Talk About Tennis 2.0

Ribbons wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 1:58 am I have been reading about the 1908 London Olympics for a side project, and it's a gift that keeps giving. To quote one source, they were "wet, long-winded, and controversial." According to another source, Germany was the only country not hacked off at the UK by the end.

The official report is at https://olympic-museum.de/o-reports/oly ... t-1908.php, with the chapter on tennis starting on page 314. Regarding the final, it was noted that "the contrast between the attendance of spectators on this occasion and the crowd that went to see the match for the amateur championship was very marked[.] The latter match was somewhat of a fiasco, and the fear of seeing another display of the kind probably accounted for the absence of many familiar faces."

Regarding the silver medalist's performance in the final: "He did not win a set, but he ought to have secured the first set, and he never looked like a hopeless loser at any stage of the second or third."

Finally, about the gold medalist, quoting from the _National Review_: "In practically every respect except service Mr. Gould is a beautiful player; it would stamp him as a greater player still if he became a beautiful server, and not only, as he is now, a terribly effective one."

Ribbons wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 1:58 am I have been reading about the 1908 London Olympics for a side project, and it's a gift that keeps giving. To quote one source, they were "wet, long-winded, and controversial." According to another source, Germany was the only country not hacked off at the UK by the end.

The official report is at https://olympic-museum.de/o-reports/oly ... t-1908.php, with the chapter on tennis starting on page 314. Regarding the final, it was noted that "the contrast between the attendance of spectators on this occasion and the crowd that went to see the match for the amateur championship was very marked[.] The latter match was somewhat of a fiasco, and the fear of seeing another display of the kind probably accounted for the absence of many familiar faces."

Regarding the silver medalist's performance in the final: "He did not win a set, but he ought to have secured the first set, and he never looked like a hopeless loser at any stage of the second or third."

Finally, about the gold medalist, quoting from the _National Review_: "In practically every respect except service Mr. Gould is a beautiful player; it would stamp him as a greater player still if he became a beautiful server, and not only, as he is now, a terribly effective one."

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 6:53 pm Raw, Real and Reilly – Meet the No. 1 Player in America: Badass Reilly Opelka

dave g wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 1:01 am TAT.com (version 1.0) used to have a link to this website https://www.livescore.in/tennis/ , which contains scores of ongoing matches. It is what I use.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 12:59 am Anyone going to argue with this?

Suliso wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 6:48 pm There is a near identical by Roger playing Roddick in his early career and he did make it.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 1:46 pm If you go by total number of slams: 2009 was indeed great, with 64.
But Mick's point is very good. In 1992 all were Slam champions. The 2009 class had three non-slammers.