Remember the FUSS they kicked up when Bogomolov switched to Russia
Did Russia even care when Shvedova and Putintseva switched to Kazakhstan?
― lex pretend, Thursday, 2 August 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
And you don't see them refusing to claim Navratilova and Seles' accomplishments as ALL-AMERICAN
― lex pretend, Thursday, 2 August 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
Exactly. And then adds to that with offensive wisecracks and his theories about how her father feeds her ideas of 'Mother Russia'.
― abcfsk, Thursday, 2 August 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
No, actually. I do remember Myskina snarking on Sharapova for not really being Russian, though: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/2005-01-15-sharapova_x.htm
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Thursday, 2 August 2012 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah no one gave a shit about Bogomolov because he didn't win anything. Also please don't stereotype all American attitudes based on one writer well-known to be prone to provocation, thanks!
― all the other twinks with their fucked up dicks (billy), Friday, 3 August 2012 04:40 (twelve years ago) link
ya i thought it was a given that Pete Bodo is an idiot. Elsewhere on the same site, Steve Tignor, responding to a NYT times article on the global nature of sports, notes:
Speaking of nationalism, Chris Clarey writes in the New York Times, that its lines are getting ever harder to discern. Korean swimmers train in Australia, Lithuanians in England.
“It is not uncommon for swimmers in the London Games," Clarey writes, "to have much deeper connections with swimmers from other nations than with their teammates.” ...
... It almost seems that the more fluid national identity becomes, the more athletes want to hang on to theirs, even if they don’t live or train in their home country—blood, family, roots remain important, even in the abstract. Someone like Martina Navratilova had to leave everything and everyone behind for good when she defected from Czechoslovakia; not surprisingly, she embraced an American identity. She once stopped a reporter in mid-sentence after he addressed her with the words, “As an American...” Navratilova told him, “Thank you, you don’t know how long I’ve been waiting to hear that.”
Sharapova is an extreme example of the opposite, post-Cold War case. She has lived in the U.S. since she was 7, but she never had to cut ties with Russia or her Russian self. While it was annoying a few years ago to hear Sharapova say how much she wanted to beat the U.S. in a team competition—I think it was Fed Cup—I can’t begrudge her a desire to feel a link to her family and its history.
― Roz, Friday, 3 August 2012 05:19 (twelve years ago) link
btw I'm sad that one of the four men left in the draw is going to go home without a medal. And that it's prob going to be Delpo. :/
― Roz, Friday, 3 August 2012 05:24 (twelve years ago) link
fucking hell BOMBSHELL news - Sesil K alleges that the Bulgarian PM sexually harassed her when she was 14
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/bulgarian-pm-accused-of-sexually-harassing-junior-tennis-player-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=25509&NewsCatID=354
her tell-all book, if it ever appears, will be must reading, with her history
― lex pretend, Friday, 3 August 2012 12:52 (twelve years ago) link
"To be honest, to lose this way hurts a lot, it's very hard to talk about it right now," Del Potro said. "I have to go take a shower now and try to do my best in the (mixed) doubles out of respect for Gisela (Dulko). Someone has to win these matches, today it was his turn to win. At the U.S. Open it was my turn. That's the way it goes."
Classy dude.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 3 August 2012 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
haha apparently Serena just obliterated Azarenka
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Friday, 3 August 2012 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
loving life
can not wait for that final
― uberweiss, Friday, 3 August 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
excellent. third beatdown of the year. She should do the same tomorrow as well. I might even tune in for that.
Delpo ;_;
― lex pretend, Friday, 3 August 2012 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
Lendl isn't at wimbledon for Murray, weird
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 3 August 2012 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
John McEnroe just talked about Skrillex
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 3 August 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
Don't think I'll enjoy the final tomorrow, but very happy Maria got herself together after Wimbledon as I feared she was done on grass.
This guy can't stop himself http://espn.go.com/tennis/blog/_/name/bodo_peter/id/8230859/2012-olympic-tennis-maria-sharapova-patriotism-authentic
What a fucking idiot.
― abcfsk, Friday, 3 August 2012 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
Fed withdrew from Toronto, smart move. The tournament organizer says Murray and Djokovic have "guaranteed" they'll be there.
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 4 August 2012 00:24 (twelve years ago) link
The funny thing is that when I criticize Sharapova for being ungracious, or even ungrateful, I'm accused of being some sort of jingoistic zealot (full disclosure, I was an immigrant -- just like Sharapova).
huh, I was assuming this was "I wish she would admit to being an American so I could patriotically bone here" rather than "why can't she admit she's just like me so I can bone her"
(unnecessary aspersions may have been cast in the previous sentence)
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Saturday, 4 August 2012 01:52 (twelve years ago) link
Unpatriotic Sharapova tanking that final for further glory of USA. Mother Russia is not pleased.
― neil young & crazy town (edwardo), Sunday, 5 August 2012 03:04 (twelve years ago) link
Murray is not only playing a beck of a lot better than Federer, he's also lucky. This is going to be over really, really quickly.
― neil young & crazy town (edwardo), Sunday, 5 August 2012 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
Bronze for Del Pony :D :D :D
― neil young & crazy town (edwardo), Sunday, 5 August 2012 14:35 (twelve years ago) link
So, so, so happy for Pony, especially after that heartbreaking semi.
― Roz, Sunday, 5 August 2012 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
Roger clearly tired after that semi. Except no, that wasn't fatigue, that was just being outplayed comprehensively.
― neil young & crazy town (edwardo), Sunday, 5 August 2012 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
I can't believe Novak got hosed by Delpo like that. Too much Olympic Village?
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 5 August 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
― neil young & crazy town (edwardo), Sunday, August 5, 2012 3:17 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Fed played pretty badly the whole tournament really. The Delpo thing was a magic trick.
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 5 August 2012 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
Delpo's on fire - he hasn't hit groundstrokes consistently like that since before his wrist injury. Has really improved on his volleys too. Can't wait to see him during the hard court season.
― Roz, Sunday, 5 August 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
I'm a bit surprised too, because Delpo's never been good on grass either. But grass blunts Djokovic's biggest weapon (return of serve) in a way that it doesn't Pony's (massive shots).
― neil young & crazy town (edwardo), Sunday, 5 August 2012 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
He's been slowly improving on it the past couple of years though. Also, the worn-out grass meant that the balls didn't bounce too low for him.
― Roz, Sunday, 5 August 2012 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
what a wonderful week that was
― uberweiss, Monday, 6 August 2012 12:13 (twelve years ago) link
I think I'm happiest about DelPo getting bronze
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Monday, 6 August 2012 13:21 (twelve years ago) link
Donald Young losing streak watch - now on his 16th after going down to Chardy 3-6 7-6(4) 6-0.
― Roz, Tuesday, 7 August 2012 04:12 (twelve years ago) link
I wonder if Spadea is rooting for Young to break the record or to not break the record.
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 7 August 2012 06:32 (twelve years ago) link
A bagel by Chardy, you're doing this in style Donald
I just realised edwardo was in here the other day instead of the Olympics thread!
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 7 August 2012 07:28 (twelve years ago) link
I figured the Olympics thread would be mostly tl;dr about sports I don't care about. Although I prob would have enjoyed discussing the badminton as that was fuck off amazing too.
― neil young & crazy town (edwardo), Tuesday, 7 August 2012 09:07 (twelve years ago) link
The Olympics thread has veered happily between sports according to who's watching.
Anyway, the news I'm most thrilled about: Sesil K FINALLY returns to the top 100 and she does it in style, with a double bagel over Cirstea :D
She promised a thunderous return four years ago. Slowest moving thunderstorm ever but finally it's here.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 8 August 2012 06:52 (twelve years ago) link
I also should have logged in to see wtf people made of the pole vault. WHAT THE FUCK WAS GOING ON THERE, etc. I am pleased for Spesil K.
― neil young & crazy town (edwardo), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:24 (twelve years ago) link
Roberta Vinci d. Ana Ivanovic 6-0 6-0
― lex pretend, Thursday, 9 August 2012 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
Don't think I need to add ANY comment to that
― lex pretend, Thursday, 9 August 2012 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
hahahaha oh boy
great comeback, Ana
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Thursday, 9 August 2012 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
Ahahahahha oh wow. I don't even hate Ana but smh.
― Roz, Thursday, 9 August 2012 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
33 UEs in 12 games. LOL.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 9 August 2012 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
rafa withdraws from Cincinnati
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 9 August 2012 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
The FH at 3:01...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbhLZSovF8c
― lex pretend, Friday, 10 August 2012 08:10 (twelve years ago) link
So bloody pleased with how the Canada tournaments have gone. Djokovic/Gasquet is an acceptable final in Toronto, and the latter made himself useful for once by preventing the horror of another Isner MS final.
And Montréal! Petra and Na coming back to life! Even Safarova FINALLY wins her top 20 match after all these years. Of course there's still Wozniacki to get rid of but I'm confident any of the other three will beat her handily.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 12 August 2012 07:07 (twelve years ago) link
Petra/Na final is pretty much my ideal situation for any tournament. SuperPetra would win that but SuperPetra didn't show up for that match in Sydney after set 1 either....
― neil young & crazy town (edwardo), Sunday, 12 August 2012 09:31 (twelve years ago) link
Rafa out of the USO...
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
:( Not that he's got a great record there or anything.
― pandemic, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
It's almost like he has injury problems.
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
Just bought my tickets for 2nd Monday night session at the US Open. Getting hyped.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Thursday, 16 August 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
Davydenko just quit after double faulting his way to losing the first set 0-6. Seemed to have no physical issue at all.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 16 August 2012 23:46 (twelve years ago) link
AAAHHHHH
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Wozniacki lost to her bitch Pavlyuchenkova
If even A-Pav has figured out how to beat her it really and truly is over. If Gajdosova ever works it out Wozniacki may as well retire.
― lex pretend, Friday, 17 August 2012 17:29 (twelve years ago) link