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2018 In Between Grand Slam Thread

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  • #62
    Pistachios & cream
    Registered Users Posts: 762 ✭✭✭Pistachios & cream


    Thats a brilliant twitter thread. Tomic is being shown up for the idiot he actually is.


  • #63
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,923 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    ahayes84 wrote: »
    Thats a brilliant twitter thread. Tomic is being shown up for the idiot he actually is.

    I don't know if idiot is the right word. I mean, he is a bit but there's obviously some serious issues there.


  • #64
    Pistachios & cream
    Registered Users Posts: 762 ✭✭✭Pistachios & cream


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    I don't know if idiot is the right word. I mean, he is a bit but there's obviously some serious issues there.


    True. A better representation of what i mean is that i find much of his behaviour idiotic.


  • #65
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,923 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    I'm no expert but he seems like someone who had every aspect of his life controlled from a very early age and doesn't have a clue how to function as an adult. It's kind of sad but at the same time he's had plenty of offers of help.


  • #66
    yerwanthere123
    Registered Users, Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,275 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    Apparently he promised that psychic wan in the jungle he was going to seek help when he leaves.. but I can't help but feel he'll be pictured rolling out of some nightclub the moment he lands back in Australia.


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  • #67
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,923 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    yerwanthere123 wrote: »
    Apparently he promised that psychic wan in the jungle he was going to seek help when he leaves.. but I can't help but feel he'll be pictured rolling out of some nightclub the moment he lands back in Australia.

    Are they not in Australia?


  • #68
    yerwanthere123
    Registered Users, Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,275 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    No, the Australian one is filmed in South Africa.


  • #69
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,923 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    yerwanthere123 wrote: »
    No, the Australian one is filmed in South Africa.

    That's mad. It's not like they're all living in the Aussie jungle 24/7 in their normal lives.
    It wasn't always in South Africa, was it? I remember reading one year how they had to evacuate the camp because an escaped convict or something was on the loose in the area. Sure that was in Australia. Anyway, it's irrelevant now Bernie is out.


  • #70
    Chivito550
    Registered Users Posts: 7,694 ✭✭✭Chivito550


    Is there any chance at all that somebody other than Rafa will win the French this year? Who are the most likely?


  • #71
    yerwanthere123
    Registered Users, Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,275 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    Chivito550 wrote: »
    Is there any chance at all that somebody other than Rafa will win the French this year? Who are the most likely?

    Well will be easier to know closer to the time, but Federer and Murray probably won't play, and difficult to know where Djokovic will be then. Thiem is a possibility is he realises that playing a tournament almost every second week isn't a good idea. If he's healthy then a redlining Wawrinka is usually the best shot, but right now it doesn't look like there'll be many who can realistically challenge him.

    Lisicki is into the Taipei QF's in her comeback tournament, as well as Bouchard, who's won consecutive matches for the first time since May. Mladenovic has finally snapped her losing streak, beating Cibulkova and winning a match for the first time since July.


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  • #72
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,923 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    I didn't realise Lisicki had surgery. I thought she'd just faded into obscurity.


  • #73
    Rekop dog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,584 ✭✭✭Rekop dog


    Ireland got promoted in Davis cup last year but not sending their best two players to the first match today. Apparently James McGee doesn't have the funding to go on tour this year. Given the corruption which led to the appointment of former FAI man Richard Fahey over a highly qualified candidate its no surprise Tennis Ireland remains in the doldrums.


  • #74
    yerwanthere123
    Registered Users, Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,275 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    Rekop dog wrote: »
    Ireland got promoted in Davis cup last year but not sending their best two players to the first match today. Apparently James McGee doesn't have the funding to go on tour this year. Given the corruption which led to the appointment of former FAI man Richard Fahey over a highly qualified candidate its no surprise Tennis Ireland remains in the doldrums.

    Where did you hear that about James? I can't find anything about it. Cause I mean if tennis Ireland can't even send our best player on tour for the year, Idk...


  • #75
    Rekop dog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,584 ✭✭✭Rekop dog


    yerwanthere123 wrote: »
    Where did you hear that about James? I can't find anything about it. Cause I mean if tennis Ireland can't even send our best player on tour for the year, Idk...

    Dave Miley Tennis on Facebook. Reputable source.


  • #76
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,923 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    yerwanthere123 wrote: »
    Where did you hear that about James? I can't find anything about it. Cause I mean if tennis Ireland can't even send our best player on tour for the year, Idk...

    I don't know, McGee will be 31 in a few months. Depending on how much Tennis Ireland has to spend there's probably an argument to be made for giving it to the younger players who might still achieve things like Simon Carr.


  • #77
    mickmackey1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,288 ✭✭✭mickmackey1


    Reports that Djokovic has had surgery on his hand... in Switzerland. No word on how long he'll be out.


  • #78
    yerwanthere123
    Registered Users, Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,275 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    Either way, McGee is still our best player by a long shot. He's made a grand slam main draw, albeit only once, and has been close on a number of other occasions. I find it very difficult to believe that they can't muster up the money some place, I mean how much would he even need? Where's all the extortionate club fees that people pay going? I'd seriously question TI's dedication to their players, particularly given the fact how little they even bother promoting them on social media, as James himself noted. I wonder whether it has anything to do with the fact James publicly called them out when they appointed someone from the FAI (!) as their new CEO.

    Anyway, Mladenovic is into the St. Petersburg final, hugely impressive given she's coming off a fifteen match losing streak. She'll play Kvitova for the title.


  • #79
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,923 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    I'm sure McGee said once that it would take about 50k to fund just a player on the tour for a year. If you want a coach or anyone else with you it doubles.

    I'm not saying they should just sack him off but if money is tight there has to come a point where you think about spreading the cash over two or three younger players that might still kick on to bigger things.

    Of course with all things Irish there is always the possibility of corruption or dodgy dealings.


  • #80
    Rekop dog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,584 ✭✭✭Rekop dog


    It's farcically corrupt, not even subtle. Same in most higher echelons of Irish sport. I remember Derval O Rourke tweeting about opening of the national indoor centre in Abbotstown and the board was 12 businessmen with zero athletics experience. Just jobs for the lads spread out among the high paying CEO and similarly elite positions.


  • #81
    Royale with Cheese
    Registered Users Posts: 8,972 ✭✭✭Royale with Cheese


    Has anybody ever bought tickets to the ATP finals in London? You can get presale tickets at the moment for any of the group stage days, but not for the semis/final.

    Tbh my main concern would be to see Federer, so buying a ticket for the group stage gives me a 50% chance of that (assuming he qualifies). Do semi finals tickets become publicly available in the general sale?


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  • #82
    RosyLily
    Registered Users Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭RosyLily


    Royale with Cheese wrote: »
    Has anybody ever bought tickets to the ATP finals in London? You can get presale tickets at the moment for any of the group stage days, but not for the semis/final.

    Tbh my main concern would be to see Federer, so buying a ticket for the group stage gives me a 50% chance of that (assuming he qualifies). Do semi finals tickets become publicly available in the general sale?

    Semi-final and final tickets are available in general sale. I got one a few years ago, Federer vs. Tsonga. Great atmosphere at it!


  • #83
    mickmackey1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,288 ✭✭✭mickmackey1


    Apparently Fed has taken a wildcard for Rotterdam :eek::eek: Will be World No 1 if he reaches the semis.


  • #84
    NoviGlitzko
    Registered Users Posts: 2,580 ✭✭✭NoviGlitzko


    Great decision and delighted I can see the great man sooner rather than later. :D


  • #85
    jr86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭jr86


    Why not! Loves the indoors and I'm sure he'll get the number 1 back.

    He feels good now and I'd doubt we'll see him between Indian Wells and Grass Court Season so he may aswell play here and maybe even Dubai


  • #86
    yerwanthere123
    Registered Users, Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,275 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    Post Meldonium life is rough for Sharapova, losing to Niculescu in Doha :eek:


  • #87
    yerwanthere123
    Registered Users, Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,275 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    So that lovely Macedonian Darko Grncarov kinda isn't real


  • #88
    Rob2D
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 2,449 Mod ✭✭✭✭Rob2D


    yerwanthere123 wrote: »
    So that lovely Macedonian Darko Grncarov kinda isn't real

    Oh man that's awesome. I didn't hear anything about that.

    I wonder if he's a top tier troll or just a bit touched.


  • #89
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,923 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    He apparently gave an interview on TV in Macedonia "in character" so I'd say top tier :)

    I remember looking him up and thinking his story was amazing but I did find it odd that none of the pictures he posted ever had his face in them. Didn’t quite make the leap to this being the reason though :)


  • #90
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,923 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    It gets better....

    https://twitter.com/DarkoGrncarov/status/963429571268890624?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Em5%7Ctwgr%5Eemail%7Ctwcon%5E7046%7Ctwterm%5E1


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  • #91
    yerwanthere123
    Registered Users, Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,275 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    It was a terrific article by the usually clownish Rothenberg. In the immediate fallout it seems a lot of people were suspicious for a long time, or perhaps they're just saying that to avoid looking stupid now. I believed his story offhand, I guess cause I had no reason not to? Perhaps if I cared enough and dug a little deeper then I'd have got suspicious. The only thing that did strike me as odd was how vocally he apparently supported gay rights given the part of the world he's from. So yeah, very odd indeed.

    So he's only ever played one professional match, and that was a 0-6 0-6 loss in the first round of a qualifying tournament in Montenegro? For sh*ts and giggles I'd love if the ATP actually did give him a WC into one of those tournaments he claimed he was gonna get one into :pac: I still have a lot of questions after reading the article though, I mean do we even know what he looks like? Is that one minute video from Macedonian tv actually him? And who is this guy that often shows up in searches for him? And how did he not get rumbled sooner when most of his photos/videos were being taken from the account of a Spanish junior player? An amazing story, overall.

    It's a bit crazy he's now rejoined Twitter, he's either an epic troll or a headcase, but either way the game's up now.


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