Janowicz's actual interview. (No political discussions please)

[sureshs]

We already know that Federer is arrogant and snobbish, and always has an excuse for every loss, like back pain, which is cleverly communicated without appearing to be an excuse. Unlike Nadal, he did not support more pay for lower-ranked players, because he made enough money in a weak era. That is why Nadal is seen as genuine, caring and humble, and also skilled enough to beat Federer any time on any surface. Janowicz is just saying how it is.

[Relinquis]

i think players need to speak their minds more. especially when it comes to things like rules, MTO abuse, pay and such. these issues are critical to the sport and are worth discussing but you'll never hear about them in public... the sponsors, tourny directors and national bureaucrats don't want the fuss.

[dudeski]

Originally Posted by sureshs

We already know that Federer is arrogant and snobbish, and always has an excuse for every loss, like back pain, which is cleverly communicated without appearing to be an excuse. Unlike Nadal, he did not support more pay for lower-ranked players, because he made enough money in a weak era. That is why Nadal is seen as genuine, caring and humble, and also skilled enough to beat Federer any time on any surface. Janowicz is just saying how it is.

You are way past your trolling prime. Just give up.

[DRII]

Originally Posted by Vrad

He didn't. It's just that unlike some people who just like to run their mouths about things, Federer actually likes to make something happen. So he doesn't usually talk about things in public but works on them officially through the players council.

There is a reason he has been consistently voted president for years. His diplomacy works very well.

riiiight...

and he only selflessly plays D.C. when his country really needs him, it was just coincidence that Olympic eligibility required as much.

[6-1 6-3 6-0]

Originally Posted by Cup8489

In all seriousness though, you really misplaced those Parentheses.

Looks like you misplaced your account. That's what you get for insulting Nadal.

[vive le beau jeu !]

Originally Posted by CMM

I like the answer to the second question.

either the guy was joking or something has been lost in translation...
the nadal is also known as the godfaker... the fakest player ever !

[Mick3391]

Originally Posted by Sid_Vicious

I found this on twitter. https://twitter.com/juanjo_sports/st...17078159736832

Those old translations were pretty bad; some of Janowicz's quotes were not even his words



Let's keep it clean guys. The mods deleted the thread yesterday because it got ugly.

Sorry about that everyone, that must have been my fault. I'm very passionate about Politics, sorry again.

[vive le beau jeu !]

Originally Posted by Cup8489

In all seriousness though, you really misplaced those Parentheses.

Originally Posted by 6-1 6-3 6-0

A 2-year ranking system is one of the most interesting suggestions I have ever heard in the players' council (and no surprise that Nadal, the most creative thinker in tennis history) came up with it. Players who have consistently been great but have been injured for a while shouldn't be punished because of it, but players like Janowicz, who have done nothing but make 3rd rounds of slams (not impressive) and get to the final of the most unimportant and boring Masters 1000 tournament in world history (next to Shanghai) don't get rewarded for small, explosive runs in a tournament with a slightly high points value.

[Mick3391]

Originally Posted by sureshs

We already know that Federer is arrogant and snobbish, and always has an excuse for every loss, like back pain, which is cleverly communicated without appearing to be an excuse. Unlike Nadal, he did not support more pay for lower-ranked players, because he made enough money in a weak era. That is why Nadal is seen as genuine, caring and humble, and also skilled enough to beat Federer any time on any surface. Janowicz is just saying how it is.

What? Is this person for real? I love how others can psychoanalyze others, that is arrogant.

[mariecon]

Originally Posted by sureshs

We already know that Federer is arrogant and snobbish, and always has an excuse for every loss, like back pain, which is cleverly communicated without appearing to be an excuse. Unlike Nadal, he did not support more pay for lower-ranked players, because he made enough money in a weak era. That is why Nadal is seen as genuine, caring and humble, and also skilled enough to beat Federer any time on any surface. Janowicz is just saying how it is.

This is B.S. Completely untrue. Whatever Janowicz said is his opinion and we don't even know if he said that because I've yet to see the actual interview. Just some recreation on Twitter. Guess what? Twitter's been wrong many many many times. Show me the proof!

[mariecon]

Originally Posted by Pwned

When did Federer say "is ok"? I don't recall him saying anything like that.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/sp...anted=all&_r=0

That's because he didn't.

[Sid_Vicious]

Originally Posted by mariecon

This is B.S. Completely untrue. Whatever Janowicz said is his opinion and we don't even know if he said that because I've yet to see the actual interview. Just some recreation on Twitter. Guess what? Twitter's been wrong many many many times. Show me the proof!

http://m.sport.pl/celebrities/1,1049...u_kalacha.html

He did say it. It is just his opinion and IMO he is not well informed about the topic. I don't recall Federer ever saying that tennis players don't deserve more prize money.

Honestly, most of those journalists on twitter are far more truthful than the crap people write on this forum.

[Steve0904]

Seems like the Nadal trolls are on the attack to prepare for Rafa's impending comeback. In all honesty, I could care less what Jerzy says. Really doesn't matter to me one way or the other.

[Bursztyn]

Originally Posted by vive le beau jeu !

either the guy was joking or something has been lost in translation...
the nadal is also known as the godfaker... the fakest player ever !

Nothing has been lost in translation. Jerzy seems to believe that Nadal is natural.

[sureshs]

Originally Posted by mariecon

This is B.S. Completely untrue. Whatever Janowicz said is his opinion and we don't even know if he said that because I've yet to see the actual interview. Just some recreation on Twitter. Guess what? Twitter's been wrong many many many times. Show me the proof!

What do you mean by Twitter has been wrong?

[mariecon]

Originally Posted by sureshs

What do you mean by Twitter has been wrong?

do you believe everything you read on Twitter?

[Bursztyn]

Originally Posted by mariecon

This is B.S. Completely untrue. Whatever Janowicz said is his opinion and we don't even know if he said that because I've yet to see the actual interview. Just some recreation on Twitter. Guess what? Twitter's been wrong many many many times. Show me the proof!

J have read the actual interview. The translation is more or less adequate (in fact only a small part of the interview has been translated into English). Jerzy has been interviewed by Jakub Ciastoń.

[zagor]

Originally Posted by sureshs

We already know that Federer is arrogant and snobbish, and always has an excuse for every loss, like back pain, which is cleverly communicated without appearing to be an excuse. Unlike Nadal, he did not support more pay for lower-ranked players, because he made enough money in a weak era. That is why Nadal is seen as genuine, caring and humble, and also skilled enough to beat Federer any time on any surface. Janowicz is just saying how it is.

This is just...weak.

Are you declining Suresh? You used to make trolling look so efortless while this particular post could have been written by any other TW Nadal fan.

[mariecon]

Originally Posted by Sid_Vicious

http://m.sport.pl/celebrities/1,1049...u_kalacha.html

He did say it. It is just his opinion and IMO he is not well informed about the topic. I don't recall Federer ever saying that tennis players don't deserve more prize money.

Honestly, most of those journalists on twitter are far more truthful than the crap people write on this forum.

yeah so that translation is from Google Translate, which isn't very reliable. I know nothing about Janowicz so I don't know what his relationship with Federer is like but there could be some jealousy there. Why does he keep getting elected President of the Players' Council if he's really like that? Makes no sense.

[*Sparkle*]

Originally Posted by Sid_Vicious

He did say it. It is just his opinion and IMO he is not well informed about the topic. I don't recall Federer ever saying that tennis players don't deserve more prize money.

I'm not saying he did say it, but it is possible that not everything Federer says is reported in the press or can be found using google alerts. Some of those things he says might become known to other players.

However, the various translations of this interview show how carefully you need to take reports of what someone has said, and it is possible that Jerzy heard an incorrect report himself.

What is amusing is seeing some people reacting to him according to which player he might be slighting this time around. He's a welcome breath of fresh air if he makes a dig at the rival to my favourite, whereas he's getting ahead of himself if the dig appears to be aimed at my favourite!