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Could he not have said that it was a cramp?
The reporters probably thought he was having a stroke or something.
The reporters probably thought he was having a stroke or something.
TENNIS: OFFICIAL US OPEN 2011 THREAD! hawt.
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Yeah, that's the thing. I couldn't understand/hear what he was saying, so I wasn't sure if he had mentioned anything about it... either saying "cramp" or "trainer please" to the people there. Anyone know Spanish?
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Yeah, that's the thing. I couldn't understand/hear what he was saying, so I wasn't sure if he had mentioned anything about it... either saying "cramp" or "trainer please" to the people there. Anyone know Spanish?
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Cramp??......Look like he getting his d' sucked to me
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Cramp??......Look like he getting his d' sucked to me
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Originally Posted by Smedroc
Cramp??......Look like he getting his d' sucked to me
He was supposedly cramping in his quad AND his hamstring... dunno how you stretch that out...
Anyway...
So long...
And moving on...
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Originally Posted by Smedroc
Cramp??......Look like he getting his d' sucked to me
He was supposedly cramping in his quad AND his hamstring... dunno how you stretch that out...
Anyway...
So long...
And moving on...
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Lisicki's legs look mad strong.
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Lisicki's legs look mad strong.
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Sam S showed incredible mental toughness last night. She won the match 2 times but was overruled by the challenge system then got taken to a 3rd set.
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Sam S showed incredible mental toughness last night. She won the match 2 times but was overruled by the challenge system then got taken to a 3rd set.
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I just saw those highlights. Maria must've been pissed the lines people kept trying to lose her the match.
I just saw those highlights. Maria must've been pissed the lines people kept trying to lose her the match.
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I just saw those highlights. Maria must've been pissed the lines people kept trying to lose her the match.
I just saw those highlights. Maria must've been pissed the lines people kept trying to lose her the match.
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The crappy officiating is directly related to the fact half of the "gold badge" umpire crew are boycotting the US Open.
Umpires Boycott US Open Amid Pay And Conditions Dispute
Updated: Thursday, 01 Sep 2011, 10:01 AM EDT
Published : Thursday, 01 Sep 2011, 10:01 AM EDT
By NewsCore
NEW YORK - Only half of the world's leading umpires were working Thursday at the US Open as a result of a protest over pay and working conditions imposed on officials at Flushing Meadows.
Steve Ullrich, the most experienced American official -- who was in the chair for last year's men's final -- was among a host of recognizable faces who chose to boycott this year's tournament.
While 24 of tennis' 26 gold-badge officials worked Wimbledon two months ago, only 13 made it to New York.
The grand-slam tournaments have their own teams of officials, who are contracted to work the four majors and International Tennis Federation (ITF) events. It is believed that the US Open offers the lowest levels of pay -- about $250 a day -- of the four slams.
The umpires, who already complain of working longer and more antisocial hours, were told this year that pay would be reduced by 30 percent for tax purposes, an amount they could claim back in their own countries.
A leading official said, "We've heard they spend more on the flower arrangements at the Open than they do on officiating."
The tournament produced an economic benefit of $420 million for New York last year.
The crappy officiating is directly related to the fact half of the "gold badge" umpire crew are boycotting the US Open.
Umpires Boycott US Open Amid Pay And Conditions Dispute
Updated: Thursday, 01 Sep 2011, 10:01 AM EDT
Published : Thursday, 01 Sep 2011, 10:01 AM EDT
By NewsCore
NEW YORK - Only half of the world's leading umpires were working Thursday at the US Open as a result of a protest over pay and working conditions imposed on officials at Flushing Meadows.
Steve Ullrich, the most experienced American official -- who was in the chair for last year's men's final -- was among a host of recognizable faces who chose to boycott this year's tournament.
While 24 of tennis' 26 gold-badge officials worked Wimbledon two months ago, only 13 made it to New York.
The grand-slam tournaments have their own teams of officials, who are contracted to work the four majors and International Tennis Federation (ITF) events. It is believed that the US Open offers the lowest levels of pay -- about $250 a day -- of the four slams.
The umpires, who already complain of working longer and more antisocial hours, were told this year that pay would be reduced by 30 percent for tax purposes, an amount they could claim back in their own countries.
A leading official said, "We've heard they spend more on the flower arrangements at the Open than they do on officiating."
The tournament produced an economic benefit of $420 million for New York last year.
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The crappy officiating is directly related to the fact half of the "gold badge" umpire crew are boycotting the US Open.
Umpires Boycott US Open Amid Pay And Conditions Dispute
Updated: Thursday, 01 Sep 2011, 10:01 AM EDT
Published : Thursday, 01 Sep 2011, 10:01 AM EDT
By NewsCore
NEW YORK - Only half of the world's leading umpires were working Thursday at the US Open as a result of a protest over pay and working conditions imposed on officials at Flushing Meadows.
Steve Ullrich, the most experienced American official -- who was in the chair for last year's men's final -- was among a host of recognizable faces who chose to boycott this year's tournament.
While 24 of tennis' 26 gold-badge officials worked Wimbledon two months ago, only 13 made it to New York.
The grand-slam tournaments have their own teams of officials, who are contracted to work the four majors and International Tennis Federation (ITF) events. It is believed that the US Open offers the lowest levels of pay -- about $250 a day -- of the four slams.
The umpires, who already complain of working longer and more antisocial hours, were told this year that pay would be reduced by 30 percent for tax purposes, an amount they could claim back in their own countries.
A leading official said, "We've heard they spend more on the flower arrangements at the Open than they do on officiating."
The tournament produced an economic benefit of $420 million for New York last year.
The crappy officiating is directly related to the fact half of the "gold badge" umpire crew are boycotting the US Open.
Umpires Boycott US Open Amid Pay And Conditions Dispute
Updated: Thursday, 01 Sep 2011, 10:01 AM EDT
Published : Thursday, 01 Sep 2011, 10:01 AM EDT
By NewsCore
NEW YORK - Only half of the world's leading umpires were working Thursday at the US Open as a result of a protest over pay and working conditions imposed on officials at Flushing Meadows.
Steve Ullrich, the most experienced American official -- who was in the chair for last year's men's final -- was among a host of recognizable faces who chose to boycott this year's tournament.
While 24 of tennis' 26 gold-badge officials worked Wimbledon two months ago, only 13 made it to New York.
The grand-slam tournaments have their own teams of officials, who are contracted to work the four majors and International Tennis Federation (ITF) events. It is believed that the US Open offers the lowest levels of pay -- about $250 a day -- of the four slams.
The umpires, who already complain of working longer and more antisocial hours, were told this year that pay would be reduced by 30 percent for tax purposes, an amount they could claim back in their own countries.
A leading official said, "We've heard they spend more on the flower arrangements at the Open than they do on officiating."
The tournament produced an economic benefit of $420 million for New York last year.
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It's probably where she gets most of the power on that huge-!@! serve of hers...Originally Posted by shogun
Lisicki's legs look mad strong.
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It's probably where she gets most of the power on that huge-!@! serve of hers...Originally Posted by shogun
Lisicki's legs look mad strong.
