The Haters Thread

Andymonium · Satellite level

The Haters Thread

VSandhi20 · Futures qualifying

Yeah, i know what mean, as i stated on the AM thread, roddick showed bad sportsmanship against quality players! he's not the same player he once was, so maybe showing his anger or glances just to stay IM BACK, when in fact hes not! I just dont know why he has to overreact when he won broke murray!

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

a good thread Andymonium (provided it can remain clean and no one takes comments personally!)

I would like to register annoyance at Federer after he lost to Murray. I normally think he's a really nice guy and he always has a good word for his opponents but in the post-match interviews he gave he wouldn't give any of the credit to Murray at all, and even spoke about how 'youngsters are good on their day but whether they can hold it over a week...' which seemed a bit off to me given Andy had been playing consistently well for two weeks at that point.

rant over.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

To be fair to Fed (well I am a Fed fan after all) it is a bit harsh to say he gave Andy no credit.

Quote: Q. The way he played, do you see him winning this tournament?

ROGER FEDERER: He could. I think he's playing well, you know. He's definitely got to still improve many things. He played a good match today. Youngsters play good on the day. If they play good for the entire week, that's the other question.

Ok he did not take into account how Andy had played over the last 3 weeks (but did he even know?) but saying he could win the tournament is hardly giving him no credit.

Andymonium · Satellite level

Let Out Your Anger!

aria81 · Club Coach

I'm going with Roddick as well - I really liked him but he came across really classless in his match against Andy. The gestures, the comments, the shouting at his bench, the staredowns and the hitting the ball at him was really, really poor form. I mean, well done A-Rod, you beat a guy who was ready for collapsing - do you want a medal because you can run a wee bit more than him that day? I'd take our Andy over him any day of the week if they were both fit.

I just thought it was really classless and it really sent him down in my estimations, especially regarding the comments he was making.

Sheddie · administrator

I've never particularly liked watching Roddick, I've always found his game quite boring to watch and I've found it quite irritating for some reason that Roddick can be being completely outplayed from the baseline but is still able to hold with ease because of his serve. However, I've always liked him as a personality off the court, some of his interviews are quite hilarious. However, from what I've read about the Murray match, his behaviour sounds quite dreadful.

Andymonium, were you courtside for the Murray-Roddick match ?

I don't like Feli Lopez either as he took one of our precious wildcards for Queens when Bloomfield or Lee should have got one

I've never particularly liked Nalbandian either, he's a great player but he always comes across very, very surly and he seems to spit more than any other player

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

I wonder how much Connors is responsible for Roddick's nasty attitude. Now there was a guy I could never like because of his behaviour on court. At least McEnroe's tantrums were usually caused by incidents, Connors was like that all the time!

Scottie · Newbie

-- Edited by Scottie at 12:26, 2006-08-21

aria81 · Club Coach

Steve Tignor at tennis.com's take on the Roddick/Murray match -

The key was his nighttime quarterfinal against Andy Murray. Roddick made this one into an all-or-nothing grudge match—Murray was 5-0 in sets against him, had sent him home from Wimbledon, and was now coached by his ex, Brad Gilbert. The charged atmosphere that Roddick created made for entertaining TV, but I was of two minds about it. On the one hand, I felt like Roddick overdid it. He glared at Murray all evening, smirked when he made him look bad on a drop shot, and preened like he had just won the Grand Slam when it was all over. It was enough to make even a Roddick fan feel for the scrawny teenager from Scotland. On the other hand, it worked: Roddick succeeded in making his opponent buy into the showdown concept. Early on, Murray took a short ball and drilled it right at Roddick, missing badly. From there, he couldn’t calm down enough to play his usual controlled style. It had become personal, and that wasn’t going to work for Murray in front of a buzzing audience in middle America. Once he knew Murray was willing to get personal, Roddick used his anger and the crowd’s support to play tightly aggressive tennis. It wasn’t until Murray was down two breaks in the second that he showed off his trademark variety and point-construction skills. He began to win points, but it was too little too late.

Drew · Aug 22, 2006

By the posts here it looks like we should re-name this thread the 'A-Rod Haters Club'

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Ok, I'll bring in another, but it is not that I hate the player, just the habit. . .

Nadal. Why is it that at the start of each match, the umpire and his opponent are left standing aimlessly at the net ready to spin the coin, while Nadal sits at his chair, opens a bar of something and chews at it, fiddles about with his various bottles, pulls at his socks etc etc etc. . . it is so bad-mannered!

Then he comes bounding over like a jack-in-the-box as though there wasn't a second to lose - when he has already wasted several minutes

Sheddie · administrator

Nadal and Roddick are probably the worst "twitchers" on the tour, both of them must be hyperactive as they hardly ever keep still. Between points Roddick's constantly adjusting the cap, the shirt, twiddling the racket etc and Nadal for some reason seems to feel the need to adjust his underwear before every point on his serve - maybe it's some kind of good luck routine

Now Nadal's started this weird thing with the bottles !!!

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Oh - and I can't STAND the way Novak Djokovic bounces the ball 50,000,000 times before every serve

Sheddie · administrator

I've never seen Djokovic play

Hopefully that will change soon

This thread is starting to look a little like a transcript for the BBC 2 programme "Grumpy old men/women"