COVID-19 and Tennis

[lovetravellingoz]

Will the AO (and its COVID theme) be finished soon?

With Covid19 likely to become endemic and with the AO already being so, the answer is no.

 

[DC3]

With Covid19 likely become endemic and with the AO already being so the answer is no.

And no mention of Maggie Court appearing this year at the Evonne Goolagong Arena. Apparently not invited to the AO.

 

[RooFlyer]

And no mention of Maggie Court appearing this year at the Evonne Goolagong Arena. Apparently not invited to the AO.

Living as she does in the DPRWA, I doubt it was ever on for her to appear at Margaret Court Arena. Lets stick to tennis?

 

[astrosly]

Crowd capacity for remaining tournament raised to 65%

 

[TheRealTMA]

Living as she does in the DPRWA, I doubt it was ever on for her to appear at Margaret Court Arena. Lets stick to tennis?

IMHO: But she doesn’t. Good she wasn’t invited this year. The arena should be renamed after her homophobic and anti vaccine pronouncements, including “Jesus is my vaccine.”. Good luck with that.

 

[DC3]

Australian Open: Not invited:

Tennis great Margaret Court says she wasn't invited to Australian Open

Tennis champion Margaret Court, who has had a frosty relationship with the Australian Open over her views on sexuality and same-sex marriage in recent years, says she not been invited to this year's tournament in a radio interview with 3AW.

amp.cnn.com

 

[Pushka]

Australian Open: Not invited:

Tennis great Margaret Court says she wasn't invited to Australian Open

Tennis champion Margaret Court, who has had a frosty relationship with the Australian Open over her views on sexuality and same-sex marriage in recent years, says she not been invited to this year's tournament in a radio interview with 3AW.

amp.cnn.com

If she doesn't believe in vaccination then it makes sense not to anyway regardless of any other issues.

 

[tgh]

I have some issues with the denigration of "great achievers"..because they later present with less than socially acceptable views.
She either was a great sports person or she was not..
What she is now should be less relevant. (IMnsHO )
All reads a bit like the new age "permanence of guilt" .. no longer can you do the time for the crime.. guilty is now a life sentence

 

[RooFlyer]

Lets stick to tennis?

Well, I guess that was a forlorn hope . A great tennis player will always be a great tennis player. Deal with it, eh?

 

[Pushka]

I have some issues with the denigration of "great achievers"..because they later present with less than socially acceptable views.
She either was a great sports person or she was not..
What she is now should be less relevant. (IMnsHO )
All reads a bit like the new age "permanence of guilt" .. no longer can you do the time for the crime.. guilty is now a life sentence

While I agree, if they use their status as a great tennis player to achieve a louder voice in the media with divisive opinions then the two become inextricably linked.

 

[DC3]

I have some issues with the denigration of "great achievers"..because they later present with less than socially acceptable views.
She either was a great sports person or she was not..
What she is now should be less relevant. (IMnsHO )
All reads a bit like the new age "permanence of guilt" .. no longer can you do the time for the crime.. guilty is now a life sentence

However, some seem to be quite okay with bringing it upon themselves, without any help being needed from others. What is said in later years becomes more relevant, as the good that was done in the earlier years has long gone, including for those Australian tennis greats who were admired by those around them for what they saw of them at the time.

Anyway, Maggie must be doing something right as her church snookered some cash in Job Keeper: Uproar over $500,000 JobKeeper payments for Margaret Court's church

 

[TheRealTMA]

Well, I guess that was a forlorn hope . A great tennis player will always be a great tennis player. Deal with it, eh?

Providing he/she sticks to tennis and not vilify or denegate other equally talented sportspeople with absurd comments based on medieval superstitions.

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Australian Wild Card Kubler and Fourlis come from behind to make it through to the mixed doubles final on Friday (around 3pm perhaps) on Rod Laver Arena.

 

[Anna]

An all Australian men's doubles final would be amazing. Fingers crossed. But I can't help thinking it may well be a no Australian men's doubles final.

 

[RooFlyer]

What is said in later years becomes more relevant, as the good that was done in the earlier years has long gone, i

All the championships Margaret Court won are still won. Still a former champion tennis player.

Honestly, it’s not uncommon for people in later years to have and express views unpalatable to others. It does not take away from their achievements in their prime.

 

[Anna]

It's just occurred to me that including a judge in judicial robes in one of this year's Drumstick ads was an unwitting stroke of marketing genius, seeing that Drumstick is an AO sponsor.

 

[jakeseven7]

All the championships Margaret Court won are still won. Still a former champion tennis player.

Honestly, it’s not uncommon for people in later years to have and express views unpalatable to others. It does not take away from their achievements in their prime.

How do we know they didn't secretly harbour those vile thoughts the whole time they were playing though..... Players like Novak are at least honest about it and up front.

 

[Anna]

Meanwhile the AO's scheduling genius has both Australian men's doubles pairs playing simultaneously

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Meanwhile the AO's scheduling genius has both Australian men's doubles pairs playing simultaneously

Both women's and men's double semis were/are played simultaneously.

 

[Pushka]

Meanwhile the AO's scheduling genius has both Australian men's doubles pairs playing simultaneously

I didn't realise until your post yesterday that there were two Australian men's doubles in contention. Squeaky wheel and all that.