tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757702474597183495.post9144709996642830343..comments2023-09-20T10:27:39.247-05:00Comments on Savannah's World: Of Bi-Lingual Pressers and HonestySavannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15079111598976360942noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757702474597183495.post-3919285038380639652012-02-13T19:38:08.019-05:002012-02-13T19:38:08.019-05:00Tsonga-Isner on clay might be fun if it winds up t...Tsonga-Isner on clay might be fun if it winds up that way. I remember their match at the Paris Masters last year and how Tsonga steadied himself and hung on.Randy Burgesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16460408574767042265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757702474597183495.post-91141148370475730072012-02-13T18:20:20.970-05:002012-02-13T18:20:20.970-05:00BTW I have never been a big fan of Jim Courier but...BTW I have never been a big fan of Jim Courier but you have to give the devil his due. He didn't bring fanboys to the tie he brought players ready to compete. For that he gets props from me.<br /><br />BTW Tsonga talked about the French having to play the US on clay in April.Savannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15079111598976360942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757702474597183495.post-6765236391255392202012-02-13T18:18:16.747-05:002012-02-13T18:18:16.747-05:00Frankly I'm stunned that Federer is trying to ...Frankly I'm stunned that Federer is trying to say he didn't say what he said. There is no chance of mistranslation or interpretation since the original French was done by Swiss reporters.<br /><br />I'm also stunned at how many people including some of my blogging peers are accepting his "of course I'm too classy to say something like that" excuse. His fans may not want it to be true but it is. It was low, and something friends/peers don't do. Be pissed. Be embarrassed. But save the comments for behind closed doors. <br /><br />I think he's surprised that the home press printed his comments. Who knows what he's gotten away with in the past?Savannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15079111598976360942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757702474597183495.post-39237588378461241232012-02-13T13:29:55.249-05:002012-02-13T13:29:55.249-05:00I'm looking at your tweets to and fro about th...I'm looking at your tweets to and fro about the Fed/Stan situation & whether Fed really said what he said. <br /><br />I don't tweet, so I'll post here instead: I went and read a bunch of the Swiss papers in translation last night, and there's no way it's a translation issue or that English-speaking journalists are screwing up. The Swiss writers seem extremely skeptical (pissed might be a better word) about both Federer's comments and his overly detached, "maybe I'll play, maybe I won't" attitude. <br /><br />Hey, he's my favorite player ever as far as play <i>on the court</i> goes, but I don't think he's getting away with this one inside Switzerland. Not like he's used to, at least.Randy Burgesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16460408574767042265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757702474597183495.post-87955772600693593922012-02-12T13:56:15.314-05:002012-02-12T13:56:15.314-05:00I'm a Federer fan, generally, but all I can sa...I'm a Federer fan, generally, but all I can say is "Oy vey." <br /><br />Maybe part of the problem is having the Davis Cup captain for the Swiss be the same guy as Fed's semi-coach. Federer may be an industry, but if he can't commit to a team attitude any more than he can commit to whether he'll pay ties or not, then he should be pushed off the team until he's able to do both. Hard to do with a superstar but not impossible. <br /><br />Courier is such a contrast to the deferential Luthi. Like him or not - and I haven't always - it's hard to imagine Courier letting one of his players show disrespect like that.Randy Burgesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16460408574767042265noreply@blogger.com