Vdubs
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I love that- chess for athletes.I don't think there's any individual sport I care about, tbh. I've never been able to feel an affinity with a single athlete when compared to an enduring institution with heritage and meaning - although that practically approaches my political views.
Then tennis on top of that is a very basic sport on the conceptual level. Sure, there's a lot going on when you dig deeper but the whole thing is incredibly basic and stripped bare - like chess for athletes.
And while I can appreciate chess I'm not going to spend my day watching it. Not when it actually requires focused attention over a long period of time (vs say the cricket which instead is realised in brief moments and is basically perfect background while doing something else).
Chess is an awesome game, very intricate and time consuming potentially, and what I do love about tennis is the athleticism of the great players.
Tbh, I could only watch the 5th set of RF's win the other night, I am such a pathetic nervous watcher- and then knowing the result, the replay of course. I do that with Geelong finals v Hawks too.