This or That is back and we have James from Tick Tock Tennis, a social media account that shares tennis news, interviews, and opinions on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, and Twitter. If you missed the previous six, check out Jon Mackenzie’s, Dave Black’s, Ashwin Raman’s, Proxima Jornada’s, Machel St Patrick Hewitt’s, and Maryam Naz’s answers.
I’ve been following Tick Tock Tennis for a hot minute so it’s an honour to have James take part in our Q&A series. Let’s go!
- Coke or Pepsi? Neither. (Horribly pretentious answer, huh?)
- Coffee or tea? Coffee.
- Hamburgers or hot dogs? Hamburgers
- Cake or pie? Hmmm. Really depends.
- White bread or brown bread? Brown.
- Stadium or sofa? Sofa.
- Down the line or cross-court? DTL!
- Home end or away end? Away
- Hawkeye on clay or chair umpire’s decision? Go with the ump. (Then you can always delude yourself that you were robbed.)
- Backstreet Boys or NSYNC? NSync.
- Comedy or horror? Both!
- Reality Shows or sitcoms? Sitcoms
- ATP or WTA? WTA
- Sabermetrics or TWTW (the will to win)? I’m not familiar
- Murray or Henman? Murray!
- Cricket or baseball? Baseball. (Though really want to learn more about cricket.)
- Federer or Nadal? Nadal
- Poker or blackjack? Poker
- Hulk Hogan or Ric Flair? G.L.O.W.
- Mario Tennis or Virtua Tennis? Virtua Tennis (and I’d change all the fake names to names of real players)
- Nike or Adidas? Adidas
- Windows or Mac? Windows
- Marvel or DC? DC?
- Final set tiebreak or 2 game gap? Tiebreak. Appreciate the drama.
- US Open or Wimbledon? US Open
- Boxers or briefs? Briefs
- Indian Wells or Miami? Miami
- Copa America or MLS Cup? …pass
- NFL or NBA? NCAA Football 😀
- Paris (French Open) or Paris (Masters)? French Open (Ain’t nobody here for Bercy!)
- Nintendo or Sega? Nintendo
- Betting sponsors or charity sponsors? Charity
- Ford or Chrysler? Ford
- Red Lobster or Olive Garden? Olive Garden
- McDonalds or Burger King? BK
- Subway or Quiznos? Quiznos
- Under the roll or over the roll? Hmmm…
- Cats or dogs? Dogs
- Maradona or Pelé? No answer
- Cristiano Ronaldo or Messi? Messi
- Was it a cross or was it a shot at goal? Missed the reference 😀
- Serve and volley or baseline duel? Baseline
- Half pipe or slopes? Slopes
- 100m or 10,000m? 100m
- New England Patriots or anyone else? Pats
- Ice hockey or field hockey? Ice Hockey
- Football or soccer? As in, what do I call it? Soccer.
- WWF or WCW? Again, G.L.O.W.
- Amateur or professional? Professional
- Halfway shot for 3 or buzzer beater for 2? Buzzer beater!