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Or...
There are other possibilities, as well - some of which are unethical (making some sort of back room deal), some of which are even illegal (faking proof of vaccination)...

Many 'anti-vaxxers' have proven to go to desperate measures.
Only one person (and possibly his father) knows what his plans really are.
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Or he is testing the Aussie government at a smaller venue.
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ponchi101 wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 4:12 pm Or he is testing the Aussie government at a smaller venue.
Wondered the same thing. But that'll be seriously messed up on many levels, so let's hope not.
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Translation via Google
Yannick Noah on Guy Forget: "My friend just got kicked out of the tennis family."
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ti-amie wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 7:40 pm
Is IMG buying those two tournaments, too? :roll:
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Any reason why the tone in Noah's post is so different? One thing is "he quit", another is "he got kicked out of the tennis family".
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ponchi101 wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 9:15 pm Any reason why the tone in Noah's post is so different? One thing is "he quit", another is "he got kicked out of the tennis family".
Not positive, but it appears that Forget's contract is ending and I'm going to take a guess that it wasn't renewed. FFT is going to frame that as him stepping down as he served out his contract. But since Guy likely wasn't offered a contract renewal, he (or at least Yannick) views it as being effectively fired.
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Ok. But it is not as if France is without possible good candidates for that job. Maybe they want to rotate it.
The sole ex-player that you know you cannot give this job to is Laconte, because if he runs the show the way he played it will be insane. Other than that, plenty of capable people there.
They can't produce champions, but it is not as if France is not invested in tennis.
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Did anyone of us see this coming? Did anyone?
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I did not seeing coming. But when I saw the news this morning, my response was, "Well, DUH!" It makes all sorts of sense.
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She is only the most successful french tennis player of the last... 80 years?
Yeah, I like this. Hope she does a great job.
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Don't forget it was Guy Forget who, as TD totally botched the Osaka situation.
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ti-amie wrote: Fri Dec 10, 2021 1:10 am Don't forget it was Guy Forget who, as TD totally botched the Osaka situation.
I think it was mostly Osaka herself who messed up the Osaka situation.
She made a statement, which put her in a particular position, seemingly without doing any research with regards to what the response might be. Then, of course, she was completely unprepared for the response(s) which came, so she left.
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