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The tennis is just boring without bad guys

21 Jan 05:58am

Filed under: Australian Open, Roger Federer, Sport, Tennis, Wrestling

It was strangely refreshing to hear about Brazilian Marcos Daniel apparently getting into a squabble with a female spectator after his first round loss.

We need bad guys like the Davydenko as much as we need good guys like Federer

Not because getting in fights with fans is particularly advisable or admirable, but it did at least give us a tennis player we could look at say “that Marcos is one bad cat”. As an average player Marcos Daniel may have done his career a favour as he is now one of the few bad guys on the circuit.

Grand Slam tennis is currently suffering under the burden of there being too many nice guys and gals on the circuit - or at the least players who have perfected the art of looking like nice guys and gals.

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Peter M. Arel says:

11:46am | 24/10/11

Only when the rules regarding acceptable behavior and the penalties for violating those same rules HAVE REAL TEETH IN THEM will the people whose job is tyo enforce those rules and make the penalties stick have any real credibility. Read more »
Peter M. Arel says:

11:23am | 24/10/11

PURGE Serena Williams from tennis FOREVER, irrespective of the consequences. I don’t know how to post the petition to BOYCOTT Nike products until Serena is dropped on Facebook yet, but it is more likely that Michael (“Dog Killer”) Vick will be dropped before Serena is. Still, she should… Read more »

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