Weeks 3 & 4 - Australian Open (men's)

EddietheEagle · County player

RE: Weeks 3 & 4 - Australian Open (men's)

Ratty · County player

Kim's swearing is taking the headlines, the Telegraph has even been employing several lip-readers to interpret what she said!

And - ahead of the game as ever - I reckon that if she made a disparaging remark about a Czech on the grounds of his nationality, she's committed an offence under Australia's Racial Discrimination Act 1975. Cue a grandstanding politician to demand her immediate arrest.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Well it's looking good, I don't think the Djoker is home n hosed even if he is a strong favourite.

TMH · Futures qualifying

Ratty wrote:
Kim's swearing is taking the headlines, the Telegraph has even been employing several lip-readers to interpret what she said!
And - ahead of the game as ever - I reckon that if she made a disparaging remark about a Czech on the grounds of his nationality, she's committed an offence under Australia's Racial Discrimination Act 1975. Cue a grandstanding politician to demand her immediate arrest.

Oh I'm pretty sure it wasn't on the grounds of his nationality.

emma · Strong Club Player

philwrig wrote:
Well it's looking good, I don't think the Djoker is home n hosed even if he is a strong favourite.

don't mind either but I'm going for Stan v Andy. think Stan will get through v djokovic eventually.

-- Edited by emmas on Thursday 29th of January 2015 07:33:29 PM

-- Edited by emmas on Thursday 29th of January 2015 08:05:56 PM

Ratty · County player

TMH wrote:
Ratty wrote:
Kim's swearing is taking the headlines, the Telegraph has even been employing several lip-readers to interpret what she said!
And - ahead of the game as ever - I reckon that if she made a disparaging remark about a Czech on the grounds of his nationality, she's committed an offence under Australia's Racial Discrimination Act 1975. Cue a grandstanding politician to demand her immediate arrest.
Oh I'm pretty sure it wasn't on the grounds of his nationality.

I was actually joking, but after a bit of googling have discovered that there have been several convictions in the UK for far less than Kim's efforts. A couple of examples: a Hearts fan calling Craig Bellamy a "wee Welsh b*stard", and a Frenchman who called a business rival "a fat f***ing English c**t".

emma · Strong Club Player

Ratty wrote:
TMH wrote:
Ratty wrote:
Kim's swearing is taking the headlines, the Telegraph has even been employing several lip-readers to interpret what she said!
And - ahead of the game as ever - I reckon that if she made a disparaging remark about a Czech on the grounds of his nationality, she's committed an offence under Australia's Racial Discrimination Act 1975. Cue a grandstanding politician to demand her immediate arrest.
Oh I'm pretty sure it wasn't on the grounds of his nationality.
I was actually joking, but after a bit of googling have discovered that there have been several convictions in the UK for far less than Kim's efforts. A couple of examples: a Hearts fan calling Craig Bellamy a "wee Welsh b*stard", and a Frenchman who called a business rival "a fat f***ing English c**t".

very annoying headlines, they don't even know what Kim has said so why focus on that. Andy has just got through to the final of another grand slam. think its why I don't bother to read the newspapers anymore.

and in case there's any misunderstanding I'm not having a go at Ratty just the stupid papers.

-- Edited by emmas on Thursday 29th of January 2015 08:18:25 PM

Spectator · All-time great

Capturing people on video without their consent and releasing the video is an anti-social habit. So is swearing. But if her comments were not generally audible and were not spoken directly at anyone in particular, then recording them on video and releasing it, to my mind, trumps the swearing. And continuing to ratchet up the pressure with prurient press coverage, well ...

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Quite agree. What a complete non-story. Girlfriend of player possibly swears (or possibly not), inaudibly, to herself. She's an adult. We're not her mother. No one can be insulted because no one knows, for sure, what she said and it wasn't said directly to anyone. Lordy, and that makes top news??????

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Well it's FAR more interesting than Andy getting to another final, isn't it? [/sarcasm]

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

Kim appears to have picked up some of Andy's less admirable habits , but has there been any harm done ? no not really although unfortunate used the word Czech which with it's racist undertones . May be she's UKIP ?

-- Edited by A1 tennis academy on Friday 30th of January 2015 09:05:55 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

Maybe she was just supporting her man in a huge match for him. ******** hell.

As said, Andy's in the Aussie Open final and our papers are on about this.

Also, he has in recent times hugely improved in press conferences and interviews, and seemingly more open and less wary. This press behavior will help - not.

Mikeduke · County player

I thought Djokovic was going to easily win this after the first set but seems like he keeps switching off.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

A1 tennis academy wrote:
Kim appears to have picked up some of Andy's less admirable habits , but has there been any harm done ? no not really although unfortunate used the word Czech which with it's racist undertones . May be she's UKIP ?

-- Edited by A1 tennis academy on Friday 30th of January 2015 09:05:55 AM

There is a lot of doubt as to whether she said "Czech" at all - serveral versions are floating around the internet. I doubt if anybody not sitting next to her heard just what she said, and lip-reading is not an exact science.

Spectator · All-time great

Would so like to see Mr Wawrinka win this match and give us a Murray/Wawrinka final. But however tight he may be, Mr Djokovic is fairly indomitable ...