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  • #16
    Gotta smile Krygios is just starting to realize he's no longer the rising star and fast approaching has been status, this quote from today's SMH

    "The 23-year-old posted a picture of Hewitt commentating for Channel 9 courtside at de Minaur’s match against Henri Laaksonen, accompanied by the question “Who’s [sic] match is he watching?” and the alternative answers: “Demon” and “No one else"
    https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/...16-p50rti.html

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Yelta View Post
      Gotta smile Krygios is just starting to realize he's no longer the rising star and fast approaching has been status...
      I wouldn't write him off as a has-been yet - only 23. Kyrgios has proven potential but clearly not handling the pressure of pro tennis or rising to the challenge. He needs a better coach (who is James Cerratini?)

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      • #18
        Mark Philippoussis seemed to start the trend of promising Australian tennis players not reaching their full potential. Ego, family/friends and probably just plain laziness seemed to knee-cap him as well as Tomic and Kyrgios. There's maybe a small glimmer of hope for Kyrgios but Tomic seems to be too far gone.

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        • #19
          Originally posted by flynnaus View Post
          I wouldn't write him off as a has-been yet - only 23. Kyrgios has proven potential but clearly not handling the pressure of pro tennis or rising to the challenge. He needs a better coach (who is James Cerratini?)
          Morning Flynn,

          My feeling is he needs a change in attitude, that's a whole lot more difficult than simply changing coaches, it would take a seriously dedicated person to put up with the histrionics displayed by this unholy trinity.

          If he was a race horse you wouldn't bother giving him another start, too many good ones around to bother with the duds.

          Time to move on.

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          • #20
            I think we have seen this deterioration in 'sportsmanship' and general self-control by athletes/competitors in all sports over the last 3 or 4 decades.
            I'd have thought that Tennis would be the easiest sport to be comprehensively electronically monitored in real-time so as to eliminate disagreements with competitors.

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            • #21
              Wouldn’t it be great if all forms of media including on line forums gave both of these two ungrateful brats zero coverage other than their match results. Their endorsements would reduce markedly, we wouldn’t have to hear their churlish rants and we could cheer on upcoming players without distractions from people who have no respect for their sport or the talent they have been lucky to have been born with. Earlier comments on this thread about Pat Rafter are spot on. Great player, great bloke, great ambassador for his sport. Stop giving oxygen to time wasters. Time for a doppio.........

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              • #22
                Originally posted by stephen28 View Post
                Wouldn’t it be great if all forms of media including on line forums gave both of these two ungrateful brats zero coverage other than their match results. Their endorsements would reduce markedly, we wouldn’t have to hear their churlish rants and we could cheer on upcoming players without distractions from people who have no respect for their sport or the talent they have been lucky to have been born with. Earlier comments on this thread about Pat Rafter are spot on. Great player, great bloke, great ambassador for his sport. Stop giving oxygen to time wasters. Time for a doppio.........
                They give em coverage because a significant proportion of the population buy/watch/listen to this garbage (even if they deny doing so). BTW ask Pat Rafter how Bermuda is going.

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by Rocky View Post
                  I think we have seen this deterioration in 'sportsmanship' and general self-control by athletes/competitors in all sports over the last 3 or 4 decades.
                  I'd have thought that Tennis would be the easiest sport to be comprehensively electronically monitored in real-time so as to eliminate disagreements with competitors.
                  This seems to be a problem with professional sports.
                  Amateur sports people still seem to show good sportsmanship.

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by topshot View Post
                    This seems to be a problem with professional sports.
                    Amateur sports people still seem to show good sportsmanship.
                    Spot on Topshot, once money becomes the primary motivator it's a dog eat dog world, pretty sad state of affairs, the unfortunate thing is many of our younger people have never known anything different and think this behavior is normal, and, even to be admired, it's not.

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                    • #25
                      (Old thread but continuing )

                      Kyrgios has certainly behaved differently in the ATP Cup and AO . Of course, the probation looming over his head may have something to do with it.. but much more respect shown overall

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