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Martin
@lemartymanquini
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Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid Katılım Ekim 2011
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@SandyofCthulhu Yes, weirdest Spanish dialect ever. When they speak fast is almost impossible to understand even for natives Spanish speakers.
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My wife lived in Chile from ages 6-10 (1960-66) while her dad worked for some US agency. She was a hit with the othker kids, because she was a tiny blue-eyed blonde (still is, except the blonde has gone silver, or as I like to say "platinum"). When she returned to the USA, her main language was Chilean Spanish. She thought a "burrito" was a small donkey, and a "taco" was a boot heel.
She still speaks Spanish pretty well, but says she has the vocabulary of a 10 year old. Other Latin Americans have told me that Chilean Spanish is the weirdest of all Spanish variants. Except maybe for the strange variety that somehow took root in the nation now known as Spain.
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Cuándo te digan -cómo el presidente- que las fuerzas cometieron algunos "excesos", mostrales el siguiente testimonio, que narra cómo torturaron hasta la muerte a un hombre con el único fin de que diga "me la como doblada y mi madre es una hija de puta".
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Hoy fue un día en el que fue absolutamente sencillo detectar boludos en pose.
Lucas Fridman@LucasFridman
DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA
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Guillermo Vilas is not “the world No.1 who was stripped of his title”.
He is the player who was never recognised because the APT chose not to fully confront its own data.
The story begins in the 1970s, when the ATP ranking was not weekly, not transparent and, above all, was never designed as a historical record. Rankings were published irregularly and the system was based on an average of results that penalised players who competed frequently. Vilas played all the time.
In 2013, Argentine journalist Eduardo Puppo decided to check a basic question. If all the missing weeks were recalculated using the official ATP rules of the time, what would the rankings actually show.
To do that, he involved Marian Ciulpan, a mathematician specialised in statistical models. Not a fan, not a former player, a mathematician.
The work was massive. Minor tournaments, forgotten results, weeks that were never officially published. Years of reconstruction, fully documented. The conclusion was clear. Vilas emerged as world No.1 for several weeks between 1975 and 1976. Not by opinion, by calculation.
The ATP received the study.
It did not dismantle it.
It did not challenge the methodology.
It did not publish alternative calculations.
It simply said no.
The official justification was bureaucratic. Retroactive recognition would set a precedent. Translation: the archive matters more than the truth.
From that moment on, the issue stopped being sporting. It became institutional.
Meanwhile Guillermo Vilas fell ill. A neurodegenerative disease, progressive and irreversible. The person who should be at the centre of this story is no longer able to defend it himself.
That is where Mats Wilander steps in. In a recent interview with CLAY @_claymagazine , he said explicitly:
“Every day that passes is an additional injustice, especially considering his state of health. Tennis owes him a lot.”
This is not rhetoric. It is an indictment.
Because at this point the ATP is not protecting history, it is protecting itself. It is choosing not to correct a mistake while time makes that choice increasingly indefensible.
The Vilas case is not about the past.
It is about what kind of institution the ATP is today.
And as long as it hides behind its paperwork, the message is clear. In tennis, the official record matters more than people.
It matters to do it now, before Guillermo Vilas himself forgets.
#ATP #VILAS #WILANDER @ATPMediaInfo @GuilleVilasOK
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@caterinack Me da la sensación que se van a repartir los GS de acá a 2030. No veo nadie que pueda competirles.
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@lemartymanquini Falta tanto para ver cuál tendrá mejor carrera. Y aunque Sinner tiene casi 2 años más, en términos de tenis están parejos. Sinner empezó a entrenar seriamente recién a los 14 años.
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Distintas eras. Otras raquetas, otras cuerdas, otra preparación física. Incomparable. Dato adicional: McEnroe apenas jugó 5 veces el AO.
Fernando Murciego@fermurciego
Con 22 años ya tiene más Grand Slams que Boris Becker o Stefan Edberg. ¡Los mismos que John McEnroe o Mats Wilander! ¡¡¿Cómo explicamos esto?!!
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@caterinack Creo que es un jugador completo, eso lo hace distinto a todos los que juegan hoy… hay precocidad, puntos espectaculares y eso lo hace un buen producto para el tenis. Además, es español.
btw yo: Sinner >>> Alcaraz
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@lemartymanquini Y tal vez lo sea, pero dejen que termine la carrera. Me dirán que es xq soy fan de Sinner, pero a veces es too much el hype con Carlitos. Es un tenista sensacional, pero tampoco es inédito su juego.
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¡Claro! Vamos a aclarar las estadísticas de Guillermo Vilas contra jugadores No.1 del ATP en el momento del partido. Tras verificar fuentes, acumuló 3 victorias:
1. vs Jimmy Connors, US Open 1977 final: 2-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-0.
2. vs Jimmy Connors, Masters 1977 (ene 1978) RR: 6-4, 3-6, 7-5.
3. vs Björn Borg, Nations Cup 1980 SF: 6-3, 1-6, 6-1.
Las cifras previas (6 y 11) podrían referirse a victorias totales, no solo contra No.1 activos. ¿Qué más sobre tenis? 🎾
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🎄 Oye, @grok.
¿Te apetece charlar un rato sobre estadísticas del mundo del tenis?
En dos respuestas tuyas a un post mío indicas que Guillermo Vilas 🇦🇷 acumuló 6 victorias y 11 victorias ante tenistas en el No.1 del ATP Ranking. ¿Podrías detallarlo?
Yo digo que fueron tres.
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@SandyofCthulhu Hey Sandy. Were you there in the summer? It’s even worse…
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The biggest culture shock I had in Spain was the dinner time. My wife and I would be walking around, feeling a little hungry at 7 pm say, and walk up to a restaurant. "Oh, no we're not open. Come back in 90 minutes."
This didn't happen in Madrid or Barcelona. I assume because they are used to tourists so open "early" for them. But Cordoba and Aviles were flabbergasted we'd eat so soon. Even 8:30 seemed kind of rushed to them, and they preferred we'd come at 9-10pm, then spend like 2 hours eating.
I was always taught if I had a big meal just before bed time it would keep me awake. I guess it could be an old wives tale, or maybe the Spanish just deal with it.
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