Loki Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 The whole men should be paid more than the women, comes up every year. The women have offered to play best of five, but they got refused as none of the slams have Court capacity to fulfil all the matches in the allotted time.With rain delays the French Open was badly effected this year. Imagine having to fit in all the best of five sets matches too?If anything there is more pressure on the men to go down to best of three. And that would get rid of epic contests like today.The ITF run the slams and all contracts are negotiated collectively. So quite rightly should be split fairly.Anyway Federer will be absolutely spewing with that, he chucked that away. He should have and could have that done and dusted in three but Novak is a machine.Federer will be surpassed by both Nadal and Djokovic in the slam count with Novak being at the top once he retires. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 When they replayed that last point, it was on Federer's second serve. Did he really get two serves on the replay? The point is replayed so of course you get two serves again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 I really felt for Federer today. Really tough to lose that match. In saying that if Murray had lost in that manner today he’d be getting absolutely slaughtered by some posters on here. Brilliant match. Compelling viewing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Luckily, cricket and F1 are both shite.I'm just catching up on this thread chief but I can absolutely assure you the cricket was far more dramatic and tense than Wimbledon. Sport at its very, very best today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Djockovic: PLEASE LIKE ME I changed allegiance through the match due to the bias in the crowd. The guy has won fucking everything and 4 previous Wimbledons and by all accounts he's a good guy. The crowd should've calmed the f**k doon with their Federer love. The big stare when he won was pretty amazing. According to Becker the lack of appreciation used to bother him but he got over it pretty quickly. And I like the fact that he brought Goran the Croatian on board to try and ease the hatred in the former Yugoslavia a bit. Unbelievable final, well done nole! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The OP Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 5 minutes ago, pandarilla said: I'm just catching up on this thread chief but I can absolutely assure you the cricket was far more dramatic and tense than Wimbledon. Sport at its very, very best today. Aye and we can all enjoy a closely fought curling match or a game of clay pigeon shooting during the Olympics but, at the end of the day, they’re still shite sports. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 31 minutes ago, pandarilla said: I'm just catching up on this thread chief but I can absolutely assure you the cricket was far more dramatic and tense than Wimbledon. Sport at its very, very best today. I don't usually watch cricket but I have to agree with you, the jammiest and most dramatic finish for a while. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Aye and we can all enjoy a closely fought curling match or a game of clay pigeon shooting during the Olympics but, at the end of the day, they’re still shite sports.Nonsense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acastus Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Another point on the equal pay is that the men play to a higher standard and generally for a much longer period of time than the women. Lesson of the day - God made man better than woman so don't jump on the modern feminist bandwagon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acastus Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 pay the juniors same aswell f**k it wh y should they get paid less for being young 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 (edited) If scheduling is the main issue then clearly the fairest solution is the men and the women all play best of 4 instead. Edited July 14, 2019 by GiGi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedToGoToCentralPark Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 If scheduling is the main issue then clearly the fairest solution is the men and the women all play best of 4 instead. . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Don't really understand why people are surprised that the Wimbledon crowd were so pro-Federer today. It's the same bunch of p***ks that supported him against Andy Murray, who at the time was the British number 1 and Britain's first Men's finalist in 70 odd years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 2 hours ago, Loki said: The whole men should be paid more than the women, comes up every year. The women have offered to play best of five, but they got refused as none of the slams have Court capacity to fulfil all the matches in the allotted time. With rain delays the French Open was badly effected this year. Imagine having to fit in all the best of five sets matches too? If anything there is more pressure on the men to go down to best of three. And that would get rid of epic contests like today. The ITF run the slams and all contracts are negotiated collectively. So quite rightly should be split fairly. Maybe making the men's and women's competitions best of 3 up until the quarter finals, then best of 5 from then on would work in that case?... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 The men continue to vote to keep best of five. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFC90 Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Slams should always be best of 5. Separates the men from the boys. How many sets should woman's tennis be ? Who cares [emoji6] ETA Djokovic is the undeniable GOAT. Can't see anyone beating him on hard court so that will be 17 before next Wimbledon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Slams should always be best of 5. Separates the men from the boys. How many sets should woman's tennis be ? Who cares [emoji6] ETA Djokovic is the undeniable GOAT. Can't see anyone beating him on hard court so that will be 17 before next Wimbledon. 18 actually. Ironic thing is, he craves the love that Fed and Nadal get and somehow feels he lives in their shadow. But he will end up with more slams than them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acastus Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Loki said: The men continue to vote to keep best of five. good lads 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acastus Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Womens tennis is pish. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acastus Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 6 hours ago, The OP said: I deflected nothing, your arguments are specious. You want them in their place via professional sporting competitions which don’t affect you. Just admit it and we can move on. I want them in their place do I? well thanks for letting me know what I want. You didn't answer the question I asked so yet another deflection. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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