RG SCHEDULE IS RUINED. NO MATCHES ON WEDNESDAY!

[weakera]

Djokovic fans complaining? Seriously? Even though Djokovic at 2018 Wimbledon got to play Nadal indoors during a hot, dry fortnight, and has returned to form since?

Dry is actually good for Bull. It was humid.

 

[DSH]

This is so stupid. All players should get the equal opportunity. What if somehow unfinished QF matches go into 5 sets. It is possible especially Thiem vs. KK?. What if it rains tomorrow too? Complete mess. IMHO, they should move the final for Monday. I'm so cranky about RG this year . The worst major ever.

BTW, I have this stupid feeling that they will schedule Djokovic vs. Zverev on SL and Fed. vs. Rafa on PC which is fine. However if they schedule both matches at the same time I'm going to 'kill' myself . Can it get more stupid? Sure it can.

ring a bell?
AO 2017? Semifinals played in differents days. WTF!
Wimbledon 2018? Semi-final number 2 was played in indoor conditions when the weather was sunny!

 

[Ann]

Tennis is meant to be played in natural outdoor conditions..glad RG has resisted getting a roof for so long. Rewards natural champions

Again, the roofs are retractable - like a huge umbrella. The tournament is still outdoors. I'm so close to hoping Djoker actually kicks Ralph's hiney on Sunday.

 

[Lleytonstation]

Again, the roofs are retractable - like a huge umbrella. The tournament is still outdoors. I'm so close to hoping Djoker actually kicks Ralph's hiney on Sunday.

If these guys are such natural purists, why don't they just argue for it to be played in rain... a natural environment...

 

[hipolymer]

If these guys are such natural purists, why don't they just argue for it to be played in rain... a natural environment...

And clay, such a natural surface composed of artificial additives, and Wimbledon grass, such a natural surface helped to grow by chemicals

 

[DSH]

la plupart des français restent à ne rien faire toute la journée et je suis sûr qu'ils pourront y assister le lundi. et quand les français prennent-ils habituellement leurs 3 mois de vacances au cours de l'année?

Agréable!
La joie de vivre si commentée par les habitants de la France.
Sachez reconnaître ce qui vous rend heureux et conservez-le. Abandonnez tout ce qui ne vous appartient pas.

 

[Nostradamus]

Agréable!
La joie de vivre si commentée par les habitants de la France.
Sachez reconnaître ce qui vous rend heureux et conservez-le. Abandonnez tout ce qui ne vous appartient pas.

Comment se fait-il que tant de femmes françaises soient si belles? tres peu de grosses femmes en france ne ressemblent pas aux americaines. les femmes françaises aiment-elles faire l'amour beaucoup?

 

[DSH]

Djokovic fans complaining? Seriously? Even though Djokovic at 2018 Wimbledon got to play Nadal indoors during a hot, dry fortnight, and has returned to form since?

and do not forget federer fans too!
The semifinals of AO played on different days is an atrocious decision, especially if the second match of that instance is very long (as was the Nadal Dimitrov) and the winner had much less time to rest to play the final against a rested opponent.

 

[FRV]

After the big 3, no one really cares about the other players' legacies too much since there is really no legacy for them as of yet or their careers are pretty much finished. Once the big 3 retire, make tennis more of an indoor sport. It's not necessary to play outdoors and the reality of it is playing exposed to the sun for long periods of time is not good for the skin anyways.

 

[PrinceMoron]

Loving the fact that LOLand Garros and Roland Garros only differ by one letter. It's a sign, no?

If you are Japanese, they are allo allo phones
Ask Renee

 

[hipolymer]

After the big 3, no one really cares about the other players' legacies too much since there is really no legacy for them as of yet or their careers are pretty much finished. Once the big 3 retire, make tennis more of an indoor sport. It's not necessary to play outdoors and the reality of it is playing exposed to the sun for long periods of time is not good for the skin anyways.

Tennis WAS originally an indoor wooden sport, then the richies of sunless Britain made it into a lawn tennis format, practically wouldn't even play when there was wind because it would tip over their bonnets. Who's responsible for making it into this running, outdoor "athletic" sport? Well the tireless and tiresome Frenchies of course, who just couldn't resist bastardizing the surface either so every Rafito under the sun could play

Imagine if clay never even developed; we'd still have fast surfaces, still have serve and volley, still have small rackets and most importantly, no running down balls from 2 meters behind the baseline

 

[FRV]

Tennis WAS originally an indoor wooden sport, then the richies of sunless Britain made it into a lawn tennis format, practically wouldn't even play when there was wind because it would tip over their bonnets. Who's responsible for making it into this running, outdoor "athletic" sport? Well the tireless and tiresome Frenchies of course, who just couldn't resist bastardizing the surface either so every Rafito under the sun could play

Imagine if clay never even developed; we'd still have fast surfaces, still have serve and volley, still have small rackets and most importantly, no running down balls from 2 meters behind the baseline

This post makes me uncomfortable.

 

[hipolymer]

This post makes me uncomfortable.

in what way

 

[Deleted member 77403]

How ironic

The city of lights hosting a grand slam of no lights.

 

[DSH]

 

[Deleted member 762343]

la plupart des français restent à ne rien faire toute la journée et je suis sûr qu'ils pourront y assister le lundi. et quand les français prennent-ils habituellement leurs 3 mois de vacances au cours de l'année?

C'est faux. Je dois avouer que je suis un peu atterré par le nombre de clichés choquants que je peux lire sur la France et les français à longueur de temps sur ce forum.

 

[Lleytonstation]

and do not forget federer fans too!
The semifinals of AO played on different days is an atrocious decision, especially if the second match of that instance is very long (as was the Nadal Dimitrov) and the winner had much less time to rest to play the final against a rested opponent.

So it happens to everyone... got it, so let's move on.

 

[Lleytonstation]

How ironic

The city of lights hosting a grand slam of no lights.

But when they do..

 

[FRV]

in what way

Meh, don't worry about it. I'm probably reading too much into things.

It's weird. I don't like outdoor tennis for the sake of tournaments like this, and to a lesser degree, health reasons, but I also would prefer tennis stay accessible to all. It's too bad indoor courts are so expensive.

 

[Deleted member 748597]

Doping should be now legal for Djokovic until RG is over.

 

[hipolymer]

Meh, don't worry about it. I'm probably reading too much into things.

It's weird. I don't like outdoor tennis for the sake of tournaments like this, and to a lesser degree, health reasons, but I also would prefer tennis stay accessible to all. It's too bad indoor courts are so expensive.

I'm guessing it's because I implied tennis should be a high-class sport. The only thing I have qualms with is making tennis into a fitness game, which leads to child abuse like Toni inflicted on Rafa from age 4 onwards (not that I truly care what people do with their kids; it's just a bad image for the sport)

Tennis if there was no clay would still be open to the masses, just maybe hard courts would have developed later (remember the only reason they came into existence at all is as a response to clay; grass was too hard to maintain and clay only possible in summer. I just prefer that tennis should have remained an indoor wood or hard sport, with the most prestigious tournament being Wimbledon with still fast grass (preferably under a roof :O

 

[Nostradamus]

C'est faux. Je dois avouer que je suis un peu atterré par le nombre de clichés choquants que je peux lire sur la France et les français à longueur de temps sur ce forum.

les femmes françaises font-elles l'amour mieux que les américaines

 

[Deleted member 762343]

les femmes françaises font-elles l'amour mieux que les américaines

Forcément, puisque les américains souffrent d'obésité.

 

[PrinceMoron]

Why be surprised when the tournament is sponsored by Evian and Perrier...

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[Terry Tibbs]

Wimbledon has had a roof since 2009, why on earth does RG still not have one??! Pathetic.

 

[DSH]

Comment se fait-il que tant de femmes françaises soient si belles? tres peu de grosses femmes en france ne ressemblent pas aux americaines. les femmes françaises aiment-elles faire l'amour beaucoup?

Est-ce que cela vous est arrivé comme cela m'est arrivé?
Eh bien, pas exactement la même chose, mais il y a une certaine similitude avec ce qui m'est arrivé dans les transports en commun.
Comme c'est beau d'être jeune!

 

[AnOctorokForDinner]

Comment se fait-il que tant de femmes françaises soient si belles? tres peu de grosses femmes en france ne ressemblent pas aux americaines. les femmes françaises aiment-elles faire l'amour beaucoup?

Are you a native French speaker? Funny. Je sais assez français pour comprendre btw.

 

[MichaelNadal]

Again, the roofs are retractable - like a huge umbrella. The tournament is still outdoors. I'm so close to hoping Djoker actually kicks Ralph's hiney on Sunday.

Lol so you can hear Ultronians spew endless crap for ages about how he's the GOAT?
Stop letting like 2 trolls make you feel a certain way.

 

[kailash]

If there's no tennis today Djokovic will have to play 3 best-of-5-set matches in 4 days. Probably against Zverev, Thiem and Nadal. It's fine, totally fine.

Nadal had to play Khachanov, Thiem & Delpo in the last US open. Now its Djokers turn! Sounds fair. But no one can do anything about the rain, of course other than getting a roof.

 

[jm1980]

Nadal had to play Khachanov, Thiem & Delpo in the last US open. Now its Djokers turn! Sounds fair.

Not really comparable as Nadal never had to play multiple matches in a day and then forced to play a final with little recovery time

Also let's not even talk about USO draws since both in 2010 and 2013 Djokovic had to play long five setters against Fed and Wawrinka while Nadal blitzed through Youzhny and Gasquet in their semis

But no one can do anything about the rain, of course other than getting a roof.

First of all, the roof is long overdue.

And when you see so much rain ahead that the day will be obviously rained out, you should schedule your matches around the rain so every participant has a decent amount of time to recover...
One thing that would have helped would be to start the matches earlier so you can fit more of them in a single day.

 

[a10best]

pretty dumb to still not have a roof on the main court. The big 3 need to tell the FFT to correct this travesty.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

BUILD THE ROOF.

Will Mexico pay for it?

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Let's halt all roof talk until after Rafa is retired please

 

[Bartelby]

The roof will be a reality next year, so Nadal will have to retire within twelve months.

 

[Ann]

Lol so you can hear Ultronians spew endless crap for ages about how he's the GOAT?
Stop letting like 2 trolls make you feel a certain way.

I have most of the Djoker fans already on ignore and expect the rest of them to be there by Wimbledon. I was fine with the glee over it raining from Ralph's fans, I would be giggling too.. but the nonsense about never having a roof to keep it "natural" are just ridiculous and over-bearing. There's nothing natural about clay, so that argument is crap. Also! I guarantee the Ralph fans will be screaming "why isn't there a roof" if Friday and Saturday get rained out and Ralph has to play both a semi and a final on Sunday AND LOSES. Hypocrisy is my arch-nemesis.

 

[thrust]

What a useless slam this is. This is the least prestigious and worst organized of all slams. No wonder ESPN completely desolated them and this slam has the worst viewership out of all.

No lights. Only place on earth which still lives as though light bulbs were never invented.

Paris has long been known as the City of Light. The scheduling at all the slams tends to be ridiculous, based on old traditions, which makes me think it is not the slam country that makes the rules but the ITF? To get hysterical because there is not a roof or lights is pathetic. Wimbledon hardly ever closes their roof and agonizes when they do so. Also, play has to stop at 11PM due to the Village rules. In Paris, without lights, they play till 9PM or later.

 

[mike danny]

and do not forget to play the semifinal of the Australian Open with less than 24 hours to rest until the last match that his rival.

He had 24 hours to rest easily. And that's the rule of the AO established from the beginning.

This is just negligence of the RG organizers.

 

[mike danny]

and do not forget federer fans too!
The semifinals of AO played on different days is an atrocious decision, especially if the second match of that instance is very long (as was the Nadal Dimitrov) and the winner had much less time to rest to play the final against a rested opponent.

Rested opponent? Federer had played 2 five setters before the final and actually had the tougher SF opponent. Not to mention he was also 5 years older than Rafa.

You know your argument fails when you claim unfairness against a 35 year old opponent.

Oh and Rafa was up 3-1 in the 5th set. We are only hearing such excuses because he lost. News flash: Rafa had lost an AO final from a break up in the 5th set before, he is not perfect.

 

[Dondon]

There's always a Zverev to rain on the party

 

[rovex]

Live here. Horrendous day yesterday. Not seen that much rain in two months.

 

[beard]

I have most of the Djoker fans already on ignore and expect the rest of them to be there by Wimbledon. I was fine with the glee over it raining from Ralph's fans, I would be giggling too.. but the nonsense about never having a roof to keep it "natural" are just ridiculous and over-bearing. There's nothing natural about clay, so that argument is crap. Also! I guarantee the Ralph fans will be screaming "why isn't there a roof" if Friday and Saturday get rained out and Ralph has to play both a semi and a final on Sunday AND LOSES. Hypocrisy is my arch-nemesis.

Yes, put all on ignore, except fellow *******s, so you can live together in your fantasy world...
On the other hand, I noticed this is much better place without @Tennis_Hands ... Although, hope he is ok in personal life...

 

[tennis_pro]

Nadal had to play Khachanov, Thiem & Delpo in the last US open. Now its Djokers turn! Sounds fair. But no one can do anything about the rain, of course other than getting a roof.

On HC? How is that more difficult than Zverev, Thiem and Nadal on clay? All three top 5 clay courters today.

It's Nadal's fault that he needs 5 hours to beat them.

 

[speedysteve]

Tennis WAS originally an indoor wooden sport, then the richies of sunless Britain made it into a lawn tennis format, practically wouldn't even play when there was wind because it would tip over their bonnets. Who's responsible for making it into this running, outdoor "athletic" sport? Well the tireless and tiresome Frenchies of course, who just couldn't resist bastardizing the surface either so every Rafito under the sun could play

Imagine if clay never even developed; we'd still have fast surfaces, still have serve and volley, still have small rackets and most importantly, no running down balls from 2 meters behind the baseline

A history lesson for you..
Yes in France, but not by the French

http://info-provence.com/en/article/the-first-clay-court-tennis-invented-in-cannes/

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[Old Gregg]

If there's no tennis today Djokovic will have to play 3 best-of-5-set matches in 4 days. Probably against Zverev, Thiem and Nadal. It's fine, totally fine.

Mwahaha

 

[Benjamin Rio]

The lack of roof at the FO is worrying.....Shame on them as they make each year huge amount of money. They should be at least 2 courts with a roof. It's a GS for god sake!!!!!

 

[Raiden]

There's always a Zverev to rain on the party

He's not there.

Only the irrelevant Slamrev is present.

 

[Lleytonstation]

The lack of roof at the FO is worrying.....Shame on them as they make each year huge amount of money. They should be at least 2 courts with a roof. It's a GS for god sake!!!!!

Is it?

 

[Ann]

Yes, put all on ignore, except fellow *******s, so you can live together in your fantasy world...
On the other hand, I noticed this is much better place without @Tennis_Hands ... Although, hope he is ok in personal life...

Good bye.

 

[beard]

Good bye.

It was about time... She had Fed haters on ignore but forgot me... Poor job