confront his father in any way. Not sure how you get closure on something like this.

[Deuce]

That is tough.
It's odd and unexpected, too, because Juan has always seemed to be an honest, upstanding man of good values and principles. He plays fair and certainly seems like a legitimately nice guy. One wouldn't expect the father of an honest person to be so manipulative and dishonest. It's not like he was estranged from his father, obviously. So his father had a significant influence on Juan growing up. It's very interesting that they're so different.

That's a pretty sad situation, and I feel bad for him.
But it could have been worse, I suppose... if Juan hadn't been so often injured, his dad would have stolen even more from him!

[ponchi101]

Only to add. The soy industry in Argentina has been hit very hard by the inefficiency of the Kirchner regimes. A very profitable part of their economy has been shuttered by politics, so it seems it was not only mismanagement and corruption from Delpo Sr, it was bad investing.
Dear L. American friends: if you earn in FOREIGN CURRENCY, KEEP IT IN FOREIGN CURRENCY.
I know.

[Suliso]

Why did it need to be invested in any risky way at all? Simple index fund abroad would have done the trick when starting from that much.

[ponchi101]

Well, what the person that started the Tweet says. When you have a non-professional running your business, wrong decisions are taken. You know: "I have this great investment opportunity: AN ICE CREAM chain in Antarctica!
Why Antarctica?
There are none there!"
Next thing you know, you just blew a fortune away.

[JazzNU]

[ti-amie]

This is why when athletes of any gender say they're burned out you can't just make a joke about it or push their feelings aside. I've been really harsh about her on court play and to hear her talk about her struggle means I have to take a step back.

Thanks for saying this Madison.

[ponchi101]

But...
She seemed to me to always have been one of the players that was good at managing "being off" the tour. I remember her being at concerts, having a life outside of tennis. She always seemed very grounded, and very reasonable in her understanding.
It does surprise me a bit that she talks about being "caught up" with rankings and related issues. She seemed so far from that.

[ptmcmahon]

Just goes to show we never can really tell how anyone else is actually feeling. I always go back to Robin Williams as my best example … seemed always happy, always entertaining others … you just never know.

[Suliso]

Just goes to show we never can really tell how anyone else is actually feeling. I always go back to Robin Williams as my best example … seemed always happy, always entertaining others … you just never know.

Definitely albeit entertainers are often unhappy themselves. I think you're more likely to find happy people among accountants or engineers.