Sandgren’s Statement to Media

If he believes what he believes( which he has every right), why did he erase everything, and beg for a do-over? That’s pretty weak( probably his management put him up to it).
He can have his views, but I would imagine he’ll be wearing Mizuno clothes, and the big endorsements, or wildcards, will be harder to come

Personally, I think the press in general got “bored” because there was no Federer-Nadal, Federer-Djokovic match to get excited about (and sell papers), so they were hunting for some story — and, whilst desperately hunting for a quick tale, they fell upon Tennys’s Twitter page (with the promise of easy controversy).

The truth of the matter is, if everyone publicly lambasted everyone they didn’t agree with, they would soon find themselves alone on Planet Earth (starting with disagreements with their parents), and the human population would be reduced to one person. Humanity is not an army of clones with different (Photoshop’d?) looks — it is comprised of many individuals, many of which will have ideas that others will disagree (strongly, at times) with.

Sandgren is an American, and (traditionally) Americans place a premium on free speech. That should not be silenced, by either swerving too hard to the right, or too hard to the left.

The focus, as always, should be on Sandgren’s tennis, which has been exemplary throughout this AO (and might have been better against Chung, save for this ridiculous, pointless, and needlessly distracting sideshow).

I have a totally different take on this matter than Scoop. I don’t think the mediat at AO demonized Sandgren. Questions have to be asked a young man in the spotlight if he has hateful views. I haven’t read everything Sandgren posted, but it’s clear at least in my mind that the whole pizzagate slander against Hilary Clinton propagated by the resigned Sec’t of Defense Kelly’s son, was a right wing witch hunt and for Sandgren to champion that smear doesn’t make me respect him at all. His tennis game I respect, but I’m not into a witch hunt on the media. Look I teach Bikram Toga and Bikram the man who invented has sexually abused many women, but I can separate the man from the yoga and if Sandgren adheres to an ideology I think is close-minded and hateful, I don’t have to watch his matches or root for him either. LeBron James regularly criticized and derides Trump, but something tells me probably a lot of Trump followers still like watching him play.

Dan,

It may not be for you, but it is so easy for me to render someone’s personal beliefs irrelevant when it comes to enjoying them as an entertainer. Now if Tennys is wearing a KKK or Black Panther symbol and making it a part of his performance it is one thing. But he merely follows some shady characters and did nothing harmful other than ponder some conspiracy theories. This character assassination thing that has followed his success at the AO should leave any sane person feeling at least a little sick. It’s disgusting really. I have friends and family that are from all extremes of the spectrum and all are good people, they just have different viewpoints. Doesn’t mean they are a threat to society or deserve to be blackballed.

Correct Scoop, Pizzagate is real. It shouldn’t surprise any of us that Hillary Clinton actually used the pizza shop to sell sex slaves. Check her tax forms, which are public, for more proof.

Anyone with any thoughts on the Davis Cup team? Do we know if Sock was dropped or if he opted out to spend time with Micaela? Or is he hurt? An injury would explain a lot.

Sock announced an exhibition match with Fed in the Bay Area in March so he continues to cash in on being buddies with RF.

Taylor Fritz wins yet again and will face the resurgent Noah Rubin next. It is clear that Rubin is one player who has seen Sandgren’s success and knows he can reach elite status soon.

Big one tomorrow between the great Opelka and Nishikori slayer Novikov.

Add in the Indian player Somdev Devvarman to come to the defense of Sandgren on Twitter: Watching @TennysSandgren do what he did at the @AustralianOpen was inspiring! Even more so if you know him and know what he’s gone through, and know he will always be good stand up guy. Congrats man! Really happy for you!

What happened to keeping politics out of this web site? I won’t comment on Sandgren anymore u til I look into deeper, but suffice to say he can follow any religious or political figures he wants, but I don’t have to like him for it or watch his matches if I find him to talk about issues I think are crackpot. Say what you want about Hillary and Bill, but a Special Peosecutor never investigated them for colluding with the Russians. This has already been proven and the American people are speaking and are going to vote this highly unqualified president out of office. He is in-American and even his henchman Bannon called him totally unfit to be president. This is all a crock of bs and u don’t want to read about this crap again on Tennis-Prose. We can talk about Sandgren without discussing his merits as a citizen.

No, he doesn’t earn a Davis Cup nod. You have two guys with higher rankings and superior performance. Sandgren doesn’t get the nod for four ATP match wins, sorry – for the U.S. men’s team,even in its diminished state, it’s still a hard team to make.

I’d guess Isner said he wants to play. Given he has far better Davis Cup track record than anyone playing the game among USA men, he gets the nod. I’d assume the Bryans also could have played as long as they wanted.

Scoop you don’t have to convince ,e I have done more research than you! I have a good friend who is a CPA who knows all about tax dodges and he showed me the tax forms that Hillary Clinton used for New Life Children’s Refuge. It’s clear how Clinton was directly linked to Silsby’s cover-up and that the pizza was a front for the operation. It’s also true that Puello has been involved in selling children as prostitues for many years before he even knew Silsby and he may have been the brains behind the operation. Breitbart should have won a Pulitzer for his reporting but the Pulitzers are left-wing Propaganda.

Thank goodness Hillary was defeated because there is no doubt she was going to take away my guns like Obama tried to and failed. She was going to finish the job.

Please keep fighting the good fight on this Scoop. I support you 100 percent to expose this evil.

Hey Scoop runs the site and I trust him completely!

Anyway sad news on Boris Becker. He has lost the bulk of his trophies. What a mess he is…

http://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/42809381

Berdych was in top 10, 7 years in a row. Extremely hot wife, had a great career in the Big 4 gen.

Fed went nuts?. He barely raised his voice. Shot spot was onthe blink on a point the chair overruled. If that’s crazy, hide your guns

Dan,

Ah no worries, I was responding to this post. Not fair to single me out if he also runs the site and I just responded. You can look back at my comments on other posts and they were not political.

Sandgren’s statement in this post is a political statement. Don’t post about it if you don’t want people to comment on this issue then. I suggest you delete this post. Because Scoop posted this, I commented. To say you will cut me off is simply unfair. My comment is about the post and Scoops’s responses. So something isn’t adding up.

Mike Russell’s agent once took over his social media account 😉 again I’ll say that in a way this is something that protects the best players, in that they can hire someone to handle social media etc and protect them from overexposure. Comes with the territory, media scrutiny increases with success. I’m sorry all this took place as Sandgren was preparing for his biggest match and one that, sorry to say, is not likely to come again, as much as I appreciate his game.

I’m also sorry that, for now, he is better known for his twitter stuff than his tennis. Though sponsors and agents can’t protect a player from everything, they would have been able to keep the spotlight on the player.

If Sandgren is your friend I’d advise him not to attack the media the way he did as it would e been irresponsible of media members not to bring up Sandgren’s Twiitter posts. One of the main responsibilities of the media and why it’s so important to have a free press is to shine a light on information like this so the public has the facts and can make an informed decision on how it wants to act. Sadly, sandgren’s Twitter feed is going to outshine his impressive play on the court at AO and he added fuel to fire by reading holier than thou message to media and then refusing to answer questions about his statement. He’s ever incited the ire of Serena now and Tennys is a wart on Serena’s butt in tennis achievements and popularly.

Scoop you are absolutely right. Sandgren was 100 percent correct to tell the media to go to hell given the way he was treated by them and sullying the best tournament of his career. Serena, though a great champion, has a track record of threatening to kill a linesperson.

No question Courier bowed to political pressure not to include Sandgren on DC. Beating an uninjured Thiem was not some fluke and he gave Chung a real run for his money.

Sandgren has not committed any crimes or done anything wrong. Nobody should hate him for what he thinks, especially in this era of rash leftist media groupthink and white men being under attack – from liberals, homosexuals, non-Christians, scorned women, etc. It’s not right.

Catherine, I think the tours just want to steer clear of this stuff and not police it and nor should they. It’s more work and silly really. Twitter is designed for people to interact with their fans.

I really think this will benefit Sandgren since like Scoop says, his play and attitude have won over many people. He will have lots of new fans now. He is exactly what United States tennis needs.

Yet he’s on Twitter today, on an apology tour. If you believe in something. Stand behind it. Not quake in your Mizuno’s. Easy to post s*** on Twitter, would respect him more( though I think he’s repulsive) if he had the balls to stand behind it. Though I would imagine there are people pushing him to do this apology tour

All I can say is I’m kind of shocked and disappointed that most of the people on this site who have voiced an opinion on Sandgren and his prejudiced tweets have said that they don’t find anything offensive about his tweets.

What’s wrong with saying Serena’s actions were disgusting? Have a little respect Tennys for Serena Williams and what she’s done in this game, I’d say her record and achievements are the greatest of any player female or male in the history of the sport.

When I was a young reporter I wrote a story for The New York Times–I know in many posters minds on this site, it’s just a left wing rag of a paper or as Trump likes tocall it a failing newspaper (it’s been failing now for more than a century)–about what black tennis players had to face on the tour. Umpires who were prejudiced, bad lines call, bad practice courts and a fan base in tennis which is like 90 per cent white while their peers were like 96 per cent white, suffice to say, back in the mid 80\s when I wrote the article, it was damn hard to even break through as a run of the mill black pro tennis player.

And then comes Venus and Serena Williams, and they not only took the game over, but they’re still playing 20 years later. So if Serena gets mad at a lineswoman or she has a thing or two to say to Vinci, Sandgren get over it. You’ve lived a privileged life compared to Serena in every way, especially as a tennis player, so I don’t personally want to hear your opinions on Serena Williams.

And hey, what century are we currently in, for a male adult or any adult to say that seeing two men or women making out is wrong or disgusting, go back and live in your hole. Get over your heterosexual self. Homosexuality is not a disease that a little kid can catch; it’s not a character misorder, it’s a genetic disposition and I say its hard enough to find love in this world with any mate so if a man loves a man or a woman loves a woman, it might be new to you, but as Scoop has so eloquently stated, everyone should be able to express themselves freely if its not hurting someone and I don’t see how homosexuals kissing in the public–oh my–is hurting anyone.

I’ll watch Sandgren closely, if he’s playing Delray where I have a press pass and will attend the event, I’ll try to interview him, but for now while he’s not in the realm of a Roscoe Tanner, I’m suspect on him.

Dan – I’m not ‘most people’ , please. I do wish we’d get off this topic.

The trouble with Twitter, as I wrote above, is that tweets stay around – unlike immature thoughts and conversations they don’t diappear. They can come back, often to peoples’ great discomfiture.

Many people who read/post on this site are not American and aren’t that interested in US politics. Eg there’s plenty of stuff going on in Britain at the moment which I have opinions about, but I wouldn’t dream of boring anyone here with views on Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn etc. There’s other places for that.

I’m nót saying we shóuldn’t discuss topics around tennis, only that certain subjects arouse strong feelíngs that can’t be properly dealt with or managed here and may drive others away. Which would be a shame.