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ashkor87 wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 3:37 pm Trivia...he was once married to Agassi's sister
Pancho Gonzales? Never broken while serving for the set? Ever? Crazy stat.
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meganfernandez wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:39 pm
ashkor87 wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 3:37 pm Trivia...he was once married to Agassi's sister
Pancho Gonzales? Never broken while serving for the set? Ever? Crazy stat.
His serve was probably the best ever...to me, he is the GOAT
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Didn't he also perfect the tactic of serve and volley?
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ti-amie wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2023 12:32 am Didn't he also perfect the tactic of serve and volley?
I think credit for that would go to Jack Kramer and Althea Gibson...
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I think these are courts in Minnesota.
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ti-amie wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2023 8:05 pm
A not very fun fact - Davydenko was born and lived until age 11 in a city that was destroyed by Russian troops last year. He was a Ukrainian citizen until age 18.
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I can't like your post mmmm8. Thank you for the information.
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ashkor87 wrote:https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/wt ... ondrousova

#meganfernandez
Nice to see !
Thanks!! I didn’t vote for the #5 players, Rublev and Pegula. So my quotes aren’t in those.

They also used my Medvedev quote on the tweet:

https://x.com/tennis/status/1729636292848128028?s=46

Here’s the Medvedev story:

https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/at ... l-medvedev


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mmmm8 wrote:
ti-amie wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2023 8:05 pm
A not very fun fact - Davydenko was born and lived until age 11 in a city that was destroyed by Russian troops last year. He was a Ukrainian citizen until age 18.
I had no idea!


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meganfernandez wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 12:30 am Here’s the Medvedev story:

https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/at ... l-medvedev
yes, saw that.. but does that mean Tennis rating Sinner #3, ahead of Medvedev? Not sure that is right.. but close, certainly..
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ashkor87 wrote:
meganfernandez wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 12:30 am Here’s the Medvedev story:

https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/at ... l-medvedev
yes, saw that.. but does that mean Tennis rating Sinner #3, ahead of Medvedev? Not sure that is right.. but close, certainly..
I assume Sinner will be #3, yes. I don’t know the results! Ten contributors voted for the top 5 ATP and WTA players. Everyone’s first pick got 5 points, their second 4 points, and so on. The only suspense is whether WTA #1 will be Iga or Sabalenka. I went with Sabalenka but expect most went with Swiatek.

Sinner prob benefits from the recently effect and beating Djokovic twice. Medvedev had more titles but didn’t improve like Sinner did (Med improved only compared to 2022). We expect him to do that well. So I think that’s why people voted Sinner as #3. I bet some voted him as #2, but how can we put him over the Wimbledon champ?


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Thanks #meganfernandez for the explanation...
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