2011 Australian Open - Part 3

[The Passenger]

what good tennis player out there is called jim. please tell me

Jim Clistjers!!!!

 

[The Passenger]

You mean men...?

Yes you're quite right.

yes, did mean take away the men. have chaned that over.

 

[Power King]

Nah Murrays best is way above Novaks. Murrays record is only below Djokovic because he has suffered more from injury. A fit and firing Murray will take out Djokovic comfortably tomorrow.

Djokovic's best is better than Murray's best in my opinion, and not only that, Djokovic is more likely to play at his best more often as well.

 

[Nostradumbass]

Channel 7 need more slo mo shots.

 

[RW]

Damn it, didn't quite get the fairytale finish to the Bhupathi/Paes reunion - "Many a love affair has been rekindled in the romance capital of the world" - WTF? - in the doubles final against the Bryan brothers...

 

[Cousin Jed]

Nice work Aussie Kim

 

[Caesar]

Damn it, didn't quite get the fairytale finish to the Bhupathi/Paes reunion - "Many a love affair has been rekindled in the romance capital of the world" - WTF? - in the doubles final against the Bryan brothers...

I was disappointed they split, I always thought they had the potential to be one of history's great doubles pairings. A great shame, doubly so in that there's been precious little competition for the Bryan brothers over the last 10 years.

Call me biased, but no matter how many titles the Bryans win I will always regard the Woodies as the best due to the competition they faced in the '90s. Had they paired up earlier and been closer in age, they could have won a great many more.

 

[matt_897]

Well Done to Kim, it was actually a good final compared to some others we have had. In the end, it was about the more consisent expreienced player getting through. Arguably both could of won that 1st set, Kim was an early break up and really should of taken a chance again at 2-2 but she let it go. Li was able to up the pace and take control. As the match wore on she hit more and more errors and the pace of shot that Li was giving didn't seem to matter as much. She finished off the job off well and a great performance from Kim who is looking good for a strong year.

Djoko in 4 for me tomorrow.

 

[gregboy55]

i know it was a typo but i like... we can definately run with it...



my gripe with the same prizemoney isn't to do with the amount of sets but to do with the populairty of each games. life's full of inequalities in terms of work for pay....tennis is just another example. although to be fair with sport (all sports really) what you see on the TV makes up only about 10 to 20% of the effort they put in to what they do. the rest is all done on the training track and the proffesionals all put in big hours*

but if you took away the women from a grand slam you would still get about 80 to 90% of the crowds you would anyway (for he ground passes. pretty much all Centre Court and Second Centre Court matches, particularly the big ones, would still sell out)...

but if you took away the men, the crowds for ground passes would drop to about a third of the current state and the main two courts wouldn't get above half full (at best. i might be even be generous here) and only then would that be for the semi's and final or if by some chance the Williams sisters played each other early in the tournament.


*as a complete sidenote it's one of the things that really shits me when a newspaper reports say Ricky Ponting (or any cricketer) got paid $1million to play 90 days of cricket in 2009 and then go on to say "$11,000 a day is pretty good work if you can get it".... these articles are usually done by footy reporters who conveniently ignore that by their logic footballers only work maximum 26 days a year with some earning just as much... but two, they obviously ignore how much effort all professional sportsmen put into their craft.

well said, tho i think 1/3 of the crowd without men is a little generous.
If u asked the regular once a year aussie open viewer(armchair expert), before the start of this years aussie open who Caroline Wozniacki and Vera Zvonareva were, most just wouldnt know, thats #1 and #2 in the world!!
Hell i follow tennis year round and i hardly know who the hell vera is.

 

[beez]

Congrats to Kim, thoroughly deserved title. Let's hope Li Na continues her career best form and we get to hear more great post match interviews deep into Grand Slams.

 

[kidgorgeous]

Didn't watch the match last night, other plans. No doubt the media will run with the 'Aussie' Kim tag for some time which is nauseating. Is the Australian tennis fraternity so hard up for local talent that we try and claim her? Ordinary stuff.

 

[pepsi]

I hate the 'Aussie Kim' thing as much as everyone else. But when Kim mentioned in her speech last night that she now feels that she can be called 'Aussie Kim,' I nearly threw up. This just gives ammunition for as many years as she travels to Australia to be called that. I think it was just the adrenaline from winning that led her to make that statement. I am sure she regrets saying it now.

 

[Power King]

There is no logical argument that warrants women earning equal prize money to men. The only excuse is political correctness.

Just on the channel 7 slow mos, why is it that every slow motion shot of Murray seems to be making a point of how big his mouth is when he's fired up?

 

[matt_897]

well said, tho i think 1/3 of the crowd without men is a little generous.
If u asked the regular once a year aussie open viewer(armchair expert), before the start of this years aussie open who Caroline Wozniacki and Vera Zvonareva were, most just wouldnt know, thats #1 and #2 in the world!!
Hell i follow tennis year round and i hardly know who the hell vera is.

Vera made the Wimby and US Open finals last year, you fail at following tennis...

 

[Power King]

I really don't understand why everyone on this board equates being a counterpuncher with being crap.

For me it's not that being a counter-puncher is crap, it's more so that Murray has no balls to have a go in grand slams when it comes to facing players 'greater' than himself.

 

[XFactor1979]

Li Na is accusing the Chinese spectators for putting her off her game

Yes, it does work like that

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/30/3124986.htm

 

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

For me it's not that being a counter-puncher is crap, it's more so that Murray has no balls to have a go in grand slams when it comes to facing players 'greater' than himself.

Nadal might disagree.

 

[hirdy_is_champ]

OMG Kimmy why did you have to mention the Aussie Kim thing?? Apart from that it was good to see a decent ladies GS final for a change, even if it was a bit of a service break party.

 

[Dagger5]

Im surprised 7 didn't start calling Li Na 'Aussie Li' the way the are going.

A few more hours till the final and I am really excited. Time for Nole to remove the one slam wonder tag and end his drought. Murray winning would not hurt as much as when Fed or Nadal have defeated Djokovic as I like him and he is good mates with Nole.

 

[Caesar]

What is this bastardised scoring shit in the Mixed? No advantage? That's like what we used to play in primary school.

 

[Caesar]

Is it just me or does Srebotnik look massively like a dude from front on? I think it must be because you can't see her ponytail.

 

[getthefooty]

Probably just you as I doubt anyone else in the country is actually watching this match.

 

[Caesar]

It always surprises me how underappreciated doubles is.

 

[Caesar]

What is this bastardised scoring shit in the Mixed? No advantage? That's like what we used to play in primary school.

And a match tie break. For the final of a Grand Slam. Absurd.

 

[XFactor1979]

It always surprises me how underappreciated doubles is.

Yup, especially for the "Me Me Me" generation