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Listen carefully! It’s another end of the year list. This one offers a happy bundle of 10 of the best tennis quotes. Now, not all of them were written as if they were prose to be tattooed on your body – we’ll leave that to Stan Wawrinka and Samuel Beckett – but they do get poetic in the sense that they are inspiring, thoughtful, and / or fun. With that in mind, let’s jump to these well-grounded words, hung like so many Christmas cards on a scrap of garland:
“It’s incredible, twice in the Roland Garros finals, twice in front of Rafa. Now facing Novak here, he is the king of Australia; so I always face the kings of the Grand Slams in these finals… I really hope also that I win my maiden slam while they are still around because it counts more.
—Dominic Thiem, looking to the future after dropping the 2020 Aussie Open final to eight-time Melbourne champion Djokovic
“In a few years, all the great races without them.”
—Thiem again, on the interruptions by Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer during a US Open event in which he actually won that “maiden” Slam
“Yes. I have absolutely no comment on it. But nice try. Did you try. You did it well”.
Serena Williams, asked about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, parting ways with their British royal duties; It was Serena’s first Q&A on her first presser foot in Melbourne
“The message is to focus on your dream and never give up your life, everything you want to do and want to achieve.”
—Martina Trevisan, a Roland-Garros quarter-finalist after making it through her qualifying rounds and recovering from an eating disorder and its ramifications for four years out of the game; She is now 27, finished the year 85th in WTA singles
“I’m trying. I mean, quarter-finals for the first time, trying to inspire many young generations at home, be it in Tunisia or in the Arab world, especially in Africa, which is incredible. It is not impossible. I did it. As I said before, I have been practicing in Tunisia from the age of 3 to 16 or 17. I am a 100% Tunisian product. “
—Ons Jabeur, speaking of her historic run to the quarterfinal round of the Aussie Open, as the first Tunisian to do so in a major draw; she is already the highest ranked Arab player in WTA history
“Well yeah, you heard. It’s like couples, we all want Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston to get back together, right? “
—Conchita Martínez, asked in Australia about the possibility of reuniting as a star coach and star player with Garbine Muguruza; the two would actually rejoin
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“I think I have arrogance all the time. That never changes. “
—Victoria Azarenka, one who has always had verbal cheek but whose proverbial “cracks” started to show a bit in 2020 before she fixed it, beat Serena in a Slam for the first time and nearly won another hard court major
“Seeing players of different ethnicities, different origins reaching later stages of tournaments like these, I think is a very good example for the people who watch us, the children. Today I thought you wanted to send a good message. You hope that you are leading by example, that the children, in you, see the faith, that you can reach that city, country or neighborhood where you come from. I hope this gives people a lot of faith and that it is a good message of love. “
—Felix Auger-Aliassime, speaking at the US Open about the conversations and social protests revolving around issues of race and ethnicity that are being discussed in the United States and around the world in 2020; The 20-year-old has quickly asserted his voice in the mix of thoughtful ATP stars of tomorrow turned into today.
In Queens, Naomi Osaka returned a not-too-rhetorical question to Tom Rinaldi about his display of seven masks for seven games for seven deaths and the discussions it catalyzed.
Naomi Osaka responds to Tom Rinaldi’s question about the message behind wearing masks with the names of murdered black people on them: “Well, what was the message you got? … I feel like the point is to get people to start talking. pic.twitter.com/SBWGaDJqaJ
– Chris Bumbaca (@BOOMbaca) September 12, 2020
“Tennis can get very frustrating, the nerves get in and it’s not always easy to stay calm. But at the same time, you have to have the human side where you have to be more intimate and show more respect, show better values as a person towards another person ”.
—Stefanos Tsitsipas, speaking in New York about what sportsmanship means to him
Before: The poster signs of the 22-year-old Greek in the time of COVID-19 (which, in particular, has not ended) were the pseudo-diffusion of a visual thinker earlier in the year.
At the same time, it gave its readers, 982,000 on Instagram alone, items to think about during the global pandemic. His messages paused.
And it was certainly a year to slow down and evaluate, even to control yourself. With that, here are all the improvements that 2021 has in store for all of us.
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