The Tennis Thread
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pequod said:
Nadal is the king of clay ATM and, arguably, the most athletic player of all time, so far!
How long he can continue, who knows, as he puts his body on the line every tournament.
One of the all time best players, I'm not sure, but I enjoy watching him?
I remember thinking Nadal was close to being finished when he started to have all his knee problems but that's about 10 years ago now! Given how much he demands of his body it's remarkable he's kept going the way he has and to match Federer's record of 20 Grand Slams really is some achievement; IMO he's without doubt one of the best players of all time and he's certainly the best I've ever seen on a clay court.How long he can continue, who knows, as he puts his body on the line every tournament.
One of the all time best players, I'm not sure, but I enjoy watching him?
abzmike said:
Well that’s what, 13 times a winner of the FO? Apparently 100-2 win/loss rate, and against the competition regarded as the best of all time - truly incredible dominance.
Indeed, in any other era the likes of Federer and Djokovic would have won multiple French Open titles but, unfortunately for them, when he's playing well Nadal's as close as it gets to unbeatable on clay - I've certainly never seen anyone as good on that surface and I've been following tennis since the 1970's!Driver101 said:
Hadn’t picked up on this. F1 postponed to end of year, but tennis Open by three weeks?Leithen said:
Driver101 said:
Hadn’t picked up on this. F1 postponed to end of year, but tennis Open by three weeks?The whole thing seems to be a disaster waiting to happen and I don’t think the response in Australia has been particularly warm has it?
MiniMan64 said:
Leithen said:
Driver101 said:
Hadn’t picked up on this. F1 postponed to end of year, but tennis Open by three weeks?The whole thing seems to be a disaster waiting to happen and I don’t think the response in Australia has been particularly warm has it?
There is 37,000 Australian's stranded and not allowed to return home, but they allowed 1200 people to travel for a tennis tournament.
Some have been trapped for months. Despite being citizens they're not allowed back due to the strict numbers allowed to come into the country. For example it includes people who had been working/travelling outside Australia, and could not get back to be able to work, so for example some are losing their houses as they don't have income to pay the mortgage. Some have also had to overstay visas in other countries as they could not travel too, with all the consequences there too.
From what I have seen though most Australians there have just said close the borders and tough luck to anyone outside, even their own people. They're living life as normal, unless corona gets out of a quarantine hotel (workers or somehow a guest). Then it locks down hard. So they just don't want people coming into the country.
From what I have seen though most Australians there have just said close the borders and tough luck to anyone outside, even their own people. They're living life as normal, unless corona gets out of a quarantine hotel (workers or somehow a guest). Then it locks down hard. So they just don't want people coming into the country.
MiniMan64 said:
Getting worse and worse out there now, I mean Tomics missus can’t even get someone in to wash her hair! Oh the humanity!
And Djokovic asking for better food to suit his very specific set of dietary requirements, and also saying it's disgraceful that he wasn't put into a large manor house with a tennis court and space for private outdoor training, rather than a "cramped" hotel room 
Funny that a lot of the other unfortunate players, including those in the wheelchair tennis & some of the qualifiers that already had to quarantine last year to be allowed to compete in the qualifying rounds, are all getting on and trying to make the best of the bad situation they now find themselves in through no fault of their own. Some pretty funny Insta stuff going up showing the resourcefulness of some of the players in their rooms
Edited by AlexRS2782 on Tuesday 19th January 23:26
DM said:
The Serb star wrote a letter to Tennis Australia boss Craig Tiley, calling on him to arrange practice time for the 72 players who have been confined to hotel rooms after cases were detected on their chartered flights.
Under Australia's strict coronavirus border measures, that means they are deemed a 'close contact' of an infected person and must quarantine for two weeks.
The others can train for up to five hours a day under strictly controlled conditions. A series of warm-up events will be held after the quarantine period, before the Australian Open starts on February 8.
Djokovic also suggested players could be quarantined in private houses in Melbourne with tennis courts and gym facilities. Those players not confined to their rooms can currently train for up to five hours a day under strictly controlled conditions.
Hard to argue with those requests really. They aren't there on vacation but to take part in a tennis tournament. Staying confined in a cramped hotel room doesn't seem to be the best preparation to me to then take part in a best of five sets match. Under Australia's strict coronavirus border measures, that means they are deemed a 'close contact' of an infected person and must quarantine for two weeks.
The others can train for up to five hours a day under strictly controlled conditions. A series of warm-up events will be held after the quarantine period, before the Australian Open starts on February 8.
Djokovic also suggested players could be quarantined in private houses in Melbourne with tennis courts and gym facilities. Those players not confined to their rooms can currently train for up to five hours a day under strictly controlled conditions.
All those not confined are likely going to have an advantage.
Edited by JagLover on Tuesday 19th January 16:51
JagLover]M said:
The Serb star wrote a letter to Tennis Australia boss Craig Tiley, calling on him to arrange practice time for the 72 players who have been confined to hotel rooms after cases were detected on their chartered flights.
Under Australia's strict coronavirus border measures, that means they are deemed a 'close contact' of an infected person and must quarantine for two weeks.
The others can train for up to five hours a day under strictly controlled conditions. A series of warm-up events will be held after the quarantine period, before the Australian Open starts on February 8.
Djokovic also suggested players could be quarantined in private houses in Melbourne with tennis courts and gym facilities. Those players not confined to their rooms can currently train for up to five hours a day under strictly controlled conditions.[quote]
Hard to argue with those requests really. They aren't there on vacation but to take part in a tennis tournament. Staying confined in a cramped hotel room doesn't seem to be the best preparation to me to then take part in a best of five sets match.
All those not confined are likely going to have an advantage.
It was what they signed for and agreed too. More of the fault lies at the door of the organisers who insisted on still running it. Madness.Under Australia's strict coronavirus border measures, that means they are deemed a 'close contact' of an infected person and must quarantine for two weeks.
The others can train for up to five hours a day under strictly controlled conditions. A series of warm-up events will be held after the quarantine period, before the Australian Open starts on February 8.
Djokovic also suggested players could be quarantined in private houses in Melbourne with tennis courts and gym facilities. Those players not confined to their rooms can currently train for up to five hours a day under strictly controlled conditions.[quote]
Hard to argue with those requests really. They aren't there on vacation but to take part in a tennis tournament. Staying confined in a cramped hotel room doesn't seem to be the best preparation to me to then take part in a best of five sets match.
All those not confined are likely going to have an advantage.
MiniMan64 said:
It was what they signed for and agreed too. More of the fault lies at the door of the organisers who insisted on still running it. Madness.
A few of the tennis players have said it wasn't what they signed up for. They thought if they were distanced in the plane then they wouldn't be caught up in being a close contact. If they knew what the real deal was the wouldn't have gone. Flying 1200 people from all over the world into Australia isn't right. It shouldn't be happening in the current situation with Covid being so high.
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