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Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:39 pm
by meganfernandez
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.
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2023 12:07 am
by ashkor87
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
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2023 12:32 am
by ti-amie
Didn't he also perfect the tactic of serve and volley?
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2023 1:35 am
by ti-amie
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2023 3:46 am
by ashkor87
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...
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2023 8:05 pm
by ti-amie
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2023 12:44 am
by ti-amie
I think these are courts in Minnesota.
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2023 3:54 pm
by mmmm8
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.
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:32 pm
by ti-amie
I can't like your post mmmm8. Thank you for the information.
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2023 12:00 am
by ashkor87
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2023 12:30 am
by meganfernandez
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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Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2023 12:31 am
by meganfernandez
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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Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2023 5:28 am
by ashkor87
yes, saw that.. but does that mean Tennis rating Sinner #3, ahead of Medvedev? Not sure that is right.. but close, certainly..
Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2023 3:34 pm
by meganfernandez
ashkor87 wrote:
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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Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2023 5:40 pm
by ashkor87
Thanks #meganfernandez for the explanation...