Federer91 2,134 Posted August 27, 2020 #21 Share Posted August 27, 2020 44 minutes ago, Vektor said: Yeah, this is just ridiculous. It makes even less sense than the boycotts of the 80s Olympics. There are many ways to be helpful of the cause, and this isn't one of them. I'm sure this is a tournament decision, because the european players were going to play and they don't want byes for the TV contracts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,593 Posted August 27, 2020 #22 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Tennis is a rich man's sport. No way they will cancel the whole tournament or US Open for that matter. It's one sport - especially for women - when there is a ton of money to be lost. Nobody profits from cancelling matches so this one day deal is only an excuse which is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,134 Posted August 27, 2020 #23 Share Posted August 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, Monzanator said: Tennis is a rich man's sport. No way they will cancel the whole tournament or US Open for that matter. It's one sport - especially for women - when there is a ton of money to be lost. Nobody profits from cancelling matches so this one day deal is only an excuse which is good. Oh man, can you believe if the US Open is actually cancelled, because of this, after all the fuss about Covid measures they had for the past months. It's not happening of course, but imagine those 300 players depending on the Grand Slam check, after not playing for half a year. I am sure they are going to have a political stand too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,593 Posted August 27, 2020 #24 Share Posted August 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Federer91 said: Oh man, can you believe if the US Open is actually cancelled, because of this, after all the fuss about Covid measures they had for the past months. It's not happening of course, but imagine those 300 players depending on the Grand Slam check, after not playing for half a year. I am sure they are going to have a political stand too. Serena Williams is still on the Margaret Court GS record chase. Cancelling USO would make her extremely upset IMO Unlike MLB or NBA there is no guaranteed money in tennis. You make what you earn on the court (and you have to pay your trainers, medica staff etc.). That's why boycotting the season isn't really an option, it's an individual sport where you are truly on your own out there and let's face it, you can make a solid living if you're in the Top 100-150 and then it goes truly downhill if you are ranked outside 200. Then it's about earning every penny on the ITF 25k circuit. Making a political statement is cool but only if you can afford it. Otherwise reality bites you hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,540 Posted August 27, 2020 #25 Share Posted August 27, 2020 53 minutes ago, Monzanator said: Serena Williams is still on the Margaret Court GS record chase. Cancelling USO would make her extremely upset IMO To be fair, what does not make Her Royal Highness Queen Serena Williams extremely upset? If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMQ 222 Posted August 27, 2020 #26 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Naomi made the statement, the tournament is just doing damage control IMO. A single one day off doesn´t change a bit for them. Sindo and Olympian1010 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Liu 1,579 Posted August 27, 2020 #27 Share Posted August 27, 2020 I really hate sports involving politics. Quiting/boycott doesn't make any difference to the racism/world peace whatever. It just makes you feel good like a saint. As a professional player why not playing professionally and protest when you are off court. Doing harm to the struggling WTA/ATP and US open doesn't help the racism at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,593 Posted August 27, 2020 #28 Share Posted August 27, 2020 15 minutes ago, Vic Liu said: I really hate sports involving politics. Quiting/boycott doesn't make any difference to the racism/world peace whatever. It just makes you feel good like a saint. As a professional player why not playing professionally and protest when you are off court. Doing harm to the struggling WTA/ATP and US open doesn't help the racism at all. Especially when you consider Osaka was booed like crazy back in the USO final. Somehow the political crusade morons didn't consider that racist at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,593 Posted August 27, 2020 #29 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Naomi Osaka will actually play her semi-final tomorrow WTA 1 Politics 0 https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/12511124/naomi-osaka-will-play-western-southern-open-protest-jacob-blake/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,593 Posted August 28, 2020 #30 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Osaka vs Azarenka in the final. Mertens' 3/21 break point conversion is hilariously bad even for WTA's standards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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