He was talking about Djokovic. The problem with some newspapers is that they do not show the questions that are being asked. He could have been responding to specific questions he was asked.
Exactly my point. Toni says a couple of things in response to questions, which are not in the article. They make a sensational headline, and everyone reacts to it. But it's really not what he said. He spoke about Djokovic, yes, in the context of the youngsters, but he also spoke about Roger and Rafa in terms of dealing with them. You have no idea what order these answers came in, either. The Express is a bit of a rag, you should realize.
If you're talking about me, I'm totally composed, and I asked you a question. And valid ones of Darth. If you have no response, don't think that a string of emoticons substitutes for debate.Rant, rant; rave rave! Very irrational commentary! Someone's being offended & lashing out! Shame; a total loss of composure! :whistle: :cuckoo:
Here is another take on what is apparently the same interview. Note how the change in focus and in headline changes the whole tone of the quotes:
I'm also waiting to hear about all of those other thorns in Roger's side. Obviously your disliking Ferrer and Simon is merely a distraction from the argument. You trying to prove that you don't only hate Rafa. What a joke. I really don't like Berdych's game, or Cilic, at all, and Dimitrov has me on my last nerve, but that has nothing to do with the conversation, let's face it.
How is this a response? You completely demean my favorite player, in his character and his game. I ask you to defend it, and you have nothing. I thought it was fair to ask you to defend it....and so it continues! :whistle:
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I know that some newspapers can hide things, but that does not exclude the fact that he said it.
I am wondering whether it is the same interview because Tony’s words are different, even though the substance is the same.
The dates are the same. How many interviews do you think Toni gives? Also, he doesn't really speak English, so I feel certain he would have to have been translated.
I wouldn’t know how many interviews he gives. The fact that it is a translation could be an issue, but it is clear that there is a difference between what the Express says and the article whose link you posted.
And are you talking about arrogance? no more than Novak has besides his strange acting with all around himNot even an original; more an a-hole than most who feels so self-entitled to be that a-hole I can't stand it! His arrogance was visible from day 1 w/ his gamesmanship, stalling, & challenging all calls that made him look like an idiot! Please don't get me started! :whistle:
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Obviously that is your wish and both of you look a lot more IDIOT because you are critizing to someone who knows a lot more tennis than you but at the same time you are saying something even worse about his nephew.. You should be the ones to keep your fk’n mouth shut instead to throw so much poison comment by comment, sometimes is a shame to come here and to read so much garbage and of course very far to read something interesting, CLOWNS!Unless UT is giving glowing praise and compliments to the #1, he should keep his fk'n mouth shut! I'm sure he would be offended if the same maligning was going on by Fed or Nole's team! What an a-hole! We shouldn't be surprised; been a jerk for years going back to his coaching during matches and giving stupid interviews making out he's just as important as any player! IDIOT! :whistle:
I found the interview that this must have come from. It's from Diario Vasco on 22 Nov, so a few days prior, which is time to translate, and then make outrageous and erroneous headlines. It's in Spanish, but you can click on it and see that it's a longish interview, it has a lot to do with how his life has changed since leaving the tour and working at the Academy. It's mostly to do with Rafa, more than any other player, as you might imagine, and more Federer than Djokovic. He mentioned Nole briefly, to say that he wasn't surprised that he'd found his high level again, because he's too "quality" of a player not to have. He did say that he was surprised that he got stopped like that by Khachanov and Zverev, but that it could be indicative of what's to come in 2019, then went on to talk about how it seemed that the younger players looked ready to take the next step. He said he thought that, at 38, Roger was going to have a harder time at Majors, in best of 5 format, but maybe he'd still find a way at Wimbledon. Then he said it will start being the same for Rafael, too.
The H2H with Berdych is 20-6. Yes, Berdy beat him at a few big moments, but not really that much of a threat, overall. Djokovic is and has been, of course, but you always insist that he beat "geriatric" Fed, when pressed by Novak's fans. Realistically, you could dislike Djokovic a lot, given your reasons for disliking Rafa: he's quite the backstop, he runs endlessly and endures long, long matches. He's a notable time-waster, too. He's made unseemly gestures at ball kids and had plenty of arguments with umps. He had a mid career surge that makes him more suspect than Rafa, and yet you don't endlessly harp on that. Roger even clearly disliked him at a certain point in their careers. But from you...a total pass. It's very clear why. I still say that your hatred of Nadal is based on his records against Roger, and records that stand as better than Roger's. There is no one who blights Fed's resume they way Rafa does, so it's clear why you hate him, and spend so much time in a smear campaign against him. You also hate Ferrer and Simon? Oh, that makes up for it then. B-)
