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Rancid Schnitzel

35 year old wins Wimbledon without dropping a set. That's ridiculous. Just imagine his record if Nadal wasn't around.

Chris B.

Amazing stuff by Federer. Being World No. 1 a real possibility too.

On Monday, Federer will be within 920 points of No. 2 Nadal and 1,205 points of current World No. 1 Andy Murray. But Federer has no points to defend for the remainder of the season, while Nadal has 370 points and Murray has a whopping 5,460 points to defend following his incredible run at the end of the 2016 season.

Snowy

@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Tennis match fixing?:

35 year old wins Wimbledon without dropping a set. That's ridiculous. Just imagine his record if Nadal wasn't around.

I said something similar while watching the final and received a reply that he might not have been so driven if he didn't have such a great rival? Still think he might have a few more though. Certainly made the sport a far better contest with both of them, and then chuck Joker and Murray in. Some of the greatest ever players all competing at the same time and a significant gap back to the rest.

Cyclops

@Rancid-Schnitzel
29 finals and 4 or 5 losses to Nadal. He'd have 4 French opens and have won I think 10 straight majors.

But I agree that his legacy would be the poorer for not having the rivalry with Nadal, I think it strengthens both of them.

canefan

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11894996

JK

Speaking of Rog

https://twitter.com/AustralianOpen/status/953206624453148672

antipodean

I see there's outcry about some foreigner "screeching" during play against Australia's top ranked woman Ashleigh Barty .

I don't know much about tennis etiquette although I recall this debate surrounding Seles years ago. Or is this more a hometown issue?

mariner4life

@antipodean said in Tennis:

I see there's outcry about some foreigner "screeching" during play against Australia's top ranked woman Ashleigh Barty .

I don't know much about tennis etiquette although I recall this debate surrounding Seles years ago. Or is this more a hometown issue?

anything that drowns out those absolute spastics the "fanatics" i am totally on board with

JK

Then there is this

mariner4life

yea, someone is calling out the fuckheads. you're idiots

And that guy in the white is a complete douchebag. Youtube is fucking up the world. I just read an article on it, he carries on like he's some sort of hero for that. Jesus what i wouldn't have given for someone to give him a hiding.

Virgil

Kyrgios is a complete tool but I’d have love to see him turn around and serve the ball in the direction of the fuckwit with the phone, ideally copping him right in his fucken face.

antipodean

@jk I must attend sports with very different spectators. Most of the (middle aged) people I know would have grabbed his phone and broken it. He'd be lucky if they stopped there.

In an era of identity politics, it's surprising to me that people no longer seem to be punished for stepping outside of what is accepted as socially acceptable behaviour.

JK

@rocky-rockbottom said in Tennis:

Maybe nick the rugby tenet, respect the kicker, respect the server. Once the ball's in play it's all on

I reckon this would be pretty good!

I think they are supposed to be quiet so they can here the calls of the umpire. May need to give them a whisle and a microphone

Chris B.

It's not really a stupid idea, except there would be a lot of games on the outer courts where there are just three spectators and someone's mum and dad would doubtless use it to their scion's advantage.

nzzp

@rocky-rockbottom said in Tennis:

Maybe nick the rugby tenet, respect the kicker, respect the server. Once the ball's in play it's all on

What Rugby tenet? If I've paid to be in the crowd, I'm entitled to offer advice to kickers before they kick. They can deal with it, it's why we go to live sport

ARHS

@jk

Did anyone watch the Fett v Wozniacki match? It turned around on the back of the second of two disputed umpire calls against Wozniacki, regarding the timing of a player audibly challenging a call. She went from being passive to angry and bounced her racquet - but then played her best tennis from 1-5 and 15-40 down in the deciding set. She won 7-5.

Amongst other things, spectator quiet is a courtesy to players and officials, so that calls and challenges can be heard easily.

I hope the moron that disrupted the Kyrgios match gets convicted of public nuisance or similar. There are tens of thousands of dollars on the line for top players in each match like this.

nzzp

@rocky-rockbottom said in Tennis:

tenet, maxim, notion, i'm not here to argue semantics

Yeah, I think it's a NH thing that is tryign to be pushed here. If people stump up cash and attend a live rugby game, I'm happy for them to support their team, boo the other team, yell at the refs and generally have a good time.

Respect the kicker? Stuff that!

mariner4life

@nzzp said in Tennis:

@rocky-rockbottom said in Tennis:

tenet, maxim, notion, i'm not here to argue semantics

Yeah, I think it's a NH thing that is tryign to be pushed here. If people stump up cash and attend a live rugby game, I'm happy for them to support their team, boo the other team, yell at the refs and generally have a good time.

Respect the kicker? Stuff that!

yea, be quiet for the kicker, but yell like a screeching retard at lineout time etc dumbest shit ever.

taniwharugby

@mariner4life ~~you mean the~~ ~~Lions players at lineout time~~ haha, yep

canefan

@mariner4life said in Tennis:

@nzzp said in Tennis:

@rocky-rockbottom said in Tennis:

tenet, maxim, notion, i'm not here to argue semantics

Yeah, I think it's a NH thing that is tryign to be pushed here. If people stump up cash and attend a live rugby game, I'm happy for them to support their team, boo the other team, yell at the refs and generally have a good time.

Respect the kicker? Stuff that!

yea, be quiet for the kicker, but yell like a screeching retard at lineout time etc dumbest shit ever.

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