tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8948801468516043822.post8234782678942339474..comments2023-07-25T10:37:32.127+01:00Comments on Tennis Is Served...: Deceit and Entrapment: Novak Djokovic and the $1.6M Matrix of CynicismZafarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909444215193865334noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8948801468516043822.post-68791397608891278182011-11-14T13:54:35.321+00:002011-11-14T13:54:35.321+00:00Jess Stein
"Truth: He's injured and he...Jess Stein <br /><br /><br />"Truth: He's injured and he needs bonus. Nothing wrong with that"No you're right there isn't anything wrong with that - trouble is not everyone feels that way. They seem to think it amounts to fleecing the system.Not everyone that criticises him is a hypocrite, true - but then not everyone that is criticising him is as scathing of other players when they do exactly the same. Is that hypocrisy? I don't know - but I DO find it incredible lazy. (And thats being kind)Whats made it even more charged this time round is the question of money. It's made him an easy target - an easy target for a series of cheap (and not terribly imaginative) shots - they really need to try harder.The post is less about Djokovic (whom I've no interest in promoting - except, like this year, when he actually deserves it) than it is about an entire set of machinery that always seems to spring into action when an unpopular player is in a tight spot. It might have been written about Donald Young.I'm not at all averse to admitting Nole hasn't always helped his cause in respect of how he handles injuries and, as we all seem to agree, he really shouldn't have played Paris.But that's neither here nor there - point is, he couldn't have done anything to avert the attacks last week - and money should never have been part of the discussion.Zafarhttp://tennisisserved.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8948801468516043822.post-30616787204919222732011-11-14T07:27:41.741+00:002011-11-14T07:27:41.741+00:00Double roll-eyes at Djokovic's decision after ...Double roll-eyes at Djokovic's decision after Basel result to play Paris and the w/o vs Tsonga.<br /><br />Truth: He's injured and he needs bonus. Nothing wrong with that. <br /><br />Just don't try to say otherwise (like, he's a competitor, he likes to compete, bla, bla, bla) or make everyone who criticize him a hypocrite.Jess Steinhttp://twitter.com/jessica4steinnoreply@blogger.com