I disagree, while countries do not "enforce" individual behaviors, they do share a certain type of cultures. For example, China is known for their humility and collectivism as a whole. That doesn't mean everyone within a culture adheres to the social mores of their geographical boundaries. Still, there is a lot that one can see in the differences, even in tournaments. The Australian Open seems to be a fun place, with friendly people, and much respect for the players and the sport; the same with the Argentinians, English, and the Spanish players.
Rafa being a bad loser. I totally disagree about that. I don't much about Bernie except what I hear out of the commentators mouths and I put little to know stock in that.
But of course we can always agree to disagree, because if anybody shows little class as a sportsman, IMO, it's Nole. Tearing off his shirts and having his team celebrating wins in his opponents face. It doesn't get any worse than that to me. I know he "says" reasonable things, but his actions belie his words.
Can't agree with that generalizations. I've first hand experience dealing with British people and know for a fact that they can be mean and a lot of them are mean and nasty. Doesn't matter how they behave at Wimbledon. That's definitely not a good sample to sweep such a generalization. They do look sober on the surface but that's not truly who they are. It's only a cultural thing and a superficial one. Perhaps that comes with their history. Ferrer put out pretty bad behaviours a few times and there are other incidences by other Spanish players I've seen over the years. Tomic is a spoiled brat but I don't dislike him for that. He's still young and has got himself a difficult father but they are both difficult IMO. Hewitt was cocky at first. I cut him slacks because he too was young.
Both Federer and Nadal are bad losers on occasions. I've seen it with my very eyes, barely shaking hands, giving cold shoulders to opponents who have just beaten them. No one's perfect. Nole is good loser but a bad winner. His celebration is over the top no doubt. Andy's self-berating nature is a put off. I don't mind if he calls out his own name when he misses a point and that's even cute but when he beats himself up, it's not at all cool or classy.
Sweeping generalizations? I'm talking about a small sampling of the ATP tour and its global athletes. I don't think anyone is talking about the countries themselves. I think you're mixing up nationalism with the small sampling of athletes others prefer who coincidentally hail from the same lands. Those are two different issues IMO. I don't know anything about the Argentinian, Spanish, European, or English culture, I'm only speaking about the players I like. Where they come from is incidental. They just happen to be from the same places.
Yes, but you did state this as well (see below). You did say you'd fit right into these cultures based on these players' behaviour. The argument contradicts each other and the sample size is too small to make a bigger statement. The fact is, you don't really know if you'd fit in. You only think you would but the reality is likely to be different.
que pasa lady TT, emma, and the others.
I have found the English, Spanish, and the Australian players to be the classiest over the years.
of course you folks know that I am a huge fan of argentina players as well.
I like the Australian, English, and Argentinian players too. They are classy and lead me to believe that their culture is one that I would fit into.