Monday, January 10, 2022

Djokovic Deportation Hangs in the Balance

 "Retaining the Australian Open as a grand slam event I would argue is in our national interest." Liberal MP John Alexander

 Deportation Hangs in Balance



Djokovic Released from Custody

 Let's hope that they don't try to grab him again out of spite.

News from TennisNow



Frustration on the court - Is Novak any worse than others - I say not.

Why is there so much judgement against Novak Djokovic when it comes to his behavior on the court? 

 

 I've seen many players display it in other ways including Federer and even Laver who I thought never did that.  

Recently, I found an old video on Youtube of a match between Borg and Laver in the '70s that I had never seen. Laver was frustrated that his best wasn't working against Borg and he was getting passed at the net and hitting winners that turned out not to be winners. I could see his frustration mounting. The tell-tale sign of his mounting frustration he started to try drop shots from the baseline, never a good plan especially against someone like Borg. After losing a game and maybe the set, he fired a ball off of his racket up into the stands. I was surprised because I had never seen Laver act out. Frustration and stress can get to anyone.

Saturday, January 8, 2022

Hating on Novak: Australian National Sport

 Blame Yourselves for allowing your government to do this to you.

Hating on Novak

Tweets from Jimmy Connors on the AO





I saw that Jimmy called it the Austrian in his Twitter post.  It's not a big deal and you can't edit and correct your mistakes in tweets. You either delete it and start over or run with it. Most people know it's a typo or didn't notice it.   Jimbo wasn't famous for his writing skills or his manners in speaking, but he speaks from the heart. 

 All that said, it's a good thing this isn't the Austrian Open because they're at least a nutty as the Australian government at this point.