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  • KiwiMurphK Offline
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    In a time where so many athletes are media trained robots I find Kyrgios a serious breath of fresh air. Especially in Tennis. The Happy Gilmore comparison is a good one.

    His feud with Novak 'Shooter McGavin' Djokovic is awesome.

    As for Stan Sport Rugby yes it features very prominantly on the tennis - constant ads etc.

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    • KiwiMurphK KiwiMurph

      In a time where so many athletes are media trained robots I find Kyrgios a serious breath of fresh air. Especially in Tennis. The Happy Gilmore comparison is a good one.

      His feud with Novak 'Shooter McGavin' Djokovic is awesome.

      As for Stan Sport Rugby yes it features very prominantly on the tennis - constant ads etc.

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      @KiwiMurph said in Tennis:

      In a time where so many athletes are media trained robots I find Kyrgios a serious breath of fresh air. Especially in Tennis. The Happy Gilmore comparison is a good one.

      There is a wide zone available between Robot and Cockhead, and I think he could maybe move a little bit away from the latter.

      If he feels it helps his tennis, then fair enough.

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      • KiwiMurphK KiwiMurph

        In a time where so many athletes are media trained robots I find Kyrgios a serious breath of fresh air. Especially in Tennis. The Happy Gilmore comparison is a good one.

        His feud with Novak 'Shooter McGavin' Djokovic is awesome.

        As for Stan Sport Rugby yes it features very prominantly on the tennis - constant ads etc.

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        #181

        @KiwiMurph he just looks like he doesn't want to be there. If he was smiling and geeing the crowd, I'd be into it. Currently he just pouts and stomps around.

        What a talent though. That serve, I love how fast he gets into his action, he can finish a love game faster than any other player

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        • KiwiMurphK Offline
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          KiwiMurph
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          @NTA @voodoo That's fair. To me the cockhead label fits with Tomic not Kyrgios.

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          • KiwiMurphK KiwiMurph

            @NTA @voodoo That's fair. To me the cockhead label fits with Tomic not Kyrgios.

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            @KiwiMurph said in Tennis:

            @NTA @voodoo That's fair. To me the cockhead label fits with Tomic not Kyrgios.

            Thats also fair!!!

            What a waste of talent that guy is. Maybe he was always screwed from the start thanks to his dad being the original

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              Isn't it widely known Kyrgios doesn't want to be there? like, tennis is his job, and he does it to get paid. So he's like the rest of us, just we see his work attitude on TV

              I love the way he holds sanctimonious cockstains like Djokovic to account.

              Tennis is shit. The best players are either deathly deathly boring, or in one case, a boring cockstain. At least someone is making it a little bit interesting.

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                What a bunch of snowflakes

                https://stuff.co.nz/sport/tennis/300226339/a-little-bit-resentful-beaten-stars-slam-quarantine-after-crashing-out-of-australian-open

                These fuckers knew the rules before they came. If they weren't happy to abide I'm sure there would have been other players keen to take their place

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                • KiwiMurphK KiwiMurph

                  In a time where so many athletes are media trained robots I find Kyrgios a serious breath of fresh air. Especially in Tennis. The Happy Gilmore comparison is a good one.

                  His feud with Novak 'Shooter McGavin' Djokovic is awesome.

                  As for Stan Sport Rugby yes it features very prominantly on the tennis - constant ads etc.

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                  Chris B.
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                  #186

                  @KiwiMurph said in Tennis:

                  His feud with Novak 'Shooter McGavin' Djokovic is awesome.

                  I've warmed a bit to Nick over that. There's some self-awareness in this....

                  It's a strange one for me, because, you know, I read his comments, he said he doesn't respect me off the court," Kyrgios said.

                  "I'm, like, it actually would make complete sense to me if he was like, 'look, I don't respect the guy on the court', because I understand if he doesn't agree with some of my antics on the court that I have done in the past.

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                    #187

                    Only bit I've seen so far was the last part of the third set of Halep vs the Aussie Tomljanovic.

                    Halep was down 2-5 and looking down and out, but she's one of those gritty feckers that don't have massive weaponry, but just hang in and hang in - getting the ball back one more time.

                    She won the last five games and the match.

                    I like her - she's got a sense of humour!

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                      What a comeback by Tsitsipas to beat Nadal in 5 sets after being down 2 sets to nil.

                      A single hand backhand is always great to watch.

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                      • KiwiMurphK KiwiMurph

                        What a comeback by Tsitsipas to beat Nadal in 5 sets after being down 2 sets to nil.

                        A single hand backhand is always great to watch.

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                        @KiwiMurph said in Tennis:

                        What a comeback by Tsitsipas to beat Nadal in 5 sets after being down 2 sets to nil.

                        A single hand backhand is always great to watch.

                        Nadal is one of the GOATs, but his idiosyncrasies are exhausting. The arranging of the bottles, not touching the lines after points, the twitchy pre-point routine. I'm getting tired thinking about it

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                          I've never been a Nadal fan (firmly in camp Fed) but he seems like a good dude despite his idiosyncrasies. Djokovic, in comparison, is a big piston wristed gibbon.

                          This probably means that Novak edges closer to Federer and Nadal in the number of Grand Slam wins. It would be great if Tsitsipas or Medvedev prevail.

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                          • BovidaeB Bovidae

                            I've never been a Nadal fan (firmly in camp Fed) but he seems like a good dude despite his idiosyncrasies. Djokovic, in comparison, is a big piston wristed gibbon.

                            This probably means that Novak edges closer to Federer and Nadal in the number of Grand Slam wins. It would be great if Tsitsipas or Medvedev prevail.

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                            @Bovidae said in Tennis:

                            I've never been a Nadal fan (firmly in camp Fed) but he seems like a good dude despite his idiosyncrasies. Djokovic, in comparison, is a big piston wristed gibbon.

                            This probably means that Novak edges closer to Federer and Nadal in the number of Grand Slam wins. It would be great if Tsitsipas or Medvedev prevail.

                            I always stylistically preferred Federer, and before him Sampras.

                            But, assuming everyone at their peak, I'd have to acknowledge Djokovic as the best all round player I've seen.

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                            • BovidaeB Bovidae

                              I've never been a Nadal fan (firmly in camp Fed) but he seems like a good dude despite his idiosyncrasies. Djokovic, in comparison, is a big piston wristed gibbon.

                              This probably means that Novak edges closer to Federer and Nadal in the number of Grand Slam wins. It would be great if Tsitsipas or Medvedev prevail.

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                              @Bovidae I think I might have almost sneakily shifted over to the Nadal camp. Roger has a bit of Swiss smugness about him sometimes.

                              Nadal is full of idiosyncracies - which most of you probably know...

                              For a man who has lost just once in eight years playing the clay courts here at Roland Garros, Rafael Nadal surprisingly admits to feeling moments of great vulnerability.

                              Unfortunately for Novak Djokovic, who has made winning the 2013 French Open Championship his No1 priority of the year, he does not reveal any weakness that might be exploited if, as expected, they meet in the semi-final.

                              Nadal is afraid of the dark, he explains. He has a motorbike he is too scared to ride and drives his car at home in Porto Cristo, on the island of Majorca, with great caution. He distrusts all but the smallest dogs.

                              'I am not the most courageous guy in the world outside of the court,’ said Nadal here on Friday evening. ‘Being alone in the dark is something I don’t like.’

                              Friends will tell you he can sleep all night on his couch with the television on.

                              'I am improving as a driver,’ he said. ‘During the first two years, I was so-so; but now I am not dangerous! But it’s true, I go slow most of the time.

                              ‘I won’t go on the motorbike, though. I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only once. I am happy being here and all the things that are a risk I normally avoid.’

                              He's also apparently scared of thunder and lightning and won't go out of his depth in the sea.

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                                #193

                                Osaka beats Williams - again.

                                Grand Slam no.24 is looking further away with every tournament.

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                                • BovidaeB Bovidae

                                  Osaka beats Williams - again.

                                  Grand Slam no.24 is looking further away with every tournament.

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                                  @bovidae said in Tennis:

                                  Osaka beats Williams - again.

                                  Grand Slam no.24 is looking further away with every tournament.

                                  age gets everyone

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                                    Osaka beats Williams - again.

                                    Grand Slam no.24 is looking further away with every tournament.

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                                    @bovidae said in Tennis:

                                    Osaka beats Williams - again.

                                    Grand Slam no.24 is looking further away with every tournament.

                                    I think she has let some golden opportunities to get her 24th title slip over the last few years. Looks like the train has left the station

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                                      @bovidae said in Tennis:

                                      Osaka beats Williams - again.

                                      Grand Slam no.24 is looking further away with every tournament.

                                      age gets everyone

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                                      @mariner4life said in Tennis:

                                      @bovidae said in Tennis:

                                      Osaka beats Williams - again.

                                      Grand Slam no.24 is looking further away with every tournament.

                                      age gets everyone

                                      Tom Brady disagrees.

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                                      • KiwiMurphK KiwiMurph

                                        @mariner4life said in Tennis:

                                        @bovidae said in Tennis:

                                        Osaka beats Williams - again.

                                        Grand Slam no.24 is looking further away with every tournament.

                                        age gets everyone

                                        Tom Brady disagrees.

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                                        mariner4life
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                                        @kiwimurph said in Tennis:

                                        @mariner4life said in Tennis:

                                        @bovidae said in Tennis:

                                        Osaka beats Williams - again.

                                        Grand Slam no.24 is looking further away with every tournament.

                                        age gets everyone

                                        Tom Brady disagrees.

                                        he'll get his when the devil comes for his side of the contract

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                                        • BovidaeB Bovidae

                                          Osaka beats Williams - again.

                                          Grand Slam no.24 is looking further away with every tournament.

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                                          @bovidae said in Tennis:

                                          Osaka beats Williams - again.

                                          Grand Slam no.24 is looking further away with every tournament.

                                          Seems like Serena keeps getting hit by one player who can tip her over.

                                          She looked very good and much more mobility than I've seen in recent times when she dispatched Halep - and on the other side of the draw it's going to be Brady or Muchova.

                                          Osaka-Williams looked like the real final.

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