Wimbledon

MrsGreyMrsGrey
edited July 2023 in General Chatter
So, I'm not a massive tennis fan but, like many folks, enjoy a bit of the Wimbledon tournament. I didn't have a chance to watch any today but was just having a quick look at the BBC website to see what's going on, and was surprised to read this:

"Russia's seventh seed Andrey Rublev is a potential opponent for Djokovic in the quarter-finals and he began his campaign with a 6-3 7-5 6-4 success over Australia's Max Purcell.

Rublev, unable to play at Wimbledon in 2022 because of the ban handed out to Russian and Belarusian players after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, was.... blah blah"

I'm assuming that, since he's not banned this year, Russia has un-invaded. Which is great news.

Comments

  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    MrsGrey said:

    I'm assuming that, since he's not banned this year, Russia has un-invaded. Which is great news.

    It's more the fact that Wimbledon was kinda alone in banning Russian and Belarus tennis players last year compared to other tennis tournaments and the tours themselves, and was under pressure to admit them this year. No ranking points were awarded at Wimbledon last year, and there were fears there would be worse sanctions applied to the tournament this year, and that this could have knock on effects to other English tournaments that might affect their viability.

  • SlackerSlacker
    Wimbledon always seems to bring out the socialist in me.
    I don’t think it’s the players so much as the spectators, all a bit too uber middle class and white for me.
    I’ll probably get into later.
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    Have been to Wimbledon a few times, love it....Each to their own tho.....
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Hate tennis.
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    IronHerb said:

    Hate tennis.

    That’s all right, wouldn’t it be a boring world if we all liked the same thing 👍🏻
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Wasn't looking for anyones blessing, just stating my opinion.
  • stevesteve
    Hate is a very strong word .unless of course we are talking about Spurs =)
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    @steve, Or cheats!
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    edited July 2023
    IronHerb said:

    Wasn't looking for anyones blessing, just stating my opinion.

    IH, I certainly would never be blessing you, you can be assured of that !!!
    Sometimes, just sometimes you are simply looking for a reaction, but that's OK if it's in your nature, no problem....
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    No jay. I hate tennis, why can't you accept that?
  • DJ HammerDJ Hammer
    IronHerb said:

    No jay. I hate tennis, why can't you accept that?

    I think there’s a song in there somewhere, similar to “I don’t like Mondays”.
  • KuchinghammerKuchinghammer
    Huge 🎾 led to boring baseline rallies, especially on clay surfaces. I lost interest.
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    IronHerb said:

    No jay. I hate tennis, why can't you accept that?

    IH , you seem to fail to grasp my first words, saying “ that’s all right “ , we are all allowed our own opinions which I gave you, but you do like to analyse everything said…..best we leave it here…
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    I've remembered what I hate... The stupid people in the crowd who keep shouting out 'come on Andy '.

    I mean, what for?

    Just to annoy me, probably.
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    A bit like thousands of people shouting “come on you irons” 😉
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited July 2023
    MrsGrey said:

    I've remembered what I hate... The stupid people in the crowd who keep shouting out 'come on Andy '.

    I mean, what for?

    Just to annoy me, probably.

    Nowhere near as annoying as people on the tee of long par 4s and par 5s shouting "in the hole" when players tee off.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    I rank them the same on the annoying crowd scale!
  • Giant_HammerGiant_Hammer
    When they all start that ridiculous clapping that speeds up while Hawkeye or whatever it is is judging a line call. >:)
  • SlackerSlacker
    See, you’re all coming round to my way of thinking.
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    @Slacker, No I am not. 😄
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Please can we close this thread now? 😂
  • mikemike
    IronHerb said:

    Please can we close this thread now? 😂

    No!😉
    That final yesterday was a brilliant game of tennis.
    Football is my favourite sport but I also like other sports like cricket,rugby union,golf,tennis,boxing etc.
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    Alcaraz's sliced drop shot to go 40-15 in the 8th game of the final set was nothing short of outrageous.
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