Talk About Tennis 2.0

ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Dec 09, 2022 9:47 pm So far I've seen Aga Radwanska, Dinara Safina, Jelena Jankovic, Sukova, Shriver (Never a great singles player IMO) and I know I'm leaving some players out for the Best of the Rest category. Is there a poll coming up?

A poll would be fun..I don't know how to create one so ...

As courtesy, we should leave out currently active players..like a hall of fame .(almost said infamy but that would not be fair)

Tim Henman had a bunch of Semi-Final appearances in Majors...
Amanda Coetzer was in the top 20 for 10 consecutive years...

I agree Ferrer and Nalbandian could be in the conversation. Nalbandian did win the most incredible tour finals ever. Ferrer reached a RG final. Plus, of course, he suffered playing his entire career under the yolk of the Roger/Rafa/Nole dictatorship.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 1:31 am

ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Dec 09, 2022 9:47 pm So far I've seen Aga Radwanska, Dinara Safina, Jelena Jankovic, Sukova, Shriver (Never a great singles player IMO) and I know I'm leaving some players out for the Best of the Rest category. Is there a poll coming up?

A poll would be fun..I don't know how to create one so ...

I can create the poll. But:
Who would be the names in the poll? Look already at how many players we are talking about, and we have a limit of 10 options in a poll.
So, 5 women, and 5 men? We always need pesky Mr/Miss OTHER in this type of discussions.

5 is a good number..
Men- Rios, Berdych, Ferrer, Nalbandian, Henman would cover it, I think
Women - Radwanska, Safina, sukova, Dementieva, maybe jankovic...?

Dokic?

A poll without Mecir's name would not be right.
I don't think a poll is needed, or even advisable, because some deserving names would inevitably be left off. Plus, we've all responded with our choices already, anyway...

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 5:14 pm 5 is a good number..
Men- Rios, Berdych, Ferrer, Nalbandian, Henman would cover it, I think
Women - Radwanska, Safina, sukova, Dementieva, maybe jankovic...?

You left out my Laconte pick . And then my Pioline.
That is my problem with the poll. I say we need at least 10 for each tour.
And, for the women, we are missing some oldies. How about Rosie Casal? The woman played. On the other hand, Jankovic and Dementieva are two that I, personally, would not even consider. Especially Dementieva, with her serve.

Going back, you can include Tom Okker's name, as well...

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 11:24 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 5:14 pm 5 is a good number..
Men- Rios, Berdych, Ferrer, Nalbandian, Henman would cover it, I think
Women - Radwanska, Safina, sukova, Dementieva, maybe jankovic...?

You left out my Laconte pick . And then my Pioline.
That is my problem with the poll. I say we need at least 10 for each tour.
And, for the women, we are missing some oldies. How about Rosie Casal? The woman played. On the other hand, Jankovic and Dementieva are two that I, personally, would not even consider. Especially Dementieva, with her serve.

You are right ...LeConte is a candidate for sure, so is Pioline..and Rosie Casals (,though I have never seen her play) I loved Mecir too...

I wouldn't consider Jankovic either but someone here had mentioned her..Dementieva won an Olympic gold and was runner up twice at majors ..reached the semis 7 times at a major.

Dementieva, to me, is a front runner in the OVERACHIEVER category. No serve to speak of, no net game either, yet she reached all those accomplishments.
Of course, the groundstrokes were pure power and placement distilled.

Finally got to see the latest US sensation Alycia Parks ..very impressed. Silky smooth like Rybakina...power, touch, volley, good serve..moves reasonably well ( room for improvement), even has drop shots .lot of upside, more than Gauff, perhaps! Keep an eye on her..

Is this where you saw Parks ashkor? This is quite an entry list.

Limoges 125k
Draw size: 32S / 4Q / 8D
Date (main draw): December 11-17, 2022
Surface: Indoor hard
Venue: Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges

Entries
Seed Name Seeding Ranking Entry Ranking

1 (WC) Shuai Zhang 24
2 (WC) Aliaksandra Sasnovich 30
3 (WC) Alizé Cornet 36
4 (WC) Ana Bogdan 48
5 Anhelina Kalinina 53 53
6 Lucia Bronzetti 58 57
7 Tatjana Maria 70 69
8 Marta Kostyuk 71 70
Anna Blinkova 80 80
Varvara Gracheva 94 95
Marketa Vondrousova 97 98
Alycia Parks 100 119
Kristina Mladenovic 115 112
Clara Burel 125 129
Elizabeth Mandlik 126 120
Erika Andreeva 127 123
Clara Tauson 132 128
Jodie Burrage 134 127
Lucrezia Stefanini 144 141
Anna-Lena Friedsam 146 143
Katrina Scott 162 163
Jessika Ponchet 172 168
Joanne Zuger 185 187
Greet Minnen 203 202
Carole Monnet 225 226
(WC) Sofia Kenin 240
(WC) Audrey Albie 271
Nefisa Berberovic 288 231
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BTW Kenin is out to Blinkova already in straight sets 4&4