The Official Tennis Thread
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Shut your whole, whore
Be civil. We're in agreement on something besides your misguided views on Agassi.Shut your whole, whore
Misguided? Andre Agassi was a gawd. The heart he showed. Being overpowered and still finding a way to win. I cried @ his last us open. Dude needed all kinds of shots to play in that tourney.
I know he's not the best, but he's my goat. They're few athletes I respect more than him.
I can respect that (but not you
).Yeah, he was great to watch. Wonder how many more tourneys he would have won if he was committed throughout his career. His book was a very good read.
Eh, id have to respectfully disagree. I think there are more bigger servers in the game now and more people just sitting on the baseline and rallying for hours on end. There was Goran, Phillipoussis(spelling?), Rusedski and Sampras as the top fastest servers essentially. Rusedski got popped for roid and was a bum and Poussis had a run or two but never put it together. Now you got all types of guys bombing 135+, most of whom cant do shyt else on the court. Groth just came out of the woodwork bombing 140 something and almost pushed Fed to a 4th set (up 4-2 and serving in the 3rd) and he literally had nothing else. Then theres Cilic (goran coaching), Karlovic, Isner, Janowicz etc
IMO, there were more unique play styles and better overall quality of matches in the 90's. Much more depth too. Now there's the few top guys and its a rarity that anyone else wins a slam. Wawrinka was one of the few aberrations in the nadal/djokovic/federer monopoly (murray doesnt belong in that tier but w/e, him too). Murray pretty much went on that run due to Lendl being his coach and making him not be soft...now he's without Lendl and he's soft again. Michael Chang has been coaching Kei and look at his improvement. Even Edberg is coaching Fed now and Fed is being lauded as elevating his game back up. The late 80's into the mid-late 90's was the golden era.
The 90's had a shyt ton of talent. Edberg, Courier, Agassi, Sampras, Lendl, Becker, Muster, Kafelnikov, Rafter..then you even had guys like Rios and Moya get up to #1. Then you had guys like Goran, Malivai, Chang, Todd Martin, Stich, Corretja, Krajicek, Bjorkman etc who always were a threat and most of which either have a slam win or a finals appearance. Not to mention the doubles quality of play was much better too (Woodies/Bhupati and Paes etc).
Now its a few guys in the rotation for every grand slam singles title and the Bryan Brothers winning pretty much every doubles grand slam.
i rooted for agassi and liked him more than sampras because i related to his play style and he was always the underdog..but he was not better than pete.
btw Borg is the GOAT imo
btw Borg is the GOAT imo
nomoreneveragain
Superstar
Sampras had no problem acing you on a second serve either, if you thought Sampras was all serve watch this
Murray vs Djokovic at 2am uk 
Carlos Huerta
Just keep my rep red
I'll be in the stands tomorrow morning, boyz
nomoreneveragain
Superstar
Murray vs Djokovic at 2am uk
Best of 5 under the lights, Hope Muzza shows up for this one.
Didn't watch Michael Chang's boy play Raonic under the lights so I hope this one is just as good as that match.
malbaker86
Gators
He had the best return of serve EVER (now shared w/Djokovic)
malbaker86
Gators
Murray vs Djokovic at 2am uk
Novak in 4 routine sets. Don't even wait up for it
Grams
Grams Grands Gucci G'd Up
How much did you get tickets for?
the discussion the last 2 pages
apparently last night's bryan bros match was the last pro match they'll ever play at the grandstand
sorry to see it go, it easily has the best atmosphere of all the USO courts
heat was too brutal yesterday, not much enthusiasm, people put more energy into fanning themselves. as soon as the williams sisters lost that 1st set TB I'm guessing most people knew they'd lose the 2nd... Serena still has singles and you don't wanna waste any extra energy playing 3 hours of doubles in epic heat
then went over to Monfils/Dimitrov... was surprised at how empty it was (maybe 1/3rd full). The heat? Weather cooled down immensely but surprised to see Dimi fall apart with tons of errors and missed first serves. Monfils theatrics were hilarious, he looked dead tired after every point just to start sprinting like mad at the end of the sets to break Dimi. Could've been 2 turning points in the match but Dimi was not feeling it.
Then went over to the Cilic/Simon pushfest, say what you will but I like to see pusher vs pusher sometimes, especially with such a close match. Simon was making some brilliant shots but the crowd wasn't really into it that much, maybe the energy was sapped throughout the day. Cilic had his like 15 Croatian fans sprinkled around the stadium making all the noise. What it came down was Cilic holding his nerve impressively.
Best match of the day was the Bryan Bros vs Verdasco/Marrero, if you've followed BB you know what a grudge match this was.. plus the importance of BB saving their season with a slam here. Extremely intense, was nighttime and the grandstand was basically full, leaving the Berdych/Thiem match completely empty (which I didn't see) . Very dramatic momentum swings late in the match, excellent tennis all around. And both Bryans, tired and sweaty as hell stayed like 20 minutes after the match signing mad autographs and taking pictures with people... the brehs are such nice dudes.
http://www.thecoli.com/posts/9863119/ check here for a small rundown on this week
apparently last night's bryan bros match was the last pro match they'll ever play at the grandstand
sorry to see it go, it easily has the best atmosphere of all the USO courts
heat was too brutal yesterday, not much enthusiasm, people put more energy into fanning themselves. as soon as the williams sisters lost that 1st set TB I'm guessing most people knew they'd lose the 2nd... Serena still has singles and you don't wanna waste any extra energy playing 3 hours of doubles in epic heat
then went over to Monfils/Dimitrov... was surprised at how empty it was (maybe 1/3rd full). The heat? Weather cooled down immensely but surprised to see Dimi fall apart with tons of errors and missed first serves. Monfils theatrics were hilarious, he looked dead tired after every point just to start sprinting like mad at the end of the sets to break Dimi. Could've been 2 turning points in the match but Dimi was not feeling it.
Then went over to the Cilic/Simon pushfest, say what you will but I like to see pusher vs pusher sometimes, especially with such a close match. Simon was making some brilliant shots but the crowd wasn't really into it that much, maybe the energy was sapped throughout the day. Cilic had his like 15 Croatian fans sprinkled around the stadium making all the noise. What it came down was Cilic holding his nerve impressively.
Best match of the day was the Bryan Bros vs Verdasco/Marrero, if you've followed BB you know what a grudge match this was.. plus the importance of BB saving their season with a slam here. Extremely intense, was nighttime and the grandstand was basically full, leaving the Berdych/Thiem match completely empty (which I didn't see) . Very dramatic momentum swings late in the match, excellent tennis all around. And both Bryans, tired and sweaty as hell stayed like 20 minutes after the match signing mad autographs and taking pictures with people... the brehs are such nice dudes.