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Post by Lee on Mar 11, 2004 10:26:21 GMT -5
Me too, Diss! I am so glad that Guga has all this support. (well should not be surprised with the kind of :ass: Nastas is). It's interesting that I never know this guy (Nastas) before but base on the terrible translation from Babel I could sense this guy is mighty arrogant. Guga
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Post by Lee on Mar 11, 2004 13:05:50 GMT -5
Diss, what do you think about this article about Guga? esportes.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI277869-EI2065,00.html I read it through Babel and you know how good the translation it is.
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Post by Dissident on Mar 12, 2004 23:34:57 GMT -5
Its shit shit shit shit shit. Dont even mind trying to read that. You know, its one of those classic examples of someone who wants notoriety by creating a conspiracy theory. According to him, Guga's move was well calculated as a way to put someone from his family to manipulate and control the whole sport on the country. Oh well... I wonder if Nastas payed him to be his number one fan. The guy is since 1994 up there and has done NOTHING to make the sport more popular or increase its demands. Its even harder to be a tennis player these days then 10 years ago. How can that be?? We have a player who is constantly among the top 16, and is a former number one winning Roland Garros THREE FUCKING TIMES! If that's not enough to create a cult, than I'm Bill Cosby.
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Post by Lee on Mar 12, 2004 23:48:58 GMT -5
Thanks Diss for your reinforcement
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Post by Patrik Sjöberg on Mar 12, 2004 23:51:16 GMT -5
Its shit shit shit shit shit. Dont even mind trying to read that. You know, its one of those classic examples of someone who wants notoriety by creating a conspiracy theory. According to him, Guga's move was well calculated as a way to put someone from his family to manipulate and control the whole sport on the country. Oh well... I wonder if Nastas payed him to be his number one fan. The guy is since 1994 up there and has done NOTHING to make the sport more popular or increase its demands. Its even harder to be a tennis player these days then 10 years ago. How can that be?? We have a player who is constantly among the top 16, and is a former number one winning Roland Garros THREE FUCKING TIMES! If that's not enough to create a cult, than I'm Bill Cosby. I hope Bill Cosby would be funnier in Portuguese, but Diss you are right. Maybe Meligieni should take over from Nasstas.
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Post by Dissident on Mar 13, 2004 0:14:06 GMT -5
I hope Bill Cosby would be funnier in Portuguese, but Diss you are right. Maybe Meligieni should take over from Nasstas. You ever tried to watch the Oscars dubbed?? Meligeni wouldnt want it because he wouldnt be able to dive on his back in an office.
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Post by Patrik Sjöberg on Mar 13, 2004 0:19:31 GMT -5
You ever tried to watch the Oscars dubbed?? Meligeni wouldnt want it because he wouldnt be able to dive on his back in an office. I hate dubbing in any form actually, luckily for me I don't have that problem we have the subtitles and the original language. He mightn't be able to dive on is back, but at least people like Fino so that would help.
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Post by Dissident on Mar 13, 2004 11:47:55 GMT -5
I hate dubbing in any form actually, luckily for me I don't have that problem we have the subtitles and the original language. He mightn't be able to dive on is back, but at least people like Fino so that would help. Indeed. I am one of those who think that SAP is among the best inventions of the 20th century. Fininho has a weekly program on MTV Brasil. He is a riot. I don't recall any other player who could actually get me rolling on the floor laughing watching a tennis match. Remember that time when he taught the linesman how to call the ball out?? Jeez, I had tears on my eyes! ;D Oh, and by the way, Fino promoted the Copa Fino some month or two ago, and had loads of young kids playing on his account. He is one big reason as well for the sport still be breathing.
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Post by Dissident on Mar 13, 2004 12:15:20 GMT -5
There was some piece on the paper this morning. Nastás spoke for the first time in 5 days to Globo Esporte, a daily sports program on Globo network. The paper had the most important parts printed. Im gonna post the translation. Nastás breaks the ice and speaks about the crisis on CBTAfter 5 days of silence, the president of CBT (note: its the national confederation of tennis), Nelson Nastás, spoke about the crisis that stroke the sport last Monday when Guga decided against playing the DC tie vs Paraguay, in April at Costa do Sauipe. In an interview to Globo Esporte, a tv program, Nastás spoke about Davis Cup, the police and the crisis on CBT. Following, some excerpts of the interview.POLICE ON CBT "I am completely cool with it because there is nothing wrong with the confederation and I will still be available for any further doubts they might have." GUGA "I was really surprised because, when I announced Jaime Oncins, I thought it would be a normal transition. I didn't worry about talking with the players because I don't have any obligations with talking to them. And because I wasn't doing anything insane, I was just bringing Jaiminho, who played DC for 11 years and getting to two semifinals even." DAVIS "I will decide what happen with our team in the following days, but I hope Guga thinks a little better, he is our idol, a great player. Besides, he wouldn't be playing for Brazil, and all of Brazil was expecting him to be on court." BLAMINGS "Guga's declaration that he is against Nelson's administrations, that is really not enough. What doesn't he agree with? When they say there is no work with the young ones, that's another mistake. The Olympic Comitee has a document of ours stating the investments we make, including the latest ones." OLYMPICS "We will do whatever we can to be sure he goes to the Olympics. Guga is going to play for Brazil. With his ranking on ATP he will definitely play. There is a formality according to which we have to announce the team, but it's obvious we will try our best for him to go." Originally published in Zero Hora newspaper, Porto Alegre, Saturday - March 13, 2004.___________________________________________ I really like that now he seems to be worried about Guga not playing. He seemed that he couldn't care less on Monday or Tuesday. And the investments, of course they DO exist. But they are WAY shorter than they should.
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Post by Dissident on Mar 13, 2004 12:31:47 GMT -5
And a last one, from www.tenisbrasil.com.br Nastás retrieves and admits calling elections for July. Nastás retrieves and admits anticipating electionsMarch 12, 2004 at 10:31 pm São Paulo (SP-Brazil) - After ensuring that he would complete his mandate untill the end of the year, Nelson Nastás retrieves and admits the hypothesis of earlier elections in July. Informations from journalist Fernando Narazaki, from the site "Gazeta Esportiva Net". In an interview this Friday, the chairman denies the possibility of renouncing the job, as the oposition imposes. "What may happen is anticipating the elections. It could happen in July, but Im speaking with the Federations. Renouncing is out of question, this is not a bargain", he said. Even though he still believes in Gustavo Kuerten's return to the team, Nastás is already working on plan B and he ensures that the country won't be defeated on a WO against Paraguay. "If we need to play juniors, we will play the juniors, it's gonna count for their curriculum. Brazil won't lose on w.o.", he warns. The president promises to have a new Captain for the team at the least on Wednesday and criticizes Jaime Oncins' quitting. "There are three names for Captain", he says without giving names. "Jaime was unfortunately converted to the others' speach. We have a program for capacitacion (note: does this word exist? ) of coaches, we have athletes on Cosat, the girls have our support. There are a series of actions to help the youth. He was alarmed with all that's happening and I respected his decision", he declared. Without knowing which team will play the tie, Nastás admits the matches might be at Costa do Sauipe, but that everything may change. We are annalizing this situation with Koch (Koch-Tavares, the event's promoter) to see if it's the case changing the venue. There is this interest of them in hosting the tie". ____________________________________________ This man expells bullshit through his skin.
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Post by Lee on Mar 13, 2004 17:47:37 GMT -5
This man expells bullshit through his skin. This is exactly what I've been thinking when I was reading the post
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Post by RogiFan on Mar 13, 2004 20:12:07 GMT -5
Sorry Dent d Guga 75 64... terrible result considering he was the finalist last yr...
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Post by Dissident on Mar 13, 2004 22:11:50 GMT -5
It may mean he does well in Miami. As I prefer the Miami tournament (can never forget that final vs Sampras in 2000, the real start of that incredible Guga season), I cant say I would be mad if that was the case. I got to see some parts of the match (I was eating dinner and the tv of the restaurant was on Guga) and Dent seemed to be playing well. Guga has problems with that kind of player, and his serve seemed to be off. Ill have to watch it later on tape.
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Post by Lee on Mar 14, 2004 0:39:19 GMT -5
I hope you'll be positive after watching the tape, Diss. I was mad because in 1st set at 4-4, Guga missed 3 bps. Yes, Dent has BIG serve but on 2nd bp, Guga faced a 2nd serve and he missed the chance. He served great at 4-5, all 4 1st serves were in and he won the game at love. Then at 5-6, none of his 1st serves were in, made 3 UEs at baseline and lost the game and set at love. I was so mad at that time I quit the SB and radiotennis.
When I returned, ha, at 4-5 2nd set, yes, Guga chose that time to have a shitty service game and immediately gave Dent 3 mps, he saved 2 but not enough.
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Post by Patrik Sjöberg on Mar 14, 2004 1:47:52 GMT -5
Diss, thanks for the translations and this bullshit artist Nastas is really like Eurico Miranda.
The update on Fino was really appreciated, I loved when he played in Australia, he treated it like a holiday and he always had good times when he was here.
I actually saw him play live the first time in Båstad, where he won the tournament, and he was very popular with the crowd.
Now Guga can go to Miami, you never know he might even get some surfing in before he plays there, but he struggles against huge servers an example Rusedski, bad luck for him.
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Post by Dissident on Mar 15, 2004 22:10:53 GMT -5
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Post by Lee on Mar 18, 2004 23:45:46 GMT -5
uk.sports.yahoo.com/040317/3/2ib8.htmlBrazilian tennis chief tries to avert Davis Cup boycottWed 17 Mar, 9:10 PMSAO PAULO (AFP) - Brazilian tennis chief Nelson Nastas tried to diffuse threats of a Davis Cup boycott by announcing that he will stand down as president of the country's tennis federation. Tennis in Brazil has been in crisis for a week after triple French Open champion and former world number one Gustavo Kuerten said he would boycott the Davis Cup clash with Paraguay next month in protest at not being consulted over the appointment of Jaime Oncins as captain in place of Ricardo Acioly. The trouble worsened when fellow team members Flavio Saretta and Andre Sa also refused to take part in the Americana zone Group One tie scheduled for April 9-11 at Bahia. Seven days ago, Oncins quit after less than a month in charge because of the furore and now Nastas has given in to the pressure by revealing that he will not stand in Brazilian Tennis Confederation (CBT) elections on May 15. Nastas announced new elections and gave the players the opportunity to choose the coaching staff for the Davis Cup second round tie. "I hope now the players will reconsider their intention to boycott the Davis Cup," he said. The CBT has also been hit by allegations of financial irregularities with Brazilian police opening an investigation into the claims.
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Post by Lee on Mar 18, 2004 23:46:13 GMT -5
It seems to me Guga won the war in Brazil!
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Post by TennisHack on Mar 29, 2004 19:43:07 GMT -5
from the 3/29/04 mailbag:
Jon, can you please clear up the situation with Guga and the Brazilian Davis Cup team. The reports I read don't seem to tell the whole story. -- Gabriel Dozal, El Paso, Texas
Here's the skinny from our South American correspondent Bruno Sassi:
"Well, any reports certainly won't tell you the whole story. Not only because it's a long, intricate one, but because perhaps no one -- not even the main characters involved -- really know it all. I'll try to pick up some pieces and clear things up as much as possible in a space shorter than an essay (not much shorter, though).
Mr. Nelson Nastás has been the president of Brazilian Tennis Federation (CBT, in Portugese) for the last 10 years. In this period of time, Gustavo Kuerten has flourished out of nowhere, conquered three Grand Slams titles and given new life to Brazilian tennis. 'New life' means the sport has become more popular, and no more than that. Not in a single way has the Federation utilized Guga's phenomenon in order to enhance the country's structure to develop new players -- like the Argentineans, who now have two top-10 players and six in the top 50, did with Guillermo Vilas.
That is a fact and has been for a long while. It's not like Guga, or anybody else, became aware of that only now, before this Davis Cup tie against Paraguay. Likewise, Mr. Nastás has been accused of bad administration since Day 1. A few facts have been the ignition to all the turmoil: a group of State Federations, led by Santa Catarina (Kuerten's home State), has taken charge of attacks against Nastás' administration; the Brazilian team lost its two ties (Sweden and Canada) in 2003 and will beout of he World Group for the first time since 1994; and, with atmosphere already heavy as that, the CBT decided to change the captain -- Ricardo Acioly for Jaime Oncins -- during the Brazil Open, without consulting the players. And... boom. That's when the players' -- mostly Guga's -- reaction started.
Kuerten claimed that he wouldn't play for Brazil as long as Mr. Nastás was the president. Flávio Saretta, Ricardo Mello and André Sá echoed his shout. The problem was not Oncins being named captain, and all players made that clear. Anyway, he resigned as well. Under pressure, Nastás conceded. He re-scheduled the elections from October to May 15 and guaranteed formally that he wouldn't be a candidate and that he would abdicate his position the very next day, as soon as the new president was chosen. Neither of the four players considered it enough to disclaim the boycott and last Wednesday Nastás decided to induct a new captain and three players who agreed to play for Brazil.
The brave men or betrayers, call them what you will, are Marcos Daniel (ranked 194th), Alexandre Simoni (296th) and Júlio Silva (346th), which makes Paraguay's Ramón Delgado (191th) the best-ranked player in the tie. Former two-time Orange Bowl champ Carlos "Chapecó" Chabalgoity is the captain. There's another issue with that: Chabalgoity's the technical director of a competition team that includes both Saretta, Mello and Simoni. For more info, check out a recent interview I did with Chabalgoity.
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Post by TennisHack on Mar 29, 2004 19:43:37 GMT -5
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Post by TennisHack on Apr 16, 2004 8:07:35 GMT -5
www.sportsmediainc.com/tennisweek/index.cfm?func=showarticle&newsid=10794&bannerregion=Guga Refutes Retirement RumorsBy Adrianna Outlaw 04/16/2004 Some players wear their hearts on their sleeves, Gustavo Kuerten continues to craft his heart on the court. The charismatic Kuerten, who celebrated his third French Open championship by carving a heart on the red clay or Roland Garros, said playing tennis remains his primary passion. Responding to rumors that he is contemplating retirement next year, the former No. 1 stated he has no plans to conclude his competitive career in the near future and will continue to play as long as he has a love of the game. "No, I am not retiring," Kuerten told the media in a press conference conducted at his coach's academy, Larri Passos Tennis Pro, in Santa Catarina yesterday. "The most important thing is that I love to play tennis, I love to compete and I love to come here everyday and practice. As long as I feel like this and I feel that I am able to play against the best players and have new challenges, I will be playing." One competition he will not be playing is Davis Cup. The 27-year-old Kuerten has been a vocal critic of the Brazilian Tennis Federation for its failure to develop young players and provide established players with a voice in Federation decisions. Kuerten and several of his former Davis Cup teammates — including Flavio Saretta, Andre Sa — declared their discontent by declining to play in last weekend's 3-2 loss to Paraguay in Bahia, Brazil in protest over the Federation's policies. Kuerten made it clear he will not play Davis Cup as long as Nelson Nastas remains Federation president. Nastas announced he would step down from his post on May 15th and that new elections to fill the Federation's administration would be held the next day, but rumors persist that the elections will not be held. The current state of Brazilian tennis has convinced Kuerten his boycott of Brazil's Davis Cup team was warranted. Kuerten made it clear he will not participate in the July Davis Cup tie against Venezuela unless Nastas honors his promise to resign his post. "Each day more I am sure that I did the right thing when I decided not to play," Kuerten said. "Lots of people said I should play when Nelson announced he was leaving on May 15th and now they don’t even know if these elections are happening. Everything is very unclear. I am not a politician and I don’t know how these things work. What I do know is that I could be thinking only about myself and my career, but I am an idealist guy and the more active voice in tennis in Brazil and is my duty to do something for my sport." Stressing that the Federation must build a sound foundation for Brazilian tennis by hosting more tournaments and establishing a central national training facility, Kuerten claims the current administration has failed to fully support Brazilian players at all levels. "I have been talking to a lot to juniors, upcoming players, coaches and even parents and everybody is unhappy. We need more tournaments here, not like the Masters Cup that they wanted to have here some years ago, we need futures, satellites, a place where everybody can practice," Kuerten said. "That is what we want from the new administration. During this weekend we could see the reality of our tennis. Everybody said that we lost because we had inexperienced players, but players aged 24, 25, can’t be inexperienced. They must be ready to play Davis Cup, to play five set matches. Every where else we see players aged 16, 17, having great results. That’s because they have the support of the federation, they practice with good players all the time, they have something behind them. I hope that things change here and that I can play Davis Cup again." The 22nd-ranked Brazilian, who underwent surgery on his right hip in February of 2002, said he still feels some pain in his hip, but characterized it as "insignificant" compared to the pain he felt before the surgery. Kuerten said Dr. Thomas Byrd, who performed the surgery in Nashville, recently examined his hip again and was pleased with what he saw. "He said that the bone structure is great and that he is very satisfied with what he saw," Kuerten said. "Obviously, like every athlete, who is giving 100 percent on court every day, I have a pain here, a pain there, but it is nothing if compared with what I felt before the surgery. I can say it is insignificant. I still feel a little weak in moving around and in the resistance area, but I am working very hard on it and on my goals of having a great clay court season." Playing with greater confidence on his favorite surface this season, Kuerten has reached the finals of two of the three clay-court events he's played this season. He lost to Fernando Gonzalez in the Vina del Mar final in February, but bounced back to beat Agustin Calleri, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, to claim his 20th career championship in Costa Do Sauipe, Brazil. A former finalist at both the Pacific Life Open and Nasdaq-100 Open, Kuerten did not win a match at either Masters Series hard court event last month, and is eager to regain his rhythm on clay. The two-time Monte Carlo champion has committed to a complete clay-court schedule, starting at next week's Tennis Masters Series-Monte Carlo, followed by the Trofeo Conde de Godo in Barcelona, and consecutive Tennis Masters Series tournaments in Rome and Hamburg in preparation for Roland Garros. Eager and enthusiastic about the clay-court season, Kuerten is convinced he must play with positive emotion and take more chances on court if he is to reproduce the form he's shown on clay in the past. "I am feeling really good and excited to play these tournaments. I wanna play like I have always played, being aggressive all the time," Kuerten said. "These are my favorite tournaments of the year and I have had great success in all of them. I know that after the surgery I faced a different reality and that last year I rushed things a little bit. I am facing these tournaments differently, knowing that in order to succeed I will have to play the same way I have played in the past, aggressive, happy and playing a risky game, even if I make some mistakes. I have good expectations, I played a lot of tennis during the Latin American circuit and as long as I return from this trip as happy as I am leaving, I will be satisfied. And this would be achieved with lots of victories and by having great moments too." The champion who poured his heart out in Paris says Roland Garros will always hold a special place in his heart. "From all these tournaments obviously the French is my favorite and I am having a good preparation," Kuerten said. "Arriving in Paris with a good result would be great for my confidence. I will try to do the best I can, inspire myself and try to have two happy weeks that will be forever remembered, like I have had three times before." Tennis Week thanks Diana Gabanyi, Kuerten’s hard-working publicist and surrogate older sister, for providing an English translation of his comments.
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Post by TennisHack on Apr 19, 2004 14:33:37 GMT -5
Looks like Guga decided to go with Head clothes: Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil returns the ball to Rainer Schuettler of Germany during the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters tennis open in Monaco April 19, 2004. Schuettler defeated Kuerten 7-6 6-3. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard With several players in Yonex clothing, and Thomas Johansson wearing Dunlop clothing, I suppose racquet sponsor clothing deals are coming into vogue
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Post by Lee on Apr 19, 2004 14:43:00 GMT -5
It's about time. Too bad the shirt is not that spectacular.
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Post by TennisHack on Nov 10, 2004 15:58:39 GMT -5
Guga Not Rushing RehabBy Richard Pagliaro 11/10/2004 www.sportsmediainc.com/tennisweek/index.cfm?func=showarticle&newsid=11751&bannerregion=A second arthroscopic hip surgery hasn't stopped Gustavo Kuerten from tournament play — but this tournament features splashes instead of shots and Guga has been watching rather than playing. The three-time Roland Garros champion took time off from his ongoing physical therapy to take the recent Surfing World Championships Tournament in his hometown of Florianopolis, Brazil. An avid surfer and fan of the sport, Kuerten chatted with his favorite surfer, Kelly Slater, and witnessed Andy Irons win his third WCT title. "It is great to see all the best surfers in the world, here in my city," Kuerten said. The Brazilian beach was a long way from the training table in Pittsburgh where Kuerten has been spending time rehabbing his hip. The former No. 1 underwent arthroscopic surgery on his hip on September 21st at the Center of Sports Medicine in Pittsburgh. Bone spurs blocking Kuerten's hip movement were removed and the anterior capsule of the hip was tightened to strengthen the joint’s stability. Dr. Marc Philippon, a member of the surgical team that conducted the procedure, prescribed a rehab program that could span four to six months. "The surgery was successful. We were able to remove all the injuries that were causing pain and blocking the movement," said Dr. Philippon. Since the surgery, Kuerten has been splitting time between Philippon's Pittsburgh rehab center and his Florianopolis home. Late last month, Kuerten began walking without crutches and has recently increased his regiment of walking though he cannot run yet. "I spend some weeks here and some weeks in the States, and everything is going fine," Kuerten said. "Once I got off the crutches, about 10 days ago, and started walking again I have been feeling much better. I am able to walk for some hours but I am still not running." Kuerten is currently entering phase two of a three-phase rehab program for Kuerten. Phase one featured rest and light exercise to permit the tissues around the joint to heal. In the second phase, Guga will engage in a more rigorous, supervised exercise program in an effort to strengthen and stabilize the muscles around the hip. The third phase of rehab will prepare Kuerten for a return to competition. Magnus Norman, Kuerten's opponent in the 2000 Roland Garros final, recently retired after spending recent years struggling with hip problems. While Norman's hip injury is thought to be more severe than Kuerten's, Guga is proceeding with caution and does not want to rush the rehab process and risk re-injury. "I am not gonna rush anything. The doctors are happy with my progress, but it is a slow process," Kuerten said. "I am putting all my efforts into the rehab but I am also enjoying my time with my family and girlfriend (Leticia), and seeing some life outside the tennis tour, enjoying the trips without the rush of the tournaments. It is hard to put any dates or time to be competing again, but I will be back next year, very motivated and I should be ready and in shape to play Roland Garros and even the tournaments before." When he's not relaxing watching surfers ride the waves, Kuerten spends some time surfing the 'Net. Guga was one of the first prominent players to recognize the power of a personal web site to reach tennis fans. Kuerten has maintained his official web site Guga.com since 1997 with the current format in place since 2000 and characterizes his official site as a "crucial" source of communication with his fans. "I think it is something that has become very important," Kuerten told Tennis Week in a recent email interview. "Through the web site all the fans can be well informed of where I am, how I am playing, what I am doing when I am not competing, etc., and they can be sure it is official news, not rumors. Then, I get involved directly on recording some messages to the fans and giving ideas such as when I have to be off the tour for some weeks, to show how my physical therapy treatment was going to be like." Kuerten has undergone two hip procedures in the past two and a half years. On May 26th, 2002, Kuerten underwent arthroscopic hip surgery in Nashville and returned to tournament tennis two months later. Though he went on to win his first career title in Brazil on hard court in September of 2002, the man many players regard as the premier clay-court player of his generation has not surpassed the quarterfinals in nine Grand Slam events since his surgery. He has won three tournament titles — Auckland and St. Petersburg last year and his second career Costa Do Sauipe championship this year — in the past two years and was runner-up to Lleyton Hewitt in the 2003 Indian Wells final. His best Grand Slam result since his initial surgery came last spring when the charismatic Kuerten beat top-ranked Roger Federer en route to the Roland Garros quarterfinals where he suffered a 2-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-7(6) setback to David Nalbandian. In the aftermath of that match, Kuerten conceded he was not 100 percent healthy. The gregarious Guga will be home throughout the rest of November, spending time with his family and friends, celebrating the birth of his niece Larissa (his brother Rafael’s daughter born last week) and his grandmother Olga Schloesser's 83rd birthday, before returning to Pittsburgh in December for more rehab. He plans to maintain his connection with fans through Guga.com. "I really hope they have fun and that they can get a real idea of myself, of what I am doing, of my activities and that they can feel close to me," Kuerten told Tennis Week.
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Post by Brinyi on Dec 5, 2004 20:53:49 GMT -5
The way thingsare going, I won't start practicing on the court until the end of January. The tournaments at the start of the year are not in my plans. I might probably play again in March.
"I could be ranked around 60, even 80, but that has no importance to me. I really want to come back in shape, and then start gradually making up some ground so I can be among the leaders again."
-- G. Kuerten
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Post by Lee on Dec 5, 2004 21:20:30 GMT -5
Guga won't defend his title in Brazil Open but he and Larri really want to ensure full recovery. They learned it the hard way last time returning too early.
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Post by Brinyi on Dec 7, 2004 15:59:45 GMT -5
Brazilian Tennis President Nastas removed from office
Movimento Tênis Brasil - Brazilian Tennis Movement (MTB) comprising professional tennis players, coaches, business people and the Brazilian tennis community, inform that Mr. Nelson Nastás — president of Brazilian Tennis Confederation (CBT) and member of the ITF Board — is no longer the President.
Today, Federal Judge Eduardo Luiz Rocha Cubas sent a notification demanding that Mr Nastas and all the CBT Board to be removed from their positions and nominating Sérgio Carvalho as temporary administrator until new elections for the Brazilian Tennis Federation take place.
Nelson nastás is being sued since early this year by several lawsuits, including the following areas:
1) Civil Claims — Irregular rendering of accounts for Brazilian Tennis Federation
2) Counterfeiting minutes and by-laws
3) Police investigation — counterfeit documents
4) Gang crime
5) Swindling
6) Embezzlement
7) Criminal Claims — Misappropriation of public money
Mr. Nastás is currently being investigated by Brazilian Federal Public Accounts Court (Tribunal de Contas da União), which recently notified CBT and the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB ) for irregular use of funds that should be allocated, as per federal laws, for exclusive use in projects for Olympic athletes’ development.
Earlier this year, Three time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten, announced his resignation from the Davis Cup team as long as the referred administration was still in charge of Brazilian Tennis. Other team members, such as Andre Sa, Flavio Saretta and Ricardo Mello, followed the leader and refused to play until Mr Nastas would be removed from CBT Board.
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Post by Lee on Dec 7, 2004 23:44:24 GMT -5
Thanks Brinyi.
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Post by Brinyi on Dec 9, 2004 15:23:17 GMT -5
I see that Guga has not announced an end to his boycott - I guess he is waiting to see the results of the elections.
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Post by TennisHack on Dec 9, 2004 15:26:17 GMT -5
Nothing terribly new...just confirmation of the nomination being cleared.
Brazilian Federation President Bounced From Office By Tennis Week 12/09/2004
The Brazilian Tennis Federation board of directors was bounced from office by a judge in Brazil who found financial improprieties. The Brazilian court removed former Federation president Nelson Nastas from his post and replaced him with Sergio de Carvalho, who owns tennis academies in the country.
Former Federation president Nastas has been charged with embezzling about $41,000 allocated to the Federation from the Brazilian government and using the money for his personal interests.
Nastas has been under fire since March when several top Brazilian pros, including three-time Roland Garros champion Gustavo Kuerten, publicly campaigned against the corruption within his administration. Chaos and controversy surrounded the federation as Kuerten, Flavio Saretta and Andre Sa led a collection of players who refused to represent Brazil in its Americas Zone Group I Davis Cup tie against Paraguay April 9-11th in Bahia, Brazil as a protest against Nestas' administration and the Federation's failure to develop young players and give current team members a greater voice in Davis Cup decisions.
"But for Brazilian tennis and the future players, I had to choose this way seeing that the current administration has made little effort to develop tennis and help the young players," Kuerten said in March. "When we win, we players are praised. When we lose, as we did against Canada last year, we take the blame, not the federation."
As part of an investigation into the Federation's reported financial irregularities, Federal police raided Federation offices in Sao Paulo and seized documents. After Jorge Lacerda, president of the Santa Catarina state federation, called for officials to launch impeachment proceedings, Nastas announced he would resign and said the Federation would stage a new election and allow the Brazilian players to select the coaching staff for its Davis Cup tie. However, the president reneged on that promise and remained in office.
Nastas, whose term was set to expire on December 31st, is now out of office and new elections for the open seats on the board will be held.
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