Re: Can Ljubicic choke this away?

*skriptis wrote:
I wouldnt't call it typical choking.
I see choking more like "fear from the deafeat, not fear from victory".

Well, if you define "choke" in that way, he's not a choker. But I don't
think my usage of the term is anything unusual.

There are players who are better, more talanted and those who are everything
less.
When they lose, no need to insult them by saying they choked.

Not trying to insult Ljubicic at all. It's just that his results would
be even better if he learnt to handle his nerves better in these
situations. "Choker" is perhaps a crude way of putting it, but the fact
is that everyone chokes every now and then; they'll just say "I got a
bit nervous when serving for the match" instead of "I choked". :-)

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