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He’s just played an exhibition on Necker, and he’s in Argentina for one week only afaik then he goes back to Spain (no idea what he's doing after that). He has said that he’ll be spending time with friends, and he also said last week that playing exhibitions gives them a chance to go places they would never normally be able to go (lol, because they can’t afford it?) and it’s a chance to play without pressure and stress. Also, I saw an interview somewhere this morning where he said this tour would refresh him for the coming season. Delpo says something similar about going home to Tandil in between tournaments, which lots of his fans bitch about and say he shouldn’t do. He says he gains strength from being at home.
I don't know how Delpo and Monaco get on, good or bad? Delpo and Monaco used to be good, as far as I can tell. Mónaco has been quoted (about 5-6 years ago) as saying he loves Delpo like a brother. More recently, I think ( ... )
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Awwwww, Delpo wanting to be at home *pets him* That is so typically sweet. Surely nice boys don't always have to finish last? (and/or, frustratingly just beaten in the semis?)
What you say about Delpo and Monaco makes sense. Apart from anything else, I get the impression they're both too nice to be dickheads about each other, even if they're not BFFs or have not seen eye to eye in the past. Incidentally, something about Monaco always reminds me of Paddington Bear... /random
Ooh, links, scans? Or even crappy badly-focussed photos of photos?I have some video! http://youtu.be/qkKvLaU2cns - The 2008 Davis Cup Final Doubles. The best bit is the last 2 mins, specifically Lopez and Verdasco's, um, is hug the right word? *g* There are lots of picspams linked from the Crack Van tennis overview post here: http://crack-van. ( ... )
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Here are two things you need to know about Viktor Troicki that is very important to this matter: he is over dramatic and always thinks he's right. I do believe his story and, more significantly, I believe he believes he's still correct. It's the second part that's important to consider when it comes to Novak. There is clearly questionable stuff that's happened but the fact is that Viktor heard what he wanted to hear that fateful day and that, combined with a dumbass of a coach in Jack Reader, led to this.
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That's useful to know, thanks! You may know that I've only been back as a tennis fan since Wimbledon this year, and I'd never even heard of Viktor until his sentence was pronounced.
...a dumbass of a coach
I don't really know the full parameters of a coach's job, but I was surprised at the way he seemed not to have taken charge at the time.
I think it was really sweet and kind of Novak to have taken Viktor along on the South America trip, but I imagine there are plenty of people happy to label it "defiance".
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Background on first video: Viktor is a hero in Serbia because he won the deciding 5th match in the Davis Cup final in 2010. Like Novak and Janko, he took that momentum and had him on the edge of the Top 10.
If Viktor had won this match, he would have actually been in the Top 10. You see from the score he already blew a big lead and he went into a tailspin after this point transpired. He actually goes off on the kid after this but I can't find video (just for that, he deserved to lose).
The fact the second video made his opponent, Ernests Gulbis of all people, criticize Viktor pretty much says it all.
You'd think the way some fans are reacting to Novak supporting Viktor that he's the only top player to ever support a fellow tennis player for a drug-test-related matter. The Nadal fans in particular are hypocrites - or choose to conveniently forget how strongly he supported Gasquet back in 2009.
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