tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3291828614359932852.post6715412832496902076..comments2023-10-24T01:16:52.599-07:00Comments on Matt Zemek's Archives: Federer Fans, Nadal Fans, and a Window Into Political DiscordMatt Zemekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11549151766426130779noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3291828614359932852.post-53211545473276102752010-07-05T08:01:59.625-07:002010-07-05T08:01:59.625-07:00Matt, even if the sports is allowing him to get aw...Matt, even if the sports is allowing him to get away with it, why does he or anyone else feel the need to employ such things. Maybe I am a bitter Federer fan who sees the writing on the wall for one of the greatest players of this generation. <br /><br />Maybe I am mad that all of a sudden the records and achievements of one of the greatest to ever play this sport is being swept away by some as nothing remarkable. <br /><br />Maybe I am just a bitter disenchanted tennis fan, but I just do not like where the sport is going right now. <br /><br />I love Wimbledon and I love tennis but it breaks my heart to see the sport going this way. It really and truly does and unfortunately, nothing will be done about it.Overhead Spinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838462340734632101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3291828614359932852.post-35574878178312822452010-07-04T10:52:31.376-07:002010-07-04T10:52:31.376-07:00TennisAce:
Your thoughts allow for a deepening of...TennisAce:<br /><br />Your thoughts allow for a deepening of this conversation.<br /><br />Much like media coverage is more a reflection of the media itself than of the player receiving media coverage, shouldn't it also be the case that if Rafa delays or does these other things, it's up to the sport to consistently police these things? <br /><br />We shouldn't blame Rafa for doing things that the tennis establishment allows him to do. If the sport of tennis began to enforce policies, Rafa would stop. He's being given a certain allowance, and he's merely using it. This should be a negative reflection on the sport of tennis and the way it is governed. It shouldn't be a negative reflection on Rafa himself.<br /><br />Rafa overruled a number of out calls in the French Open against Almagro to give his opponent a point and/or a replay. In terms of being fair to opposing players, Rafa sets a high standard (Soderling a possible but increasingly old and somewhat outdated exception).Matt Zemekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11549151766426130779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3291828614359932852.post-92218176697243717982010-07-04T08:42:24.860-07:002010-07-04T08:42:24.860-07:00Hi Matt. For the first time in a very long while ...Hi Matt. For the first time in a very long while I did not watch the Wimbledon men's final. As a matter of fact I don't even think I watched the semis in their entirety. Roger Federer drew me to this sport as well as Venus and Serena Williams. I keep telling myself that I am a tennis fan rather than a fan of favourites as I will watch anyone play tennis as long as it is on tv or on a live stream somewhere in the world, but I think for the first time I am becoming disenchanted with tennis. <br /><br />When the No.1 ranked player in the world is cited at the biggest stage in tennis for illegal on court coaching and when said No. 1 player is accused of gamesmanship by not only his peers but by fans at large and commentators then something needs to be done. <br /><br />I know that Nadal has many fans out there but I think he has single handedly destroyed tennis as we know it. From what I have seen on twitter the fans were left stunned by what they supposedly witnessed today, 4 July. No wonder Federer no longer watches tennis. <br /><br />There is no skill being employed any more. It is not about tactics any more. It is all about brute force and running your opponent ragged. It is about employing gamesmanship in order to get ahead. No longer is this a sport of gentlemen but just a sport that it is not the best who prevails but the one who can use gamesmanship to overcome. <br /><br />First it was the shrieks of the women now it is the grunting, time wasting and any other means that can be used to get the win.<br /><br />I hope everyone is happy.Overhead Spinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838462340734632101noreply@blogger.com