New Balls Please - the tennis thread

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  • TheOrganistTheOrganist Shipmate
    @Piglet At least we've been spared Chrissie Evert talking about "Wimpletun"
  • RockyRogerRockyRoger Shipmate
    Mrs RR and I usually watch with the sound muted. I occasionally add grunts and a 'C'mon Timmy' at appropriate times.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    @Piglet At least we've been spared Chrissie Evert talking about "Wimpletun"

    True!

    My other gripe about the Raducanu match was that Ms Sabalenka was just so bloody noisy!!! I mean, we all remember Jimmy Connors' grunts, and those of Monica Seles, but this was taking it to whole new decibel levels!
    RockyRoger wrote: »
    ... I occasionally add grunts and a 'C'mon Timmy' at appropriate times.

    I'm not sure there's much point in shouting "C'mon Timmy" when he's one of the commentators ... :mrgreen:
  • TheOrganistTheOrganist Shipmate
    Piglet wrote: »
    My other gripe about the Raducanu match was that Ms Sabalenka was just so bloody noisy!!! I mean, we all remember Jimmy Connors' grunts, and those of Monica Seles, but this was taking it to whole new decibel levels!

    Monica Seles - there's a name from the past. As I recall, Jennifer Capriati once memorably vented Just shut the f**k up mid-match 🤣😂🤣
  • RockyRogerRockyRoger Shipmate
    Clive James, writer of fond memory, once observed (way, way back), 'Connors is grunting earlier this year'.
  • SandemaniacSandemaniac Shipmate
    I recall hearing a game on independent local radio where you were invited to guess which grunts were tennis players and which were porn stars.

    I missed the rest of the details as I was too busy retrieving my jaw from the drivers side footwell.
  • RockyRogerRockyRoger Shipmate
    Mrs RR maintains my favourite tennis player is the fabled Titsi Pornukova.
  • SandemaniacSandemaniac Shipmate
    RockyRoger wrote: »
    Mrs RR maintains my favourite tennis player is the fabled Titsi Pornukova.

    That has just brought forth a loud guffaw!
  • Wesley JWesley J Circus Host
    edited July 7
    Gesundheit.*

    (NB. *is in the Oxford and Cambridge English Dictionaries. Just sayin'.)
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Poor Mr Dimitrov - so sad to have to retire injured after playing so well. 😢
  • I could barely detect any debate in the article. The "scheduling" argument is bizarre. You might as well say there's no time to play 5-set men's tennis.

    Everyone, except it appears from the author of that article, would think that a natural consequence of women's tennis going to five sets rather than three is that it women's competitions would take longer. Judging from typical durations of current matches, moving the women's game to best of five would roughly double the court time that the women would need.

    So perhaps that adds an extra three days on to Wimbledon, or perhaps you need to come up with a few extra courts.
  • DoublethinkDoublethink Admin, 8th Day Host
    Or if this is fair for scheduling reasons, you could switch men’s tennis matches to three sets and women’s to five.
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