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Re: Tennis Random, Random
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 8:56 pm
by Deuce
This is nice...
Reading this, you'll get a good idea of how much Barty's peers respect her...
Players Past and Present Praise Barty...
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Re: Tennis Random, Random
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:22 pm
by ti-amie
Re: Tennis Random, Random
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:29 pm
by ponchi101
dmforever wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 4:35 am
Do ball people have a union? I know they aren't paid, so I guess not, but they really should just all not show up at the Miami Open tomorrow. All of them. Just call in sick. What would happen? I guess they'd get fired.
Kevin
Final argument needed to move all tournaments to fully electronic line calling. Won't work.
Re: Tennis Random, Random
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 11:26 pm
by meganfernandez
Nothing from Roger, Nadal or Novak? Did they not know her at all or something? They both won Slams the same time she did - Rafa the French and Novak at Wimbledon, right?
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Re: Tennis Random, Random
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 11:31 pm
by ti-amie
Re: Tennis Random, Random
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 11:38 pm
by ti-amie
Re: Tennis Random, Random
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2022 12:52 am
by dmforever
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:29 pm
dmforever wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 4:35 am
Do ball people have a union? I know they aren't paid, so I guess not, but they really should just all not show up at the Miami Open tomorrow. All of them. Just call in sick. What would happen? I guess they'd get fired.
Kevin
Final argument needed to move all tournaments to fully electronic line calling. Won't work.
I said ball people, not umpires or linespeople
I'd just like the jerky players to have to get their own balls, and have to do it quickly enough so as not to get a time penalty.
Kevin
Re: Tennis Random, Random
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2022 12:56 am
by dmforever
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:29 pm
dmforever wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 4:35 am
Do ball people have a union? I know they aren't paid, so I guess not, but they really should just all not show up at the Miami Open tomorrow. All of them. Just call in sick. What would happen? I guess they'd get fired.
Kevin
Final argument needed to move all tournaments to fully electronic line calling. Won't work.
But now that you mention it, that's not a bad idea either. It would totally work in that it would bring the tournament to a halt if, for example, chair umpires were feeling like they weren't being protected enough from Mishaesque racket tirades.
Kevin
Re: Tennis Random, Random
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2022 1:16 am
by Fastbackss
Re: Tennis Random, Random
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2022 2:36 am
by ponchi101
Ah, sometimes I miss him.
Sometimes.
(he is right)
Re: Tennis Random, Random
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2022 1:55 pm
by meganfernandez
ponchi101 wrote:Ah, sometimes I miss him.
Sometimes.
(he is right)
He had great aim, hitting the tree twice.
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Re: Tennis Random, Random
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2022 6:38 am
by 3mlm
If players follow Andy's racquet smash advice, it would ruin our racquet smashing contest thread.
Re: Tennis Random, Random
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2022 3:15 pm
by ponchi101
Certainly. From that point of view, a flatly thrown racquet simply has no artistry to it.
But the topic has been rather dormant lately. It has become like the NBA's Slam Dunk contest: there is very little else that can be done. It will take some considerable talent to come up with new innovations on how to destroy a racquet. And by now, destruction is a MUST; just simply breaking one will not do.
Re: Tennis Random, Random
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2022 4:06 pm
by meganfernandez
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 27, 2022 3:15 pm
Certainly. From that point of view, a flatly thrown racquet simply has no artistry to it.
But the topic has been rather dormant lately. It has become like the NBA's Slam Dunk contest: there is very little else that can be done. It will take some considerable talent to come up with new innovations on how to destroy a racquet. And by now, destruction is a MUST; just simply breaking one will not do.
Stan to the rescue. He can break a racket like a man. Exquisite timing for his return.
Re: Tennis Random, Random
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2022 5:41 pm
by ponchi101
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Sun Mar 27, 2022 4:06 pm
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Stan to the rescue. He can break a racket like a man. Exquisite timing for his return.
Oh, yes. A man that can break a racquet in mid-air.
But he is an exception. I can't see Taylor doing that.