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09-01-2011 , 10:31 PM
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Roddick: Tennis should be more like wrestling September 01, 2011
Andy Roddick says that tennis needs to loosen its Code of Conduct rules in order to gain more popularity. Roddick threw his racket and nailed a ball into the stands in Cincinnati during the third set of his 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-1 loss to Philipp Kohlschreiber.

“There’s a reason that Monday Night Raw gets better ratings than we do," Roddick said at the U.S. Open. “[Tennis] is the only thing I know where you can break your own stuff and get penalized for it. If you're hurting someone, or someone is in harm's way, you know, I think if you took a poll of who would want to see someone go mental and hit something into the stands or something, I mean, people would probably vote for that. Let's put it this way: [John] McEnroe is still getting endorsements and he's 87 years old, so...I mean, what does that tell you? Love it or hate it, but watch it."

Roddick believes that he should be held to task if he verbally abuses an official, but does not think that players should be corralled if they are only involved in self-flagellation. In 2008 at the tournament in Miami, Mikhail Youhzny smashed his racket on his head three times until blood ran off his his forehand down past his nose. Roddick thought it added value to the sport and said that the player who is not melting down loses an advantage if an official steps in.

“How good was that?,” he said of the Miami incident. "Youzhny has never been so famous. Like [boxer Manny] Pacquiao, millions of [You Tube] hits. Listen, I have no issue if the umpire wants to punch himself in the head. I might encourage it. I mean, the guy hit himself in the head. What are you going to do? Give him a warning? If anything, it's a disadvantage to your opponent if the umpire plays a part in you keeping composed. He should let you fall off the wagon. If I see some guy going mental, the umpire is like, No, no, no, warning. I'm like, No, let him go. Let him fall all the way off."
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09-01-2011 , 10:37 PM
Roddick has a future in stand-up comedy. I think he's just speaking his mind but that's hilarious.
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09-01-2011 , 10:38 PM
roddick is right. just like golf. its so ****ing bad when you get a penalty for breaking your own **** or swearing.
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09-01-2011 , 10:48 PM
If golfers started breaking their clubs i would definitely tune in into that lame sport to watch.
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09-01-2011 , 10:52 PM
Hearing Tiger yell out "goddammit Tiger" after a bad drive is my favorite memory from watching golf on TV. Watching him smash every club in the bag against a tree after missing the cut would be amazing.
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09-01-2011 , 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Ron Burgundy
uh no, it wasn't certain. Remember 2 weeks ago he retired in the final in cincy because of his shoulder? Now that the shoulder is obviously ok, his odds are better.
I mean it was almost certain today before the game. The odds were probably between 1.02 to 1.04 for Djoko and in those cases winning would only slightly affect his odds of winning the tournament as he was expected to win and convincingly. For example Fed had an easy win today buy his odds of winning the tournament prior the didn't change.
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09-01-2011 , 11:13 PM
The shoulder is ok and he's playing great so far. I mean Nadal won his first round, but looked awful, I'd imagine his odds got longer after that win.
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09-01-2011 , 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by EvilSteve
The shoulder is ok and he's playing great so far. I mean Nadal won his first round, but looked awful, I'd imagine his odds got longer after that win.
They did a little bit. From 5.7-5.8 they went to 6.0 and after Djoko's win to 6.4
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09-01-2011 , 11:27 PM
What are the odds on Djok never dropping a set? Seems possible the way he's playing, albeit playing nobodies.
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09-02-2011 , 01:27 AM
will roddick get tested this upcoming match?
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09-02-2011 , 01:56 AM
Slowest of all ponies but I watched the Roddick v Russell match and couldn't help but wonder why the crowd was so dead? He lost the 3rd and was in trouble in the 4th he pulled it together to win but crowd seemed lol bad
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09-02-2011 , 02:23 AM
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Originally Posted by OMGZim
Slowest of all ponies but I watched the Roddick v Russell match and couldn't help but wonder why the crowd was so dead? He lost the 3rd and was in trouble in the 4th he pulled it together to win but crowd seemed lol bad
people aren't that stupid, they know a truly ****ty match when they see one, even if the score was close for a while.
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09-02-2011 , 02:59 AM
best matches so far were monfils/ferrero and isner/baghdatis for sure. like someone said upthread, i'd much prefer to see those in the bigger stadiums than the blowouts.
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09-02-2011 , 03:04 AM
arantxa rus hello

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09-02-2011 , 03:27 AM
verdasco/tsonga should be sick
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09-02-2011 , 09:20 AM
^ban
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09-02-2011 , 09:23 AM
damn appears venus has something more serious. hopefully she gets well and rides off into the fashion sunset.
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09-02-2011 , 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Morris King
verdasco/tsonga should be sick
Agreed, and hopefully Serena is nowhere near the grounds today so we can watch at least part of it.
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09-02-2011 , 11:56 AM
Today is a great day of tennis match ups. Lots of Americans left in the draw, hopefully they continue some of the success from yesterday.
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09-02-2011 , 12:11 PM
del potro cruising.. his draw is looking pretty good as well
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09-02-2011 , 12:15 PM
You tell her whats what Vera!
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09-02-2011 , 01:02 PM
go delpo!!
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09-02-2011 , 01:32 PM
Cmon ESPN, the class match is clearly going to be the Young and Wawrinka, let us watch it for a bit, would you?
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09-02-2011 , 02:00 PM
Who is this Donald Young fellow? Doing work against Wawrinka.
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09-02-2011 , 02:05 PM
Maria gerrin got.
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