2 hours ago, ChitHappens said:

Happy for Lopez but I'm super stoked for Kvitova!  Two tournies in and she's a champion already!  Good for her!!!!!

Thanks for the reminder! I had forgotten that she won too! I can see her winning Wimbledon in two weeks!

Hopefully this is just a precaution.  The perils of doing so much so soon, I guess.

 

Birmingham champion Petra Kvitova pulls out of Eastbourne with an abdominal injury. She will say more later this afternoon ..

— Russell Fuller (@russellcfuller) June 26, 2017

14 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Hopefully this is just a precaution.  The perils of doing so much so soon, I guess.

 

Birmingham champion Petra Kvitova pulls out of Eastbourne with an abdominal injury. She will say more later this afternoon ..

— Russell Fuller (@russellcfuller) June 26, 2017

It happens....you don't play for a long time and then injures pop up which surprise me where Roger is concerned.

Okay @Soapsuds just why the heck is your boy playing this tournament??

 

Ramanathan seals his 6-3, 6-2 win over Dominic Thiem with his 10th ace. Won 28 of 31 1st-serve points. pic.twitter.com/GfFwv5NENM

— TennisNow (@Tennis_Now) June 27, 2017

On 6/23/2017 at 11:46 AM, Soapsuds said:

Yummmmmmmmmmmmmm

I wonder if Judy Murray has seen it?....LOL

 

King of Queens. #deliciano pic.twitter.com/LXMacx9IXA

— judy murray (@JudyMurray) June 25, 2017

5 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Okay @Soapsuds just why the heck is your boy playing this tournament??

 

Ramanathan seals his 6-3, 6-2 win over Dominic Thiem with his 10th ace. Won 28 of 31 1st-serve points. pic.twitter.com/GfFwv5NENM

— TennisNow (@Tennis_Now) June 27, 2017

I had not heard of this tournament before. I didn't even know it existed until Dominic entered it. He hasn't had a great grass court season like he did last year and I am assuming he wanted more matches on grass. It looks worse than a challenger tournament. There is no one there watching them play. I didn't know he had lost. I think he just needs to rest up for Wimbledon starting on Monday. I think he will do better there this year than last.

3 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

 

King of Queens. #deliciano pic.twitter.com/LXMacx9IXA

— judy murray (@JudyMurray) June 25, 2017

Yup, if my son can't win it then my crush-future husband-step father to Andy and Jamie my sons must win!

 

I am sure she has since his birthday suit pic too.

A look at HBO's Wimbledon coverage from 1986. About 5 minutes in.

 

 

@DRW50 Oh wow, thanks for this, what a find!  I can actually remember when HBO used to broadcast coverage when I was a kid.

The late great Arthur Ashe was one of the commentators. I miss hearing his nuanced analysis, I miss his insights into today's sports culture. I'd love to know what he thinks of a Colin Kaepernick. 

I recently discovered that PBS also used to broadcast tennis before going to cable.

 

ETA: They even mention Cablevision, which growing up was the cable provider that my family susbscribed to!

Edited July 1, 20178 yr by DramatistDreamer

Venus had a tough press conference earlier today.  I feel bad for her - it was awkward from the beginning.  A reporter asked her about if she had to change her bra (due to it being pink) and she said she didn't want to talk about it really - undergarments.  Then they said, the Wimbledon rule about white clothing, were you asked to change your bra because it was pink.  And I think she said, yes, but didn't want to talk about it - you can talk about it with your friends if you want but talking about undergarments is weird. 

 

The whole situation is awful - because it was like reporters were trying to ask her anything but what is going on with the accident.  Then someone asked her about emotions or something and how she felt, and she kind of lost it and had to leave.  It's not like she can really comment on anything at this point because it will be a court case - it's just awful all the way around. 

I wish these men would stop with the panties under white shorts!  Looks like a woman's ass. 

 

 

3 hours ago, Fevuh said:

Venus had a tough press conference earlier today.  I feel bad for her - it was awkward from the beginning.  A reporter asked her about if she had to change her bra (due to it being pink) and she said she didn't want to talk about it really - undergarments.  Then they said, the Wimbledon rule about white clothing, were you asked to change your bra because it was pink.  And I think she said, yes, but didn't want to talk about it - you can talk about it with your friends if you want but talking about undergarments is weird. 

 

The whole situation is awful - because it was like reporters were trying to ask her anything but what is going on with the accident.  Then someone asked her about emotions or something and how she felt, and she kind of lost it and had to leave.  It's not like she can really comment on anything at this point because it will be a court case - it's just awful all the way around. 

I feel bad for her too.  It has to be so hard knowing that you caused an accident that killed or even hurt someone else.  It could happen to anyone, which is why I hate driving.  I hope she finds peace down the road.

It pissed me off that the interview was not cut. This woman can't talk, yet the camera is on her for a good [!@#$%^&*] minute!  

The tennis media is known for asking impertinent questions. They are surprising in their lack of decorum and their questions usually lack insight.  I can remember when they got Monfils (of all people) so irritated that he dropped the F-bomb at his post match press conference during the US Open last year.

 

Also, the media asked this question today of a player, which shows utter ignorance:

 

Medvedev was asked in press if he is Andrei Medvedev's brother. This may be the high point of tennis journalism.

— Ricky Dimon (@Dimonator) July 3, 2017

Andrei is Ukrainian and played in the 1990s, Daniil is Russian and only began his pro career 2 years ago but oh, some Einstein in the press corp thinks they're brothers. 

 

The British media is the worst, their style of 'journalism' is pure tabloid and they were clearly looking to exploit a tragic situation.

 

Hopefully this is the end of that line of questioning and the press will go back to asking their usual irrelevant sports-related questions.  If not, I would just pass on each accident related question, maybe even let the moderator know I'm going to leave if there are more non-tennis related questions.

If it comes down to it, as a last resort, I'd skip the press conference altogether and pay the fines.

They can go exploit someone else's misery.

Isn't Dan Evans free these days? The British press can obsess over his cocaine habit and his hatred of Aljaz Bedene, who won his five setter over Ivo Karlovic today.

Edited July 3, 20178 yr by DramatistDreamer

Stan is out!  So much for Paul Annacone's help!

 

I just realized that Berdych reached the semis last year. I had forgotten. He is ranked #20 and if he loses early he could drop out of the top 20!

 

Speaking of Medvedev, why did I see that upset coming?

3 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Stan is out!  So much for Paul Annacone's help!

 

I just realized that Berdych reached the semis last year. I had forgotten. He is ranked #20 and if he loses early he could drop out of the top 20!

 

 

So is Anacone now out of a job?

 

Don't know what to say about Berdych's rankings drop except, life comes at you fast!