Serena melting down
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Kind of a funny story about Serena & Venus challenging a male tennis player to a match back in the late 90's...
What was more intriguing at that particular Australian Open was that the two siblings had something of an inflated understanding of their abilities, developed from their being fresh-faced, and still in need of a few life lessons learned. So they marched themselves into the men’s ATP office to announce rather confidently they were ready to beat any tour player ranked around the Top 200 if someone wanted to take the challenge.
It just so happened that Karsten Braasch of Germany, once a top-40 player, but at the time ranked 203rd, was in ear shot. He thought it would be fun so stepped up to say he’d be happy to take them on.
Braasch would smoke cigarettes and sip beer during the changeovers, and to be honest no longer looked the part of a fit professional athlete. It made no matter. Braasch led 5-0 over Serena before winning the set 6-1, and then posted a 6-2 set victory over Venus.
What was more intriguing at that particular Australian Open was that the two siblings had something of an inflated understanding of their abilities, developed from their being fresh-faced, and still in need of a few life lessons learned. So they marched themselves into the men’s ATP office to announce rather confidently they were ready to beat any tour player ranked around the Top 200 if someone wanted to take the challenge.
It just so happened that Karsten Braasch of Germany, once a top-40 player, but at the time ranked 203rd, was in ear shot. He thought it would be fun so stepped up to say he’d be happy to take them on.
Braasch would smoke cigarettes and sip beer during the changeovers, and to be honest no longer looked the part of a fit professional athlete. It made no matter. Braasch led 5-0 over Serena before winning the set 6-1, and then posted a 6-2 set victory over Venus.
Sexist officiating most likely
OT. Is it weird I judge ppl on their stretched out collars? Looking at the pic above, I turn stretched out collar shirts in to oil rags. Dirty/worn shoes shows work. but collars, wtf?
I give my wife shit for putting her hand down my collar while hugging me.
"Stop stretching out my collar"
OTT: does anyone else wear galoshes to protect their shoes during rain? I use shoe trees at night, so I'm not about to ruin them with rain and standing water.
I give my wife shit for putting her hand down my collar while hugging me.
"Stop stretching out my collar"
OTT: does anyone else wear galoshes to protect their shoes during rain? I use shoe trees at night, so I'm not about to ruin them with rain and standing water.
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This kind of stuff happens all the time in tennis. Was kind of funny seeing a woman do it for a change.
This was the boss of breaking his equipment in frustration.
He was actually penalized a few times and disqualified once. Stop crying about the refs and follow he rules (man it feels good saying that)Just for some perspective...
A few days ago, a girl changed her shirt at the court... she had put it on backwards, and she flipped it around. She was penalized. There is no rule against it, and no man has ever been penalized for it.
Williams herself was told she couldn’t wear an outfit at the French Open a short while back because it wasn’t “respectful”. Note that it covered nearly her entire body, it was meant to help with circulation after her recent child birth, and then are no clothing rules at the French open. No man has ever been told he couldn’t wear an outfit there.
A few responses, from people who might know about this stuff stuff... first about her sexism comment...
... and then about the reffing itself.
Anywho who has watched tennis has seen players smash their racket. Anyone who has watched tennis has seen coaches coaching from the stands. Anyone who has watched tennis has seen players yell worse stuff at refs. Anyone who has watched Johnny Mac has seen all three of those things done several times per match. I don’t recall seeing a game penalty.
Her behavior was crappy. I was glad she told the crowd to stop booing. I wouldn’t instantly dismiss her point.
Haha, putters are fragile and expensive. I can just replace the shaft on a wedge, haha.
I mean, women only play 3 sets in grand slams. Let em go 5 if they want equality so bad.
I had only watched a short clip and didn't think it was a big deal... Currently watching a 14 minute long video and she's kind of a baby. Would respect her more if she had mother****ed him up and down instead of crying and saying it's because she's a woman. Men go nuts but they usually stop after the first warning... She had 3. The other girl played much better it seems anyway.
I thought swimming was easy before I did a tri......thought I’d just try to out athlete it. Short story short—-don’t ever ****ing do that. Felt like I was going to die and will never do another until I train and am comfortable with the double the distance. Total body fatigue.Well....Swimmimg still sucks.
How far was the swimming leg?
I did some triathalons growing up. Longest one was 500 yard swim, 13 mile bike and 3 mile run. The bike is what killed me the most.
Niiiiiiice! I do Ironman triahlons (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile run). I actually qualified for the World Championships in Hawaii. I’m heading to Hawaii in a handful of weeks. Can’t wait!
Sweet!
Look out for sharks. Remember to just group up in the middle of the pack. That'll lessen your odds of being attacked. Winking
It was a sprint which usually varies in distance. This was 1.2 mile swim, 25mile bike, 6 mile run. I was shell shocked after the swim and didn't feel somewhat recovered until 5 miles into the bike ride. Felt like every muscle in my body was oxygen deprived. The run at the end felt like a marathon.
Oh don't worry. At the WC's, I'll be square in the middle of the pack. I have busted my ass for the last seven years to get to this point. I'm going to enjoy the day and cruise. I'm in the 35-39 age group which is typically one of the most competitive. I finished in just over nine hours in the Ironman I qualified at. It was the most painful day I've ever had in my life. I don't want the WC's to be that way. I want to have a good, fun day and remember as much as I can because this is likely the last time I'll be able to race at Kona.
I'm assuming that 1.2 miles was open water? Huge difference between open water swimming and lap swimming, if that's how you trained. I mean there's a huge difference in fatigue between working out in a 25 yard pool vs. a 50 meter olympic size pool.
Since you are competing in triathlons you probably already have a good awareness about swimming, but for doing distances like that it's really all about rhythm. If you focus on having your strokes sync up with your kicking it really makes things much easier and keeps your body buoyant. It's advised to breathe every 3rd stroke but I'm a big fan of breathing to one side every time when doing distances like that. When your arms, legs and breathing are all matched up it really doesn't feel like you're putting much work in at all. Powering your way through the water can really drain your energy and it usually won't even make you go that much faster.
Yeah, I would definitely just be happy to be there competing since it's the most well known race in the world.
9 hours is smoking. I remember watching it growing up and the winners would come in around 8, the slowest would be around 16.
Agreed. I have a speed at which I feel like I can swim all day long. It's definitely a rhythm. I will add that I don't kick much on the swim at that distance (more than a mile) because I don't get much added benefit. Yeah, I go faster but the time I save on the swim isn't worth the effort expended by my legs when I get to the bike and especially the run. I kick a lot at the start to get separated from the pack and right at the end to get my legs back and going again. In the middle it's 90% upper body and the kicking is minimal and more for balance and rhythm.
I've always been a good cyclist. The run is where you make your money in triathlons. If you can run well, you'll do well. I had to learn how to run well. Took me a LONG time, but finally figured it out. You just have to embrace the pain!
That's exactly how I always did it. I did a 3.3 mile open water race once and I've swam several 1+ mile intervals during practice. I would really only kick once with each stroke and that's just to maintain buoyancy in the water.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/report-men-penalized-significantly-women-tennis-000230646.html
Big blow to her sexism claims.
Big blow to her sexism claims.
Utterly shocking that her sexism claims were appeals to emotion and not factual.
Not really. After all, crime stats don't mean an individual was treated fairly or unfairly by police.
Bu-bu-but Jerry Sandusky also didn't rape some boys!
Nah. Simple case of being outplayed by an up and comer and then being embarrassed by total lack of composure. Had a meltdown and had to place the blame anywhere but old number 1.
And weird dusky reference out of nowhere. You are an odd duck. Crime....rape...unfair police——-what’s next? Nevermind, we all know where you want to take this.
Sure are! Particularly, bad ones. It was clear what happened and it’s just a shame for Osaka. She didn’t need any of this bc her play was dominating the day. Sounds like she is going to get a much deserved endorsement deal. Every competitor has moments that they lose their cool. The most admirable thing is to own it and move on. Then it’s in the past. Start blaming others for your own conduct and it’ll hang around forever.
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