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Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - Overdune - 07-11-2009
Ok, dan heb ik het verkeerd gelezen, sorry.
Ik weet niet of het hier al gemeld is, maar Wickmayer and Malisse zijn door het Vlaams Doping Tribunaal voor een jaar geschorst vanwege het missen van allerlei controles en het niet (juist) invullen van hun whereabouts. :o Altijd al geweten dat die Malisse gepakt heeft, het lijkt me dus ook niet meer dan eerlijk dat zijn LTM punten voor dit jaar komen te vervallen. :8:
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - Haggie - 07-11-2009
Malisse heeft me aardig wat punten gegeven, ik ga in hoger beroep wanneer deze bij mijn LTM worden afgehaald :wink:
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - Overdune - 07-11-2009
Dat bedoel ik, schrappen die handel! Doping daar kan ik natuurlijk niet tegenop managen.
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - buurs - 07-11-2009
adidas has announced that Andy will be a new addition to its tennis line-up in 2010; Andy joins a list of illustrious athletic names including Muhammad Ali, David Beckham, Rod Laver and Stan Smith sporting the three stripes. His debut in the adidas apparel Competition line will be alongside fellow Briton Laura Robson, at the Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia in early January.
Andy is under contract with Fred Perry until the end of this year and has enjoyed working with the brand, highlighted this year with the celebration of Fred Perry's 100th birthday, and thanks them for their support over the last four years. His final appearance in Fred Perry clothing will be at the Barclays ATP finals in London later this month.
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - Elikian - 08-11-2009
Fellow Briton, dus het gaat over Murray en niet over Roddick :p
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - Haggie - 08-11-2009
Het is dat je het zegt Elikian, Buurs vergeet wel ff de naam erbij te noemen :-k
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - Haggie - 11-11-2009
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Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - buurs - 15-11-2009
middelkoop krijgt 10.000 dollar boete en mag 6 weken niet aan challengers meedoen.
En hij heeft niet eens gespeeld tijdens de Davis Cup
De knltb betaalt natuurlijk wel de boete.
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - Ad Wim - 16-11-2009
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Wel Belgisch geörienteerd, maar wel mooi. Ook nog een deel twee.
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - Ad Wim - 16-11-2009
Wat vooral opvalt, is de slechte tweede seizoenshelft van Nadal. De vraag is of hij er nog bovenop gaat komen, het lijkt erop dat de rest van de top hem ingehaald heeft. Ook opvallend dat de pijp leeg leek in de AO- en USO-finale. Ben benieuwd wat hij volgend jaar gaat doen, nu alle doelen toch wel ongeveer bereikt zijn.
Wordt een mooi jaar en ik hoop op een open race om de nummer 1-positie en 4 verschillende GS-winnaars.
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - mindlight - 16-11-2009
Hmm ja, ik ga me maar niet wagen aan dat soort uitspraken. Voorafgaand aan de AO was Murray de koning en favoriet, vervolgens wint Nadal alles en is hij de nummer 1 en niet te verslaan, dan komt Federer sterk terug en wint 2 GS, en nu presteert Djoko een paar weken goed.
Wie er wel of niet bovenop gaan komen, geen idee, maar Nadal nu al uitvlakken lijkt mij wat prematuur. Momenteel is hij minder, maar dat kan zo weer omdraaien.
Waar ik voor komend jaar op hoop is met name dat de top-4 fit blijft, dan krijgen we in ieder geval een volledige strijd.
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - Ad Wim - 16-11-2009
Ik waag me toch ook niet aan dat soort uitspraken? En ik vlak Nadal ook niet uit...
Maar hij is al een half jaar duidelijk minder dus zomaar omdraaien lijkt me niet waarschijnlijk.
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - mindlight - 16-11-2009
Ik stel toch ook niet dat jij je aan dat soort uitspraken waagt? En ik zeg ook niet dat jij Nadal uitvlakt.
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - Ad Wim - 16-11-2009
Dan zei je het waarschijnlijk zomaar uit het niets, en niet in reactie op mij, prima.
Toch denk ik dat ie het heel zwaar gaat krijgen om zijn AO te verdedigen. Of hij moet keihard gaan werken in het off-season, maar dan nog...
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - mindlight - 17-11-2009
Quote:Jean-Francois Caujolle, tournament director of the BNP Paribas Masters, singled out Andy Murray for special praise at his end-of-event review and disclosed that next year there could be a dramatic change to the format in Paris. There is a powerful case, Caujolle believes, for the tournament to become a 32 rather than 48 man draw - "for it is quite normal that the draws become progressively smaller in order to arrive towards the Masters where there are only eight players."
He said Murray had been a victim of the current numbers and the consequent pressure it places on scheduling with only one court at the Palais Omnisport of a standard required for an event of this prestige. "[Murray] ended one match on Wednesday at 1.45am and there had been a real problem with the scheduling that day because we had six matches to play on he Centre Court," Caujolle said. The problem had been exacerbated by Marat Safin's three set loss to Juan Martin Del Potro, after which there was an extended retirement celebration for the Russian that put another spanner in the works.
"The next day Murray had to play on Court No 1 (against Radek Stepanek) and sincerely I believe he would not have lost that match if it had been on the Centre. He was a victim of those problems we have with a tournament with 48 players. He was extremely decent and said nothing about it. He just said the other player was better than him."
Caujolle revealed that his plans for a reduction in draw size would be put to the ATP Board next week. He also declared that an ATP 250 tournament would be scheduled in the same week as Paris next year - "so we are not only guaranteeing the existing jobs of the players but creating new ones," he said. "I trust it will be possible."
Prima, maar als zij het niet georganiseerd krijgen mag het wmb gewoon een 500-toernooi worden. Wat een flauwekul zeg. Daarbij, met de huidige byes gaan de toppers geen pot minder spelen.
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - buurs - 17-11-2009
maar er moeten de eerste dagen wel meer partijen gespeeld worden en dus ook op het centre court.
Iedere avond was het niet voor 23 uur afgelopen.
Als er 2 partijen per dag minder worden gespeeld, dan was Murray niet om deze tijd klaar geweest en had hij gewoon de finale gehaald :wink:
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - mindlight - 17-11-2009
Nja, als je kiest voor een avondprogramma dat begint om half 8, en de eerste partij duurt 3 uur, dan weet je dat je in de problemen gaat komen met de tweede partij. Dat zou zelfs in een draw van 8 man zo zijn natuurlijk.
De oplossing ligt dus eerder in het vervroegen van het avondprogramma dan het verkleinen van de draw volgens mij.
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - _Tampie - 17-11-2009
with only one court at the Palais Omnisport of a standard required for an event of this prestige.
Dit deel zegt alles. Dan ben je dus als locatie een dergelijk evenement niet waard.
En volgens mij is het ook een kwestie van wat beter plannen. Ze hebben nu op woensdag de top 5 van de wereld en Monfils op cc staan. Die partijen kun je allemaal lastig naar baan 2 zetten, maar dan moet je ook zorgen dat er op dinsdag 1 of 2 van die partijen al gespeeld worden.
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - mindlight - 17-11-2009
Precies, maar geef dit toernooi dan aan een andere stad, dat wel voldoende is uitgerust, of zoals je terecht zegt, plan het wat beter.
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - Ad Wim - 17-11-2009
Dit ook:
Quote:The next day Murray had to play on Court No 1 (against Radek Stepanek) and sincerely I believe he would not have lost that match if it had been on the Centre.
Dus je gaat het helemaal omgooien omdat dat verwende joch zich niet op kan laden voor een pot op een bijbaan?
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - buurs - 17-11-2009
mindlight Wrote:Nja, als je kiest voor een avondprogramma dat begint om half 8, en de eerste partij duurt 3 uur, dan weet je dat je in de problemen gaat komen met de tweede partij. Dat zou zelfs in een draw van 8 man zo zijn natuurlijk.
De oplossing ligt dus eerder in het vervroegen van het avondprogramma dan het verkleinen van de draw volgens mij.
het avondprogramma begon pas rond 21 uur, door het uitgelopen middagprogramma.
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - mindlight - 17-11-2009
Daar heb ik het dus niet over. In dit geval gebeurde dat, maar bij een heel kort middagprogramma, zouden ze ook pas om half 8 gestart zijn. Dan weet je dat de kans groot is dat het na middernacht wordt.
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - buurs - 17-11-2009
mindlight Wrote:Daar heb ik het dus niet over. In dit geval gebeurde dat, maar bij een heel kort middagprogramma, zouden ze ook pas om half 8 gestart zijn. Dan weet je dat de kans groot is dat het na middernacht wordt.
en bij een kort middagprogramma ben je dus minder wedstrijden nodig en dus minder spelers.
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - mindlight - 17-11-2009
Wil je het nou echt niet begrijpen?
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - buurs - 17-11-2009
Bij ieder toernooi zit er weleens een lang middagprogramma bij.
En als je om 19.30 met het avondprogramma begint, dan max. om 12 uur klaar en niet om 2 uur.
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - mindlight - 17-11-2009
Met dat laatste ben ik het sowieso al niet eens. Eer men begon was het vaak 8 uur, er zit effectief een half uur tussen partijen in, en met 2 partijen van 2,5 uur (niet extreem lang) zit je dus al aan half 2.
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - buurs - 17-11-2009
Rafael Nadal: 'For everybody there are tough moments.
This year, mine came'Rafael Nadal talks about the personal and physical problems that have disrupted his season as he prepares to head to London for the ATP Tour World Finals
In a discreet corner of an elegant hotel in Paris, Rafael Nadal remembers his part in one of the most public displays of sporting pain this year. On 1 February, in Melbourne, Nadal had just won his sixth grand slam tournament by once again beating Roger Federer in another epic clash between the world's two best tennis players. It seemed as if Federer had finally cracked when, his mouth crumpling, he just managed to get the words out: "God, it's killing me."
Federer then cried openly, as Nadal consoled his vanquished opponent. The young Spaniard had already done his best to help Federer by saying to him, with real compassion, "Remember you are a great champion and one of the best in history ââ¬â and you will beat Pete Sampras's 14 titles for sure." In his obsessive pursuit of Sampras's record number of grand slam victories, Federer had crashed into the muscled wall of Nadal. And yet, touchingly, Nadal felt such sympathy for the man whose dream he kept ruining. "For sure," he says earnestly in Paris. "He always did a very good job for our sport and he is a nice person. I have spent the most important moments of my career playing against Roger ââ¬â and the same is for him, too, playing against me. So we have a big respect and, off the court, we have a very good relationship."
Nadal has won 13 of their 20 matches and, most tellingly, five of his seven grand slam finals against Federer. In Melbourne, surely he thought he had the definitive mental edge over Federer? "No. For everybody there are tough moments. Unluckily for me, this year mine came when I arrived at the most important tournaments in the worst possible condition. You always have some ups and downs and, in that moment, Roger was a little down. But he was down in the final. It was not like he was losing in the second round. And the rest of the year he has had a lot of good moments."
Next week, at the O2 Arena in London, they will both play in the ATP World Tour Finals ââ¬â when the top eight men gather for one last lucrative tournament before their brief winter break. Much has changed since Australia; the remainder of 2009 saw Nadal down and hurting while Federer was up and soaring into history. After struggling with a recurring knee injury, and his shock defeat at the hands of Robin Soderling in the fourth round at the French Open, Nadal was forced to withdraw from Wimbledon and spend 10 weeks at home in Manacor in Mallorca. It seemed as if fate had intervened and, in order to help Federer fulfil his destiny, removed Nadal from his path.
Federer overcame his French Open neurosis to win his 14th grand slam while, three weeks later, he achieved his record-breaking 15th victory at Wimbledon. "It was a hard moment for me," Nadal admits. "I can't play Wimbledon and it's my favourite tournament. I also lost at Roland Garros and I have a few personal problems. So everything coming together made it hard."
Nadal's gaze remains steady as he recounts the source of that turmoil. "My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me. After that, when I can't play Wimbledon, it was tough. For one month I was outside the world."
Nadal looks terribly young amid that quiet admission. "I am OK now," the 23-year-old says of his parents' divorce, "but you need time to accept. And it's more difficult to accept when you are outside home and don't know what's happening. At least the injury gave me time to be with my friends and family."
Severe tendinitis and the collapse of his parent's marriage undermined Nadal's composure at Roland Garros. "I played with less calm. One of the reasons was the pain in the knees. And I was down because of the divorce. Soderling played really well and he beat me. But I wasn't ready, mentally or physically, this year."
Nadal's return to London will spark inevitable memories of Wimbledon ââ¬â for he last played tennis here when defeating Federer in the 2008 final in a match many considered the greatest ever. The Spaniard hesitates at that grand judgment. "I don't know if the level of tennis is the best ever," he says of a match so badly affected by rain. "But if we are speaking about what it means to me, then probably it is my greatest moment."
In the midst of excruciating tension, as he and Federer were dragged off court in the fifth set, Nadal retreated to the locker room to eat a banana and calm his coach and uncle, Toni. "I said to Toni, 'I think I'm going to win and if I lose it will be because Roger plays well ââ¬â not because of me. I don't want to make any mental mistakes.'"
It almost sounds as if enjoyed that test of his character? "I was suffering a little bit!" Nadal laughs. "But the year before I lost to Roger in the fifth set. It was hard for me to lose when I had three or four break points in that fifth set [which Federer won 6-2]. What killed me was that second break. If I lose 6-3 or 6-4 with one break I accept. But I was angry with myself to lose that second break. That made it seem as if I wasn't ready mentally."
Like Federer in Australia, Nadal broke down after that 2007 defeat ââ¬â and his uncle spoke of him "crying like an animal" that night. "It was tough," Nadal concedes. "I cried because you never know if you'll have another chance to win."
These gut-wrenching reactions from Nadal and Federer illustrate why their rivalry is so consuming ââ¬â and yet their empathy lends the best kind of humanity to a sporting battle. "It's important to have people around you with enough confidence to say if you are not acting in a good way. Normally, when you are at the top, people say everything is fantastic. Probably in that moment it is what you want to hear but it's best to be reminded how to act properly."
His words contrast with Andre Agassi's claims in his recent autobiography that, despite winning eight grand slams, he "hated tennis" and sought refuge in crystal meth. Nadal raises an eyebrow. "I think it's impossible to be on the circuit 15 years and hate tennis. I always saw Andre playing with motivation and passion."
Have Agassi's confessions damaged tennis? "It's a big thing for the ATP. I understand if he was depressed he might have taken something so I don't want to criticise Andre for taking crystal meth. But everybody must be treated the same. Just because he is Andre Agassi he should not escape sanction. Tennis is a hard sport. There is a lot of competition all year and you play alone. Mentally and physically it is one of the toughest sports ââ¬â but that's no reason to take these products [drugs]."
Tennis's year-round schedule also does not allow its star players to recover between seasons. "I completely agree," Nadal exclaims. "Maybe you could have nine months where it is obligatory to play and three months where you are free not to. In those three months there could be tournaments ââ¬â but not decisive tournaments which affect your ranking. But we have the sponsors to consider. The ATP want to do it but I think it's going be better for the next generation than us."
Considering that grinding circuit, and the intense physicality of his tennis, many pundits believe Nadal has only a few years left in the game. Is he angered by those gloomy forecasts? "No, it doesn't bother me. People forget I started [professionally] at 16. And this is my fifth straight year in the top two. I'm not thinking about stopping yet, but most players start at 20 and if they finish at 29 nobody will say they've had a short career. If I finish at 25 I'm going to have had the same career as them. People will say it's a short career, but I don't agree."
Is it possible to imagine himself still playing in five years? "I can't say yes or no. You never know. I'm going to play as long as I can and, right now, I feel motivated to finish the year well ââ¬â and to win the Davis Cup for Spain [against the Czech Republic] next month. The 02 will be tough because indoors is the most difficult surface for me. But I will try my best in London."
Andy Murray, who replaced Nadal as world No2 for a few weeks during the Spaniard's long injury break, will be fired up in front of a British crowd. Yet Novak Djokovic, who beat Nadal in straight sets in the Paris Masters on Saturday, having also defeated Federer the previous week, is the hottest player in tennis.
Nadal, however, places Murray on an equal footing with the Serb. "In my opinion Djokovic and Murray are still a little bit better than [world No5 and US Open champion] Juan MartÃÂn del Potro. Murray has not won a grand slam yet, but his results are better than Del Potro's."
Will Murray win a grand slam? "I think he can. Any player who is No3 in the world will have a lot of chances to win a grand slam. He's only 22, and so he will improve."
After the most difficult year of his career Nadal himself is still driven by a simple purity of purpose. It underpins both his ferocious dedication to tennis and his winning humility off court: "I always work with a goal ââ¬â and the goal is to improve as a player and a person. That, finally, is the most important thing of all."
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - centre court - 17-11-2009
Geef even een samenvatting Buurs.
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - Ad Wim - 17-11-2009
Haha, ik wilde precies hetzelfde zeggen! Wat een stuk joh.
Re: Nieuws, feiten & wetenswaardigheden - buurs - 17-11-2009
prachtig interview.