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Post by janie on Jun 7, 2006 12:32:46 GMT -5
"Today I was feeling a lot of pressure, even from my country. I don't need that, you know. I'm only 19 years old [Awww! A mere toddler!], and it's tough life, you know. It's tough to play tennis, you know. [POOR BABY!!! ;'( Let's start up a charity fund for him!] You have to travel all the time, change the surfaces, change the, you know ‑‑ individual sport, you have to take care of a lot of small things."
I haven't been able to stop sobbing since I read this sad lament!
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Post by Brinyi on Jun 7, 2006 12:36:09 GMT -5
It figures, he's Andy Murray's best friend! Hey I've been using that line a lot today.  |
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Post by The Chloe on Jun 7, 2006 12:36:28 GMT -5
I don't know, but he retired from a match once or twice before this, so he must be a quitter too.
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Post by janie on Jun 7, 2006 12:40:37 GMT -5
He's out of shape for pro tennis, AND he's a whiner -- yep, that DOES sound like Scotsmope! I'm reserving judgment on the Quitter label, for now ... maybe he needs back surgery, for all I know.
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Post by The Chloe on Jun 7, 2006 13:22:26 GMT -5
No, he retired once at RG before this, thus we have no other choice but to conclude that he quits everytime he loses.
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Post by shenaynay on Jun 7, 2006 13:28:03 GMT -5
I'm glad someone brought this up...
He's nearly as bad as Mopey with his constant negative and bitchy attitude on court. Still not as unlikeable as Mopey, though. But, another 20 bounces of the ball before he serves will make him close.
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Post by The Chloe on Jun 7, 2006 13:28:40 GMT -5
Who is Mopey?
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Post by shenaynay on Jun 7, 2006 13:30:07 GMT -5
Mopey Murray!
A P-Mac nickname that for once doesn't blow.
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Post by Maeby Fünke on Jun 7, 2006 13:33:58 GMT -5
Now you know how I feel whenever I go in the mens forum.  |
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Post by GoDom on Jun 7, 2006 14:25:13 GMT -5
Men's forum blows. It's not even worth trolling.
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Jun 7, 2006 15:33:52 GMT -5
"Today I was feeling a lot of pressure, even from my country. Which one? |
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Post by Tennislurker on Jun 7, 2006 15:57:45 GMT -5
Lol, I remember when he had the asthma attack
It left a bad taste in my mouth
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Post by Maeby Fünke on Jun 7, 2006 16:01:30 GMT -5
Men's forum blows. It's not even worth trolling. I mean the mens forum here. I don't know who you're talking about half the time. |
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Post by Pamela Shriver on Jun 7, 2006 16:13:34 GMT -5
Lol, I remember when he had the asthma attack It left a bad taste in my mouth Just like Tracy! |
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Post by Tennislurker on Jun 7, 2006 16:23:20 GMT -5
It seems that Novak Djokovoc has been saying he was in control most of the match till the back injury, when nadal was told what Novak said, his reaction was funny.
I think Novak Djokovic is, and will be one of those players you only cheer for if you find them hot, like robredo, who likes robredo for his game?
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Post by Tennislurker on Jun 7, 2006 16:24:15 GMT -5
You Are Djoking, Aren't You?
Posted 6/7/2006 @ 1:34 PM
I can think of a lot of people (Juan Jose?) who are cringing right about now, if they watched Rafael Nadal clean Novak Djokovic’s clock(tower). Djokovic’s behavior during the match, as he nursed his sore back, was sufficiently irritating to throw Nadal off and cause him to lose concentration. And Dirty Boy Rafa wouldn’t lie about something like that, I don’t think.
As Nadal said:
Yes, it (The Djoker’s high level of play late in the second set and early in the third) It surprised me. He was showing that he wasn't feeling very well, but he was signing to his back every time he lost a point.
So after that - but anyway, it's my fault. I was losing my concentration at 30 Love. But he continued to play. Obviously, he was playing. He was serving at 105, so it surprised me in 15 30 that he retired.
But I suppose he was not feeling well, because you don't retire from a quarterfinals in a Grand Slam unless you're not feeling well.
Now here’s the truly weird thing:
In his presser following the win over James Blake, Gael Monfils looked forward – and back – as he contemplated his next round, against the Djoker. The backstory is that Monfils and Djokovic played a tight five-setter at the U.S. Open, which the Djoker won after stalling and taking injury time outs because of an alleged “breathing problem.”
(In Djokovic’s defense, he did have surgery at the end of last year to relieve blockage in his nose – the way he described it, it sounds like he had a badly deviated septum).
Here’s what Monfils said as he contemplated the Grand Slam rematch:
Djokovic, let me think. I had problems with him at the US Open, 7 5 at the end. We're at home. This is going to be very different.
He's a very good player. He's a very good player. It's going to be a big match again, I know. I hope that it might be a bit more fair play than last time. But I expect a big match. . .
. . .Well, he couldn't breathe and he had a problem in the calf of his leg, then he had pain somewhere else. I can do the same and pretend I have blisters.
I don't think it was a very good way of playing. But I think he's more mature now. He has more experience. He's not going to repeat that, I think, in France. He's clever enough not to do that.
In the meantime, we got very friendly. We're both young players. It's good we should meet. I'm sure it's going to be very fair play tomorrow.
As if all this isn’t bad enough, The Djoker made a Sesil Kratancheva-grade public relations faux pas – actually, it was more than that, it was a delusional faux pas – when he kept insisting that he was “in control” of the match with Dirty Boy Rafa. If you read the transcript, you’ll see that his original reference to this issue could be taken various ways, but by his last reiteration, it was clear. The guy thought he had Nadal’s number, despite the inconvenient reality of the 6-4,6-4 scores.
There are only two ways in which this isn’t simple, youthful hauteur and delusion: if the Djoker really meant something different with the word “control”, as if he was saying something like, “I wasn’t letting him get out ahead, I was sticking with him.” That’s a real possibility,
The other possibility is that Djokovic is like the proverbial young fighter who, bathed in blood and seeing triple, is begging his corner man to let him off the stool to resume a fight that has been stopped out of fear for the kid’s. “I got him now, Herbie, just let me at him!”
In any event, this made for great bear-baiting in the press room, and for quite a while DRB resisted quite nicely, but he finally broke down and said:
I don't know. If he say that, it's okay. I don't need to answer that, no? But he had the problem in the first game or what? Because I don't remember, no? I have break, break, all time up in the score, no?
Speaking of Monfils/Djokovic, though, I never got to post some second thoughts I had about Monfils, following his win over Blake. He did a few things here at Roland Garros that makes me wonder what he's going to be like if he ever really gets good.
On match point, when Blake’s shot landed long, Monfils did this quick routine, kind of like a cross between an NFL end zone dance and a frame from a gangsta rap video. He went very still (instead of jumping for joy), put his hands on his hips, and nodded at the mark.
Wow. Word up. I’m surprised he didn’t follow it up by folding his arms and giving a peace sign, or doing one of those infantile Sammy Sosa “from the heart” gestures. So what do you think, are we ready for NFL-grade celebrations in tennis? I could go either way on it. But I did fall to my knees in thanks as we came to the end of the era when guys like John McEnroe and Mats Wilander began to confuse themselves with rocks stars and guitar wizards. That all was kind of pathetic.
The other thing that struck me as dodgy was a comment Monfils made in the French portion of his presser, to which he showed up in a Nike ski cap and a zip-front sweatshirt with the NY (New York) logo on the left breast.
Somebody said he showed a “different attitude” toward Blake than Andy Murray or Dick Norman. Monfils said:
I did not demonstrate because I have great respect for Blake. I admire Blake very much. . . Blake had an incredible career and an incredible comeback . . . I stopped a bit just out of respect for Blake.
So is Monfils saying he doesn’t respect Murray or Norman enough to contain his expressive outbursts?
All in, it looks like he’s got JP (Jerk Potential). But he’s just a kid, so we’ll cut him a break and wait and see.
I’m sorry I couldn’t watch the Nadal/Djokovic match very closely. I missed my opportunity to take a good long look and write a post on Djokovic. That one will have to wait. But I did catch a few games here and there; did you all happen to catch that leaping, backhand overhead drop shot that Nadal pulled out? How cool was that?
And there was another exchange in the press room, later, that left Nadal in a nice light. He was asked if, given his winning record against The Mighty Federer on different surfaces, he felt that he was the real No. 1, DRB answered:
Well, it's a strange question. He's No. 1. I'm No. 2. I feel I'm No. 2, which is what I am. How many points does he have? 7,000. Nobody else in the history of tennis has ever had that. Nobody has had such a high ranking No. 1, if you like. So, yeah, he's No. 1.
Then, to an inaudible follow-up, he replied:
Yes. Maybe Blake will win over me. It doesn't mean he feels like he's a No. 2 if he's No. 7.
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Post by DBBN on Jun 7, 2006 16:47:19 GMT -5
I think Novak Djokovic is, and will be one of those players you only cheer for if you find them hot, like robredo, who likes robredo for his game? ;D |
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Post by shenaynay on Jun 7, 2006 18:28:01 GMT -5
Novak is kinda cute. Although, he has that typical crazy Yugoslav look, which scares me. Plus, he's a cunt.
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Post by Brinyi on Jun 7, 2006 18:38:54 GMT -5
Arggghhhh! The next person who reposts Bodo is BANNED FOR LIFE
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Post by Tennislurker on Jun 7, 2006 19:36:59 GMT -5
Permabanned is the hip word for banned for life
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Post by Brinyi on Jun 7, 2006 20:02:02 GMT -5
I'm not hip, I'm hep to the jive!
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Post by The Chloe on Jun 7, 2006 20:18:35 GMT -5
It seems that Novak Djokovoc has been saying he was in control most of the match till the back injury, when nadal was told what Novak said, his reaction was funny. I think Novak Djokovic is, and will be one of those players you only cheer for if you find them hot, like robredo, who likes robredo for his game? I like Robredo's game. |
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Post by The Chloe on Jun 7, 2006 20:24:47 GMT -5
Monfils... Jerk Potential? WTF?! Of all the up and coming guys he is the last one I would label a jerk. Christ. I hate to go lizchris on y'all here, but there was something to the way that Bodo commented on his celebrations, ahem.
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Post by GoDom on Jun 7, 2006 20:39:05 GMT -5
His grimaces were repulsive though.
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Post by :rolleyes: on Jun 7, 2006 21:33:11 GMT -5
what did djokovic do against Monfils at the USOpen that was so bad, i never saw that match so do tell
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Post by Tennislurker on Jun 7, 2006 22:25:37 GMT -5
He had asthma attacks and had to rest, and suffered soooo much to win
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Post by Tennislurker on Jun 7, 2006 22:26:49 GMT -5
You like Robredo´s game as in I like how Iroda´s boobs move when she hits a forehand?
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Post by The Chloe on Jun 8, 2006 10:47:57 GMT -5
No, I actually like his game.
I also like Ferrer's game.
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