Talk About Tennis 2.0

Just me being pedantic but it should be Tennis International Hall of Fame...tennis is international by design .it s the hall of fame that needs the qualifier..

Now we have another Samsonova..Laura - Czech, 16 yr old, won her first wta match at prague, runner up at the French juniors..just beat Siniakova

alycia parks seems to be queen of 125 level events ..just won Warsaw ..wish she would learn to control her power...

Am tired of hearing 'experts' tell us Djokovic is the greatest returner of all time..frankly, I think Nadal is better, and Agassi better than both of them..some years I used to check the stats and Nadal was indeed better than Djoko ..I haven't checked lately, neither is in his prime .

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2024 12:14 pm Am tired of hearing 'experts' tell us Djokovic is the greatest returner of all time..frankly, I think Nadal is better, and Agassi better than both of them..some years I used to check the stats and Nadal was indeed better than Djoko ..I haven't checked lately, neither is in his prime .

Better in terms of percentage of return points won? I would rank Djokovic as #1 based on his ability to hit both offensive, and defensive returns, and in particular, to make a high percentage of returns and make the server play.

Certainly yes, getting a high percentage of returns back, but I thought Agassi did more with the return than Djokovic does..I think Nadal (when I checked) won more return points than anyone ..which is what counts, in a way .

Jimmy.
Connors.
Hitting returns with a 62 sq. in. Wilson T2000. Not for the meek.

I’ve been lucky enough to attend Wimbledon three times. In 2018, I overnight queued for Centre Court to see my boy Roger, who played Lacko. Great day, lots of good second round action.

So, it occurred to me while watching it online this year, they have archived years on the BBC iplayer! We had great seats, maybe 10 rows up behind the players. Surely we were captured on camera- especially since my friend is and was a stunning redhead. Never hurts for a bored cameraman.

No easily accessed online archive.

Would any of you mega fans have that match/day taped?


Worth asking!!

Martina (no not that one

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2024 6:52 pm Jimmy.
Connors.
Hitting returns with a 62 sq. in. Wilson T2000. Not for the meek.

True but he really couldn't handle McEnroe...Agassi did, but much later, of course

At his peak, a WALL couldn't handle Mac.
Agassi came much later, when Mac was not at his peak, and Agassi was playing with the Prince pro, at 120+ sq. in. That was literally twice the area Connors was using (by then Connors had switched to the Pro Staff 6.0, with a WHOOPING 85 sq. in.)

MediaGrrl wrote:I’ve been lucky enough to attend Wimbledon three times. In 2018, I overnight queued for Centre Court to see my boy Roger, who played Lacko. Great day, lots of good second round action.

So, it occurred to me while watching it online this year, they have archived years on the BBC iplayer! We had great seats, maybe 10 rows up behind the players. Surely we were captured on camera- especially since my friend is and was a stunning redhead. Never hurts for a bored cameraman.

No easily accessed online archive.

Would any of you mega fans have that match/day taped?


Worth asking!!

Martina (no not that one

How cool. The match isn’t on YouTube?


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And so Kerber retires..a players' player if ever there was one..admired and respected by all of us who ever held a racket...

3 hour match with Zheng to end Kerber's career seems appropriate for a player who made a very good career fighting to the end.

Loved her, but won't miss her much. The strokes were a bit too stiff for my taste.