Ming the Merciless
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Nadal wins the open and his 21st Grand Slam title, coming back from two sets down. Bloody amazing, after six months off with foot injury.
Nadal Wins Australian Open
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Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
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Serbians are united in their congratulations, I'm sure 
Peter Salt
Bittersweet
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Slightly annoyed whenever people bring up personal lives of athletes.Serbians are united in their congratulations, I'm sure
We're talking about two people who hit a ball back and forth - judge them by how well they can do it. Not whether they're a nice person, give to charity, support minorities or like musicals. Sport is sport - athleticism and technique. That's it. Well done Nadal.
Sports is more than one's prowess in a sports discipline. It's about manners, following the rules to participate, providing the audience entertainment and many other attributes. The same approach applies when we employ people or we invite people into our homes The first rule is personality rather than technical or work competency or station in life.
If given the opportunity who would you invite to give talk on Tennis at your annual work symposium - Nadal or Novak?
Peter Salt
Bittersweet
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You lost me completely there, mate. What does sport have to do with public speaking or manners, I've no idea.
Never heard anyone say 'Usain Bolt breaks another world record, but he doesn't hold the door open for older ladies' or 'Tadej Pogačar wins another TDF but doesn't say back 'hello' to strangers'. I do recognise what 'sportmanship' and/or 'fair play' is - but both are demonstrated in events and not outside of them. 'The same approach applies' to your example of employees - you care about their behavior but only at work/in the office - you're not really interested how they treat their mother in law, do you?
ColinJ
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I'm not into tennis, but if I were and was going to watch it later I would be mighty peeved by the thread title! 
How about changing it to something like Australian Men's Singles final result?
How about changing it to something like Australian Men's Singles final result?
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
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Are you saying you're annoyed with me, given you quoted my post? On what basis please, I don't think I mentioned a tennis player's personal life?
Reminded me that I had the pleasure of attending a seminar and the late Andy Ripley was the guest speaker and gave a really good talk. Remember him from the old "superstars" competitions. He wasn't a bad rugby player either.
raleighnut
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Never bloody waves either
Alex Ferguson began lecturing at Harvard Business School on Business and Management with a focus on sports. There was also a case study on his management acumen that the Harvard MBA class undertook. Like Ripley, these guys are a class act and true models for us all.
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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Never bloody waves either
Or buys a round in pub during a ride
AndyRM
XOXO
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Rafa's way of playing has never really appealed to me, but he does it well. Fair play to him.
Bianchi boy
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Well done Rafa, but might have been a different story if the number one player was there also 
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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- Inside my skull
I'm not into tennis, but if I were and was going to watch it later I would be mighty peeved by the thread title!
How about changing it to something like Australian Men's Singles final result?
In to tennis and does not watch or listen to Aus open live where history may be made? But instead browses Cyclechat. What kind of tennis fan is that?
