Wimbledon 2012

by **Corbon** » Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:18

Mentally, Nole is leagues above everyone else. Tsonga can give matches away after a comfortable lead. Murray's game may vary wildly.

Anyway, this is THE chance for either Tsonga or Murray to make it big. I don't see either player winning the final against Fed or Nole though.

I would say 50-50 for Tsonga-Murray and 60-40 for Nole-Fed, with Nole winning it all.

I am secretly rooting for Fed though, he would break 2 Sampras records if he does (most total weeks at No. 1 and 8 Wimby finals)

by **Corbon** » Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:31

Also Serena absolutely needs to win against Radwanska, otherwise the latter one will be the new No. 1.

by **djarvik** » Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:33

Didn't they cancel WTA? No? They should

by **Coolhand Texas** » Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:34

I think they should make them wear bikini's. NO wait, serena in a bikini?! :yikes

by **Moralspain** » Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:35

djarvik wrote:Didn't they cancel WTA? No? They should

and they wanna earn more money than men pffff

by **Moralspain** » Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:37

Coolhand Texas wrote:Serena in bikini?, yea right. id think i rather die

by **Moralspain** » Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:39

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WIMBLEDON, England -- Roger Federer avoided wading into the subject of equal prize money for men and women at Grand Slams events.

After his second-round victory at Wimbledon on Wednesday, Federer was asked about comments by 13th-seeded Gilles Simon of France, who is on the ATP Player Council and said men should be paid more than women at tennis tournaments.

"I hope it doesn't become a big issue during Wimbledon. It's obviously a debate that's out there ever since, I guess, the Slams have made equal prize money. There's nothing you can do, anyway, about it," Federer replied.

"It's just a matter of who believes what, and then that is an endless debate. So whatever you believe," he continued.

Simon told reporters at Wimbledon in French that he thinks "men's tennis is ahead of women's tennis" and "men spend twice as long on court as women do at Grand Slams."

He also said men "provide a more attractive show" in their matches.

All four Grand Slam tournaments pay equal prize money to men and women, something Simon said he doesn't think "works in sports."

yeaaahhh Simon, you're the man, Gilles Simon said men should earn more than women at Grand Slams

by **djarvik** » Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:44

Coolhand Texas wrote:I think they should make them wear bikini's. NO wait, serena in a bikini?!

If they do that, they need to be very strict on who is even allowed to play. I think there has to be a committee who would decide on the girls that are allowed to participate and monitor them throughout the year. They would need to maintain a certain standard.

Shrieking will then be a must and should progress according to the match situation.

At the end of the match, there has to be a passionate kiss between the two opponents.

Hell! I'll buy a season ticket now!

by **Corbon** » Thu, 05 Jul 2012 23:04

Pfft, they have achieved a hell of a lot more than you ever will!!!

by **Coolhand Texas** » Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:34

Tough decision to make tomorrow. Watch wimbledon semis? or go to work and record semis while avoiding all social media till i can get home and watch the matches?

by **TomBs** » Fri, 06 Jul 2012 01:14

So.... what's the tough decision?

by **L Sanchez MD** » Fri, 06 Jul 2012 01:28

I thought Wimbledon semis was a worldwide holiday

by **SlicerITST** » Fri, 06 Jul 2012 07:32

Moralspain wrote:

Simon told reporters at Wimbledon in French that he thinks "men's tennis is ahead of women's tennis" and "men spend twice as long on court as women do at Grand Slams."

He also said men "provide a more attractive show" in their matches.

All four Grand Slam tournaments pay equal prize money to men and women, something Simon said he doesn't think "works in sports."

yeaaahhh Simon, you're the man, Gilles Simon said men should earn more than women at Grand Slams

Normally i would disagree with Simon. In theory men and women should earn the same prize money. And a few years ago the female players available did warrant the equality in prize money. The level of the WTA has dropped so dramatically though. Im sorry to say that i agree with Simon on that part. As the spending more time on court comment. That is stupid argument.

Really, if the men's game had dropped as far as the WTA level has we would be discussing if it was warranted that the prize money was so high.

by **TomBs** » Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:19

They should just give up the separate tours and merge into one tour. If they're so big into feminism, then why separate tours in the first place? Same rights, same pay, same tour!

by **SlicerITST** » Fri, 06 Jul 2012 13:19

I dated a girl once who kept going on about how feminist she was. She didnt want to pay for her own meal though. I thought that was weird.

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