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[MeganAC28]

Things tend to hurt more when you're losing.

Has anyone else noticed that nadal only grunts when things aren't going his way?? 

I think all players tend to find the smallest of things begin to annoy them when they are in a losing postion but I had definatley noticed how Nadal reacts to being in that position!

[Clydey]

On people berating Murray for cheering his opponent's errors.

there is nothing wrong with cheering winners or errors... and i have been berated for doing both in the past... but, f*** it... i dont care... if you give a f*** about winning a match then why not try to get a leg up on your opponent if you have the energy enough to apply that extra bit to the mental game... you can also come unstuck going over the top as well, you only need one cool cat down the other end who couldn't give a toss what you did and happily went about let it motivate him in the right why... then again, since the age of 14 i have listened to grown men tell me what they did to my mother the night before after finished at the pub - a 4 hour spit roast - and cricket was meant to be a gentleman's game, no wonder australia are the mentally toughest f***ers in that sport...

some tennis attitude is still heavily dated... my attitude lay in that catergory too at times... no one can say you are not allowed to dislike over-the-top fist-pumping and shouting... there is no colour in that...

but, to do it is far from wrong...

personally, i think The Tradesman needs to put a megaphone on his tool belt and give the ticket holders a few more war crys at high volume... its what the crowds f**ken well paid for...

[Clydey]

fast_clay is a god get him onto MW where his genius will be appreciated...

He's brilliant. I think he lurks occasionally since I told him about the thread.

[charlienomad]

tell him he might as well become a card carrying fan of the Tradesman - who else is an Aussie going to support at the moment?

[Elly]

I heard the comments about the cheering errors that the Sky guys read out last night - FFS. Some moaners ought to take a look at Nadal, he gives it the big 'vamos!' regularly when an opponent puts a ball out - yet you hear nothing said against him as he is held up as a paragon of sportsmanship (very questionable when you factor in the time taken between points, but that's a different discussion).

For the record, I don't have a problem with cheering errors at all, the players are pumped up and want to win, it shouldn't affect the opponent if he's one of the top professionals (as they all are). The only player that used to annoy me with it was Hewitt, but then again he wound me up in so many ways!

Out of all the players I've watched, I disliked Hewitt the most.  He did come across as arrogant and tbh a bit of trailer trash.....  that's not nice, I know, but he did...   

[Clydey]

In response to a poster who said that Murray will cry after the Del Potro match:

no... murray cannot cry because scottish men are born without tear ducts... a heriditary trate that the warrior bred over the passage of time has bestowed upon them...

[Clydey]

^

I know I was definitely born without tear ducts.

[fast_clay]

the prophecy was foretold... only true titans of the sports should have Olympic gold bestowed upon them... and it is so...

never doubt a Tradesman to get the job done...