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Shame, Tsitsipas fading in the fifth now. Djokovic keeping a high level so far.

Excellent match. I love clay court tennis like this. Lots of rallies, but players never passive, always looking for a winner or winning combination, and loads of imaginative shot making.
 
littlebabyjesus said:
Shame, Tsitsipas fading in the fifth now. Djokovic keeping a high level so far.

Excellent match. I love clay court tennis like this. Lots of rallies, but players never passive, always looking for a winner or winning combination, and loads of imaginative shot making.
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It was indeed a great match. A shame Tsitsipas faded in the fifth and it wasn't edge-of-the-seat competitive, but still a good comeback to take it to five sets.
 
Didn't expect a bagel for Djokovic!

I thought it would be much closer than this (so far...).

Ridiculously high level though, apart from I would say a few more unforced errors than usual, Djokovic isn't playing badly, Nadal just looks unbeatable.
 
Thought I'd revive this thread. So...the AO...

Haven't been watching live as I don't have ESPN, and it's on at silly o'clock, just seen some highlights.

I reckon Osaka will trounce Brady, and Medvedev will pull off a narrow win v Djokovic.

(Also, anyone seen Francesca Jones? 20 year old Brit with a really fierce and feisty (and noisy!) attitude, good hard-hitting game and interesting backstory. Watched a bit of the Phillip Island Trophy on Amazon and was impressed).
 
Naomi Osaka continues to take a stand, this time saying she will not give any news conferences during the French Open because she wants to protect her mental health. This would mean she faces fines up to $20,000 (£14,160) per news conference she misses.

Although I do like to hear the athletes' perspective/insight, and I think many will think "well, of course you interview both the winners and the losers", when you stop and think about it it does stop seeming quite so inherently reasonable. And plenty of journalists are more interested in getting a reaction than the mental health of the, usually young, person they're questioning.

Will be interesting to see what, if anything, comes of it.

Would also be interested to hear what the likes of Serena Williams and Andy Murray have to say about this, as they're usually pretty openly vocal about player welfare.
 
Lord Camomile said:
Naomi Osaka continues to take a stand, this time saying she will not give any news conferences during the French Open because she wants to protect her mental health. This would mean she faces fines up to $20,000 (£14,160) per news conference she misses.

Although I do like to hear the athletes' perspective/insight, and I think many will think "well, of course you interview both the winners and the losers", when you stop and think about it it does stop seeming quite so inherently reasonable. And plenty of journalists are more interested in getting a reaction than the mental health of the, usually young, person they're questioning.

Will be interesting to see what, if anything, comes of it.

Would also be interested to hear what the likes of Serena Williams and Andy Murray have to say about this, as they're usually pretty openly vocal about player welfare.
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other actions sports people could take is go to a press conference and instead of answering questions, just read passages from a book or something. could be quite Dadaist. She could read from a book about mental health for example.

all sports interviews are utterly inane and would be a loss to no-one but the journalists getting paid to do this crap
 
ska invita said:
other actions sports people could take is go to a press conference and instead of answering questions, just read passages from a book or something. could be quite Dadaist. She could read from a book about mental health for example.

all sports interviews are utterly inane and would be a loss to no-one but the journalists getting paid to do this crap
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Filibustering a press conference? That's be great :D To be fair, there's plenty of examples of athletes doing similar over the years, Cantona being the obvious go-to in Britain.

I wouldn't say all sports interviews are utterly inane, but certainly most of the ones immediately after.
 
Lord Camomile said:
Filibustering a press conference? That's be great :D To be fair, there's plenty of examples of athletes doing similar over the years, Cantona being the obvious go-to in Britain.

I wouldn't say all sports interviews are utterly inane, but certainly most of the ones immediately after.
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true not all....
 
Still it is good it is on ITV4. Mind you loses its intensity with out much of a crowd.
 
They're doubling down.

www.bbc.co.uk

Osaka could face French Open expulsion

World number two Naomi Osaka faces expulsion from the French Open if she continues to refuse to speak to the media.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk

World number two Naomi Osaka faces expulsion from the French Open if she continues to refuse to speak to the media, Grand Slam organisers said.

She was fined $15,000 (£10,570) for not doing media after her first-round win against Romania's Patricia Maria Tig on Sunday.

A joint statement from the four Grand Slam organisers said Osaka also faces "more substantial fines and future Grand Slam suspensions".

They added that following her announcement, Roland Garros teams asked the 23-year-old to reconsider her position and were unsuccessful in their attempts to check on her wellbeing.

After a "lack of engagement" from Osaka, the Grand Slam organisers wrote to her to offer support, as well as to "remind her of her obligations".

"A core element of the Grand Slam regulations is the responsibility of the players to engage with the media, whatever the result of their match, a responsibility which players take for the benefit of the sport, the fans and for themselves," the statement said.
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MrSki said:
Well $15K is peanut to her. She earnt over $30 million last year so more like a library fine than a anything else. I think she has a point though & especially losers should not be compelled to face the press.
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The fine isn't really the issue (I mean, it is, but as you say, not to her), it's the fact that she may expelled from the French Open and, theoretically, other Slams too.

Surprised they escalated to that so quickly, and that the other slams got involved.
 
MrSki said:
Well $15K is peanut to her. She earnt over $30 million last year so more like a library fine than a anything else. I think she has a point though & especially losers should not be compelled to face the press.
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I'm neutral on the issue at hand but the point you make is kind of the point. The money they make comes ultimately from tv deals. If they want the massive rewards they have to play that game.
 
The whitest game in the world threatens to throw out a mixed-ethnicity champion for not giving interviews to pompous hacks.

Completely with her on this.
 
Jay Park said:
The whitest game in the world threatens to throw out a mixed-ethnicity champion for not giving interviews to pompous hacks.

Completely with her on this.
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1. Its not the whitest game in the world.
2. Do you really think this decision is about race?
3. How did i know before i even opened the thread and saw you'd posted it was going to be a ridiculous post?
 
1927 said:
1. Its not the whitest game in the world.
2. Do you really think this decision is about race?
3. How did i know before i even opened the thread and saw you'd posted it was going to be a ridiculous post?
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Which game is whiter than tennis? How can we truly quantify it?

I never implied it was about race, it's about her mental health.

Couldn't care less about your sly dig. You don't support her actions?
 
Jay Park said:
Which game is whiter than tennis? How can we truly quantify it?

I never implied it was about race, it's about her mental health.

Couldn't care less about your sly dig. You don't support her actions?
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You tell me, you made the claim!
You introduced race you didn’t mention mental health.
I didn’t state an opinion.
 
1927 said:
You tell me, you made the claim!
You introduced race you didn’t mention mental health.
I didn’t state an opinion.
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sailing possibly

I intoduced her ethnicity because I find the professional world of tennis to be very white, especially at the elite level. Sampras, Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Macenroe, Borg, Becker, Agassi. Should I go on?

so make one or stop trying to cause a row (or a pile-on which is what I suspect you want).

15-30

Your serve
 
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