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| I don't subscribe to the support someone just because they're English/British. My favourite player is Nadal
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| Quote Horatio Yed="Horatio Yed"I don't subscribe to the support someone just because they're English/British. My favourite player is Nadal'"
I subscribe to this viewpoint. In the rare instances I ever have the tennis on, I support Tsonga.
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| I try to avoid tennis, golf & horse racing.
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| I can see why men's tennis gets the coverage it does. There are top athletes playing some fantastic and entertaining sport, all year round.
Women's tennis, on the other hand, is no more of a spectacle than women's rugby league. Apart from perving on Maria Kirilenko I don't see any redeeming features that sees the game get the coverage it does. They don't cover the court well at all, they don't have long rallies, they don't have the athleticism, they don't have the quality of shots, they only play three sets maximum.. Yet they get the same coverage and now the same winning money as the men. That's a joke in my eyes, and in no way sexist, they're just nowhere near as good.
I don't see why people hate Murray. He's inoffensive. I hope he wins tomorrow, it will be good.
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| Quote Horatio Yed="Horatio Yed"I don't subscribe to the support someone just because they're English/British. My favourite player is Nadal'"
I'm the opposite. I don't subscribe to the support someone gets just because they're good or have a chance of winning or are the best and wins everything.
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| Really cannot stand Murray, Scottish if he wins.. British if he loses!
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| I like Nadal because he has a personality unlike Murray
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| Why should he have to have a glimmering personality that for some reason everyone demands? He is a tennis player who came from an ordinary background and became worldclass at a sport, that doesn't mean he will be a tv star who is articulate and interesting to listen to. He's a bloke who is good at tennis, if you took randoms off the street you'd fine a vast majority would be the same as him, just not good at tennis.
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| Personality gives an extra dimension that makes you want to watch them, the x factor if you would.
When i see Murray i just see a guy who although talented always looks sulky and holding his leg or shoulder or ankle pretending it's injured. Look at yesterday, first Brit to get to a final in years and he's straight off the court, the guy has no sense of occasion and just lulls around the court, his mum is weird too, sometimes it comes across as though they're a little too close almost incestual, bloody creepy is what i call it, the guys only redeeming feature is his tennis but ironically it's not enough.
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| I enjoy watching tennis and am a big fan of Murray. Not just because he is British but because he is a very entertaining player to watch never gives up on a point and makes some amazing shots. Ain't bin as much lately but usually go for a game at Birchwood. What annoys me is the attitude of some people who say when he wins he is British and when gets beat is Scottish.
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| Quote Horatio Yed="Horatio Yed"Personality gives an extra dimension that makes you want to watch them, the x factor if you would.
When i see Murray i just see a guy who although talented always looks sulky and holding his leg or shoulder or ankle pretending it's injured. Look at yesterday, first Brit to get to a final in years and he's straight off the court, the guy has no sense of occasion and just lulls around the court, his mum is weird too, sometimes it comes across as though they're a little too close almost incestual, bloody creepy is what i call it, the guys only redeeming feature is his tennis but ironically it's not enough.'"
But that's just it, he's not there to make you want to watch him for his personality, he's there because he is world class at tennis. Go for a walk down the street, there's a vast number of creepy people about, but you wouldn't make much deal about it when you see them. He's there to play tennis and nothing else, when it comes down to it.
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| Quote Sibbs Rhinos="Sibbs Rhinos"But that's just it, he's not there to make you want to watch him for his personality, he's there because he is world class at tennis. Go for a walk down the street, there's a vast number of creepy people about, but you wouldn't make much deal about it when you see them. He's there to play tennis and nothing else, when it comes down to it.'"
Seriously, Yed wants his tennis players to have personality. I feel the same.
I won't put words in Yed's mouth, but I find tennis to be a very ty sport and, in no way, inclusive of spectators. It appears stuffy, reserved and elitist. People just sit around and a lot of the coverage is on who is in the crowd or some other BS. The only thing that nearly appeals to me is a personality from the stars and I'm sure there are many aspects of life in which you feel the same. I'm sure you must like Bob Dylan or Johnny Lydon or Bruce Springsteen or John Lennon over, say Mariah Carey or Celine Dion.
The latter are the better singers but Dylan and Lennon are more likable and have more personality.
I feel the same about Tennis.
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