It's a certainty that the line judge will sue him and the USTA over this. It is America after all
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It's a certainty that the line judge will sue him and the USTA over this. It is America after all
I'm personally not his greatest fan but I think last night's incident was very unfortunate.
I've now seen the incident from a few games earlier in the match and the way he smacked that ball had the potential to cause far more damage than the one that struck the line judge, he was just lucky that one hit the advertising board.
Shall we look up the dictionary?
"speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner."
You said:
"Bit of a Rivaldo-like reaction from the lino - no?"
I'm assuming you are referring to the time when Rivaldo took a horrendous dive after being struck by a football in the leg? So what part of that wasn't disparaging?
The woman took a tennis ball in the throat at approximately 34.4mph :na na:, your reaction probably says more about you than it does her.
Anyway, I'm done here. Once again, in an argument about tennis I seem to be ploughing a lone furrow. WHAT IS IT ABOUT TENNIS??? :greengrin
I think any of the top players would have probably done the same. They don't get to where they are without being so focused that everything on the periphery does not matter.
I think Lewis Hamilton is a bit of a twat but I'm sure he uses whatever influence he and his team can bring if and when they need it.
Just one of those things.
Those who have watched him fairly regularly throughout his career will know that his 'dignified' persona comes across as very contrived. However, it's his gamesmanship on court which really turns a lot of tennis fans off. He's notorious for the number of times he calls for the trainer to tend to a hitherto imperceptible 'injury' when a match looks to be on the brink of slipping away from him, thus halting his opponent's momentum. Sure, he's just using every trick in the book to win but it's distasteful nevertheless.
As a young player he was also notorious for simply giving up when losing, again claiming injury. He came across very much as a spoiled brat. Then of course, we had his miracle transformation from a guy who couldn't finish a match into this rubber-limbed multi-slam winning machine. All down to a gluten-free diet and sleeping in a 'hyperbaric chamber' apparently....
Oh, and I think I'll pass on his claim that positive emotions can purify polluted water:
https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/nov...29/story.shtml
totally agree, the man is not a good sport and I firmly believe he's been at it with his transformation from guy who couldn't last 5 sets to super human tennis machine
Interestly, around the time of Sharapova being banned for dodgy dealings, his form took a nosedive, and these was some quiet speculation that he'd been involved with similar practices, and had stepped these down, which was why his performances had dipped (all alledgedly)
Come on the Thiem boy!
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...u4O9w&usqp=CAU