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


1 being worst!

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Stircrazy wrote:
Jimmy09 wrote:

Hardly say hes unlikeable. Hes just not a Rafa or roger. A lot of people say the same about Andy.


But he IS unlikeable!  Not much of a fan of Rafa or The Lodger, either.  no


 I won't say he's 'unlikeable', as others may well like him

But I definitely don't like Djokovic (great respect for him as a tennis player - amazing performance today against Rublev - but I don't like him as a person one jot). 



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This may help you decide

twitter.com/tumcarayol/status/1618211398177423360

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JonH comes home wrote:

This may help you decide

twitter.com/tumcarayol/status/1618211398177423360


 These apparently are Serbian fans waving pro Putin and Russia flags. Djokovic signs an autograph for a guy in a Z shirt and also the woman in the military cap. Maybe he didnt know , who knows 



-- Edited by JonH comes home on Wednesday 25th of January 2023 09:16:50 PM

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JonH comes home wrote:

This may help you decide

twitter.com/tumcarayol/status/1618211398177423360


 Supporters of Rublev? 

#notserious



-- Edited by Coup Droit on Wednesday 25th of January 2023 09:17:54 PM

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The fact Serbia has a long history of supporting Russia and vice versa doesnt make this any more acceptable

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Coup Droit wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:

This may help you decide

twitter.com/tumcarayol/status/1618211398177423360


 Supporters of Rublev? 

#notserious



-- Edited by Coup Droit on Wednesday 25th of January 2023 09:17:54 PM


 The thread suggests they are Serbians or at least some of them are. Not entirely sure 



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JonH comes home wrote:

The fact Serbia has a long history of supporting Russia and vice versa doesnt make this any more acceptable


 I'm not holding Djoko liable for the actions of other Serbians

But - I repeat - I don't like him or his values  



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Coup Droit wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:

The fact Serbia has a long history of supporting Russia and vice versa doesnt make this any more acceptable


 I'm not holding Djoko liable for the actions of other Serbians

But - I repeat - I don't like him or his values  


 I dont like him either for the same reasons. 

I know some people don't like Andy either but I don't think that's for similar objectively valid reasons. It's more about stuff they've read in the press that's invented 'facts' about him (e.g. he doesn't like English people, when he lives in England, has many English friends, four half English children and he lives here). 



-- Edited by Nix on Thursday 26th of January 2023 06:19:40 AM

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Nix wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:

The fact Serbia has a long history of supporting Russia and vice versa doesnt make this any more acceptable


 I'm not holding Djoko liable for the actions of other Serbians

But - I repeat - I don't like him or his values  


 I dont like him either for the same reasons. 

I know some people don't like Andy either but I don't think that's for similar objectively valid reasons. It's more about stuff they've read in the press that's invented 'facts' about him (e.g. he doesn't like English people, when he lives in England, has many English friends, four half English children and he lives here). 



-- Edited by Nix on Thursday 26th of January 2023 06:19:40 AM


 Agreed. No idea if he knew what was going on but the whole episode was unsavoury. 



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The optics get even worse

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/64409618

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And more

www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jan/26/novak-djokovics-father-seen-posing-with-flagbearing-supporters-of-vladimir-putin-at-australian-open

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Whether Novak was aware or not , his dad was aware and indeed part of it.

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Entirely predictable, shame on the Australian authorities for giving a platform to these types, and to those nations. I felt sure they would back Wimbledon, but they didn't.



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Tsitsipas takes the first semi in 4 sets. If Djoko wins later , it will be winner takes the world number one spot as well as the title here.

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