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They're an amazing tennis phenomenom - true champions - 10 grand slams is an awesome achievement, and they're certainly providing entertainment when they play.
Who else hates the Williams Sisters?!
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Probably a good idea to delete this thread, the whole thing is offensive.
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I didn't bother opening it until today - expecting to see a lot of rubbish bagging these players out, but instead I was pleasantly surprised that most of the comments are positive.
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Will anyone miss boundless? :cowboy:
...didn't think so.
...didn't think so.
wayneL
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If it's any consolation, I do.
With you mate. Africans (and African descent) are some of the best looking people on the planet.
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Completely agree.
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Nearly 1000 views of this thread, and not one post on Nadal V Verdasco, probably one of the greatest tennis matches ever played. Why doesn't that surprise me...........
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Nearly 1000 views of this thread, and not one post on Nadal V Verdasco, probably one of the greatest tennis matches ever played. Why doesn't that surprise me...........
Because the thread is about the Williams sisters maybe?
So :topic
A general assumption but usually the best matches are the semis and not the Final. The issue of payment to women is an interesting one; for sure they should have to play best of five sets for equality, but do you really want to see them play best of five?
On the other hand, Serena is the Women's Champion in this tournament so for that reason she deserves equal reward.
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It is not "equal", as the number of sets are different for males and females. Lets consider the match between Nadal and Verdasco. If Nadal was a female, he would have won the match after the 3rd set and not have had to stay on the court for a grueling 5hrs and 14mins. When was the last time a female tennis player stayed on the court this long? Who knows how many extra sets Serina would have had to have played if it was best of 5 sets (or if she would have won at all). It is not "equal" at all.
I think they should either play the best of 5 sets, or take a 40% pay cut (5 sets minus 40% = 3 sets). Fairs fair...
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Not only can Serena play tennis, but she comes across as a reasonable person. Nice change from the tantrum throwing prima donna's we are used to.
You can't compare apples with oranges. So you can't compare men's and women's tennis directly. The thing you might be able to compare is the crowd attendance. If the amount of people watching women's is much lower (maybe not a full house), then you might say women's tennis deserves lower prize money. I followed the Open from beginning and I didn't notice any substantial difference in crowd number between men's and women's. If both generate the same ticket revenue, then why should women's prize money be lower than men's? Please don't argue with men's play longer and more sets. This has always been the way since forever. If people feel that watching women's is not worthwhile due to shorter play time, then why is it still full house?
I am a guy btw.
I am a guy btw.
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Yes you can and you should. Take athletics for example - women run as far as the men. Maybe not as quick but they still work as hard and are rewarded equally aswell.
Women don't work as hard in tennis as the men and yet their rewarded equally. You can't see the imbalance there?!
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No beef with the bro's here
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It all comes down to ad dollars not how hard you work.
Dokic would have been worth millions in ad revenue the interest in her was so great - more than any of the men.
Dokic would have been worth millions in ad revenue the interest in her was so great - more than any of the men.
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Now that is a great point MrB! I heard on the radio that the ratings for the Dokic match surpassed all other events except for the AFL Grand Final.
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If they paid people according to how hard they worked rubbish collectors would earn more then financial advisors..........errrr they probably do about now ....bad example.:
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perhaps this years record LOWest attendance ever to a woman's final was a statement , i mean who wants to watch the same person win and win again...
don't like them at all.
don't like them at all.
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Well it's not their fault they're good but it was boring last night, imagine dragging yourself into the tennis centre for that.
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So you tune out to the likes of Nedal he has a 12-5 win ratio over Federer.
You got sick of watching Sampras.
More to the point people come to see if someone can knock off the top of the heap!
Have a look at the support Verdasco got.
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