*Official* Tennis Thread

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Fed in 3 for mine.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Wow what a fizzer.

 

[Uppercut]

Am just waiting for someone to say that the final is indicative of the state of women's tennis atm.

By all accounts the final was quite like women's tennis in general- ****ing ****.

 

[Simon]

By all accounts the final was quite like women's tennis in general- ****ing ****.

Hard to disagree.

 

[NUFAN]

I enjoyed many women's matches throughout the tournament but yeah the final was an absolute shalacking. This is why women shouldn't be paid the same as men in Grand Slams.

I can understand the prize money being equal in the other tournaments where both ***es play 3 setters though.

Sorry if this has been talked about before..

 

[Jono]

Fair play to Serena, maybe not everyones cup of tea but clearly the best womens player in the world.

Yep, champion.

I wonder if she can beat Venus on grass this year. I reckon this is a year where she may be able to win the Calendar Year Grand Slam. Particularly since Henin is retired, leaving Roland Garros wide open.

She won the Serena slam in 2002/03 by winning the 4 on the trot, but the Aus Open win was in 2003. I wonder what she's paying for the French.

 

[Matt79]

On ability she'd have to be one of the most dominant athletes ever. It's only been fitness/injury/motivation that's given anyone else a look in over the past 8 years. Whenever she's shown up for a tournament fit and interested, it's been a procession.

 

[Jono]

Mini Mia: can the next big thing be four years old?

Thoughts? Too young, or does a sport like tennis demand you start younger (even if not at 4) than most other sports?

 

[Simon]

I enjoyed many women's matches throughout the tournament but yeah the final was an absolute shalacking. This is why women shouldn't be paid the same as men in Grand Slams.

I can understand the prize money being equal in the other tournaments where both ***es play 3 setters though.

Sorry if this has been talked about before..

Exactly, equal prizemoney is a joke, Look at Serena, cruised through a final we always knew she would win in 59 minutes and gets $1.6m, Verdasco the night before battles the world number one for over five hours in the mens semis and gets less than a quarter of that.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

I wouldn't envy the person sitting through a five-set Women's match at the French, though.

Give them equal money to stop them even thinking about it.

 

[Simon]

I wouldn't envy the person sitting through a five-set Women's match at the French, though.

Give them equal money to stop them even thinking about it.

Or keep the matches as is and give them less money.

 

[_Ed_]

Exactly, equal prizemoney is a joke, Look at Serena, cruised through a final we always knew she would win in 59 minutes and gets $1.6m, Verdasco the night before battles the world number one for over five hours in the mens semis and gets less than a quarter of that.

But by that reasoning, should a man be paid more for getting past the first round in five sets than a guy who breezes through with a straight sets annihilation? The five sets guy had to work harder, and for longer.

I don't think Serena should be penalised for being a class above them in this tournament. It's like Federer in his Wimbledon winning streak before Nadal came along - he probably didn't spend much more time on court some years than the women's champion. Should he be paid less because his opponents couldn't challenge him?

 

[Simon]

But by that reasoning, should a man be paid more for getting past the first round in five sets than a guy who breezes through with a straight sets annihilation? The five sets guy had to work harder, and for longer.

I don't think Serena should be penalised for being a class above them in this tournament. It's like Federer in his Wimbledon winning streak before Nadal came along - he probably didn't spend much more time on court some years than the women's champion. Should he be paid less because his opponents couldn't challenge him?

Yeh I know what you are saying, it would be impossible to award prizemoney based on how long players spent on court or how dominant they are over their opponents or not.
I just think that by the law of averages and what blind freddy can see in the game of tennis men are deserving of more money.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

I think it is probably fair enough that they get payed equal. Hell, they get payed less on the WTA Tour and play the same amount of tennis, so who gives a ****?

 

[Simon]

Yeh don't really care tbh, they're all absurdly over paid anyway.

 

[Uppercut]

I don't see why it's even up for discussion. It's a free enough market, how about tennis players get paid based on how much money they make for the federation? Same as the rest of us.

 

[Jono]

I guess Federer should have been paid crap all for his match vs. Del Potro?

Anyway, can't wait for tonight. Looking forward to this so much! Hard to believe its the first hard court grand slam final between these two

 

[vic_orthdox]

Yeh don't really care tbh, they're all absurdly over paid anyway.

Poor Yevgeny had to go and get a full time job to support himself after retiring; not enough money in tennis.

 

[Simon]

Poor Yevgeny had to go and get a full time job to support himself after retiring; not enough money in tennis.

haha yeh, poor bloke is doing it tough trying to become a professional golfer now isnt he???

 

[Jono]

Plays poker too.