Talk About Tennis 2.0

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 11:50 pm Not in the UK. A meal for one in Europe will be around Euro 40. And that is me, a lightweight that always splits an entrée and main dish, plus dessert, with his GF. One of this guys burning 6,000 cals a day between training and playing a match needs A LOT, and it must be A LOT, of sushi.

It is a good thing that they have a lot of cash in their bank accounts then to throw around other than the extra 108 dollars per day.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 12:23 am I really don't understand what the problem is. You're given a stipend of ~$108 per day for food. Why wouldn't you spend it for - food? If a guy wanted all that yogurt so what? If a person wanted to eat sushi so what? I bet if you don't use it you can't take it as part of your prize money so again, what is the problem?!

The problem, as outlined in the article you posted, is that the canteens are running out of food because these players and coaches are insisting on using every penny of their daily allowance for food they don't need.

From the article:
"Wimbledon tells players to tighten their belts and stop using all of their £90 daily food allowance as canteens struggle to meet demand..."
"This has led to coaches and players picking up more food than they need to use up their money for the day, as they seem to treat the allowance as a target rather than a cap."

It's not enough that they are treated as demi-gods... It's horribly typical of spoiled people to take as much as they possibly can. It's all about WANT, not NEED. And spoiled people feel they deserve everything they WANT.
'He who has the most toys wins.'
It's incredibly sad from a societal and egalitarian perspective.

I was sad to see no proper send-off for Sania Mirza..she is a great champion, several majors..they made a bigger fuss of Flipkens..oh well.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 11:50 pm Not in the UK. A meal for one in Europe will be around Euro 40. And that is me, a lightweight that always splits an entrée and main dish, plus dessert, with his GF. One of this guys burning 6,000 cals a day between training and playing a match needs A LOT, and it must be A LOT, of sushi.

You've not been here for some time it seems. In Switzerland standard meal in a regular place will be 25-35 euros (no alcohol).

Suliso wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 12:22 pm

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 11:50 pm Not in the UK. A meal for one in Europe will be around Euro 40. And that is me, a lightweight that always splits an entrée and main dish, plus dessert, with his GF. One of this guys burning 6,000 cals a day between training and playing a match needs A LOT, and it must be A LOT, of sushi.

You've not been here for some time it seems. In Switzerland standard meal in a regular place will be 25-35 euros (no alcohol).

Last meal I had in Europe was in France, and it was around that E40 mark (I billed by company for it). So, if you can eat for 25 in Switzerland, I find it rather reasonable.
You certainly must know better than I.

There are some areas in Switzerland (Zermatt!!!) where you'd pay 40 euros for a plate of potatoes, but those tend to be in posh resorts aimed at people who don't care.

If I ever go to Switzerland, you will have to draw me a map of where NOT to go.
Sure, there are always places that are outrageous. But coming back to the issue. 90 pounds sounds like enough, but for a high performance athlete, it may be borderline. After a 4 hour battle, one roll of sushi is certainly not enough fuel to put back in the tank. I am also sure that top notch athletes do not eat like us: they do not have three meals a day; most likely, three full meals, and a series of high power snacks throughout.
I remember Michael Phelps once showing what his breakfast was. It was around 12,000 Cals, because he needed to pack that much for a full day in the pool.
I am sure Novak eats a lot of "special" food. Rafa too. You don't get that level of fitness with a bowl of corn-flakes in the morning.

Nadal is out, per Twitter.

For once he made a smart decision on matters like this. Fritz will be hopping mad, though.

Giving a press conference as we speak. His decision to keep playing "was the right one, because I won the match. But I can't win two matches (being) like this".
Help us, Novak Wan Kanobi. You are last and only hope.
(I am going to be rooting for Novak Djokovic on Sunday. I am sure I will be revolted with myself by Sunday afternoon. Unless, of course, Zeus, Odin, Quetzalcoatl and all other deities exist and Norrie can.... nah, I am hallucinating already).

Suliso wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 6:31 pm For once he made a smart decision on matters like this. Fritz will be hopping mad, though.

Time to start talking about Lucky Losers AFTER the tournament starts? Just wondering. It blows an entire hole on tomorrow.

Nadal being out is really tough. What a horrible way to go out after a very hard fought match and win against Fritz.

I have got to be rooting for Novak against Nick and even if somehow Norrie beats Novak tomorrow I will be praying that Norrie can somehow upset Kyrgios.

Anybody that can/could beat Novak at Wimbledon, can beat the other 126 players in the draw. If Norrie upsets Novak, he has to complete the feat.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 6:54 pm Anybody that can/could beat Novak at Wimbledon, can beat the other 126 players in the draw. If Norrie upsets Novak, he has to complete the feat.

Then I will along with everyone else in England be cheering on Norrie in tomorrow' s match if there is some chance that he can beat Nick in the final. I just don't want Nick to win it all. Out of the three of them I would love to see Norrie win it all.