xpi don't particularly believe that talking to the media post match is 'part of the job' or even if it is that doing so or not should determine whether a player gets to compete or not. grand slams should have more faith in the entertainment value of the tennis instead of believing interest will plummet if we don't get to hear every players post match pressers. when fed calls it a day and tv is putting together his greatest hits packages p sure no snippets from post match pressers will feature.
― oscar bravo, Monday, 31 May 2021 17:17 (two years ago) link
Not worth it for her or for them?
Well, now she’s withdrawn
― MrDasher, Monday, 31 May 2021 18:13 (two years ago) link
This is my first exposure to Lorenzo Musetti and, wow, I think he's better than Sinner.
And now Osaka has withdrawn :(
xp
― Michael Jones, Monday, 31 May 2021 18:13 (two years ago) link
that's sad, but she seems to want to work on self-care. hope she is able to work through her depression.
i'm not sure i understand the point of obligatory post-match media interviews. there are different ways to promote the sport (any sport, really) and the athlete. it's tough to talk about your failures right after they have happened.
― Punster McPunisher, Monday, 31 May 2021 19:05 (two years ago) link
Absolutely disgusting from RG.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 31 May 2021 19:49 (two years ago) link
Jonathon Liew's column on the guardian website about this is spot on.
― oscar bravo, Monday, 31 May 2021 20:22 (two years ago) link
kinda want to know what exactly her 'obligations' were -- does she have to answer every question? is there a minimum time she has to be out there?
anyway yes, press conferences are stupid, the questions are usually inane (*especially* to women), and the reporters think they're entitled to have players write their stories for them
― mookieproof, Monday, 31 May 2021 22:15 (two years ago) link
The entire thing is a debacle and horseshit
I’m more disgusted with tennis as a whole than I ever have been, including when they desperately tried to make Anna Kournikova into the world’s greatest singles player
― 80's hair metal , and good praise music ! (DJP), Tuesday, 1 June 2021 00:22 (two years ago) link
Her statement is heartbreaking. Did think about what her team are doing? She does need people she trusts to know her and perhaps act as intermediaries between Osaka and the cunts that run the tour.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 08:09 (two years ago) link
Liew's piece is good.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 08:11 (two years ago) link
The organising bodies handled this terribly - she warned them ahead of time and said she was willing to pay the fines. There were so many ways they could've sorted this out privately with her or her team without threatening a default.
tbh the sheer amount of athlete/manager press conferences is a big reason why sports journalism in general is so shitty.
Most sports reporters are stuck in an endless routine of match reports >> post-match press conference >> post-match analysis that they never actually get the time or resources to write or pursue bigger stories. As a result, they get way too reliant on the presser either to generate stories or to get soundbites for the story they've already written.
― Roz, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 09:53 (two years ago) link
Pretty much the main point of these is so that people look at the cardboard full of logos in the background.
It's been disappointing to see other players not backing her. Djoko I expected but Swiatek was like pretty similar too. Putting that down to age.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 10:33 (two years ago) link
the french tennis federation guy reading a prepared statement then refusing to answer questions says it all. bullies and bottlers.
― oscar bravo, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 13:06 (two years ago) link
i don't mind sloane stephens but so nice watching carla suarez navarro take the opening set on her return.
― oscar bravo, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 18:33 (two years ago) link
agree
i like sloane also but in a way she is the perfect opponent for csn's 1st match back
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 18:37 (two years ago) link
I've warmed up to Sloane somewhat but my default reaction to her is still "lol"
― 80's hair metal , and good praise music ! (DJP), Tuesday, 1 June 2021 18:41 (two years ago) link
also the media junket is wreaking more havoc on the women's draw than court play
https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/31547121/petra-kvitova-withdraws-french-open-injured-ankle-fall-media-availability
― 80's hair metal , and good praise music ! (DJP), Tuesday, 1 June 2021 18:42 (two years ago) link
Venus Williams. "I know every single person asking me a question can't play as well as I can and never will, so no matter what you say or what you write, you'll never light a candle to me. So that's how I deal with it. But each person deals with it differently."— José Morgado (@josemorgado) June 1, 2021
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 19:08 (two years ago) link
more press conference absurdity:
Sadly, after Alexander Zverev’s 1st rd media conference, my Roland-Garros media pass was revoked. My appearance in a supermarket (meant as a joke) was regarded as unprofessionalApologies to Alexander, the FFT, Roland Garros organisers, family, fiends, colleagues and supporters— Jonathan Pinfield 🎾 (@tweetsbyjp) June 2, 2021
for context, he dialed in to the virtual presser from the supermarket which actually got a smile and a laugh from zverev. Apparently asking sexist and racist questions is ok, but dialing from a grocery run? TOO FAR.
― Roz, Wednesday, 2 June 2021 12:14 (two years ago) link
incred battle btwn garin/mcdonald
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 2 June 2021 19:13 (two years ago) link
tough defeat for mcdonald after having match pts in the 3rd and a bunch of break pts in the 5th
hes the first american to lose today i believe.. all these players won
collinsserenakeysisnergironopelka
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 2 June 2021 19:22 (two years ago) link
Is it bad that I kind of wish Barty had withdrawn for injuring herself at a press conference?
― 80's hair metal , and good praise music ! (DJP), Thursday, 3 June 2021 15:43 (two years ago) link
Nadal. "I'm not celebrating my birthday. 35 is not good. I wanna be 25 again".— José Morgado (@josemorgado) June 3, 2021
― johnny crunch, Friday, 4 June 2021 00:10 (two years ago) link
this ruud/adf 5th set is a real roller coaster
― johnny crunch, Friday, 4 June 2021 14:18 (two years ago) link
davidovich fokina advances - 4h 35m match
this was the game to close it out, each guy oddly fell/slipped @ unusual times
15:0, 15:15, 30:15, 30:30, 40:30BP, 40:40, 40:AMP, 40:40, A:40BP, 40:40, 40:AMP, 40:40, 40:AMP, 40:40, 40:AMP, 40:40, A:40BP, 40:40, A:40BP, 40:40, 40:AMP
― johnny crunch, Friday, 4 June 2021 14:25 (two years ago) link
^^loved it... that final set had everything
ADF needed five match points and an underarm serve to close it out lol
― Roz, Friday, 4 June 2021 14:28 (two years ago) link
Badosa vs Bogdan just now has been my favourite match of RG this year so far. Phenomenal stuff.
― oscar bravo, Friday, 4 June 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
It was terrific. Hard to complain when we get 12hr of free-to-air coverage a day in the UK with ITV4, but it's a single channel with no alternate feeds and they often just chase the big names, which can mean you miss things like this. Thankfully there was nothing else they could have shown!
― Michael Jones, Friday, 4 June 2021 20:23 (two years ago) link
Also: I like the camera angle on Simonne Mathieu. There’s one court - court 6? - which has featured a lot in the coverage this week and that’s terrible. Ultra wide but pitched too low so a third of the screen is below the near baseline.
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 5 June 2021 10:01 (two years ago) link
Musetti is something else. Through 6-3 in the 5th vs Cecchinato.
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 5 June 2021 12:18 (two years ago) link
Swiatek-Kontaveit is very high quality. Bit of an awkward match up for Iga - Kontaveit hitting big on returns and not letting her get any rhythm on her serve. first set TB!
― Roz, Saturday, 5 June 2021 15:05 (two years ago) link
Amazing that Swiatek managed to pull that off given that Kontaveit hit 23 winners to 11 UFEs in that first set. Just really excellent tennis.
― Roz, Saturday, 5 June 2021 15:20 (two years ago) link
fucking hell @ nadals bqckhand to win set 2 vs cam
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 5 June 2021 15:26 (two years ago) link
sad state of affairs that the only coverage in the US rn is nbc who is showing serenas match from yesterday afternoon & fed's upcoming match in only on peacock ~
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 5 June 2021 17:24 (two years ago) link
It’s not on The Tennis Channel?
― 80's hair metal , and good praise music ! (DJP), Saturday, 5 June 2021 17:42 (two years ago) link
it was this morning but tennis channel coverage signed off shortly after 1pm when mertens/sakkari ended iirc
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 5 June 2021 19:04 (two years ago) link
i know humidity is high in paris right now, but there is something to be said about federer sweating less compared to koepfer. it looks like federer uses his energy more efficiently, while koepfer is a lot stronger and uses muscle power a lot more
― Punster McPunisher, Saturday, 5 June 2021 19:39 (two years ago) link
this 1st set fed/koepfer has been p high level by both
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 5 June 2021 19:56 (two years ago) link
koep is gaining confidence
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 5 June 2021 19:58 (two years ago) link
i wonder how many sets like this koepfer will be able to endure
― Punster McPunisher, Saturday, 5 June 2021 20:12 (two years ago) link
seems like he can endure as long as he needs to
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 5 June 2021 21:18 (two years ago) link
feds level is dipping, if he loses this 3rd set its hard to see him enduring 2+ more hrs to come back
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 5 June 2021 21:37 (two years ago) link
love mcenroe constantly making digs @ peacock
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 5 June 2021 21:40 (two years ago) link
cant blame koepfer for boiling over a bit now, hes played p great & fed has played houdini 2 be up 2-1
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 5 June 2021 22:15 (two years ago) link
I didn't fancy Fed to get past Berrettini and now I don't think the winner of this will take a set off Mario.
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 5 June 2021 22:29 (two years ago) link
koepfers defense has really been wildly goodyea this is def good for matteo
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 5 June 2021 22:30 (two years ago) link
I have no idea why I called him Mario! It's late. (Later still in Paris - first post-midnight session?)
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 5 June 2021 22:34 (two years ago) link
Actually, UK commentator has just reminded me of the Nadal-Sinner QF last year, which was a 1:26am finish.
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 5 June 2021 22:39 (two years ago) link
great match, rog willed himself to that win
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 5 June 2021 22:45 (two years ago) link
incredible. this is the andy murray tweet again:
Im not bothered by the outcome of this match at all. Just seeing Federer at 39 off the back of 2 knee surgeries playing to an empty stadium at 12.30am getting fired up is inspirational to me. Do what you ❤️— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) June 5, 2021
― Punster McPunisher, Saturday, 5 June 2021 22:46 (two years ago) link
Really Djoko was going to get this after that bit of fortune at the net
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 13 June 2021 14:22 (two years ago) link
My god that TB was so stressful. Come on Stef!
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 14:22 (two years ago) link
double break!
― k3vin k., Sunday, 13 June 2021 14:52 (two years ago) link
stef wow
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 13 June 2021 14:53 (two years ago) link
Utterly dominant. One set away!
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 13 June 2021 14:56 (two years ago) link
stef needs to keep serving like this to carry it home
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:06 (two years ago) link
fuck
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:22 (two years ago) link
That was a marathon!
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:23 (two years ago) link
Was expecting Novak to come out like this.
Naturally… I never believe it whenever Djoko looks tired or weary
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:26 (two years ago) link
Wins the 3rd. Tsitsipas won't be handed the thing.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:47 (two years ago) link
yeah this is going the distance
― k3vin k., Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:48 (two years ago) link
tbh I didn’t expect Tsitsi to get this far in the first place so he’s already surpassed expectations. But it’ll be super awful if he loses from here :/
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:50 (two years ago) link
trainer called for stef sigh
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:51 (two years ago) link
can’t call the trainer out for your brain unfortunately
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:59 (two years ago) link
rip
― mookieproof, Sunday, 13 June 2021 16:09 (two years ago) link
what bums me out about this is that Novak isn’t even playing all that well? Tsitsipas is just not at the level he was in the first two sets.
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 16:11 (two years ago) link
Hang in there Stef!
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 13 June 2021 16:36 (two years ago) link
:(
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 13 June 2021 16:47 (two years ago) link
wish I could say this wasn’t expected but…
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 16:51 (two years ago) link
this is my fault for having turned it on in the third set
― mookieproof, Sunday, 13 June 2021 16:57 (two years ago) link
My stream just froze lol
Feels like a blessing
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 17:02 (two years ago) link
Damn it.
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 13 June 2021 17:26 (two years ago) link
fucking gutted for stef ;_;
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 17:27 (two years ago) link
nourish your sensations. pic.twitter.com/7qk3kYsqv4— Stefanos Tsitsipas (@steftsitsipas) July 23, 2018
― mookieproof, Sunday, 13 June 2021 17:32 (two years ago) link
Gotta say I get a bad feeling for Stef from how much of a procession this felt like in the 5th set.
Hope I'm wrong.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 13 June 2021 17:37 (two years ago) link
Felt completely different from his match against Zverev, where it always seemed like he would win even after losing the 3rd and 4th sets. Zverev of course isn’t Novak though.
I still think Tsitsipas is too good not to get one eventually - he’s only 22 anyway. But maybe not this year - this is going to sting for a long while :/
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 17:44 (two years ago) link
ffs Tsitsipas’ mic isn’t working. RG continues to be the worst.
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 17:47 (two years ago) link
welp. gotta endure that damn heart-throw routine again.
― andrew m., Friday, June 11, 2021 9:22 PM (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink
hopefully for the last time
goddammit
― andrew m., Monday, 14 June 2021 18:23 (two years ago) link