Talk About Tennis 2.0

Suliso wrote: ↑Sun Nov 28, 2021 5:36 pm Do you have any players you used to support, but not anymore for one reason or another?

I was just about to let go of Muguruza, then she goes and has a good year. Maddening in a whole new way. On the men's side, Gulbis. I'm surprised he's still plugging away, going out in R1 of Challengers or Tour qualies. He didn't have a tour-level main-draw win this year.

I came around on Radwanska and Wozniacki eventually, once I appreciated good defense, so the reverse effect.

I actually try to let go of Mugu and then I catch one of her matches and I simply can't. I just like her, and that is it. Regardless of how many times she will break my heart on court.
(I did manage to do that with Kvitova, although I still like to watch her play).

Since I was only born in 2006 my list is going to have all current players in it because I really don't know much at all of the older players.

Men's
Tiafoe
FAA
Zverev
Alcaraz
Berrettini
Fritz
Nadal
Monfils
Paul
Norrie

Women's
Coco Gauff
Serena
Venus
Halep
Collins
Pegula
Raducanu
Leylah
Anisimova
Andreescu

I'm 31, so I can only cover about 2000-present.

Men
Nadal
Blake
Agassi
Alcaraz
Baghdatis
Safin
Auger-Aliassime
Roddick
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan


Women
Serena
Henin (2003 French Open excluded)
Venus
Halep
Osaka
Swiatek
Radwanska
Barty
Vaidisova
Wozniacki

I have admired the game of tennis for some time now and have seen many of the greats of the game in my 57 years of my lifetime. I have never really picked up the game that well, and am more of a novice player. I have excelled more at running in my lifetime. So what these players I have seen do over my lifetime have completely awed me many times. They are the greats like: John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg, Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djovokic, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Tracy Austin, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Kim Clijsters, Lindsey Davenport, Martina Hingis, Maria Sharapova, Justine Henin, & Ashleigh Barty.

Aces, you just basically mentioned every top player of the last 50 years
You missed Mandlikova and Vilas.
(I'm putting you on)

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:39 pm Aces, you just basically mentioned every top player of the last 50 years
You missed Mandlikova and Vilas.
(I'm putting you on)

Well, I have been around for 57 years. I also could have easily mentioned the likes of Wilander, Edberg, Becker, Sabatini, Novotna.

Men: (only those I have actually seen .)
Laver, Stan Smith, John McEnroe, Ramanathan Krishnan, Mecir, Agassi, Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Wawrinka

Women (same caveat)
Seles, Graf, Hingis, Serena, Venus, Radwanska,Navratilova, Mandlikova, Barty, Rybarikova! (She just floated like a wraith on the grass)

Chakvetadze! Good call...

Men
Federer
Connors
Edberg
Laver
McEnroe (also loved his doubles)
Chang
Djokovic (the tennis is amazing)
Agassi (the later years)
Wawrinka
Ashe
(and my sneak 11th would be Del Potro)

Women
Navratilova
Evert
Seles
Kerber
S. Williams
Goolagong Cawley
Capriati (who doesn't love a good comeback story)
Maria Bueno
BJK
Graf
(and I'll add Sue Barker as a sneak 11th)

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 6:05 pm

Suliso wrote: ↑Sun Nov 28, 2021 5:36 pm Do you have any players you used to support, but not anymore for one reason or another?

I was just about to let go of Muguruza, then she goes and has a good year. Maddening in a whole new way. On the men's side, Gulbis. I'm surprised he's still plugging away, going out in R1 of Challengers or Tour qualies. He didn't have a tour-level main-draw win this year.

I came around on Radwanska and Wozniacki eventually, once I appreciated good defense, so the reverse effect.

Radwanska I did come around to. Never liked Wozniacki - still don't care for her. Not that she cares, but I think of her and Domi as the Kardashians of the tennis circuit.