Zardoz7/12
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LOL and I'm a Sinner fan.
Wawrinka reacts to Sinner's "I don't play for money" Six Kings Slam statement
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nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
Federer and Del Potro
Bionic Poster
I don't poast on TTW for the money.
Rosstour
Talk Tennis Guru
Right, so there's no sense in pretending it doesn't matter. Sinner just looks like a dishonest person generally now and if you think the entire locker room aren't having a laugh at his expense....
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
To me he doesn't look dishonest. He is total introvert. What he tried to say is he wants to be number 1, he wants to be the best. Money is secondary.
That's what I got. I am not going to get over hyper for this.
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
Exactly.He may not play for it but I'm sure it comes in handy!
RaulRamirez
Legend
Seems to be working out.
Rosstour
Talk Tennis Guru
The time to view him as an innocent kid has come and gone sir
Do not let looks deceive you
The entire Locker Room understands why Sinner did what he did and why Sinner said what he said. They too "live the life" and "play the game" with the media / public.
I'm sure they all actually think Stan is a jackass. And to add to it, Stan is 40 years old for Christ Sakes. He should be far beyond doing stuff like this.
Rosstour
Talk Tennis Guru
Stan is a respected voice in the locker room. Very respected. If he is willing to say this, others are saying it privately. Stan is known as a no-nonsense guy who calls it like he sees it. But if you're a Novak guy then Stan is just another PC NPC who's been coopted by the Western Media Establishment in their fight against Nole's truth-telling
You're a "real fan", no doubt about it.
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
I said introvert. Not innocent. I don't believe he is innocent nor guilty. I don't know.
Rosstour
Talk Tennis Guru
"Introvert" is generally used approvingly, as in "oh he's just a humble boy who keeps to himself"
None of these guys are humble sir, they are all cutthroat
Lleytonstation
Talk Tennis Guru
What a silly thread.
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
Now you are making assumptions.
I am introvert. I associate myself more with jannik and Rafael than nole.
Rosstour
Talk Tennis Guru
I like to date much younger women so I associate myself with Wawa lol
Gazelle
G.O.A.T.
I don't work for money.
Just for the fun of seeing my mailbox overflow every day.
inflation_era
Professional
Djokovic just went there so he could get closer to Fed in terms of overall money earned.
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
Lol
if this turns out to be the argument from WADA lawyers , wow.
jackson vile
G.O.A.T.
Stan plays for money, Stan isn’t winning. Don’t be like Stan…
Find your passion and pursue it with the greatest energy you have and money will find you, while enjoying the highest level of fulfillment.
Find your passion and pursue it with the greatest energy you have and money will find you, while enjoying the highest level of fulfillment.
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
Negative 1 on forehand potency today.
InsuranceMan
Hall of Fame
Completely logically devoid post
So you’re denigrating a 3x slam champion with one of the biggest games of the past 15 years by making an expression about his forehand potency at age 39
And then you’re bringing up his nation’s history from a century ago and giving us all a lecture with bolded print? Congratulations on knowing high school history. Really impressive stuff from you to use complacency w nazis from before he was alive to somehow undermine Stan’s character? I don’t need to spell this out
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Winner Sinner
Hall of Fame
Here the focus is on a diplomatic response (what should he have answered, no I went to Arabia for money) when in reality the real news is the stupidity of the journalist who asked him that ridiculous question.
A question that would have embarrassed anyone.
A question that would have embarrassed anyone.
Rafa4LifeEver
G.O.A.T.
Heyy
Give back those £1800 you took from me to post memes last week.
Rafa4LifeEver
G.O.A.T.
You sure speak (or post) way too much for that.
Aussie Darcy
Bionic Poster
Absolutely GOATed by Wawrinka. So very true.
As if Sinner would have played in Saudi Arabia if the prize money was $10. Take the blood money and run Jannik but don’t lie to the world and say you didn’t do it for a big payday.
As if Sinner would have played in Saudi Arabia if the prize money was $10. Take the blood money and run Jannik but don’t lie to the world and say you didn’t do it for a big payday.
Aussie Darcy
Bionic Poster
Exactly right, something that apparently is lost on Sinner and his fans who think what he said was correct. Jannik wouldn’t have rocked up to Saudi Arabia if not for the fat paycheck he got given. Why he feels the need to lie is beyond me, but we have seen a lot of it from him this year
Winner Sinner
Hall of Fame
Jannik Sinner said in an interview last week that he went to the 6 Kings Slam not for money, that his motivations were different. What was your motivation when you went to Saudi Arabia last week?
CARLOS ALCARAZ: Well, I mean, if I say (smiling), I mean, I just went there for fun or to play and forget about the money, I'll be lying. This is obviously… I mean, every person works for this, too. That's how life works. I love playing tennis most of the time I don't think about money. I only play for love or for fun. But you have to be realistic. You have to think that you want to earn money, and that's it. In Saudi there was the highest prize money in history, so it was a good motivation, at least for me.
CARLOS ALCARAZ: Well, I mean, if I say (smiling), I mean, I just went there for fun or to play and forget about the money, I'll be lying. This is obviously… I mean, every person works for this, too. That's how life works. I love playing tennis most of the time I don't think about money. I only play for love or for fun. But you have to be realistic. You have to think that you want to earn money, and that's it. In Saudi there was the highest prize money in history, so it was a good motivation, at least for me.
Winner Sinner
Hall of Fame
He's just trying to get on the bandwagon, but we don't want what we call them in Italian "voltagabbana".
When someone say it's not about the money, you know that it's always about the money
Not going to happen.
He will never reached Federer's phenomenon both on/off the court
Aussie Darcy
Bionic Poster
Mad respect for the honesty for Carlos while Sinner continued to lie through his teeth. We all know why these guys played in Saudi Arabia. Money.
Carlos owned it. Sinner lied.
So you don't monetize your Likes? You just leave them be?
Subway Tennis
G.O.A.T.
Stan is basically the father of the tour at this point. Now that Nadal is on the verge of retirement, there wouldn’t be a single active player whose opinion holds more weight or a player seen as having more character.
Stan was the one who set the ATP Players council dissolution in motion when he disapproved of the boys club supporting Gimelstob when he had active assault charges hanging over his head.
Subway Tennis
G.O.A.T.
I’m a Sinner fan boy, but agree with this totally.
Poisoned Slice
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nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
Yet nadal played Saudi
THUNDERVOLLEY
G.O.A.T.
Wawrinka is not a mind reader, or knows anything to counter Sinner's statement, so he's talking out of his ass (and appears bitter).
Gee, no one wonders what you're referring to, except that its applicable to that PED criminal Halep.Exactly right, something that apparently is lost on Sinner and his fans who think what he said was correct. Jannik wouldn’t have rocked up to Saudi Arabia if not for the fat paycheck he got given. Why he feels the need to lie is beyond me, but we have seen a lot of it from him this year
Mustard
Bionic Poster
Your point being?
Subway Tennis
G.O.A.T.
Absolutely. Very bad decision for me. The Saudi Arabian tennis ambassador role that Nadal has taken on stinks to me. I’m a huge fan of the guy but I don’t agree with it at all.
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
There was a discussion for it when talks about Saudi buying ATP masters was on the books. Or even controlling entire ATP
"Would you want to do business there? No.
But would you want to do business there for life altering money, when other sports (liv golf/ F1/ Wrestling/ UFC) have taken the PR hit for you? Now do you want to do it?
That's where the answer changes"
I think I believe Nadal's response that he understands the issues but if the regime is willing to change then we could try out. To me its not like Golf/WWE/UFC who legitimized Saudi regime, its already happened and now tennis players are the next in line.
Subway Tennis
G.O.A.T.
There is no doubt it has already happened in pro tennis now. And I’ve already made changes. I cut the chord on my tennisTV and WTA TV subscriptions. I don’t attend main draw tennis tournaments now either.
I spend much more time these days working on my own tennis game than making a financial contribution to professional tennis as a fan because I disagree with the direction it is going in as a spectator sport.
With all the blood money flowing in the ATP, WTA and ITF certainly won’t miss the meagre money I contributed to the sport as a fan so I have no qualms about using it elsewhere.
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