anyone playing on the French Open Tennis this afternoon ?

some fantastic shot making going on here.

Watching white  paint dry ere

FRENCH OPEN THE BEST 4 HRS OF COMPLETE AND UTTER BORDEDOM THE BBC EVER GOT RID OF ,
spread bet on how many times ivan lendle spend wacking the dust of the bottom of his trainers A BUY AT 5000 and over

fantastic entertainment...

the skill level of these two is through the roof imv...

and the fitness levels.

Sport went downhill after the Jimmy Connor/Bjorn Borg/Ilie nasty nastase era in my opinion.
characters replaced by robots with stupidly quick serves.

i don't think you could call John McEnroe or Roger Federer robots tbh.

and Alcaraz certainly ain't robotic imv.

usual bollox from leafy

tennis unwatchable due to absurd pampering of players and ridiculously long matches

the pointless knock up at the start. theyve been on the practice court all fecking day

sitting down for a rub down banana and drinky every 2 games. walor. they are super-fit and its an absurdity. every set maybe

You've just promoted the sport massively 1sttp by having to go back 40yrs to find a negative , to the untrained eye the likes of Novak , Rafa and Roger may come across as boring simply because they're on the screen a lot being successful so winning far more than their fair share.

Certainly no fitter sportsmen on the planet than tennis players but the cream as in other sports are long odds to win popularity contests as it doesn't gel with being mega successful.

A bit like Aidan   

Guessing the village drunk didn't have anything complimentary to say
Prolly on the second bottle of Tesco plnk by now though, so partly mitigated.

Every day I haven't commited hari kiri grinds his gears.

hara kiri. numbnut

the idea a grub like you makes an iota of difference is risible. its you who is cracking up, hence the endless whingeing to notfair

time for the 90k 1.01 Sinner backers to hide behind the sofa i would suggest.

An incredible match

He is now hibby

Flip flopped from 1.01 , £20 million matched so far

dreadful game this...

two robotic robots...

no idea how anyone could enjoy this cr@p quite frankly...

Alcaraz has a superb record in games over 4 hours

Sinner needs to get on some gear that lasts more than 4 hours

Two superb athletes

absolutely irons.

If anything was going to go against Sinner it was lack of a grueling 5 set match after the lay off , not dropped a set before today but in hindsight could have done with dropping a few.

Best two players now by some distance and personally think Sinner the better covering all surfaces as will be proven over time , Carlos sees this court as his own back yard though and massive kudos for the comeback from dead.

Sport doesn't get any better than this   

Not an ounce of fat on either

Sport doesn't get any better than this

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got to agree with that Hayden.

Beyond belief this match , got everything and more   

I am delighted that I don't bet on tennis

Been betting in-play since exchange irons , form your own tennis list of players using a criteria and create a sliding lay low strategy with a buy out , nothing as topsy turvy as tennis with the right players except maybe the crazy sport of Baseball and T20 isn't too bad either.

Not had a pre-match bet on tennis nor cricket for 17 years and never will again.

I admire your tenacity Hayden

cracking match that...

TENNIS is the winner.

That the Ladies winner gets the same prize money is scandalous

Billie Jean King would bury you for that comment Irons   

it's the modern world irons.

Whilst it is not my sport,I would back any male in the top hundred to batter yesterday's Ladies winner Hayden

So would i Irons , only time i'd differ would be Serena in her pomp then i'd make it top 10.

absolute bollox

any male in the top 10 000 would wallop her

serena williams wouldnt get a point, barring a double fault, off any geezer who is any good at all. she cant even take a set off her 98 year old one legged coach. coach at the tennis club i was at is adamant any of his peers would beat the best woman player. the most over=paid sports people in the world, by a mile

That may be a tad optimistic mitolo but I agree that she would have been caned even in her prime

williams was offered the chance to play a geezer 10 years ago and wasnt having it. she knows

it wont ever happen as wimmins tennis would be shown up. not that im advocating or want it, its just the equality money is bollox

the geezer i spoke of played anna keethavong when she was 21 and brit n01 or 2 and was beating her 6-0 when she chucked it in. and he was not even a recognised player with a ranking. he says its the speed around the court that really kills it. they dont have the instant power and speed that the men do and any hal-decent shot leaves them floundering but a reasonable male player would chase it down relatively easily

Apart from ability,the lumbering oxen would have been unconscious with the fitness levels of the men

they couldnt have a rally without the giant binlid rackets they use. and seriously, having giant knockers doesnt help either

dont want to sound mean but we are being sold a pup. ask a brussel and he will tell you wimmins tennis is deadly at the box office. they cant sell a ticket, despite all the flannel you hear about it being interesting and different from the mens. its different alright

Queens Club looks pretty full to me tbh.

At the risk of sounding mysogynistic,the women have been asking for equal money as the men without a semblance of their ability in soccer and tennis hibby

I should have added,only the tennis has fallen for it

Revenues soar as attendances fall in Womens's Super League, TV companies paying over the odds for the product, the vast majority of it is poor.

i ain't fussed about all that stuff irons...

i enjoy womens tennis...

i enjoy mens tennis...

what they get paid for competing/winning these events is nowt to do with me tbh.

The public is being force fed this fodder,swifty.
My teams youth team would batter the "Lionesses" and they know it.
The rancid BBC lead the charge with this cobblers

if there are lassies games on BBC i'll watch them...

it's irrelevant to me if they would get stuffed by a mens pub team or not...

saw some cracking games in the SWPL this season...

not everyones cup of tea but either is EPL where some folk get paid multi hundreds of thousand pounds per week.

Each to their own hibby.
I would sooner watch paint dry than to endure watching talentless cart horses play soccer

uptheirons 09 Jun 25 19:33 

Each to their own hibby.

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couldn't agree more irons.

Otherwise.we would all suffer like me watching my home town team West Ham

Come on lads it'd be some dull life if we all thought the same , it'll always be each to their own be it music , food , sporting choice , betting selections or dare i say it women 

Imagine if we all wanted to back the same horse the exchange wouldn't exist.

They do say variety is the spice of life , just had a glorious Indian for tea  ( food that is )

Hayden 09 Jun 25 19:43

Come on lads it'd be some dull life if we all thought the same , it'll always be each to their own be it music , food , sporting choice , betting selections or dare i say it women

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correct Hayden...

i mean some folk never miss an edition of The One Show ffs.

I must be behind the times Hib , honestly no idea what that program is about without Mr Google.

not the point. people are entirely free to prefer or enjoy anything they like, within reason

but putting out a fiction about the equalisation of rewards for different sports is dishonest as wimmins sport doesnt drive revenues so spare us the more pay nonsense and enjoy what it is. no problem

as an unusual aside, im a lover of the rugby league in aus. incredible and the toughest comp in the world. but i also luv watching the ladies teams. they try so hard but arent really built for it

I watch every live NRL game on Sky mitolo and thoroughly enjoy them.

Couldn't agree more that the equal pay is unfair on the men in any sport but tbh don't lose sleep over that kind of stuff , if they can get it good luck to them especially if someone is daft enough to pay it.

That aside i love ladies tennis for trading and without a betting strategy i'm not sure if any of us would watch a tenth of the sport we do if we're honest , as for Golf , soccer and boxing if played in the garden i'd draw the curtains.


Good luck chaps   

never watch it Hayden...

unfortunately if i watch the 6 o'clock news they pop on an advert for it (as it starts at 7pm)...

not my scene at all.

mitolo...

are you telling me WSL players who play for Manchester City want equal pay for men who play for Manchester City in the EPL...

coz i'd be astonished if that was the case...

in fact i wouldn't believe it quite frankly.

for starters there ain't equal pay within the EPL in any case...

some folk get 100k per week...

some folk get 350k per week...

so i'm not sure where this 'equal pay' in football (for example) is coming from tbh.

theres a dedicated nrl channel on the dipstick haydn that shows every game, not just those on sky, and all the other stuff that goes with it. hence me watching it at 7 am this morn and getting out of bed at 5 pm this afternoon. that has gone on since thursday

no wonder i is crackers

er.. no i wasnt saying that. that would be quite a claim

but there are rumblings of dissatisfaction in rugby and cricket about lack of cash for the wimmin. i shouldnt have used 'equality' as that only happens in tennis

but the wimmins sports generally lose money

tbh i'm like Hayden on this...

i either like watching a sporting event or i don't...

i don't watch a lassies football match and think 'do they deserve equal pay as the men ?' (international football for example)...

women's Euro's coming up...

i will more than likely watch every match...

The Dog and Duck Sunday League team would probably beat them but i ain't fussed about that...

i just take it for what it is and hope to see an enjoyable game...

sometimes you do and sometimes you don't.

never known hippy so happy 

it's only horse racing that gets me annoyed tbh mitolo.

I'd leave the Tennis to 'acey'. He's a good chance to redeem himself.

well that's not strictly true tbh...

players cheating/diving in football is something that gets right under my skin tbh of course obviously.

the most annoying thing for me in sport is the role pundits play...

horse racing they are just a complete joke...

football they see what they want to see...

Wales game...

two poor penalties given imv...

Welsh pundits say the Belgium penalty was never a penalty...

but say nowt about the Welsh penalty which was a totally powder puff 'taken him out' by the goalie...

he touched the blokes head wh went down as if he'd been hit by a sledgehammer...

Welsh pundits ignore it...

NOW THAT IS ANNOYING imv.

who went down ffs.

Boy George?

some Welsh dude...

should be up for a BAFTA ffs.

Total prize money at this year's Wimbledon will increase by 7% to a record £53.5m.

The prize pot, worth £50m in 2024, is double the £26.5m on offer in 2015.

Carlos Alcaraz and Barbora Krejcikova each took home £2.7m for winning the men's and women's singles titles respectively last year.

This year's winners will receive £3m, an increase of 11%.

Players knocked out in the first round will receive £66,000, an increase of 10%.

There will be a 4% increase for the men's and women's doubles winners, who will earn £680,000, and a 3% increase for the mixed doubles winners, to £135,000.

The All England Lawn Tennis Club also confirmed the full introduction of live electronic line calling.

The technology, trialled in part last year, will end Wimbledon's 147-year use of line judges.

More than 400 cameras have been installed across the courts.

Wimbledon runs from 30 June to 13 July.

The All England Lawn Tennis Club also confirmed the full introduction of live electronic line calling.

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There will be a 4% increase for the men's and women's doubles winners, who will earn £680,000

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you can buy lot's of strawberry and cream bowls for 680k...

Non league football Lewes Fc in Sussex have been paying the men and women the same since 2021.

Are they both equally poor second again?

3-2 down, first set.

I've not had a bet I just like looking at Emma's finely tuned pins.

steady

dont need a relapse. i remember the best pins in tennis-steffi graf

pity about der schnozzle

Indeed Mitolo, Graf easily qualifies as well. Not that tennis appeals to me as a sport though having said that.

Wimbledon really isn't that far from me, about 9 miles roughly, and I've never bothered to go.