In between Grand Slams tennis thread

Samich

The linesman "seriously injured". My god, man up. It's a cut. FFS.

He falls of his chair and rolls around and looks to the umpire. What an arse.

adamski8

Samich wrote: »

The linesman "seriously injured". My god, man up. It's a cut. FFS.

He falls of his chair and rolls around and looks to the umpire. What an arse.

wtf, a guy in his 60's gets a full power kick from a pro tennis player. you ever get a kick on the shin? its sore, never mind a wooden board also involved and cutting your shin, grow up.

mike65

+1 to that Samich has some funny (strange) views.

Skid

The last time I remember a player being disqualified in a Tennis match in Britain was Tim Henman, for accidentally hitting a ball girl.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/henman-and-bates-are-disqualified-in-doubles-1588962.html

The British doubles pair, Jeremy Bates and Tim Henman, became the first players to be disqualified at Wimbledon in the Open era when they were defaulted last night after Henman accidentally fired a ball into the head of a ball-girl.
In fading light on court 14, with the British pair leading Jeff Tarango, of the United States, and Henrik Holm, of Sweden, by two sets to one and after three points of play in the fourth set tie-break, the tournament referee, Alan Mills, was called to assist the umpire, Wayne McKewan. The pair were ruled to have committed a code violation and were thrown out of the tournament. The crowd booed the decision and stood in amazement as the players left the court.

Setun

Samich wrote: »

The linesman "seriously injured". My god, man up. It's a cut. FFS.

He falls of his chair and rolls around and looks to the umpire. What an arse.

He's a linesman - you do know they don't usually have to wear shin-pads in their line of work? I doubt that he's seriously injured unless he had any underlying problems with his leg, but nevertheless I don't doubt that it was painful.

Simply outrageous behaviour from Nalbandian. It was clearly an outburst at a moment of intense frustration, but blimey, that was more than a bit much. And the commentary team were giving him a lot of credit for getting his game back just yesterday too.

Setun

Brief article about it on the guardian -> http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jun/17/david-nalbandian-disqualified-aegon-championships. The tournament official quoted in it seems like he would have been happy to have them play on, but as it was a code violation under the ATP rules they had no choice but to disqualify Nalbandian.

Skid

Daddio wrote: »

Brief article about it on the guardian -> http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jun/17/david-nalbandian-disqualified-aegon-championships. The tournament official quoted in it seems like he would have been happy to have them play on, but as it was a code violation under the ATP rules they had no choice but to disqualify Nalbandian.

It would have been madness to carry on the match, irrespective of the ATP rules.

This is not WWE wrestling. There are not many sports where you can attack an official and continue to play on. Tennis should not be one of them.

MoscowFlyer

Rob2D

Go on Haas you fcuking LEGEND!!!



Goes to show you can't keep a good man down.

delad

Daddio wrote: »

Brief article about it on the guardian -> http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jun/17/david-nalbandian-disqualified-aegon-championships. The tournament official quoted in it seems like he would have been happy to have them play on, but as it was a code violation under the ATP rules they had no choice but to disqualify Nalbandian.

There was no code violation since it was an accident, he didn't intentionally injure the official. I hope he sues them for this, disgraceful decision.

delad

the crowds reaction in that clip above is hilarious

youreadthis

Skid wrote: »

It would have been madness to carry on the match, irrespective of the ATP rules.

This is not WWE wrestling. There are not many sports where you can attack an official and continue to play on. Tennis should not be one of them.

He didn't attack anyone. He kicked some wood with advertising on, probably thinking it was permanent/semi-permanent and so wouldn't move.

That or he really hates Nike!

Setun

I would have assumed it breaks some sort of sportsmanship code or something? Anyway, it's all over now, not much he can do but try to learn to control his temper in future I guess.

Johnmb

youreadthis wrote: »

He didn't attack anyone. He kicked some wood with advertising on, probably thinking it was permanent/semi-permanent and so wouldn't move.

That or he really hates Nike!

Exactly. It couldn't have been put together very well the way it just came apart, kicked by someone wearing tennis shoes. I think the interpretation of that rule by the officials was way off.

In Halle though, they finished their match. Fair play to Haas. He has a great record in finals, and not even the mighty Fed, in effectively his home tournament (I know it's not actually) could stop him.

adamski8

i think his follow through actually does kick the linesman!
what the hell are people defending him for, its not like he hit the board and it flew in the air 10meters and hit the guy. the linesman was about a foot away from him and the board was small, so obvious it could break, hardly made of reineforced steel now.

RosyLily

Nothing like a bit of drama to show non-tennis fans that tennis isn't actually boring!:pac:

Shocking stuff from Nalbandian! You can understand getting frustrated but do it away from other people. Whack yourself with your racquet á la Youzhny!

Samich

Yeah I get that it was sore, but why did he need to look up at the umpire, fall off his seat and roll around.

Was like a soccer player complaining to the referee.

jcf

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/18479244

Disgusting nazi run police state ...

F*ck off and your PC bullsh*t ... the guy made a mistake, he didn't mean to
kick the guy, he was defaulted - thats enough ... MOVE ON .. GET OVER it ...

Samich

That linesman needs a kick in the nuts. What a whinger.

Looks to the umpire, then falls off his seat and rolls around.

walshb

adamski8 wrote: »

wtf, a guy in his 60's gets a full power kick from a pro tennis player. you ever get a kick on the shin? its sore, never mind a wooden board also involved and cutting your shin, grow up.

The slightest bang on the shin is very painful. Pure bone with the thinnest covering of flesh for protection. Sore is an understatement. Extremely sore.

RosyLily

Shin Gate aside, Melanie Oudin beat Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 6-2 to win at Edgbaston earlier today.

You might remember her as the American who reached the U.S. Open quarter finals back in 2009 then went AWOL since. She's also gotten a wild card to Wimbledon.

jupiterjack

here we are again in between slams...olympics next but 1000 series is off to Toronto in august..

Rob2D

The olympics is gonna be so HYPE!

KINGVictor

Cant wait for the Olympics with all the top players available- well hope Nadal recovers from his knee problem. It is just like Wimbledon 2012 part 2.

It will also be interesting because in the olympics, they are representing their respective countries with all the nationalistic pride that goes with it. Obviously like Wimby, Murray would again have the most support but you can bet that other top players would have their own relative share of supporters because of the nature of the tournament.

It will be the first Olympic tennis I would be following intensely so I dont know how the seeding and pairings are done- I would imagine it is similar to the GS tourneys.

Intriguing that the top 4 of the last olympics in 2008 still remain the same four years later.

jupiterjack

Juan Monaco will break the Top 10 on Monday after winning his third ATP World Tour title of the season .

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Nadal is definitely out then.

Like Wimbledon it will make someone of the top 4's draw a lot easier.

RosyLily

Andy Roddick defeated Gilles Muller in the BB&T Atlanta Open final 1-6, 7-6, 6-2. This is Roddick's 32nd career title & his 2nd this season.

Dominika Cibulkova beat Marion Bartoli in straight sets 6-1, 7-5 at the Mercury Insurance Open in Carlsbad. It's the Slovak's 2nd career title after her victory in Moscow last year.

Polona Hercog defended her Sony Swedish Open title in Bastad; she defeated Mathilde Johansson 0-6, 6-4, 7-5.

Stevecw

RosyLily wrote: »

Andy Roddick defeated Gilles Muller in the BB&T Atlanta Open final 1-6, 7-6, 6-2. This is Roddick's 32nd career title & his 2nd this season.

Dominika Cibulkova beat Marion Bartoli in straight sets 6-1, 7-5 at the Mercury Insurance Open in Carlsbad. It's the Slovak's 2nd career title after her victory in Moscow last year.

Polona Hercog defended her Sony Swedish Open title in Bastad; she defeated Mathilde Johansson 0-6, 6-4, 7-5.

Great to see lil Domi win another title Met her 2/3 yrs ago in restaurant in Paris, really nice girl so happy and friendly. We were having a laugh as to who wud be smallest her or the waitress...Domi was a bit taller, and she was delighted!

jupiterjack

Rafael Nadal is going to play next ATP tournament at the Cincinnati Masters 11th August..

RosyLily

Read on Sky Sports text that Venus Williams has the 2016 Rio Olympics in her sights. She hopes to be able to play there, along with Serena.

Not completely crazy. If she gets her Sjogren's under control, it's possible. She's already a pro at managing her schedule. If she doesn't qualify, she's bound to receive a wildcard.

I didn't know that Venus has singles gold and Serena doesn't. Only realised that when I read an article about them. I'm sure Serena will look to remedy this in London.:)