Week 28 Futures - Great Britain F10($10k) - Frinton - Grass

SMC1809 · All-time great

RE: Week 28 Futures - Great Britain F10($10k) - Frinton - Grass

RedCabbage · Club Coach

Stircrazy wrote:

Pardon my dimness, but that still doesn't explain why it came about. David Rice = Dr, fair enough, but why the "No"? I can see no logical connection between the Bond villain & David Rice, the Brit tennis player. I'm pretty sure I saw a more detailed explanation posted by you, Steven, on here a while back, but can I hell remember what it was...

I was under the impression that it was "David Rice - Number One". Not sure why.

Ratty · County player

I thought the explanation previously given for the Dr No nickname was the utterly tedious one that he likes James Bond films. How incredibly imaginative ... NOT!!!

Plus I think I once made the point that it is really quite odd to use someone's nickname when you don't actually know them. Nicknames generally suggest familiarity with the person, which (so far as I am aware) nobody on this board has.

smile

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:

The latest tweet from Sean:

"Won 1 and 3. Some people have no idea. Good prediction..... Idiot"

I assume that's a dig at us after the comments last night I'm more than happy for GB players to prove us wrong that emphatically!

I took that to be a reference to Shhh's list of predictions for today:

Based on yesterdays performance, I would pick the following (in BOLD) to win today. 24hours changes a lot in tennis though.....................

L16: Sean Thornley WR 648 v (WC) Richard Gabb UNR [...]

And to be fair to him, he did add a couple of caveats! wink

Count Zero · Tennis legend

true, but i think for public figures that changes. ok some of GB's tennis players maybe aren't as public as the likes of 'Posh & Becks'.

Oddly though i called Alex 'Boggo' on tennis boards all the time i never call him that face to face (he makes me say 'Sir'

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indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, I must admit i don't find it odd at all that a group such as this closely following the ups and downs of a group of tennis players shoud bestow and commonly use nicknames.for them, even if in the vast majority of cases we have never met them.

RJA · Hall of fame

indiana wrote:

Yes, I must admit i don't find it odd at all that a group such as this closely following the ups and downs of a group of tennis players shoud bestow and commonly use nicknames.for them, even if in the vast majority of cases we have never met them.

It's also partly down to the nature of modern language and online communication. Most people want to shorten everything as much as possible.

-- Edited by RJA on Thursday 15th of July 2010 03:30:00 PM

steven · Tennis legend

Count Zero wrote:

true, but i think for public figures that changes. ok some of GB's tennis players maybe aren't as public as the likes of 'Posh & Becks'.

Oddly though i called Alex 'Boggo' on tennis boards all the time i never call him that face to face (he makes me say 'Sir' )

ROFLMAO

What I find really weird is that people like Roger the Dodger call Alex "Boggo" in official press conferences. Us referring to players by their assumed nicknames is very mild in comparison.

Osomec · Junior player

murray_2k9 wrote:

Not sure where tennis players get the idea they can go around calling people idiots from. Perhaps tennis shouldnt be given such a priority over an education if a gentlemen in their 20s hasnt learnt some basic manners.

The players need to be made to understand that the worse they treat the umpires, the lower the standard of umpiring will become, because no-one has to do it.

RJA · Hall of fame

murray_2k9 wrote:
RJA wrote:
murray_2k9 wrote:
Not sure where tennis players get the idea they can go around calling people idiots from. Perhaps tennis shouldnt be given such a priority over an education if a gentlemen in their 20s hasnt learnt some basic manners.
I can understand why a professional sportsman might be pretty annoyed about people implying he is getting bladdered the night before a match.
Its just harmless banter though, it isnt done with any malice though if I have misread the situation then I apologise.
To me, being a professional means proving yourself through your actions rather than through name calling and petty insults. The women take their fair share of criticism and Ive never seen them acting rudely. The link between professionalism, both on and off court, and success is clear.

-- Edited by murray_2k9 on Thursday 15th of July 2010 01:17:06 PM

I know it is intended as harmless banter but such things can have consequences. Lets just say Sean had a really bad today and put in an absolute stinker of a performance. There would have been a few comments on here implying it was down to him being hungover. Such comments can be picked up on and before you know it rumours are flying round that would paint him in a bad light.

So I agree that calling someone an idiot is not to his credit I can understand why he would be annoyed enough to do so.

Spectator · All-time great

Broadly speaking I'd agree with RJA. The initial comments about some of the unusual losses yesterday seemed pretty unfair. It doesn't seem right to suggest, even in jest, that a player has lost because he has been behaving unprofessionally when there is no evidence that such is the case. And I don't really think it's fair to keep bringing up incidents or tendencies that people had in the past, either.

On the other hand, some of the "tweets" aren't exactly helpful.

Incidentally, does anyone else find the suggestions of riotous living in Frinton vaguely ironic? Unless it has changed a great deal from the last time I was there, a less riotous place cannot be imagined.

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Well I agree with you to some extent but we all get annoyed. For me thats no excuse but if you accept rudeness in response to annoyance thats your decision, but it isnt something I would ever do. That said, I dont have anything to do with the little spat anyways.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Some scores from the LTA report

L16: Sean Thornley WR 648 beat (WC) Richard Gabb UNR by 1 & 4
L16: Dan Cox WR 787 beat Kyle Brassington WR 925 6-7 6-1 6-1
L16: (4) Alexander Sadecky (SUI) WR 367 v Colin Ebelthite (AUS) WR 568
L16: Rudy Coco (FRA) WR 578 v (Q) Xander Spong (NED) WR 1180
L16: (8) Alex Ward WR 513 beat (Q) Tim Bradshaw WR 945 by 2 & 3
L16: (3/WC) Josh Goodall WR 379 beat Divij Sharan (IND) WR 902 6-7 6-2 6-3
L16: (WC) George Morgan WR 1343 lost to (5) Blake Strode (USA) WR 488 by 4 & 3
L16: (Q) Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 1769 v (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND) WR 389

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: Sean Thornley WR 648 defeated (WC) Richard Gabb UNR by 1 & 4
L16: Dan Cox WR 787 defeated Kyle Brassington WR 925 by 6-7(8) 6-1 6-1
L16: (4) Alexander Sadecky (SUI) WR 367 lost to Colin Ebelthite (AUS) WR 568 by 1 & 1
L16: Rudy Coco (FRA) WR 578 defeated (Q) Xander Spong (NED) WR 1180 by 5 & 0
L16: (8) Alex Ward WR 513 defeated (Q) Tim Bradshaw WR 945 by 2 & 3
L16: (3/WC) Josh Goodall WR 379 defeated Divij Sharan (IND) WR 902 by 6-7(2) 6-2 6-2
L16: (WC) George Morgan WR 1343 lost to (5) Blake Strode (USA) WR 488 by 4 & 3
L16: (Q) Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 1769 lost to (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND) WR 389 by 5 & 5

QF: Sean Thornley WR 648 vs Dan Cox WR 787
(QF: Colin Ebelthite (AUS) WR 568 vs Rudy Coco (FRA) WR 578)
QF: (8) Alex Ward WR 513 vs (3/WC) Josh Goodall WR 379
(QF: (5) Blake Strode (USA) WR 488 vs (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND))

SMC1809 · All-time great

QF: Dan Cox WR 787 beat Sean Thornley WR 648 6-3 7-5
QF: Colin Ebelthite (AUS) WR 568 beat Rudy Coco (FRA) WR 578 6-3 6-2
QF: (3/WC) Josh Goodall WR 379 beat (8) Alex Ward WR 513 6-4 7-6(5)
QF: (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND) beat (5) Blake Strode (USA) WR 488 6-4 6-3