Roddick is a legend—he was #1, won a slam and a Davis Cup. Plus he possessed a memorable personality.
Blake is only a legend in his mind…
Incidentally, Wimbledon had Karolina Sprem competing in their legends doubles tournament.
"Legend" is a loose term for marketing campaigns. Blake might be a legend in the context of the US Open. He had that great match with Agassi in 2005, is from there, well-liked there. He won 10 titles and got to No. 4. Not bad.JTContinental wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 7:04 pm
Roddick is a legend—he was #1, won a slam and a Davis Cup. Plus he possessed a memorable personality.
Blake is only a legend in his mind…
Incidentally, Wimbledon had Karolina Sprem competing in their legends doubles tournament.
4 to 3, right? One of the more surprising statistics in the Big 3 catalog.
I understand the marketing, but it is this morphing of the language that I find so weird. If Blake is a legend, so is Nalbandian. Delpo is then what? If you use legend for Blake, and Roddick, what do you use for Roger, Rafa, Novak or Serena? Super-legend? Über-Legend? Super-duper-über legendary legend?meganfernandez wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 7:14 pm"Legend" is a loose term for marketing campaigns. Blake might be a legend in the context of the US Open. He had that great match with Agassi in 2005, is from there, well-liked there. He won 10 titles and got to No. 4. Not bad.JTContinental wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 7:04 pm
Roddick is a legend—he was #1, won a slam and a Davis Cup. Plus he possessed a memorable personality.
Blake is only a legend in his mind…
Incidentally, Wimbledon had Karolina Sprem competing in their legends doubles tournament.
Blake is a very humble guy who always doubted he belonged at the top of the game even when he was ranked in the top five briefly. That's a strange take.
Of course. This was very obviously a joke and not a "take"
Blake reached #1 in the USA. "Former US #1" sounds totally true, it is a very, very high achievement, and keeps the perspective. Roddick can completely say "Slam Champion, World #1" with a straight face. Both can claim DC CUP Winners (go for the jugular and say "Real DC Cup Winners").
How about 'former players'...
I don’t think this has any impact on the vaccination requirement for non citizens entering the USA.
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