Talk About Tennis 2.0

mmmm8 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 3:27 pm

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 3:19 pm

mmmm8 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 2:53 pm


!!! I didn't even know Snoop Dogg can get that animated.

This can't be real, right? Not him? Just looks/sounds like him?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/3725045.stm
"I like Venus and Serena, but Ivan was the truth."

Yeah, but still... you think it's real? Having a hard time believing the lime green room, for one. EDIT: evidently it's a viral video of Snoop rage-quitting a video game and someone put it on the Kontaveit stream. (So the green room is real. It's hardly MTV Cribs.)

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 2:21 pm Dolgopolov also fighting for Ukraine. Click through the slides for his story. "I'm not Rambo but I can hit the head 3 out of 5 times..." Yeesh. So much respect. Also, he looks good.

One of my favorite players ever, and now, all my respect. Certainly a much braver man than I will ever be.

This is why tennis needs to stop shooting itself in the foot and cultivate a wider audience. Can you imagine Snoop (no pun intended) rolling up to a tennis match at the US Open?

ti-amie wrote:This is why tennis needs to stop shooting itself in the foot and cultivate a wider audience. Can you imagine Snoop (no pun intended) rolling up to a tennis match at the US Open?

I woulda thought he’s been there. No? Not a fixture I guess. Could use a wider audience, for sure.


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I laughed when I saw this tweet.

One slam. Just win one slam.
(And be pretty and from a country that salivates for champions):
Emma Raducanu becomes new Porsche Brand Ambassador

I thought she would have fit better with Aston Martin/TATA.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 21, 2022 3:49 pm One slam. Just win one slam.
(And be pretty and from a country that salivates for champions):
Emma Raducanu becomes new Porsche Brand Ambassador

I thought she would have fit better with Aston Martin/TATA.

Instant star. One that speaks the languages of the largest global markets. Being pretty, charming, and English-speaking help for sure. But she had to win those 10 matches first.

She likes Formula 1 a lot. Is Porsche more prominent in Formula 1 than Aston Martin?

That is why I thought she was a better fit for Aston. Porsche does not race in F1, while Aston Martin does. And TATA owns Jaguar, which is a bit not in touch with her image (they are more sedan cars, and more towards middle age foggies that still want to believe they drive a sports car (I should know)), but has a reputation for sports cars too and did race in F1 for a while.
Still, admittedly she looks good in a 911GT3 (that is what she is promoting in the link). And Porsche is huge in the Middle and Far East. It is a good hire, especially as Angelique is fading away.
Now, she better do well at Stuttgart.

Porsche sponsors more tennis stars, so I think that's why Porsche.(Does AM sponsor any? Quick research shows Nadal and Monfils have (had?) AMs but I think they bought them)

And Porsche needed to replace Sharapova with another high-profile pretty WTA player

Rafa did/does have an Aston, but it was purchased. At the time, Rafa was signed with KIA. I remember he won one tournament in Germany where he won a Mercedes/AMG SL 63 and had to duck questions about how great the car is to avoid any conflict with KIA . But no, AM does not sponsor tennis players.
I had forgotten that Porsche had Sharapova signed. Indeed, they need a replacement (although you know I think Angie is pretty too).

Ash Barty has retired! not shocked, though, she didnt seem to have the heart for it any more..?

World No. 1 Ash Barty, 25, announces retirement from tennis: 'I'm so happy and I'm so ready'

https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/ ... atform=amp

skatingfan wrote: ↑Wed Mar 23, 2022 4:27 am World No. 1 Ash Barty, 25, announces retirement from tennis: 'I'm so happy and I'm so ready'

https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/ ... atform=amp

There's a bigger convo going on about this in Tennis Random, Random. Probably should be here.

Tennis Players Random Random has always felt to me like it’s for the lighter stuff- pictures, gossip, etc. I wasn’t quite sure where this conversation belonged, it seems like there’s a gray zone.