Talk About Tennis 2.0

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2024 11:06 pm I really don't know what to say.
OTOH, it is just 6 MULTI millionaires having fun and making more money. On the other, it is still S. Arabia.
Again, I have never been offered not even 6MM Colombian pesos ($1500). I would not know what to say if offered $6mm.

Fixed that for ya!

And it is still KSA and they're living in a specially created space for people like them to be able to say they didn't see any signs of the strict fundamentalism that rules the people who really live there.

I know. That is the reason I don't know what to say.
Especially Rafa and Nole. Don't tell me you need the cash. But... I have never been offered $6MM

When you have more money than taste I believe is how the saying goes.

Something in me is embarrassed for them.

Danielle Collins has decided to play in 2025, after her family planning has taken a hit due to recent health problems related to her endometriosis

Owendonovan wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2024 1:20 pm Something in me is embarrassed for them.

If you want to really be embarrassed for them...

JTContinental wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2024 5:47 pm Danielle Collins has decided to play in 2025, after her family planning has taken a hit due to recent health problems related to her endometriosis

A bit cryptic in that she does not say if the journey is going well (she will be able to have children) or the opposite.
Hope it is the first.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2024 11:06 pm I really don't know what to say.
OTOH, it is just 6 millionaires having fun and making more money. On the other, it is still S. Arabia.
Again, I have never been offered not even 6MM Colombian pesos ($1500). I would not know what to say if offered $6mm.

Judging by the intensity of the final match, the amount of money at stake made them play seriously. This is an outlier in the exhibitions. Maybe even shall be counted towards H2H. I think the organizers should've separated other results with different prizes as well, not just give everybody else but winner the same prize. That would've make for a more meaningful quarters and semis.

I wanna play!!!!!
(Lovely court)

Looks like a new No.1 for Uruguay is coming (just kidding... maybe. Current URU No.1 is ranked 365th)



Ex-Man United forward Diego Forlán to make pro tennis debut

Former Manchester United forward Diego Forlán is set to make his ATP debut in the doubles competition at the Uruguay Open next month.

The former Uruguay international will play alongside Argentinian Federico Coria, ranked 101 in the ATP singles.

The tournament, which is part of the ATP Challenger Tour, the second-highest tier of tennis competition, will take place from Nov. 11 until Nov. 17 in the country's capital, Montevideo.

Uruguay Open tournament director Diego López confirmed that Forlán has accepted an invitation to play in the tournament.

"I have his confirmation that he wants to play, he has been preparing for some time, training a lot in tennis," he said. I think he deserves this opportunity and give him this mutual satisfaction. Of course I'm talking about our beloved Diego Forlán."

Forlán, 45, retired from football in August 2019 having played also played for Villarreal, Atlético Madrid and Inter Milan.

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/ ... nnis-debut

I thought he was going to play with GUILLERMO Coria.
I guess Federico needs the points.
Side thought. Nature is cruel. Of course, Guillermo is the better player. But Federico is taller and bigger. If you had had Guillermo in Federico's body, who knows what kind of player you could have had. Guillermo needed those extra 8 cms.