Posted on 01/30/2022 6:56:28 AM PST by SeekAndFind
That was great how he beat Novak…
Tainted win by the vaxx and the vaxx fascists.
He can move on to college freshmen next.
Like Joe Frazier being crowned champion from a tournament to fill Muhammad Ali’s vacant title. Imaging if Frazier had lost that first fight between him and Ali?
Nadal will win many more titles, after he declares himself a woman. Good on you, Rafael!
Yep, this win should ALWAYS have an asterisk!
Isn’t he the guy who formed the greatest band of all time, “Joe Frazier and the Knockouts”?
Horsesh**.
I like Raffy, but this one goes into the books with an asterisk.
His "trophy" smells like taint, some say...
Lookit me!
This is not really a win for this guy. He did not play against the real opponent.
the Win doesn’t get an asterisk, the event itself gets an asterisk. It is not a “grand slam” event if all comers are not permitted to play.
Everyone should chant Novak whenever they see Rafael Nadal. Maybe Vichy Vaxhole would work.
Nadal wins first ever Australia Closed tournament.
Any claims to Australian Open name are illegitimate.
Congratulations to Nadal! He is not to blame for Djokovic’s absence and he defeated the players in front of him.
WHO THE HELL CARES, Tennis players have the personalites of stones.
Tennis lost me sometime in the 1990s, guess when Monica Seles retired. Guess Anna Kournikova did bring me back for a while. Today mens tennis has personalities as interesting as winter long distance cardio sports. Womens tennis personalities are dominated by media campaigns.
I meet the entire Mens Tenis roster the summer of 1993, working a couple of the tennis tournaments. They were stone cold idiots, each born in the 1970s, did not go to high school, they went to florida tennis schools and had the inteprsonal skills of the raquet bags. They had future NBA and NHL wives as girlfirends, sort of the minor leage of chickenheads.
I have already seen the greatest matches of all time, with commentators and a soundtrack that let you take a nap until the set was up for the taking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNtEPsnqrqk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBu0w1-y7mQ
A personality against someone who does not have one is fun. There was more entrainment in one at bat in the decade than all of Tennis post 1997 .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYXTV51GdUs
Illegitimate one, same as Brandon. Let’s Go, Rafa!
Well, it certainly wasn't a true "Open" tournament was it?
Who cares, the Aussie Open is dead to me forever. Used to be one of my fav tourney’s to watch.
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