Even if Rosol himself got in that should tell us something. Someone mentioned Fernando Verdasco recently. Maybe he should jump on a plane. What's Andy Murray up to, besides making babies?
Well Murray is the one player in Miami that is a GS champion he might surprise us all and win Miami again,it has been a long time between drinks the last time he won.Even if Rosol himself got in that should tell us something. Someone mentioned Fernando Verdasco recently. Maybe he should jump on a plane. What's Andy Murray up to, besides making babies?
Disappointed for Shapo, but Harris has at least been on the horizon for some time. Karatsev, on the other hand....Ahem, I don't want to be the person to pose the question, but....I would have thought @Front242 would have been, as he's the most suspicious on these boards, at least when it suits him, but he seems to think that the aged Russian has a jolly game. Karatsev hadn't even made it out of qualies in 4 tries, I think, at the AO, and then he makes it to the SFs? And, while I don't want to put too fine a point on it, he IS Russian. And 27. Who was the last guy to come out of nowhere to make the SFs of a Major? And I mean out of nowhere. Even @Jelenafan is still misspelling his name.
I'm very keen to watch this match. I'll say again...must have stung for Dimitrov to have been the old man v. Musetti and have lost. Couldn't beat the old guard and now he can't beat the youngsters. Do I hate to rub it in? No.
For the sake of the tournament I wish Rafa would reconsider because this is still one of the four that he hasn't claimed the title
Is he winning based on stamina or great shot making ? I'd say clearly the latter and no drugs buy you those skills. He's also very inconsistent even set to set let alone match to match so nothing to be suspicious of. Btw what difference does it make that he's Russian ? You comparing him to Sharapova? Spain had no anti doping rules at all till 2006 so how how about we say well he IS Spanish to all Spanish tennis players? Maybe in that thread about Spanish tennis players, for example. Touché. I didn't and won't 'cos I didn't start this and see nothing wrong with a player getting better with experience. Stan won slams very late in his career. Plenty of things in life you end up better at with experience. No rude jokes please
Doping in Spanish sport was criminalized in 2006, and their anti-doping agency created. UK one created in 2009, but doping is still not criminalized in UK, so your point is what? Also, I can't believe you know nothing about doping issues and Russia. I thought you knew something about doping, but it has become clear over the years that you just choose to believe about it what you will and thereby use it as a crutch. And, while you have the memory of an elephant for every bathroom break Nadal has ever taken, (what's up with THAT?) you cannot hang onto any single fact I quote you and cite to dispel what you choose to believe about incidents of doping, esp. by country. Your agenda has long been clear. The joke was kinda funny, though.Is he winning based on stamina or great shot making ? I'd say clearly the latter and no drugs buy you those skills. He's also very inconsistent even set to set let alone match to match so nothing to be suspicious of. Btw what difference does it make that he's Russian ? You comparing him to Sharapova? Spain had no anti doping rules at all till 2006 so how how about we say well he IS Spanish to all Spanish tennis players? Maybe in that thread about Spanish tennis players, for example. Touché. I didn't and won't 'cos I didn't start this and see nothing wrong with a player getting better with experience. Stan won slams very late in his career. Plenty of things in life you end up better at with experience. No rude jokes please
I know tons about doping in Russia but the same is true of Spain which is why the baseless allegation 'cos he's Russian is pointless when you conveniently ignore the fact that Spain went literally went overnight from being nothing special to winning a ton of gold medals at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics courtesy of the infamous Dr. Fuentes who also worked with tennis players and the very same was said about the 2010 World Cup. They're as much a nation of cheats as Russia. And as I mentioned, Karatsev is not winning matches because of stamina but shot making and can go from being terrible one set or match to great the next. Nothing suss at all there due to inconsistency.Doping in Spanish sport was criminalized in 2006, and their anti-doping agency created. UK one created in 2009, but doping is still not criminalized in UK, so your point is what? Also, I can't believe you know nothing about doping issues and Russia. I thought you knew something about doping, but it has become clear over the years that you just choose to believe about it what you will and thereby use it as a crutch. And, while you have the memory of an elephant for every bathroom break Nadal has ever taken, (what's up with THAT?) you cannot hang onto any single fact I quote you and cite to dispel what you choose to believe about incidents of doping, esp. by country. Your agenda has long been clear. The joke was kinda funny, though.
I know how much talking was about "Dr.Fuentes" but remember there were more foreign athletes than from Spain. Russian are involved not only into the doping but also in match-fixing and darker sides even if I remember well they couldn't participate in the Olympics for two years so we'll see if they have learned the lesson
I know there were other athletes he was working with. That was never denied. The points still stand though, Spain won the world Cup in 2010 and tons of medals at the Barcelona Olympics thanks to Fuentes. Then once Fuentes was exposed, the Spanish courts conveniently disposed of the case and evidence as they know damn well what damage it would do to their nation. Facts as I stated so Spain are in no way any better than Russia and just as corrupt.
I'm not insinuating about Karatsev so much as pointing out how infrequently you are ever curious about anomalies in sudden rise in performance level so much as you are obsessed about basically one thing. My point to you is that specific double-standard from you. You do know that a jump in performance out of nowhere IS one of the biggest indicators of something amiss in sports, I presume. You said above: "Stan won slams very late in his career." Your follow-on implication seems to be "and he doesn't dope." But how do you know that he didn't find his late-career jump in form in a doctor's office? His game is very much based on strength, and a lot of it. Again, all I am saying to you is that I find it inconsistent from you what you are convinced by, and what you are so incurious about.
Davydenko was of the best players of Federer's generation and I see no reason to tarnish his name tbh. He maintained his ranking for years by playing almost every week and then had a bad wrist injury and was never the same and retired. He was a great player. Lower ranked challenger level players often have no choice but to fix matches just to earn a living. The earnings at this level are pitiful unlike greedy top players who won't even play till the tournament give them 1 million for turning up. Why is it weird Medvedev played badly ? He just served poorly and had no game plan at all and was playing the player who has won the most AOs. Nothing strange that he lost, disappointing yes with the scoreline and performance but no idea what you're trying to insinuate about people "talking about it more and more". He just lost. People would be more likely to be talking about it if he WON!
