Stircrazy wrote:

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L16:  Marcus Willis WR 570 vs Georgi Rumenov (ESP  ) WR 589

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Stircrazy wrote:

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steven wrote:

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Stircrazy wrote:

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L16:  Marcus Willis WR 570 vs Georgi Rumenov (ESP  ) WR 589

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Assuming it's the Bulgarian name before the (ESP) you don't like, do you have a similar reaction to Bogdanovic, Slabinsky, Skupski, etc appearing before (GBR)?

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Well, you assume wrongly:  I think you'll find that the icon equates to "disbelief".  "Dislike" never for one moment entered into it.  I was merely shaking my head at the idea of a Bulgarian (is that really what he originally was?) representing Spain.  This country of ours, love it or hate it, has a proud & honourable tradition of offering asylum to political refugees from all over the world, but especially from Central & Eastern Europe while they were still vulnerable to the incursions of the Soviet jackboot &, before that, the Nazi variation on the theme & before that, the Huguenots & the Lombards, so many of whom went on to enrich our heritage...  Spain is still, relatively speaking, a young democracy & does not spring readily to mind as a destination for those wishing to escape oppression.  That said, I'm b*ggered if I know why so many still find the UK so attractive.  It's hardly heaven on earth...

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I said Bulgarian because the Rumenov's name sounded Bulgarian to me, but I've since checked ITF and it does say he was born in Bulgaria.
 
I'm not sure why people find the UK so attractive either, though maybe a temperate climate is preferable to too hot or too cold. Probably the main reasons are that the main language here is English, which refugees and other migrants are more likely to speak than any other language, that the UK is still relatively free (looking from the outside world, at least) and that while far from perfect, race relations here are remarkably good relative to the rest of the world, even relative to the rest of Europe. Also until the pound plummeted over the last couple of years, wage rates were relatively high, making it a good place to come if you wanted to send money home to another country.