Members Faulkner Posted July 31, 2021 Members Share Posted July 31, 2021 Hmmm. LOL. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted July 31, 2021 Members Share Posted July 31, 2021 Has an Olympic medal ever before been awarded via walkover? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted July 31, 2021 Members Share Posted July 31, 2021 This year? Pablo over Novak? Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted July 31, 2021 Members Share Posted July 31, 2021 Wait a minute. Joker pulled out of the doubles? Was that for gold? What an ass! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted July 31, 2021 Members Share Posted July 31, 2021 ^^ No, he was supposed to play in a match for bronze in the mixed-doubles tournament. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted July 31, 2021 Members Share Posted July 31, 2021 That's still bad. Why play doubles if you're going to pull out and ruin chances for your playing partner. It's in poor taste. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted July 31, 2021 Members Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) If he’s truly injured, why would he play? I just don’t think Novak would pull out if his body were up to scratch. It would be a bad look in Serbia, above all else. They would probably have lost the mixed-doubles match anyway, so I’m not sure what difference it have would made. Edited July 31, 2021 by Faulkner 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted July 31, 2021 Members Share Posted July 31, 2021 He says he's injured.... Please register in order to view this content In a way you could say it's worse to default a bronze match. That means you miss out on a medal completely. If you default a match for gold at least you get a silver..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted July 31, 2021 Members Share Posted July 31, 2021 True..and if I was his partner I'd be very upset. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted July 31, 2021 Members Share Posted July 31, 2021 Of course he could very well be injured for real. He has played a lot of tennis recently, going all the way in both the French Open and Wimbledon. Playing so many matches on three different surfaces in a short time must be very tiresome for the body. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted July 31, 2021 Members Share Posted July 31, 2021 I don't think he's going to win the career grand slam. He won't win the US Open. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted July 31, 2021 Members Share Posted July 31, 2021 He’s already done what neither Fed or Rafa have done (winning each Slam at least twice, winning the first three slams of the year, the list goes on). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lex S Posted July 31, 2021 Members Share Posted July 31, 2021 This is super random, but I sort of grew up watching tennis on TV from about 89 to 95. Obviously, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Aranxa Sanchez Vicario, the inimitable Gabriela Sabatini, Jim Courier, Agassi, Pete Sampras... I caught the tail end of Boris Becker's career. Then, I fell off the wagon. Came back a few times after Seles came back, watched the Williams sisters, Clijsters, Henin, the beginnings of Joker, obviously Federer. Fell off the wagon again 2008. Should I start again? Honestly, it takes a lot of time to keep up. I used to watch quarters and up pretty much of each of the grand slams and many smaller tournaments' semis and finals. But this was all live, sometimes pre-recorded. This was before the Tennis channel with only ESPN, NBC and CBS. But now there's youtube, with all the highlights and cut-up good stuff. But it's not the same, I miss the booth commentary, many of the older commentators retired. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted July 31, 2021 Members Share Posted July 31, 2021 IMO there are a lot of promising younger stars (and Naomi Osaka is a legit superstar, for reasons only partially tied to her tennis), but maybe check again in 2-3 years to see where things sit? Feels a bit like a transitional period right now. A new generation of stars has yet to truly step up like the names you’ve listed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted July 31, 2021 Members Share Posted July 31, 2021 Unfortunately, it has only become more arduous to keep up. The ITF/ATP/WTA and the broadcast agreements they have made over the recent years have fragmented the viewing audience. Perhaps, it is mostly in the U.S. where this happens, but there are definite times where there is confusion over tournament starts and broadcast and streaming platforms. I don't remember being as frustrated as in the past four years or so, but pandemic viewing really takes the cake. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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