The Tennis Thread

[joey.leone]

Have any other top men had woman coaches?

A few, Mauresmo coached LLodra for the grass court season a few years ago. Denis Istomin is coached by his mother, but thats about it.

 

[Arnoldtoo]

Have any other top men had woman coaches?

A couple of very good players have had relative - wife, mother - but I don't know of any really top player with a female coach. I think so much happens in the locker room that the same gender has been seen as a given.

 

[nightgoat]

French tennis fans are the most discourteous bunch of twats. They just won't shut up.

 

[Arnoldtoo]

It was a shame on that last point, but then I guess Novak shouldn't be affected enough to serve a double. Very bad though.

Well played Rafa. Not a classic, they've both played better, but a hard match. I don't think I'd have got close to them today!

 

[$hoguN]

Have any other top men had woman coaches?

Not that I have seen.

It is probably because Men's and Women's Tennis are almost different sports. The additional two sets that men play at Grand Slams changes the thinking and attitudes of how you are required to approach the match. Not to mention how different the styles of Tennis are.

 

[EJWTartanSpur]

I'm up the camera gantry at Eastbourne just now working/watching Camilla Giorgi against Wozniacki.

This Italian player is hot as fuck, wears next to nothing on the court, and literally tries to hit winners every shot just about.

She's amazing. It's on tv just now btw

 

[THFCSPURS19]

I'm up the camera gantry at Eastbourne just now working/watching Camilla Giorgi against Wozniacki.

This Italian player is hot as fuck, wears next to nothing on the court, and literally tries to hit winners every shot just about.

She's amazing. It's on tv just now btw

 

[stokesy]

Got the qualifiers for Wimbledon on here at work. Not really interested in the Tennis but there are a few fit women wandering around.

 

[nidge]

That Italian lass is crazy. Should have been defaulted for hitting the ball into the crowd like that.

 

[EJWTartanSpur]

Well today she is wearing an almost see through white number and just amazingly took a bad tempered tiebreak to go one set up. She was done for a court violation during it as well.

She's bad ass and just tries to hit lines all day long

 

[EJWTartanSpur]

I'll post up our daily highlights package from youtube later today

 

[EJWTartanSpur]

Highlights of day four of Eastbourne.

Basically a 2 min round up

 

[EJWTartanSpur]

Rally for Bally exhibition match last week at a Edgebaston with Navratilova, Henman Keothavong and Ward

 

[nidge]

1hr 24mins for Murray to dispatch his 2nd round opponent.

 

[Arnoldtoo]

1hr 24mins for Murray to dispatch his 2nd round opponent.

He wasn't the greatest threat, but you can only beat what's in front of you.

 

[nidge]

He wasn't the greatest threat, but you can only beat what's in front of you.

Just means he can save more energy for the later rounds.

 

[Arnoldtoo]

Just means he can save more energy for the later rounds.

I think he's going to need it. Next round should be relatively straightforward, but then it's probably Anderson, Dimitrov, Djokovic, Nadal (?) and he could lose any of them unless he's playing well. He could win all of them though. And this one I'm not going to bet on!

 

[nidge]

Amazing sportsmanship from Djokovic.

The ball clearly hits the line and is called out with Djokovic at advantage (and on serve) with it 5-5 in the forth set. Stepanek challenges the call and we all see hawkeye shows it's in and instead of replaying the point as in the rules when a challenge is successful on a line call Djokovic gives Stepanek the point to go back to deuce.

 

[tototoner]

Come on bloke playing Djokovic

 

[onthetwo]

Amazing sportsmanship from Djokovic.

The ball clearly hits the line and is called out with Djokovic at advantage (and on serve) with it 5-5 in the forth set. Stepanek challenges the call and we all see hawkeye shows it's in and instead of replaying the point as in the rules when a challenge is successful on a line call Djokovic gives Stepanek the point to go back to deuce.

good to hear that theres some sportsmen left after that fucking disgrace last night - made me think about boycotting rest of World Cup in disgust (ive limited it to a Uruguay boycott for now).