Krajicek loves the female players. That's why he couldn't take the ATP job.

I love the reference to "Lava" by the B-52s...very sly.

AM, what does the P license thing mean?

"Groundhog Day = The Wars of Fedal.

The first half of this is really kinda cute; second half a little heavy on the 'ohohohohs.' - no idea who Bastian is - he looks a bit like Reeshie. And guess who ISN'T in it? No doubt because he is a lazy bum who doesn't hold DC in proper respect. ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyiKgVau-eE&feature=youtu.be%3Cimg%20src=

Good Morning Everyone

Bernard can count himself very he was allowed to drive such a high powered vehicle on a P Plate Licence.Our law here in Sydney forbids that until you get your full licence.Too many young people have had accidents and died behind the wheel driving "high performance cars".

Regarding Nalbandian I have read reports after Argentina's loss in the DC final and I am quite disturbed to say the least of what went on in their locker room.If these reports are 100% true.....

TennisDeb

P license is "probationary"

Interesting! Here you need a special license for motorcycle (good luck getting into a class here) and commercial and maybe livery, but nothing different for sports cars. (Although many many people in the US can't drive manual transmission, especially younger people).

Ho Ho Ho

Krakatoa, east of java, molten bodies, fiery lava

Fire, fire, burnin' bright
Turn on your love lava
Turn on your lava light

Ah, Pete, I always knew that your beating the drumbeat against a real off-season for tennis derived from purely selfish motives! ;-)

Why can't tennis writers do what the writers/magazines in all the other civilized sports do during their off-seasons?

to quote ARL, I do want to say to Vazquez- "come and sit down right by me" Someone who dislikes Nalby as much as I do, must be an interesting and 'tasteful' person indeed. ;-))(I hope he speak English.)

speak/speaks....let's say then that I hope he speaks English better than I do...lol.

"Krakatoa, east of java"

Except Krakatoa was west of java, and what anal idiot would bother to point that out?

Does this group look like they're concerned with where Krakatoa actually is? The song is called Lava.

(video dates from 1978, not the '80s)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG70rsLUjfQ

The police have it in for him? That certainly sounds like Tomictalk, father and son both.

Per tennis.com link, Nadal said in an interview that he lacked passion, intensity and accuracy.

Waiting on Tim comments about his favorite player(award given to him by Aussiemarg for obsessed fan if I recall)

"Waiting on Tim comments about his favorite player(award given to him by Aussiemarg for obsessed fan if I recall)"

Rafa porn!!!

Master Ace

lol!

Rio planta?

Not channelling msf anymore?

Don't blame the car. The BMW M3 is a perfectly tractable street and commuting car. There are thousands here in the US.

Leave My Tommy Alone No?

(his groin will never be the same)................

Aussiemarg,
No, Robredo will not be left alone.

I seem to recall reading somewhere that Federer was opposed to Krajicek getting the top job at the ATP. And that Nadal was in favor of it. Wonder what our man Richard did that so upset Herr Federer. I'm also mystified by the.....ahem.....comment about Krajicek's "love" for female players. What was that all about??

"I'm also mystified by the.....ahem.....comment about Krajicek's "love" for female players. What was that all about??"

Is this a serious question about a frivolous comment?

Master Ace

I live in Hope.........

jurasick - (Does this mean you are sick of jura espresso machines? And if so, in what sense?)

Roger likes Krajicek just fine. As a matter of fact, Roger showed up to do major pr for RK when he, (Roger), announced he was going to play in his (RK's) Rotterdam tournament this coming year. He, (RF), simply wanted someone with more business acumen. Since he, (RK), runs a tournament, RK certainly has some...but perhaps not enough to take on the ATP.

Aussiemarge - did you watch that video I linked at 1:48? Nothing you need brace yourself for - just kinda sweet and kinda nice that the Swiss #2 finally gets some love.

CL

I will have to go back and check just got home from work

I would also like to know about Krajicek's love of the ladies!!! Is he another Stepanek doing the worm all over the WTA????

I was in Java this summer. Note to anyone that cares: Don't go to the Tropics in summer, you miss out on 4 hours of daylight. Also, the flights were looooooooooong. Also, everyone thought we were Australian except for one maitre'd who was delighted with our "accents". Not that there's anything wrong with being Australian!

My - those are interesting comments from Rafa on how he perceives his situation last year.

Of course, this IS the Ticker - so large grain of salt required...heaven only knows what they edited out.

Still, I did find this bit intriguing..

http://www.tennis.com/articles/templates/news.aspx?articleid=15399&zoneid=25

"I see it more a mental issue. Maybe I hit three shots from the baseline and have been able to last to the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh ... With just three maybe I [wasn’t effective enough], but with more maybe I will be. That's what I have to do next year, not just against him (Novak), but also against the whole world."

"Nadal added that he began to encounter problems with his serve after the start of the year, has a "coordination complex," and in order to do better in 2012, that he must serve harder and more accurately. He also said that his reflexes slowed in 2011 and he must return to normal."

Hmmm...if Rafa figures out how to tweak his reflexes back up to 'normal' I hope he share he secret with TMG, whose reflexes, according to some, are dying on the vine even as we speak.

Also- re Rafa's comments - I am not sure wanting to hit MORE shots against Novak is the correct attitude to bring to the court. It seems to me that the single biggest difference between earlier Novak/Rafa matches and the Novak/Rafa matches of 2011, was Novak's ability to totally hang with Rafa no matter how long the point lasted, no matter how many balls were hit. To the point where, in a couple of their matches, it was Rafa running out of gas, not Novak. Not sure drawing things out even more is going to work. Unless of course, Rafa has figured out a way to slip a little gluten into Novak's daily diet..;-))

"I may have exaggerated a bit when I said that 80 per cent of the top 100 women are fat pigs. What I meant to say was 75 per cent of the top 100 women are fat pigs.

- Richard Krajicek"

TD, you seriously don't know? Here, from Wiki:

"Also in 1992, Krajicek made a controversial comment regarding equal pay for women in Grand Slam events, saying, "Eighty percent of the top 100 women are fat pigs who don't deserve equal pay." Later, he jokingly clarified his comments, remarking, "What I meant to say was that only 75 percent are fat pigs.""

LOL!

(Wiki does go on to say Krajicek later "showed remorse," but I prefer to leave that part out.)

Ah, Arun beat me to it.

Arun - oh, OUCH!!! I'll have to dump him in the Tipsy**/Goran pile of crapola. Good thing he didn't get the aTP job...relations with the WTA would have been fraught. do you remember if he said that around the same time...ok...forewarned...this is a SUPER vague memory...but there was a journeyman player at Wimby who went off on this appalling anti women's tennis and just plain anti women rant after - I think maybe - his match was delayed because a women's match ran long??? Does this ring any bells with anyone. Would have been...hmm...late 80s/early 90s maybe???

** though marriage SEEMS to be showing Tispy the light.

I remember those comments of dear old Richard. It's not surprising that Roger maybe questioned whether he had the acumen, not to mention tact and discretion, to run the ATP. But hopefully, aging has brought some wisdom. Now, he'd be down to saying only 60 percent are fat pigs.

Maybe he likes em fat.

But "pig"...not very sauve.

Seems like those words of wisdom came in 1992, CL. :)
http://goo.gl/WgYb2

IIRC, zenggi (where is she?) and NP were talking about this topic very recently. I think as soon as the Fed confirmed his participation in Rotterdam and did some PR along with Richard.

Arun - my favorite line from that story -

"Women's tennis was outraged, of course. Martina Navratilova said she would punch his lights out. She said she was joking." lol

But I think there was ANOTHER such incident, involving a journeyman player, and I certainly wouldn't describe Krajicek as a 'journeyman' except, obviously, in the brains department, where, actually, he doesn't even rise that far.

Waow Krajicek then I'm trully happy you did not get the job,how inconsiderate of the women...*shocked*

Plus if Federer is opposed I'm assuming he's got good reasons to,I don't see him as opposong anybody without plausible reasons!

@ NP - I didn't follow tennis in 1992. I was busy.

His half sister should beat him with her Babolat.

Arun, I think you asked me about the Richard quip and then zenggi waded in. It was more a spur-of-the-moment thing than an ongoing talk.

"His half sister should beat him with her Babolat."

It'd be better with a rolling pin.

(That idea comes from yellow fuzzy, not moi. Honest.)

SI's tennis predictions for 2010!
Richard Deitsch wins! And he was still pretty wrong:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/tennis/01/04/mens.predictions/index.html

LOL. Have we seen this video before? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh0lLRphClQ

Love how Disco makes way for the Fed and sits on the floor. :P
(Turns out he was posing for the camera that way)

Sure, sure. I need a yellow fuzzy video or an NP cat pic to go with this rolling pin idea.

And yeah I forgot he has a sister playing in the WTA tour too,but may be he's not adressing her because she's not top 100 or is she?

I am in two minds....who is the more offensive Richard or JustinG.....

Ponders?

CL I didnt mind the first part of that video with Stan sitting on the chair....I got a bit lost in the studio section.

Also I hate when parties of the same group throw stones at each other
Davis Cup is already settled,why former coach and Nalby have to go at each other?everybody respected your fighing spirit even though you lost,what's the big deal?

Aube

Did you see my post to in the previous thread on page 2 I think re Casey

Aussiemarge - that was exactly my reaction. Too much studio...ooohing...and calling it ooohing would be generous. But the first part was fun...Stan on the phone and in a chair hitting tennis balls. Talk about phoning it in..lol!

Yes Sweet Madame President,thank you!sorry did not mention it there,read it this morning and had to go...

Aube: Michaella Krajicek is ranked #95 and at the time Richard made those comments she was 3 years old. I'm sure he doesn't feel that way anymore:)

Arun - strangest thing of THAT video was that Disco was even there! ;-))

CL

Loved the "phoning in part"

Aube

No worries.

"I am in two minds....who is the more offensive Richard or JustinG....."

Aw, AM, do we have to choose one? LOL Actually, I'd pick Richard if forced to choose one. Has he ever offered an apology -- even a phony, publicist-mandated one -- for his comment?

Arun

Just saw that video

Those were the days.....Tommy and his "hair".D.

Thanks wilson75,yeah I'll cut him some slacks cause those sound really immature statements to make...no wonder it's been ages since he made them...

CL: Tommy was a top 8 player back then and so he qualified for the YEC in 2006.

Ruth

Well JustinG did apologise for his comments

Okay Richard wins "hands down"........

"I need a yellow fuzzy video or an NP cat pic to go with this rolling pin idea."

http://bit.ly/sYhf9

Arun - I know..I was 'keeding' -obviously, humor fail on my part...just like RK!!!! (That's keeding, too - just so we are clear. ;-))

AM - have you read the Rafa story on the Ticker? Make sense to you? I am wondering what and how much got left out of what Rafa actually said.

Yeah, CL. Fed said he just didn't feel that Richard had enough of a business background for the ATP job.

And yeah, I do remember when Krajicek made those famous words about women and equal pay. Oh man...

Sorry about the "sarchasm" on my part.

CL

I have read many reports regarding Rafa and his "lack of passion" etc

Rafa did come out and say he knew it would be taken out of "context"

Just delurked to say that Claudio Pistolesi would truly be putting
the pistol in Pistolesi and become my new hero if he were to use his new gig as Daniela Hantuchcova's coach to score with the winsome lass.

Was it those comments from Krajicek that led MArtina Nav. To respond that she had less body fat than him.?

AM/yes, but this is a more recent interview, where he repeats what he had said about passion. Or at least the Ticker makes it seem that way.

But, the other thing is that in this interview he actually talks more about strategy and tactics, which I find more interesting that the 'passion gap' anyway. In the Ticker article he seems to be saying he wants to get into even MORE and longer trench warfare with Novak which sort of contradicts reports that he was working on hitting flatter and hugging the baseline more, looking to end points more quickly.

Oh well, it is all either a Twitter mash-up, (likely), or Uncle Toni blowing smoke, (possible.) :-)

Lurkers!

Please note!

Bristol Pistol has shown you how to de-lurk!

Thank you.

Back in the 90s Richard Krajicek did have something of a point about 2nd tier WTA players

CL

I have watched latest "training video"s" in practice....though I mean you dont see a lot.Rafa has been working on his "physical fittness" and he isnt taking any holdiay...well I expect him to have Xams Day off at least.Though he did have that period off before London.

I had to laugh when someone said "as long as he dosent play golf" in a tournament next year..........

Here's the only link to the Rafa interview that I could find, it has a little more than the Ticker:

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/sport/tennis/article_1680455.php/INTERVIEW-Nadal-determined-to-recover-mental-strength-in-2012

What is Nalbandian looking at in the picture?

a) a hummingbird
b) Bradley Cooper
c) G*d, who has just given him the bad news that he is the chosen one
d) an airborn Judy Murray, no one knows why........
e) an unusually good Federer shank

http://www.lovetennisblog.com/?p=4664 The year of the DJOKOVIC

Thanks for the pic, NP!

BP - Judy Murray was airborne because she was writing "DELICIANO" in the sky with the help of her evil flying monkey minions.

Yes, I went there.

Im just waiting for this headline to hit Ticker or the front page of ESPN, though I have a feeling its already been posted, perhaps more than once..

Tired Nadal Cites Fatigue, Takes Nap

Mallorca, Spain -- Former No. 1 Rafael Nadal's uncle said today his star nephew was so exhausted, he has taken to his bed, for a nice long nap. No other details were released, but the Spanish star has scheduled an MRI, complete physical and mental evaluation for later in the week.

d)

Yo P, where U been hiding all this time? U were that chickened out about my serve?

TD, anytime.

"Mallorca, Spain -- Former No. 1 Rafael Nadal's uncle said today his star nephew was so exhausted, he has taken to his bed, for a nice long nap. No other details were released, but the Spanish star has scheduled an MRI, complete physical and mental evaluation for later in the week."

I don't see anything about porn.

Hiya NP. Yeah, the serve really frightened me :-). Nah...just been running a lot these days, and tennis has kinda taken a back seat. How's it going?

P, the going could've been to San Fran, but now I'm headed for Chicago in less than 2 weeks.

So I guess you didn't get my message?

Let us examine what young Richard said about women. Various
distasteful business about women being fat pigs and not deserving
equal pay. On the surface he would have to be joking, right? No
one's that awful and if they were they wouldn't admit it publicly.

Till now.

I, Brother Plexiglass, not only believe the above but also believe
women should be kept barefoot and pregnant at all times and should
be seen and not heard. Yes, you heard correctly. I'll say it again. I believe women should be kept barefoot and pregnant at all times and
should be seen and not heard. Unless of course they're pregnant cuz
they really are fat pigs when they're pregnant.

A Pspace Sighting............

Adjusting glasses....

"I, Brother Plexiglass, not only believe the above but also believe
women should be kept barefoot and pregnant at all times and should
be seen and not heard. Yes, you heard correctly. I'll say it again. I believe women should be kept barefoot and pregnant at all times and
should be seen and not heard. Unless of course they're pregnant cuz
they really are fat pigs when they're pregnant."

That didn't take long.

f. Incoming bird (with an 'i') poop.

Pspace - awwww :-) I mean, just nice to 'see' you here again.

I'm just glad the picture of Martina Navratilova and Elton John
kissing that was on the right side of this page for so long is
gone. It was freaking me out. It began working on me subliminally.
Whenever I'd see a couple kissing I'd see Martina & Elton. Everywhere
Martina & Elton. Orgies were particularly confusing. When kissing
a girl I'd see Elton. When kissing a guy I'd see Martina. Yikes!

From the longer interview that Tennis Deb linked:

"suffering" succotash. ;-)

Beer Pru - not Martina, but still, to fill the void.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZr4DICgpcU

"I'm just glad the picture of Martina Navratilova and Elton John
kissing that was on the right side of this page for so long is
gone. It was freaking me out. It began working on me subliminally.
Whenever I'd see a couple kissing I'd see Martina & Elton. Everywhere
Martina & Elton. Orgies were particularly confusing. When kissing
a girl I'd see Elton. When kissing a guy I'd see Martina. Yikes!"

BP, you're prolly the only one who could've gotten away with this. Well played.

K, gotta go.

P, if you're still there, I was just wondering if you had any insider tips for a short San Fran visit. Game lover already gave me a couple, but if you know anything good outside the mainstream, let me know.

I would've still served your ass off the court, BTW.

Later.

The Ticker had some bits of a Rafa interview, the link TennisDeb posted has more. The interview was in El Mundo - obviously in Spanish, but for those able to read it here it is, it's an interesting read (and sounds better and more positive than the bits out of context): http://www.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/2011/12/13/tenis/1323775065.html

I don't know where the Ticker got the people who "run faster than me" - he said "more" (which also makes sense in the context), not "faster" (which doesn't). Ticker's "coodination complex" is a strange expression and frankly doesn't make any sense to me. It's a rather peculiar way of "translating" co-ordination being more difficult (serving left-handed despite not actually being left-handed). And really, word for word translations are not necessarily the best... "todo el mundo" would be better translated as "everybody" not Ticker's "the whole world" - who the heck does these things, anyway? Ah well...

Who's got time for jokes? This is no laughing matter. I'm dead serious
about this. So serious I'm typing really fast in a very aggressive manner.
I mean business and I will not be denied. All Rafa haters need to read
this 100 times and file a full report. Late papers will not be accepted.

Roger Federer is the 2nd greatest of all time. Next only to G*d. G*d in
his (for there's no way it's a her) infinite wisdom has seen fit to give
us Federer fans joy. Suspense. He (for there's no way it's a her) has
given us Rafael Nadal to insure this. Rafa is merely a pawn in G*d's game.
If not for Rafa......Roger would've won everything. Multiple Grand Slams.
Other players would've have been emboldened. A clean sweep across the board. Total domination.

Roger wins again. Ho hum. It would've been dull. He might have retired
from the sheer boredom of it all. Rafa made it interesting. When Roger
wins we ALL rejoice because it's not a given. There's suspense. It's a
thrill. WE ARE BLESSED because Rog is creamy and we believe.

And all because of a sweaty, beady-eyed little bastard who might be gay.

Feliz Navidad!

Tuulia

Ticker makes no sense to me either

Oh Wait....I could also post more...quite frankly "I am soooooo over it"

Anyway I have a Dentist appointment

BP glad to see you again.....disguise dosent work for me by the way lol!

I've made a terrible mistake....should've read

"wouldn't" have been emboldened.

I've let Roger down. What's more, I've let you, my faithful audience, down. You depend upon me for mistake free mirth and I almosy made it.
I was on such a roll. I got cocky again and paid the price. Woe is me.

BP, pass one of those martini's my way, will ya? many thanks...

If creamy Rog can spend the month drunk, so can I!

Something's pretty damn rotten in the state of TW when I'm just about the only sober one.

(major rain in LA right now....I'm thinking.....)

It was 4 PM in Los Angeles. Loud, crackling thunder boomed out of the sky.
Then the rains came. And the wind. It was no time to be out on the street
turning tricks. I adjusted my mini skirt and ran for shelter. My name's
Frank. Frank Rizzo. I'm a tranny without scruples and I got a hardcore
need for speed. Mouth for Meth you might say.

I used to play professional tennis. I made the circuit. Once I hit balls with J Balcells. Later on we played tennis. Memories..................

It's a long way from there to here though. Roaming the back alleys for fresh meat is no way for a girl to make a living. Especially if she's a guy. A girl's gotta eat though. Necessity is the mother of my degradation so I walk these lonely streets looking for a friend. I can't
say it's what I dreamed of growing up but it beats losing to Vince Spadea.

Madame President,tell your dentist to put nice painting in the ceiling like Mouhamed told ours,haha,lol!

be brave there!

Los Angeles 4:09

He drove up in a beat up Chevy Impala. He motioned me over.
He said, "What's a girl like you doing in a place like
this?" "Committing several felonies," I replied. "Get
in." I got in. "Aren't you Justin Gimelstob?" "I am."
"I wouldn't act so proud if I were you." "Why?"
"Are you paying for the full hour?"