Talk About Tennis 2.0

dryrunguy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 14, 2023 2:25 am ---

Probably my bad. But given the timing, I assumed you were not yet aware of Kudermetova's withdrawl from the final. I may have missed some posts.

Ah, the intricacies of modern comms. Yes, Kudermetova's withdrawal was already in my mind when I wrote my post.
Let'scarry on

Does Ben have a point here?

Has she played like a Wimbledon champion since her victory there? Zero tournaments won, and 16-11 record.
I don't know how much of a draw she is.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun Jan 15, 2023 12:13 am
Does Ben have a point here?

They seem to want to make me feel bad for Lena, and it's just not going to happen. She's Russian masquerading as a Kazakhstani player that got to play Wimbledon. It's more than Aryna and Liudmila got to do so I'm not going to feel bad about her lack of points when I've seen her pre-war posting from Moscow like any other Russian player (except for Samsonova, who is more associated with Italy) and know she was there during the lockdown days of the pandemic, again, like any other Russian player.

They can keep posting about it and I'm going to stay not feeling bad for her. I didn't want a ban on players and this was part of the reason. No one should be surprised she's not setting the tennis world on fire popularity-wise even with winning Wimbledon, I've seen Pliskova be more expressive. I'm sure if her court is jam packed, they'll upgrade her court assignment in Round 2.

Indeed, she's as much Kazakh as I am.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun Jan 15, 2023 8:07 pm

So she's not retiring for commentating? She hasn't played in six years, and will be 40 in April so I don't see a competitive career comeback in the future. I had completely forgotten that Hantuchova has a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles.

Maybe she'll form a doubles team with Clijsters...
Which would last about a month .

But, hey - whatever floats her boat, huh?

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun Jan 15, 2023 8:07 pm

Since this didn't make a bit of sense to me I just checked her IG. She posted on her Stories. Her Twitter has been hacked and she is not planning a comeback.

I think I like JPeg

Definition of legendary getting pretty loose

ptmcmahon wrote: ↑Mon Jan 16, 2023 8:37 pm Definition of legendary getting pretty loose

As is the definition/use of 'epic', 'awesome', etc., etc., as everyone strives to bring attention to their comments and to themselves.
People try to stand out from the crowd by doing whatever is popular at the moment. This, of course, is contradictory...

ptmcmahon wrote: ↑Mon Jan 16, 2023 8:37 pm Definition of legendary getting pretty loose

She should have said "Literally legendary".

Deuce wrote: ↑Mon Jan 16, 2023 8:57 pm

ptmcmahon wrote: ↑Mon Jan 16, 2023 8:37 pm Definition of legendary getting pretty loose

As is the definition/use of 'epic', 'awesome', etc., etc., as everyone strives to bring attention to their comments and to themselves.
People try to stand out from the crowd by doing whatever is popular at the moment. This, of course, is contradictory...

I'm so turned off to superlative overusage. Compare a tweet to say, Babe Ruth as legendary, seems silly. I think the normal person sees something amazing just a handful of times in their life. People are unique, few are special. Performing something as expected isn't incredible. Literally means literally, not figuratively.