Rasheed: Dellacqua a gigantic lardarse

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Rasheed: Dellacqua a gigantic lardarse; Casey ate all the pies !
Topic Started: Jan 22 2009, 01:01 AM (99 Views)
Lord NAAFI	Jan 22 2009, 01:01 AM Post #1
Full House Posts: 12,560 Group: Full Member Member #231 Joined: 11 May 2006	Quote: The 23-year-old's physical condition has raised questions and eyebrows since her comeback from a shoulder injury, with some suggesting Dellacqua could be as much as eight kilograms heavier than this time last year. "If I'm a girl and I've broken into the world of tennis and I've made $500,000 for the year, wouldn't I just try and get into the most perfect nick I could to actually excel?" Rasheed told 3AW radio he was surprised female players can play with "excess baggage". Fair point. She does look like the next Geoff Huegill. Hard to take the sport seriously when you look at the shape some of them are in. I remember Newk saying Todd Woodbridge couldn't even do a pull up. Fair dinkum amateur hour.



galahs	Jan 22 2009, 01:13 AM Post #2
Four of a Kind Posts: 36,463 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: 27 September 2005	Casey Dellacqua left the 2009 Australian Open ruing her missed chances after squandering six set points against 19th seed Daniela Hantuchova last night. Dellacqua's 7-6 (13-11), 6-4 loss spoiled an otherwise outstanding day for Australians, with 16-year-old Bernard Tomic making history as the youngest man to win an Open match. Tomic's four-set win over Italy's Potito Starace may be long remembered as his arrival in world tennis, but the Gold Coast teen was in good company. Brydan Klein, 19, took apart the more experienced German Bjorn Phau 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, breaking Phau's serve twice in the final set. Like Tomic, Klein won the Australian Open junior title and yesterday's win was his career best. Jelena Dokic's return to Australian Open tennis began with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 win over Austrian Tamira Paszek. The day did not end so well for Samuel Groth, who took the first set from stretched 23rd seed Mardy Fish in a tie-break only to capitulate 6-7, 6-4, 7-5, 6-0. Monika Wejnert was on the losing end of a first-set tie-break, and Italian Karin Knapp capitalised with a straight-sets win. Tomic, who has long been hailed as Australian tennis's next ''big thing'', did not want to buy into the debate about the state of the sport. ''That's not my business to deal with,'' he said. ''I'm just happy I got out there and got the opportunity to play with a wild card.'' Tomic did say Australia's younger players were showing promise. On centre court last night, Dellacqua received a standing ovation for her determination to fight until the last point. Dellacqua showed signs of struggle, and later said she took painkillers for her shoulder. She knew it would be tough facing a seeded player in the first round, but said she felt good in front of a patriotic crowd. ''I think I gave myself a pretty good shot, I have pretty much the best preparation I could have had,'' she said. ''It didn't go my way tonight. I'll get back on the court and trying to improve.'' With her shoulder iced post-match, Dellacqua said it would need monitoring for the rest of her career but rehabilitation was going well. ''The shoulder's no problem at the moment, it's just one of those things where I've been looking after it, doing all the right rehab. It just gets a little bit sore, it's just something I'll have to keep an eye on.'' She conceded it may have influenced her performance, but missing five set points in the tie-break was where the match was lost. Hantuchova also showed why she will again press for a top-10 world ranking with powerful serving and precise shot selection. The first set presented Dellacqua with her only meaningful chance as Hantuchova appeared rusty. The crowd favourite burst to a 2-0 lead, only to watch it erode as the Slovakian pulled out aces. Dellacqua double faulted on her first set point, and failed to take advantage of the five set points in a long tie-break. ''Obviously I had a lot of opportunities and I didn't consolidate when I had set points,'' she said. ''I came close, and I didn't get up with a win.'' Even 3-5 down in the second set and facing a sharper opponent, the world No57 refused to concede to the match.



Lord NAAFI	Jan 22 2009, 02:03 AM Post #3
Full House Posts: 12,560 Group: Full Member Member #231 Joined: 11 May 2006	Dellaqua's left thigh is bigger than Bernie.



Dodgy Curry	Jan 23 2009, 03:16 AM Post #4
People say I'm a few peanuts short of a packet Posts: 17,476 Group: Full Member Member #275 Joined: 25 June 2006	Lord NAAFI Jan 22 2009, 01:01 AM I remember Newk saying Todd Woodbridge couldn't even do a pull up. Fair dinkum amateur hour. Did Mark Woodbridge do it for him??



Lord NAAFI	Jan 24 2009, 12:44 PM Post #5
Full House Posts: 12,560 Group: Full Member Member #231 Joined: 11 May 2006	Dodgy Curry Jan 23 2009, 03:16 AM Lord NAAFI Jan 22 2009, 01:01 AM I remember Newk saying Todd Woodbridge couldn't even do a pull up. Fair dinkum amateur hour. Did Mark Woodbridge do it for him?? Mark Woodforde you gimp. Todd could have been a decent singles player if he actually put any effort in. One of the best players to ever play the game was our Todd.



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