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G.O.A.T.
A little something for everyone, check the whole Twitter thread.
I liked this one:
I liked this one:
Djokovic's next DQ target.
Read between the lines and you can envision the true value of this book. We get a much deeper picture as to how these players are in real life. But only if you put in the effort to read between the lines.The publishers won't publish unless there is something controversial in the book. Standard tactics.
Ah yes, the detailed on-court coaching
Sorry, it's Fabster 24/7. Get used to it.I 1000% knew this thread was going to be about Rafa lol
Read between the lines and you can envision the true value of this book. We get a much deeper picture as to how these players are in real life. But only if you put in the effort to read between the lines.
I think in tennis it would be easier to just say the truth though. Plenty of drama in tennis that the public would be curious to know about.Books deliberately insert negative stuff about players that people care about in order to make money off their fame. The problem is that genuine writing becomes mixed up with the publisher's need to sell, so it becomes hard to separate the two.
The publishers won't publish unless there is something controversial in the book. Standard tactics.
Two Gods: one off the court, one on the court.And yet, here's what he wrote about Roger:
I can not imagine how Fog crazy you would be if he had Fed like career.Two Gods: one off the court, one on the court.
She would be like those BeatlesFans who passed out at their live concertsI can not imagine how Fog crazy you would be if he had Fed like career.
And yet, here's what he wrote about Roger:
https://www.essentiallysports.com/a...on-roger-federer-in-new-book-atp-tennis-news/
That is because he has no future with the moneyed group if he criticizes him. Publishers will never allow that.
“Murray and I never got along. We are two hotheads and we lose our cool pretty quickly. When we are on court, we despise each other…Andy Murray was arrogant since young age. A guy all lobs and dropshots, tricky shots designed to mock you.”
https://www.essentiallysports.com/a...onship-with-the-british-star-atp-tennis-news/
Not even the Astros could decode those complex signalsAh yes, the detailed on-court coaching
"Here's the plan Rafito. This is our secret Vamosalaplayan code. Look at me after every point and listen to what I say:
"Vamos bamos" = "hit the high topspin to the backhand"
"Bamos vamos" = "Slice serve wide to the ad court"
"Vamos bamos vamos" = "Stand behind the line judge so the server can't see you"
"Bamos vamos bamos" = "Keep the points short and attack the backhand corner"
"Vamos bamos bamos" = "Don't get up from the chair until you get a time violation"
"Bamos vamos vamos" = "Pull on your shorts to distract him"
Just wanted to point one thing out about these kinds of books. You can't release an autobio where you say good things about everybody. The publisher won't release it. There has to be drama and controversy. Here's a funny example:
When Klaus Kinski was writing his book, his frequent collaborator Werner Herzog (who some may remember as the antagonist with the chewed off fingers in the first Jack Reacher flick) showed up one day and the two of them used a thesaurus to come up with a litany of rotten things to say about Herzog, because that's what the readers expected. It was all phoney. For more info, see Herzog's documentary "My Best Fiend", and one bogus section of the book, which unloads a bunch of "venomous" nonsense about Herzog reprinted in Roger Ebert's Book of Film (page 187).
I wouldn't believe anything I read in one of those sorts of books. Not even Agassi's book. I don't buy his mudslinging at Sampras, because it was so obligatory it lacked authenticity.
It is all about making a few more bucks while people still vaguely remember you
A little something for everyone, check the whole Twitter thread.
I liked this one:
You get good seats100% true about Tony Nadal, I've sat very near him in matches and he's always talking to Rafa.
So to sum it up - Nadal's a cheater, Murray is arrogant and Fed is a decent bloke.
That's one convenient way of dismissing Nadal's BS I suppose.The publishers won't publish unless there is something controversial in the book. Standard tactics.
Time to hit https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Fanfiction/works to continue this story.I'm reading the book and I thought this was the most interesting part so far.
"I will always be amazed at the huge difference between the most personal Federer and the Federer we see on the court. When he is not concentrating on tennis, he is a kind, funny man who plays a lot of jokes on you. I have many anecdotes about him. Like when he saw me once and said, why are you so handsome, Fabio? I wish I was just as handsome as you.
That's when I turned to him and said "Oh but you are as handsome as me Roger...you are! Our eyes met, I moved my lips to his and he moved away briefly and said "No! I can't do this to Mirka!" I said "Roger, you can't deny there's always been a chemistry between us, you can't deny our feelings for each other!" He turned back to me and took me up in his strong, bear arms and said "But Flavia...?" I said "Forget her, she's history! Kiss me Roger, for the love of God, kiss me!" I hope he doesn't mind me revealing our sex-fuelled ten year affair in this book. Turn to the next chapter for the full story, and also the anecdote about when I urinated in Murray's vegetable soup and swapped his bread for urinal cakes.
So to sum it up - Nadal's a cheater, Murray is arrogant and Fed is a decent bloke.
Apparently they are good friends. I bet they had a call and had a mutual understanding.And apparently Djokovic isn't even worthy of a mention lol.
Nadal and Fogini are friends apparently. Their wife and gfs apparently best mates or something so they do socialise.Apparently they are good friends. I bet they had a call and had a mutual understanding.
the nadal ???... cheating ?!A little something for everyone, check the whole Twitter thread.
I liked this one:
Who?And apparently Djokovic isn't even worthy of a mention lol.
No they're not. Xisca and Flavia barely know each other and Rafa/Fog are not friends at all. There's no source for this anywhere and I follow news on Fabster with rampant zeal.Nadal and Fogini are friends apparently. Their wife and gfs apparently best mates or something so they do socialise.
Much less so. Fabster's appeal is because he's mercurial and a headcase. I'd actually have little interest in him if he was wildly successful. Strange but true.I can not imagine how Fog crazy you would be if he had Fed like career.
Ah yes, the detailed on-court coaching
"Here's the plan Rafito. This is our secret Vamosalaplayan code. Look at me after every point and listen to what I say:
"Vamos bamos" = "hit the high topspin to the backhand"
"Bamos vamos" = "Slice serve wide to the ad court"
"Vamos bamos vamos" = "Stand behind the line judge so the server can't see you"
"Bamos vamos bamos" = "Keep the points short and attack the backhand corner"
"Vamos bamos bamos" = "Don't get up from the chair until you get a time violation"
"Bamos vamos vamos" = "Pull on your shorts to distract him"
Shmovak Shmokovic. He retired a few years ago due to bird flu, anthrax, and SARS. He's a nobody.Who?
"He's drop-dead gorgeous, mercurial, a headcase on the court, with a cute smile. I didn't say a name, but his face came to mind, didn't it?"Much less so. Fabster's appeal is because he's mercurial and a headcase. I'd actually have little interest in him if he was wildly successful. Strange but true.