Indian Wells - more of this guy please!
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Bionic Poster
What a mug on that one.
It's the complacent look of someone who has more money than you or I could ever dream of! :wink:
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Strange Bird
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What a mug on that one.
he is scary
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JRAJ1988
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Mickey Rourke? 
West Coast Ace
G.O.A.T.
Same issue - a little too much work done. Starts looking freakish.Mickey Rourke?
But gotta love him for buying IW and putting so much money into it - and shaming the rest of the tournaments.
Probably future and ex-wife number 5.
Goosehead
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yes he is scary.......scary rich. :neutral:
Shaolin
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Federer20042006
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A friend of mine says he knows a chick who met him at a party - she's in her 20s - and he kissed her and tried to stick his tongue down her throat.
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JRAJ1988
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Though for a bloke born in 1944 he doesn't look that bad.
Good on him for making IW one of my favourite events and like you said shaming other tournaments.
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Deleted member 688153
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Rafael Nadal
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Deleted member 688153
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He's 77. :lol:
What a mug on that one.
What a freshened up guy....... When he's older, he'll look like that LA owner that made racist remarks... I think they may have the same re-freshener.
Sicko, that's his daughter.
Daughter.....
jm1980
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jm1980
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No that's his wife or girlfriend, right? He takes her with him to the tournament every year. Or at least since they've been together. I remember her sitting next to him last year and the year before as well. Pretty sure we had this discussion last year as well and that time there was a solid consensus that it was his significant other. Someone looked it up I think.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
77? Didn't know he was quite that old.
jm1980
Talk Tennis Guru
Yeah... He's old enough to be her grandfather. The perks of being a multi billionaire I suppose.
Well..seems pretty crazy to me to be honest. If I'm 77 I don't want to be with someone 50 years younger than me, that's for sure. I think some people are just obsessed with materialistic posessions and for him she is just another trophy to show off how accomplished he is. I know that's judgemental of me to say, but it just fits the picture. Compare that to Federer and Nadal who stayed with the girls they met before they got famous.
fecaleagle
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okdude1992
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Yeaa must be nice to be mega rich
tennis_commentator
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I remember reading somewhere that Nadal stays at Larry's house during Indian Wells.
tennis_commentator
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Inheritance alert :lol:
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Deleted member 688153
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I wouldn't be surprised if Larry is doping, to be honest.
The Curious Case of Larry Ellison indeed.
The Curious Case of Larry Ellison indeed.
speedysteve
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$56bill according to wiki.
We used Oracle DB's back in the day.
Reasonable enough priced but you more or less had to use the very expensive consulting to make / keep them working. That's where the money was made I guess.
Did you see one evening ol' Bill Gates was a couple of seats down the row.
I wonder how well he plays?
What racquet and strings / tension?
We used Oracle DB's back in the day.
Reasonable enough priced but you more or less had to use the very expensive consulting to make / keep them working. That's where the money was made I guess.
Did you see one evening ol' Bill Gates was a couple of seats down the row.
I wonder how well he plays?
What racquet and strings / tension?
tennis_commentator
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You presume we like Indian Wells.....
Indian Wells and Miami are the 2 events that the tour needs least.
They just don't fit in.
Plus he can't even afford decent balls.
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Perhap balls is another priority....
I don't care about Miami, but Indian Wells is solid. Last "big one" before Clay starts.
tennis_commentator
Hall of Fame
Well I'm only focused on clay after the AO.
I understand Canada/Cincy because that leads to a hardcourt slam.
But yeah taken on face value Indian Wells is a very nicely presented tournament.
The Darth Vader of the software world. Larry is a character. He was a big proponent of cloud computing with no disk storage on personal PCs or mobile devices. Then all the data in the world could be stored in Oracle databases. That sounds a little like Dr Evil style world domination.
speedysteve
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Love to see the prenuptial
cknobman
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Gary Duane
Talk Tennis Guru
Weird that you say that:
Seems like you ares saying that IW is meaningless, but then you are emphasizing the win there in 2013...
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
Is Nikita really 36 years old? She looks much younger. Ellison use to hang with women that looked like they were from Mikhail Prokhorov's "model" entourage, but he seems to have been with Nikita for several years now.
She always looks unhappy, or maybe it's just what the French would call "Pouty."
She always looks unhappy, or maybe it's just what the French would call "Pouty."
heninfan99
Talk Tennis Guru
Well, at least he's spending his money on a tennis tournament rather than another basketball team or something like this. He's what I would do I were a billionaire but I am a thousandaire so I buy racquets instead.
tennis_commentator
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I never said winning Indian Wells was not an accomplishment.
It doesn't change the fact that the tour doesn't need 2 hardcourt masters at the start of the year.
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I think Dubai and IW are a great MS1000 duo.
Having the 500 Rotterdam and the 250s Acapulco and Miami makes for a good start to the season, I see little reason to change.
Maybe get rid of Madrid, it's a silly tournament.
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Is Nikita really 36 years old? She looks much younger. Ellison use to hang with women that looked like they were from Mikhail Prokhorov's "model" entourage, but he seems to have been with Nikita for several years now.
She always looks unhappy, or maybe it's just what the French would call "Pouty."
Prospecting for precious metals makes for a tiresome career, I doubt she would be that happy to be honest.
tennis_commentator
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My sources tell me she works for the FBI..... (Fun Billion Inheritance)
atatu
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Thanks for your informed opinion on what the tour "needs" maybe the ATP should hire you as a consultant and you can explain why one of the most popular and well attended events in the world isn't needed. Or not....
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