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Of course. I'm just asking you how you fancy his chances, given how the game has moved on. TBH, I thought he and Tipsarevic rode a bit the coattails of Djokovic, in terms of momentum and DC tailwind. The game has moved on, and there are a lot of youngsters who threaten more than Troicki ever did, even when he was trending. I don't like his comeback chances.
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Of course. I'm just asking you how you fancy his chances, given how the game has moved on. TBH, I thought he and Tipsarevic rode a bit the coattails of Djokovic, in terms of momentum and DC tailwind. The game has moved on, and there are a lot of youngsters who threaten more than Troicki ever did, even when he was trending. I don't like his comeback chances.
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Troicki might make it back into the top 50 or so but I don't expect much more than that from him.
Troicki might make it back into the top 50 or so but I don't expect much more than that from him.
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What can I call Troicki from now on? What evil pharma was he consuming? Cilic is now merely known as Cough Drop, but what cocktail of nefariousness was the Serb trying to conceal?
I recommend a longer ban for any of these dopes, or "dopey dupes" as they call themselves...
What can I call Troicki from now on? What evil pharma was he consuming? Cilic is now merely known as Cough Drop, but what cocktail of nefariousness was the Serb trying to conceal?
I recommend a longer ban for any of these dopes, or "dopey dupes" as they call themselves...
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^ They didn't make any example out of Cilic. They gave him a silent ban and then reduced it by taking him at his word (after Croatian press released the news he was serving a ban). It's not like Cilic had any motivation to lie or anything
I don't mind what they did with Troicki but if you're going to do that then you have to give the same penalty or worse to someone who actually DID fail a drug test.
^ They didn't make any example out of Cilic. They gave him a silent ban and then reduced it by taking him at his word (after Croatian press released the news he was serving a ban). It's not like Cilic had any motivation to lie or anything
I don't mind what they did with Troicki but if you're going to do that then you have to give the same penalty or worse to someone who actually DID fail a drug test.
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Roger and Linday Vonn play tennis in glacier and promote Lindt.
http://www.si.com/tennis/2014/07/16/roger-federer-lindsay-vonn-swiss-alps
Roger and Linday Vonn play tennis in glacier and promote Lindt.
http://www.si.com/tennis/2014/07/16/roger-federer-lindsay-vonn-swiss-alps
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LOVE this video.
[video=youtube]https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=0n_OjTlC0t8[/video]
“After I won, I was going to the net to have a handshake and then I look at him and he’s going back to get a chair,†said Karlovic. “I didn’t know what he was going to do and then he arrives and he gives me a hug, which was unbelievable and hilarious. Obviously he needed a hug, so I hugged him back.
Sela, who lost to the 6’11†Croat for a second straight week and sixth time overall in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series, was pleased with his effort in the match and called it an opportune time to give Karlovic a hug on court.
We’re good friends and I really like him, he’s a very nice guy. I always wanted to hug him, but I didn’t have the chance, and today I think was a good moment. I saw the chair and I thought it would be nice to finish the match like this with a hug, so the crowd will see it’s okay.â€
LOVE this video.
[video=youtube]https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=0n_OjTlC0t8[/video]
“After I won, I was going to the net to have a handshake and then I look at him and he’s going back to get a chair,†said Karlovic. “I didn’t know what he was going to do and then he arrives and he gives me a hug, which was unbelievable and hilarious. Obviously he needed a hug, so I hugged him back.
Sela, who lost to the 6’11†Croat for a second straight week and sixth time overall in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series, was pleased with his effort in the match and called it an opportune time to give Karlovic a hug on court.
We’re good friends and I really like him, he’s a very nice guy. I always wanted to hug him, but I didn’t have the chance, and today I think was a good moment. I saw the chair and I thought it would be nice to finish the match like this with a hug, so the crowd will see it’s okay.â€
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As if doping is not enough, there is also match fixing. Apparently, six folks are arrested
who were running a ring dealing with matchfixing in Australia. No names of players released
yet. (remember Davy).
http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2014/07/6-men-arrested-over-international-match-fixing/52158/#.U8ih9GAg-M8
As if doping is not enough, there is also match fixing. Apparently, six folks are arrested
who were running a ring dealing with matchfixing in Australia. No names of players released
yet. (remember Davy).
http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2014/07/6-men-arrested-over-international-match-fixing/52158/#.U8ih9GAg-M8
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Clownini called his opponent a "Gypsy S%%%%"
but then he apologized
http://www.tennisnow.com/Blogs/NET-POSTS/July-2014/Fognini-Apologizes-for-Ethnic-Slur-During-Defeat-t.aspx
Clownini called his opponent a "Gypsy S%%%%"
but then he apologized
http://www.tennisnow.com/Blogs/NET-POSTS/July-2014/Fognini-Apologizes-for-Ethnic-Slur-During-Defeat-t.aspx
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Yeah, read that but players aged between 27-40 lol. All top pros no doubt Tennis is fast becoming a joke with all the headlines about nobodies and doping controls only being made on nobodies also.
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Yeah, read that but players aged between 27-40 lol. All top pros no doubt
Tennis is fast becoming a joke with all the headlines about nobodies and doping controls only being made on nobodies also.
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Giving him a wild card will make the tourney look like as though it is
condoning PED users/test failers. Given that Serbia does not have its
own tourney (which would give a WC due to jingoism), I think Troicki
has to come up the old fashioned way by participating in challengers
and futures and other itsy/bitsy tourneys. He would probably have
to spend at least an year over there before being able to get to
regular ATP circuit.
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Giving him a wild card will make the tourney look like as though it is
condoning PED users/test failers. Given that Serbia does not have its
own tourney (which would give a WC due to jingoism), I think Troicki
has to come up the old fashioned way by participating in challengers
and futures and other itsy/bitsy tourneys. He would probably have
to spend at least an year over there before being able to get to
regular ATP circuit.
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Given the shambles the testing in tennis is I don't see why he shouldn't be allowed play anywhere personally. Also, Cilic was treated like a saint unfairly compared to Troicki. Cilic actually failed a test whereas Troicki just refused one. Pretty sure there are tons of worse culprits than both these guys on a week in week out basis anyway so let Troicki play imo.
Given the shambles the testing in tennis is I don't see why he shouldn't be allowed play anywhere personally. Also, Cilic was treated like a saint unfairly compared to Troicki. Cilic actually failed a test whereas Troicki just refused one. Pretty sure there are tons of worse culprits than both these guys on a week in week out basis anyway so let Troicki play imo.
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lol..I saw that Federer went up to the top of the Jungfrau on the mountain railway..its an awesome trip, I got sunburn in reverse up there..by reflections of the sun off packed summer snow, under my chin and my eyelid/under eyebrow which turned out to be surreal if a bit painful
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lol..I saw that Federer went up to the top of the Jungfrau on the mountain railway..its an awesome trip, I got sunburn in reverse up there..by reflections of the sun off packed summer snow, under my chin and my eyelid/under eyebrow which turned out to be surreal if a bit painful
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Neil Harman of The Times, and author of the Wimbledon Annual for ten years, also former head of the International Tennis Writers Association, has been found to have plagiarised a lot of his material. Wimbledon also in hot water for continuing to sell the 2013 annual after these findings:
http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports/2014/07/neil_harman_plagiarism_the_all_england_club_discovered_journalistic_malfeasance.html
Neil Harman of The Times, and author of the Wimbledon Annual for ten years, also former head of the International Tennis Writers Association, has been found to have plagiarised a lot of his material. Wimbledon also in hot water for continuing to sell the 2013 annual after these findings:
http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports/2014/07/neil_harman_plagiarism_the_all_england_club_discovered_journalistic_malfeasance.html
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