Tennis

Post by **dng** » Fri Sep 06, 2024 9:24 pm

2/hours ten minutes for not even two sets so far

Post by **dng** » Fri Jan 31, 2025 10:49 pm

Did you write this one bruce:

Definitions from Oxford Languages

compatriot
/kəmˈpeɪtrɪət,kəmˈpatrɪət/
noun
plural noun: compatriots
a fellow citizen or national of a country.
"Stich defeated his compatriot Boris Becker in the quarter-finals"

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Sat Feb 01, 2025 3:59 pm

No, that's (mostly) a different editorial team. That dictionary is based on this one, which I believe was the first OUP dictionary to be entirely separate from the OED (other shorter dictionaries were all based on OED text). A few colleagues work on both what is now ODO (Oxford Dictionaries Online) and the OED, but I'm not one of them. Although one of the people who works on both is also a tennis fan, so that might explain it.

Post by **dng** » Sat Feb 01, 2025 7:10 pm

I think I’ve got a copy of that one somewhere

Post by **dng** » Sat Feb 01, 2025 7:10 pm

Fully betraying Bruce and all his words

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Sun Jun 08, 2025 8:27 pm

That was quite a match. Also haha Sinner.

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Sun Jun 08, 2025 8:28 pm

Although I'm not sure it's him I'm targeting, or just tennis's unerring ability to find the worst of all possible courses regarding doping.

Post by **dng** » Sun Jun 08, 2025 10:26 pm

yes. i quite like sinner for some reason but his ban/no ban/okay but only a really convenient ban that doesn't affect anything was utterly stupid rubbish

Post by **dng** » Sun Jun 08, 2025 10:28 pm

also the tennis was good this week i enjoyed it. I don't know if sticking a roof on the courts has made the clay courts less clay court-ish or something, but there seemed to be a lot less tedious chipping it up and down the centre back and forth forever non event rallies than usual this year, which was nice

Post by **dng** » Sun Jun 08, 2025 10:29 pm

also coco gauff winning was nice. as was sabalenka being a big bad terrible loser afterwards

Post by **dng** » Sun Jun 08, 2025 10:30 pm

also both doubles finals were good (i didn't see the mixed doubles final because i didn't even know it was on/had been on five days ago or something)

Post by **dng** » Sun Jun 08, 2025 10:31 pm

also it would be quite nice though if tennis could try and not be quite so bloody long.

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Jun 09, 2025 7:47 pm

I was thinking about Henri Leconte last night, whilst making a cuppa.

An Unicorn · Post by **An Unicorn** » Tue Jun 10, 2025 2:07 am

Cocoa guff

Post by **dng** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 2:37 pm

4 o'clock is a bloody stupid time for a wimbledon final. i'm having to have dinner at 3 bloody 30

Post by **dng** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 4:09 pm

Oh, I could have had dinner at a normal time after all

Post by **dng** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 4:10 pm

That was both sort of amazing and sort of awful to watch

Post by **blombluss** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 8:19 pm

Both amazing and awful to watch? Like New Order performing live?

Post by **dng** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 9:21 pm

Did they ever completely forget how to play all their instruments for an hour?

Post by **dng** » Wed Dec 10, 2025 2:15 pm

this dogshit kyrgios/sabalenka match already seemed the most dismal thing possible, but now it turns out it exists almost purely for pro-transphobia reasons

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/ ... air-tennis

instead of merely stupid misogynistic reasons

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Dec 10, 2025 3:22 pm

How unpleasant.

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Sun Feb 01, 2026 11:51 am

ALCATRAZ WINS

Hooray, the jammy microphone-headed bastard has been thwarted yet again.

Also Sabalenka seems to have real trouble winning slams for some reason.

Post by **dng** » Sun Feb 01, 2026 1:06 pm

i didn't see the first set ,but alcaraz was pretty amazing in the three i did see. which was nice

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Thu May 28, 2026 9:02 pm

Sinner out

Christ, Djokovic had better not win this now.

Post by **dng** » Thu May 28, 2026 9:04 pm

everyone dead in the sun

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Fri May 29, 2026 1:27 pm

Djokovic's corpse being remote-controlled like Chapman Baxter by Boris from his supervillain airing cupboard.

Post by **dng** » Fri May 29, 2026 6:57 pm

Bruce Sato wrote: Thu May 28, 2026 9:02 pm Sinner out

Christ, Djokovic had better not win this now.

Hooray

Post by **dng** » Fri May 29, 2026 6:59 pm

HBO max is absolutely super shite also. I had to watch it with the sound off, not just because the commentary was a load of djokovic fellating bilge, but also cause the audio's so out of sync you hear them calling the shot out before it's even cleared the net

Post by **dng** » Fri May 29, 2026 6:59 pm

Unless the French have installed some new hawkeye system so advanced it can see the future

An Unicorn · Post by **An Unicorn** » Sat May 30, 2026 11:14 am

L'avenir est français.

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Sat May 30, 2026 2:18 pm

Oh, it was Chapman Baxter's last victim who was remote-controlled, wasn't it. I blame the heat.

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Jun 10, 2026 3:48 pm

I was pleased to see Serena Williams is still playing at 44. And is waaaaaaaaaaaaay more mobile than Ronaldo (41).

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Fri Jun 26, 2026 2:20 pm

This is Andrew Castle's final year commentating at Wimbledon.

HOORAY!!!

Post by **dng** » Fri Jun 26, 2026 2:31 pm

Post by **dng** » Fri Jun 26, 2026 2:32 pm

Presumably he's retiring because he won't have djokovic to fawn over much longer

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Fri Jul 10, 2026 5:46 pm

Speaking of which, hahaha microphone-headed wanker etc. etc.

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Fri Jul 10, 2026 5:49 pm

Apparently Castle was so sad at being told this was his last year commentating on the Wimbledon men's final that he tendered his resignation, even though they were going to let him carry on in other matches. I can only assume that at least one senior ex-player had intimated to the BBC that enough was enough. Then the Telegraph etc. tried to spin it as some sort of injustice against the white man as usual. As I said to my parents, the real reason is clear to anyone who's ever heard him talk: he's fucking shit and has got away with it for far far too long.

Post by **dng** » Fri Jul 10, 2026 6:07 pm

Yes. Hes abysmal and always has been

Post by **dng** » Sun Jul 12, 2026 7:01 pm

Thank god that's over. Now let's hope we never have to hear andrew castle ever again

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Sun Jul 12, 2026 7:50 pm

It will be like having new ears.

Am I right in thinking they didn't mention his departure at all in the post-match sitting-about with Tim Henman et al? Also I hadn't realised John Lloyd was leaving as well. I didn't mind him, not least because he knew when to shut the hell up.

Post by **dng** » Sun Jul 12, 2026 8:24 pm

Hopefully they can fire mcenroe into the sun next

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Mon Aug 31, 2026 1:47 pm

Bruce Sato wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2026 5:46 pm Speaking of which, hahaha microphone-headed wanker etc. etc.

Post by **dng** » Mon Aug 31, 2026 5:42 pm

Post by **dng** » Mon Aug 31, 2026 5:48 pm

he was probably too upset that ratko mladic died to concentrate on the match

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Mon Aug 31, 2026 10:53 pm

Lovely Roger: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/arti ... gy6zzgwlgo