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Wimbledon fans (Original Post) malaise Jul 2022 OP
Thanks! Recording spanone Jul 2022 #1
They are hardly showing Rafa at all. LisaM Jul 2022 #2
Bad behavior from both players malaise Jul 2022 #3
I don't blame Tsitsipas. LisaM Jul 2022 #5
It's Tsitsipas who has hit the ball at the spectators twice muriel_volestrangler Jul 2022 #4
I think that's a bit of a stretch. LisaM Jul 2022 #11
The first time he was warned; the second time he was deducted a point muriel_volestrangler Jul 2022 #12
Rafa is winning. With ease malaise Jul 2022 #6
I understand why they are sticking with this match but LisaM Jul 2022 #7
Showing it now malaise Jul 2022 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Jul 2022 #9
They've been closing the roof in the Nadal match muriel_volestrangler Jul 2022 #10
I despise Kyrgios, but that was a great match. BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #13
I just like to watch Rafa! LisaM Jul 2022 #14

LisaM

(27,843 posts)
2. They are hardly showing Rafa at all.
Sat Jul 2, 2022, 02:57 PM
Jul 2022

Kyrgios is throwing a bunch of tantrums and they are all over that. Annoying, plus that match has Chris Fowler, who simply should never broadcast tennis.

malaise

(269,219 posts)
3. Bad behavior from both players
Sat Jul 2, 2022, 03:11 PM
Jul 2022

but it is time for Kyrgios to shut up and just play the tennis.
Sadly fans pay to watch outbursts. They are cheering him on.

LisaM

(27,843 posts)
5. I don't blame Tsitsipas.
Sat Jul 2, 2022, 03:24 PM
Jul 2022

He's had it. But I waited two and a half hours for Rafa's match to start and now instead I have to watch this brat jabbering at the chair umpire and doing things like bowing to the crowd after a lucky drop shot.

LisaM

(27,843 posts)
11. I think that's a bit of a stretch.
Sat Jul 2, 2022, 04:20 PM
Jul 2022

The first time it was an accident and the second time he was justifiably angry and just hit it really hard. The crowd kept yelling through his serve and Kyrgios kept chattering at him. This is Wimbledon, fer Crissake. They need to control that crowd better.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,390 posts)
12. The first time he was warned; the second time he was deducted a point
Sat Jul 2, 2022, 04:36 PM
Jul 2022

so the officials didn't see it that way. Obviously the first was not an accident - play was over (but not the match), and he hit the ball, on purpose, straight into the crowd. There wasn't any justification for the second time; though he might say he hit it at the scoreboard, not the crowd.

Kyrgios got a deserved warning for swearing, but not at Tsitsipas.

LisaM

(27,843 posts)
7. I understand why they are sticking with this match but
Sat Jul 2, 2022, 03:38 PM
Jul 2022

They aren't even breaking into Rafa's match at the point.

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BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
13. I despise Kyrgios, but that was a great match.
Sat Jul 2, 2022, 04:42 PM
Jul 2022

Nadal is my all-time favorite, and he had that in the bag.

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