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Congratulations to Stanislas Wawrinka...
Huge congratulations to the champion of the 2014 Australian Championships. He won the thing fair and square. He also deserves a reward for maintaining his composure when he won. Nadal deserved a punch in the kisser...much less a handshake...and a hug. Wawrinka should have given him the cold shoulder...but that would have been bucking the system and nobody wants to do that...do they? Stanislas maintained his composure and exercised "tennis etiquette"...that lost facet of the tennis world. A thing of the past. The one thing that we can rightfully lament. The passing of great tradition. Higher thought. The best that Man had to offer. This is evolution? Think again. Devolution more likely.
I'm glad he beat Djokovic who shared some histrionics of his own with us in the semifinals. Andy Murray couldn't resist the sympathy grimaces as well when he went down to Roger Federer in the quarterfinals. Sadly...Roger was beaten before he even took to the court against Fafa. Mental issues. He took to the court without an actual game plan...is that possible? It certainly looked like it.
Stanislas was the most impressive "MAN" throughout the fortnight. He just so happened to be the only player "that was a MAN about it" as my old friend Leon once suggested to me. "Be a man about it Steve"...he said to me. You know what? He was absolutely right.
Stanislas Wawrinka was the only player to deserve the win the 2014 Australian Open Championships. I never saw him blink in the face of the "new tennis nobility". It is too bad that the "Big Four" revealed themselves for what they are. It undermined the true grit of the champion. All of their petty little ego issues undermined the performance of "The Man". Stan the Man.
It was overall...a bizarre tournament. The court surface and the quicker balls were largely overlooked and glossed over by all of the accounts that I have read. The effect on the play was telling and many of the sharks looked to be slightly out of water. Not in their preferred element as it was. Nadal started whimpering about the conditions before play had even begun and his exit was a total sham. It doesn't even matter if he was injured or not...it was how he played it that did matter. He played it for all that it was worth...that's for certain. It made us even forget his terrible blister for a moment. What a gladiator! He's whimpering all of the way to the bank...as I type.
Huge congratulations to the champion of the 2014 Australian Championships. He won the thing fair and square. He also deserves a reward for maintaining his composure when he won. Nadal deserved a punch in the kisser...much less a handshake...and a hug. Wawrinka should have given him the cold shoulder...but that would have been bucking the system and nobody wants to do that...do they? Stanislas maintained his composure and exercised "tennis etiquette"...that lost facet of the tennis world. A thing of the past. The one thing that we can rightfully lament. The passing of great tradition. Higher thought. The best that Man had to offer. This is evolution? Think again. Devolution more likely.
I'm glad he beat Djokovic who shared some histrionics of his own with us in the semifinals. Andy Murray couldn't resist the sympathy grimaces as well when he went down to Roger Federer in the quarterfinals. Sadly...Roger was beaten before he even took to the court against Fafa. Mental issues. He took to the court without an actual game plan...is that possible? It certainly looked like it.
Stanislas was the most impressive "MAN" throughout the fortnight. He just so happened to be the only player "that was a MAN about it" as my old friend Leon once suggested to me. "Be a man about it Steve"...he said to me. You know what? He was absolutely right.
Stanislas Wawrinka was the only player to deserve the win the 2014 Australian Open Championships. I never saw him blink in the face of the "new tennis nobility". It is too bad that the "Big Four" revealed themselves for what they are. It undermined the true grit of the champion. All of their petty little ego issues undermined the performance of "The Man". Stan the Man.
It was overall...a bizarre tournament. The court surface and the quicker balls were largely overlooked and glossed over by all of the accounts that I have read. The effect on the play was telling and many of the sharks looked to be slightly out of water. Not in their preferred element as it was. Nadal started whimpering about the conditions before play had even begun and his exit was a total sham. It doesn't even matter if he was injured or not...it was how he played it that did matter. He played it for all that it was worth...that's for certain. It made us even forget his terrible blister for a moment. What a gladiator! He's whimpering all of the way to the bank...as I type.
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