Tennis

I'm a tennis fan. I've been a regular at Moss Bank Park and one or two other shed type courts over the years and I watch the important competitions, but I draw the line there.

What I don't like is the sort of people you meet in the game. There's too many people taking themselves too seriously.
I dislike children who are good at tennis, and I dislike their annoying parents who pay for their lessons even more.

Are tennising people generally annoying or am I just jealous?

i play tennis to a decent(ish) level, when i was a teenager my parents gave up smoking so i could join a posh tennis club. hated every minute of it and gave up the game for 18 months. a lot of tennis people are middle class people trying to be upper class.

doffcocker wrote:I'm a tennis fan. I've been a regular at Moss Bank Park and one or two other shed type courts over the years and I watch the important competitions, but I draw the line there.

What I don't like is the sort of people you meet in the game. There's too many people taking themselves too seriously.
I dislike children who are good at tennis, and I dislike their annoying parents who pay for their lessons even more.

Are tennising people generally annoying or am I just jealous?

I love tennis doffcocker, did you watch Andy Murray today? He played well but, ultimately, he isn't good enough.

Over 5 years ago I famously said Andy Murray would never win a Grand Slam, oh how I was mocked at the time.

And yes, tennis people can be annoying but we are generally better than everyone else.

Natasha Whittam wrote:
And yes, tennis people can be annoying but we are generally better than everyone else.

you all think so, that's for sure!

Natasha Whittam wrote:

doffcocker wrote:I'm a tennis fan. I've been a regular at Moss Bank Park and one or two other shed type courts over the years and I watch the important competitions, but I draw the line there.

What I don't like is the sort of people you meet in the game. There's too many people taking themselves too seriously.
I dislike children who are good at tennis, and I dislike their annoying parents who pay for their lessons even more.

Are tennising people generally annoying or am I just jealous?

I love tennis doffcocker, did you watch Andy Murray today? He played well but, ultimately, he isn't good enough.

Over 5 years ago I famously said Andy Murray would never win a Grand Slam, oh how I was mocked at the time.

The Djokovic - Murray match this afternoon was very good, but sadly for
Murray he will never be good enough to beat who ever is the top dog at
the time.

He is a good player but like Henman before him he just isn't quite good enough.

I Sky+ed the Andy Murray match, Natasha and it didn't work, so I didn't see it!

Despite him being the number 2 and 3 for periods, I think he has been the fourth best tennis player in the world for the last 4 years. At no point has he been more nor less. So yes, ultimately he's not good enough!

I think he's always been a weaker version of what Djokovic has been for the last 12 months.

Murray is very unlucky in that he plays during the same era as three of the greatest mens tennis players of all time. Federer, Njokovic and Nadal are as good as Borg, McEnroe , Lendl, Connors and Becker were. If murray had been around at the time that Henman was taking the plaudits then I think he would have won a grand slam.

A similar thing happened in snooker with Jimmy white. He never won the world title because he just couldn't beat Steve Davis or Stephen Hendry.

doffcocker wrote:I Sky+ed the Andy Murray match, Natasha and it didn't work, so I didn't see it!

Watch it in full here -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01c27nn/Australian_Open_2012_Novak_Djokovic_v_Andy_Murray/

That Laura Robson's a bit fit, wouldn't mind teaching her a thing or two.

Abdul-Salam Bilal wrote:That Laura Robson's a bit fit, wouldn't mind teaching her a thing or two.

I doubt very much that you could. That's just your ego talking. I reckon she would thrash you at tennis.

Abdul-Salam Bilal wrote:That Laura Robson's a bit fit, wouldn't mind teaching her a thing or two.

she's 18 so fair enough.

there is a lot of talent in the womens game.

Andy Murray will win a Grand Slam.

Totally agree with not-so-plain-jayne.

Tennis people are wankers. Utter, utter wankers. I hate the upper middle classes.

I've only played tennis 3 times in my life, last time I played I beat a 62 year old man in straight sets, I'm now the British number 2.

Just watched the Australian open final, brilliantly entertaining.

What a game of tennis that was, something like 5 hours and 45 minutes.

The standard of tennis was of the highest order.

I mean the Australian open not your game with that 62 year old.

Think the first set alone lasted as long as the womens final yesterday, yet they both get the same prize money. I'm all for equality, but if women want the same money as men then thay should have to play the same amount of games (plus watching Sharapova for six hours is better than watching the 5 minute freeview at eleven)

I hate watching Sharapova and i think she should be banned.

her grunting is an absolute joke.

it's designed to put people off

It doesn't put me off my stroke (it actually helps)

I don't get it to be honest is she really that hot?

just looks like any random blonde girl in the street apart from, obviously she's rich.

I've never looked at her face, Anna Kournikova was a lot hotter but she was useless at tennis.

All women tennis players have "great bodies."

So something must separate her from the pack, it definitely aint her face!