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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 1:12 pm Post subject:
BTW, it's not like Mac was saying that women's tennis was trash or something. He said she was the GOAT women's player. If anything his projection of 700 was very generous.
This "outrage culture" has to stop. He was just stating what everyone really knows if you compare men to women in tennis. If anything, blame the idiot interviewer.
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 1:16 pm Post subject:
Huey Lewis & The News wrote:
DuncanIdaho wrote:
He's not wrong though.
agree
Regardless, it was a stupid thing to say. Mac should have just said, "All I know is she would wipe the court with me", which she would. _________________ You thought God was an architect, now you know
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 1:19 pm Post subject:
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Many believe making comparisons between men’s and women’s tennis does little for the game, something that Williams herself has touched upon in the past. “For me, men’s tennis and women’s tennis are completely, almost, two separate sports,” Williams said in 2013. “If I were to play Andy Murray, I would lose 6-0, 6-0 in five to six minutes, maybe 10 minutes. No, it’s true. It’s a completely different sport. The men are a lot faster and they serve harder, they hit harder, it’s just a different game.”
>1998 Australian Open
>Venus and Serena claimed they could beat any male payer ranked >200.
>Karsten Braasch (ranked #203) challenged both
>Braasch played a round of golf and drank 2 beers and then beat serena 6-1, and then beat Venus 6-2, back-to-back.
>Braasch said he played like someone ranked 600th in order to keep the game "fun" _________________ "All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers."
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Riggs was 55 years old. King was in her heyday. It’s like if Serena Williams played John McEnroe today. Whatever happened in the Court match was irrelevant. King should have won that match and did win it.
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 1:33 pm Post subject:
Huey Lewis & The News wrote:
DaMuleRules wrote:
Regardless, it was a stupid thing to say. Mac should have just said, "All I know is she would wipe the court with me", which she would.
I would hope she'd be able wipe the floor with a 58 year-old retiree. I still think John might take a game or two.
Of course, but not really my point. _________________ You thought God was an architect, now you know
He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow
And everything you built that’s all for show
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 2:05 pm Post subject:
DuncanIdaho wrote:
BTW, it's not like Mac was saying that women's tennis was trash or something. He said she was the GOAT women's player. If anything his projection of 700 was very generous.
This "outrage culture" has to stop. He was just stating what everyone really knows if you compare men to women in tennis. If anything, blame the idiot interviewer.
>1998 Australian Open
>Venus and Serena claimed they could beat any male payer ranked >200.
>Karsten Braasch (ranked #203) challenged both
>Braasch played a round of golf and drank 2 beers and then beat serena 6-1, and then beat Venus 6-2, back-to-back.
>Braasch said he played like someone ranked 600th in order to keep the game "fun"
Men's game in grand slams are much longer. They play 5 sets vs the women who only play 3 sets. You basically have to allocate at least 4-5+ hours to watch the men's game vs at most 2 hours for the women's game.
>1998 Australian Open
>Venus and Serena claimed they could beat any male payer ranked >200.
>Karsten Braasch (ranked #203) challenged both
>Braasch played a round of golf and drank 2 beers and then beat serena 6-1, and then beat Venus 6-2, back-to-back.
>Braasch said he played like someone ranked 600th in order to keep the game "fun"
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 2:29 pm Post subject:
Huey Lewis & The News wrote:
DaMuleRules wrote:
Huey Lewis & The News wrote:
DaMuleRules wrote:
Regardless, it was a stupid thing to say. Mac should have just said, "All I know is she would wipe the court with me", which she would.
I would hope she'd be able wipe the floor with a 58 year-old retiree. I still think John might take a game or two.
Of course, but not really my point.
To your point: Why do you think it was stupid of him to say what he said?
DI covered it pretty well. Nothing to be gained except for being baited by someone looking for a soundbite. _________________ You thought God was an architect, now you know
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And everything you built that’s all for show
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