Week 22 Challenger - Nottingham (E42,500) - Grass

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 22 Challenger - Nottingham (E42,500) - Grass

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

What time will wardy be on court roughly? Don't have access to oop

Count Zero · Tennis legend

3rd match after 11am

James · Satellite level

steven wrote:

Comedy gold for anyone surprised at Daisy's reports of a bit of aggro in the doubles yesterday.

http://www.mytennislounge.com/comments/index.php?shell=TThZNDQ5LTMwLTEyLXN1YmZvcnVtQTRM

At least potential members of our DC squad get on with each other better than the Austrians.

Here's the original in German, too long for me to translate (especially when the MTL article captures the gist of the best bets more than well enough) but adds a bit more for those who can understand it: http://www.tennisnet.com/de-AT/Szene/Artikel/3-Juni-2010/koubek-eklat.aspx

And here's the video, Steven: http://video.oe24.at/portal/123/833/Koubek--der-Wuerger-vom-Centercourt-147379

Quite tame in actuality but still "comedy gold" biggrin

Silver · County player

I thought it was going to be more intense than that :P "A scuffle ensued" - really? All I saw was Koubek putting his hand around Koellerer's throat... I was expecting a fistfight! :lol:

Amusing, yes, particularly at the reactions of everyone

Josh · Challenger level

Leaving now, so first update in around 2 - 2.5 hours.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:

Here's the original in German, too long for me to translate (especially when the MTL article captures the gist of the best bets more than well enough) but adds a bit more for those who can understand it: http://www.tennisnet.com/de-AT/Szene/Artikel/3-Juni-2010/koubek-eklat.aspx

I've learnt a new naughty word! biggrin

Of course, it just had to be Köllerer, didn't it?

Nice play on words in the first part of the headline (for the uninitiated, it means roughly "Derailment in Rail-village")! wink

There are some prime examples there of how ridiculous German makes itself look when it imports words from English & "Germanicises" them (gebreakt, gepusht) or, worse still, invents a word that doesn't even exist in the source language (Rebreak, which I've never come across before, but take to mean "break-back")! disbelief

Interesting, too, that German-speaking players change sides rather than ends.

James · Satellite level

Stircrazy: I think describing the language that these articles are written in as 'German' is doing Germany and its language a disservice, it's surely more acurately described as 'Austrian'! wink

To add to your collection I spotted "insultierte" in an Austrian news article reporting this incident - totally new to me! biggrin

Count Zero · Tennis legend

Mannarino def Stadler 62 64
Berankis def Harrison 62 62

maybe berankis shuld have got a wc?

-- Edited by Count Zero on Friday 4th of June 2010 01:25:43 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Count Zero wrote:

Mannarino def Stadler 62 64
Berankis def Harrison 62 62

maybe berankis shuld have got a wc?

, Count. He'd certainly have been a worthier recipient than bloody Dimitrov.

That's going to make for an intriguing SF in the top half of the draw. I said yesterday Mannarino was a dark horse. He's also a serial Brit-basher, isn't he? Mind you, it won't matter a jot if Alex crashes out today or against Ilhan/Soeda tomorrow...

Vamos08 · Intermediate Club Player

Alex broken straight away to 30.

0-1*

Vamos08 · Intermediate Club Player

2-3*

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Alex is quoted in the report on yesterday's match on the LTA site as saying he was feeling pretty tired (hardly surprising after five matches!), so maybe the strain's finally beginning to tell! hmm

2-3* now.

Vamos08 · Intermediate Club Player

2-5*

Vamos08 · Intermediate Club Player

2-6 *0-0

Alex only won one point on Begemann's serve in that set, eek.