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[IceandIndigo]

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I don't know why they do on court interviews after the match - the player usually just want to get off the court!

I always find Jim Courier a bit awkward anyway - I'm sure that Jannik didn't really want to analyse any of his opponent's matches

Apparently Jannik is trying to move away from the carrots and rebrand himself as a fox - not sure how the Carota boys feel about that

Alex has been joint (I think) that he's stressed about the wedding budget - they'll have to knock a few more people off the guest list now!

Alex has been joking about the wedding budget

Yes I heard the 'fox' discussion re- Jannik. Feel a bit sorry for the Carotas!

Apparently someone in the crowd was banging two real carrots together at Jannik's match the other day - a bit like the woman at the French open with her very carroty carrots

Oh, RG and the woman with her carrot . I wonder if she ate it ? Ot kept it .

I do feel a bit sorry for Jannik with the carrot thing - it’s rather an annoying thing to have permanently associated with you just because you ate a carrot on court once and have reddish hair!

No, it must get a bit annoying. And he's a very polite bloke.

No-one dresses as figs, do they ? Can't thik why not (Probably because Djok isn't that interesting).

I missed the carrot discussion! Does he not want to be known as carrota anymore?

I like Jannik but the carrot thing seems pretty harmless, I don’t think he should try and put the genie back in the bottle.

From what I can gather, Ice- he wants to be known more as a Fox- it's the logo he has on his shoes, and kit (i think) and was his nickname when he was a child.

I do think the Carota boys seem pretty harmless, and( unless we find out they are mad stalkers) then at least he has had fans with a real 'identity' that has got him noticed early on.

But maybe Gucci have a 'Fox' line of Sinner bags lined up

Yeah the cynic in me thinks it’s just marketing Raahh. Nike have already made him a fox
logo. Probably some marketing exec balked at the idea of trying to sell a t-shirt with a big carrot on it

Exactly! It's a insta- campaign .
Fox imagery is more 'sportswear friendly' looking than carrots I suppose.

But the carrots are more fun. .

I don't really see Jannik as a fox- aren't they meant to be sly? Cunning as well, I guess.

it's a bit like the whole 'Tiger Tim' thing.
He was more of a mouse, really .

Good for you Ben 👏

Gobshite

www.puntodebreak.com/en/2025/01/21/djokovic-responds-to-alcaraz-im-sorry-for-him-i-understand-that-its-not-comfortable#

Ben is right, the commentators are getting more and more desperate for things to talk about- and seem to be wanting to create drama and rifts where there isn't any.
How about talking about the matches, rather than getting personal?
Or better still, scrap the oncourt interview altogether, since they never have anything useful to ask, and it's invariably awkward and the winner is usually knackered and just wants to get off court.

As for Djok. It's been going on for years, and he has been able to get away with it. It has become such an obvious pattern of 'play' . If players can be fined or called out for 'tanking' , there must be a way to pull one up who can go from 'I'm too hobbled to move' to 'lazarus' in 30 seconds. When he retires, he will make a fortune out of what ever is in those figs.

The interviews this tournament have just been bizarre, like they pulled people off the street and invited them to ask some questions. Jim Courier has been the best interviewer, which is a low bar.

Carlos, and all the other young players, need to understand that Djok’s buddy buddy act is just that, and once the match starts he will do whatever it takes to gain the advantage. Hopefully he learns from this. I don’t think Sascha or Jannik will make the same mistake.

Great start by Paula.

It is a low bar, when we start to think Jim has been a decent interviewer Mac has been abysmal.
I think the scales are falling for Carlos and others re Djok being their 'mate'. Jannik doesn't seem to need that validation- and Sascha has played him too often to get caught out, I think.

Wasn't sure I could cope with Aryna this early in the morning, so walked the dog. Haven't missed much though- shame Paula has just been broken- VAMOS Paula!

I think the Iga /Madison match could be a lot more one sided.

Ok, the noise is too much.

I'll be back...

Paula started well but Aryna is just too loud good. The second match might be competitive, Iga has been in great form but sometimes struggles with big hitters like Madison.

It would be good if the second match was a bit more competitive- so far Iga hasn't dropped a set, I don't think.

If there feels like a big gap in the men's game between players like Jannik at the top and the rest , it feels even bigger with the women.

Well done Aryna.

I missed all the end of Aryna's match, as my mother rang (great timing).

I do prefer the version on the kit that Madison is wearing to the one Aryna wears- I think it's the yellow of Aryna's top I don't like.

Ooh- good start from Madison.

Nice to see Aryna and Paula chatting, they are good friends.

Not a fan of those Nike kits they look like they’ve put on their clothes in the wrong order with the sports bra on top.

No, that's why I don't like it. It looks less odd somehow in the blue version than the yellow- but still 'wrong'.

Nike have some really strange design ideas .

This is going very much the same way as the last match.