• Yr end No.1

    From Whisper@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 23 01:23:01 2023
    Should be Carlos right? I know Novak will get no.1 if he wins 1st match
    at USO and Carlos is defending the title, but he got injured soon after
    USO last year so has no points to defend.

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  • From PeteWasLucky@21:1/5 to Whisper on Tue Aug 22 12:09:47 2023
    Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r
    Should be Carlos right? I know Novak will get no.1 if he wins 1st match at USO and Carlos is defending the title, but he got injured soon after USO last year so has no points to defend.

    Who cares? It's all about Wimbledon. Correct? :)
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  • From *skriptis@21:1/5 to Whisper on Tue Aug 22 17:39:00 2023
    Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r
    Should be Carlos right? I know Novak will get no.1 if he wins 1st match at USO and Carlos is defending the title, but he got injured soon after USO last year so has no points to defend.


    Race

    7455 Alcaraz
    6945 Djokovic

    + 510 pts.




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  • From Whisper@21:1/5 to PeteWasLucky on Wed Aug 23 19:00:04 2023
    On 23/08/2023 2:09 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:
    Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r
    Should be Carlos right? I know Novak will get no.1 if he wins 1st match at USO and Carlos is defending the title, but he got injured soon after USO last year so has no points to defend.

    Who cares? It's all about Wimbledon. Correct? :)


    yr-end no.1 is a stand alone goat level metric and has huge legacy
    value. It's a big deal Novak has 7, Sampras 6. History cares about
    these things.

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  • From PeteWasLucky@21:1/5 to Whisper on Wed Aug 23 12:13:25 2023
    Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r
    On 23/08/2023 2:09 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:> Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r>> Should be Carlos right? I know Novak will get no.1 if he wins 1st match at USO and Carlos is defending the title, but he got injured soon after USO last
    year so has no points to defend.> > Who cares? It's all about Wimbledon. Correct? :)yr-end no.1 is a stand alone goat level metric and has huge legacy value. It's a big deal Novak has 7, Sampras 6. History cares about these things.

    I thought Wimbledon is the grand prize in tennis, someone here said this million times.
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  • From gapp111@gmail.com@21:1/5 to PeteWasLucky on Wed Aug 23 09:15:09 2023
    On Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 12:13:29 PM UTC-4, PeteWasLucky wrote:
    Whisper <whi...@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r
    On 23/08/2023 2:09 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:> Whisper <whi...@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r>> Should be Carlos right? I know Novak will get no.1 if he wins 1st match at USO and Carlos is defending the title, but he got injured soon after USO last
    year so has no points to defend.> > Who cares? It's all about Wimbledon. Correct? :)yr-end no.1 is a stand alone goat level metric and has huge legacy value. It's a big deal Novak has 7, Sampras 6. History cares about these things.

    I thought Wimbledon is the grand prize in tennis, someone here said this million times.
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    Not if Fed has it! Hoad was the greatest, followed by Mac, Pete and Pancho!

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  • From Whisper@21:1/5 to gap...@gmail.com on Thu Aug 24 02:22:15 2023
    On 24/08/2023 2:15 am, gap...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 12:13:29 PM UTC-4, PeteWasLucky wrote:
    Whisper <whi...@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r
    On 23/08/2023 2:09 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:> Whisper <whi...@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r>> Should be Carlos right? I know Novak will get no.1 if he wins 1st match at USO and Carlos is defending the title, but he got injured soon after USO last
    year so has no points to defend.> > Who cares? It's all about Wimbledon. Correct? :)yr-end no.1 is a stand alone goat level metric and has huge legacy value. It's a big deal Novak has 7, Sampras 6. History cares about these things.

    I thought Wimbledon is the grand prize in tennis, someone here said this million times.
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    Not if Fed has it! Hoad was the greatest, followed by Mac, Pete and Pancho!


    Novak is 3-0 v Federer in Wimbledon finals.

    We are lucky they got to play so many times, we don't have to ask
    questions like 'I wonder if Novak would have beaten Federer at
    Wimbledon?'. We also don't have to ask 'Is Federer too good for Novak
    at Wimbledon?'. These questions are unnecessary.

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  • From Whisper@21:1/5 to PeteWasLucky on Thu Aug 24 02:19:46 2023
    On 24/08/2023 2:13 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:
    Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r
    On 23/08/2023 2:09 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:> Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r>> Should be Carlos right? I know Novak will get no.1 if he wins 1st match at USO and Carlos is defending the title, but he got injured soon after USO last
    year so has no points to defend.> > Who cares? It's all about Wimbledon. Correct? :)yr-end no.1 is a stand alone goat level metric and has huge legacy value. It's a big deal Novak has 7, Sampras 6. History cares about these things.

    I thought Wimbledon is the grand prize in tennis, someone here said this million times.


    Yes Wimbledon is the biggest tournament, stop wasting time with
    nonsense. It speaks volumes that Novak is 3-0 v Federer in Wimbledon
    finals. It's not Federer's fault he won most of his slams and
    Wimbledons before Nadal/Novak peaked, he can only play the clowns in
    front of him.

    Federer had a great yr end no.1 record, 1 more than McEnroe and Lendl.
    Yes he played 10 yrs longer but it still counts in the record books.
    It's not easy to match Nadal with 5 yr end No.1 and it's not his fault
    he got a soft era before Nadal/Novak came on.

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  • From PeteWasLucky@21:1/5 to Whisper on Wed Aug 23 12:35:40 2023
    Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r
    On 24/08/2023 2:13 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:> Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r>> On 23/08/2023 2:09 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:> Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r>> Should be Carlos right? I know Novak will get no.1 if
    he wins 1st match at USO and Carlos is defending the title, but he got injured soon after USO last year so has no points to defend.> > Who cares? It's all about Wimbledon. Correct? :)yr-end no.1 is a stand alone goat level metric and has huge legacy
    value. It's a big deal Novak has 7, Sampras 6. History cares about these things.> > I thought Wimbledon is the grand prize in tennis, someone here said this million times.Yes Wimbledon is the biggest tournament, stop wasting time with nonsense. It
    speaks volumes that Novak is 3-0 v Federer in Wimbledon finals. It's not Federer's fault he won most of his slams and Wimbledons before Nadal/Novak peaked, he can only play the clowns in front of him.Federer had a great yr end no.1 record, 1 more than
    McEnroe and Lendl. Yes he played 10 yrs longer but it still counts in the record books. It's not easy to match Nadal with 5 yr end No.1 and it's not his fault he got a soft era before Nadal/Novak came on.

    What is Pete's record in Wimbledon against Novak?

    Also, I thought Federer won a couple of Wimbledon titles against Pete-on-steroids, which isn't bad, don't you agree?
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  • From PeteWasLucky@21:1/5 to PeteWasLucky on Wed Aug 23 12:42:39 2023
    PeteWasLucky <waleed.khedr@gmail.com> Wrote in message:r
    Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r> On 24/08/2023 2:13 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:> Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r>> On 23/08/2023 2:09 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:> Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r>>
    Should be Carlos right? I know Novak will get no.1 if he wins 1st match at USO and Carlos is defending the title, but he got injured soon after USO last year so has no points to defend.> > Who cares? It's all about Wimbledon. Correct? :)yr-end no.1 is a
    stand alone goat level metric and has huge legacy value. It's a big deal Novak has 7, Sampras 6. History cares about these things.> > I thought Wimbledon is the grand prize in tennis, someone here said this million times.Yes Wimbledon is the biggest
    tournament, stop wasting time with nonsense. It speaks volumes that Novak is 3-0 v Federer in Wimbledon finals. It's not Federer's fault he won most of his slams and Wimbledons before Nadal/Novak peaked, he can only play the clowns in front of him.
    Federer had a great yr end no.1 record, 1 more than McEnroe and Lendl. Yes he played 10 yrs longer but it still counts in the record books. It's not easy to match Nadal with 5 yr end No.1 and it's not his fault he got a soft era before Nadal/Novak came
    on.What is Pete's record in Wimbledon against Novak?Also, I thought Federer won a couple of Wimbledon titles against Pete-on-steroids, which isn't bad, don't you agree?-- ----Android NewsGroup Reader----https://piaohong.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/usenet/
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    And this enhanced version of Pete had winning h2h against Novak.


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  • From Whisper@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 24 17:32:49 2023
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  • From TT@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 24 11:07:32 2023
    Whisper kirjoitti 24.8.2023 klo 10.32:
    On 24/08/2023 2:35 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:
    Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r
    On 24/08/2023 2:13 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:> Whisper
    <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r>> On 23/08/2023 2:09 am,
    PeteWasLucky wrote:> Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in
    message:r>> Should be Carlos right?  I know Novak will get no.1 if he
    wins 1st match at USO and Carlos is defending the title, but he got
    injured soon after USO last year so has no points to defend.> > Who
    cares? It's all about Wimbledon. Correct? :)yr-end no.1 is a stand
    alone goat level metric and has huge legacy value. It's a big deal
    Novak has 7, Sampras 6.  History cares about these things.> > I
    thought Wimbledon is the grand prize in tennis, someone here said
    this million times.Yes Wimbledon is the biggest tournament, stop
    wasting time with nonsense. It speaks volumes that Novak is 3-0 v
    Federer in Wimbledon finals.  It's not Federer's fault he won most of
    his slams and Wimbledons before Nadal/Novak peaked, he can only play
    the clowns in front of him.Federer had a great yr end no.1 record, 1
    more than McEnroe and Lendl. Yes he played 10 yrs longer but it still
    counts in the record books. It's not easy to match Nadal with 5 yr
    end No.1 and it's not his fault he got a soft era before Nadal/Novak
    came on.

    What is Pete's record in Wimbledon against Novak?

    Also, I thought Federer won a couple of Wimbledon  titles against
    Pete-on-steroids, which isn't bad, don't you agree?


    Fed also lost to Nadal at Wimbledon.  Sampras said he was licking his
    lips watching Nadal stay behind baseline on grass at Wimbledon,
    defenseless deer.



    And Nadal was licking his lips thinking of Sampras' groundies. Anyway
    you're talkin crap since Nadal is the last person you want to rush the
    net against. The ball comes hard & dips at the net. When Fed came at the
    net and Nadal hit a passing shot Mac said the shot nearly took racket
    out of Fed's hand.

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  • From *skriptis@21:1/5 to TT@dprk.kp on Thu Aug 24 10:16:53 2023
    TT <TT@dprk.kp> Wrote in message:r
    Whisper kirjoitti 24.8.2023 klo 10.32:> On 24/08/2023 2:35 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:>> Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r>>> On 24/08/2023 2:13 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:> Whisper >>> <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r>> On 23/08/
    2023 2:09 am, >>> PeteWasLucky wrote:> Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in >>> message:r>> Should be Carlos right? I know Novak will get no.1 if he >>> wins 1st match at USO and Carlos is defending the title, but he got >>> injured soon after USO
    last year so has no points to defend.> > Who >>> cares? It's all about Wimbledon. Correct? :)yr-end no.1 is a stand >>> alone goat level metric and has huge legacy value. It's a big deal >>> Novak has 7, Sampras 6. History cares about these things.> > I
    thought Wimbledon is the grand prize in tennis, someone here said >>> this million times.Yes Wimbledon is the biggest tournament, stop >>> wasting time with nonsense. It speaks volumes that Novak is 3-0 v >>> Federer in Wimbledon finals. It's not
    Federer's fault he won most of >>> his slams and Wimbledons before Nadal/Novak peaked, he can only play >>> the clowns in front of him.Federer had a great yr end no.1 record, 1 >>> more than McEnroe and Lendl. Yes he played 10 yrs longer but it still >>>
    counts in the record books. It's not easy to match Nadal with 5 yr >>> end No.1 and it's not his fault he got a soft era before Nadal/Novak >>> came on.>>>> What is Pete's record in Wimbledon against Novak?>>>> Also, I thought Federer won a couple of
    Wimbledon titles against >> Pete-on-steroids, which isn't bad, don't you agree?> > > Fed also lost to Nadal at Wimbledon. Sampras said he was licking his > lips watching Nadal stay behind baseline on grass at Wimbledon, > defenseless deer.> > And Nadal
    was licking his lips thinking of Sampras' groundies. Anyway you're talkin crap since Nadal is the last person you want to rush the net against. The ball comes hard & dips at the net. When Fed came at the net and Nadal hit a passing shot Mac said the shot
    nearly took racket out of Fed's hand.



    Obviously Sampras would not have charged the net in Federer style so you can't really say that what you just said.

    On the other hand I agree that it can be suicidal to go to the net against Nadal. But it all depends on your execution, style etc. It's not doomed in advance as you suggest.

    E.g. Tsonga charged the net in AO 2008 SF against Nadal and won.

    https://youtu.be/SgLNcslQqtA?si=VCuCd6opBTVwBweA




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  • From *skriptis@21:1/5 to TT@dprk.kp on Thu Aug 24 10:53:50 2023
    TT <TT@dprk.kp> Wrote in message:r
    *skriptis kirjoitti 24.8.2023 klo 11.16:> TT <TT@dprk.kp> Wrote in message:r>> Whisper kirjoitti 24.8.2023 klo 10.32:> On 24/08/2023 2:35 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:>> Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r>>> On 24/08/2023 2:13 am,
    PeteWasLucky wrote:> Whisper >>> <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r>> On 23/08/2023 2:09 am, >>> PeteWasLucky wrote:> Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in >>> message:r>> Should be Carlos right? I know Novak will get no.1 if he >>> wins
    1st match at USO and Carlos is defending the title, but he got >>> injured soon after USO last year so has no points to defend.> > Who >>> cares? It's all about Wimbledon. Correct? :)yr-end no.1 is a stand >>> alone goat level metric and has huge legacy
    value. It's a big deal >>> Novak has 7, Sampras 6. History cares about these things.> > I >>> thought Wimbledon is the grand prize in tennis, someone here said >>> this million times.Yes Wimbledon is the biggest tournament, stop >>> wasting time with
    nonsense. It speaks volumes that Novak is 3-0 v >>> Federer in Wimbledon finals. It's not Federer's fault he won most of >>> his slams and Wimbledons before Nadal/Novak peaked, he can only play >>> the clowns in front of him.Federer had a great yr end
    no.1 record, 1 >>> more than McEnroe and Lendl. Yes he played 10 yrs longer but it still >>> counts in the record books. It's not easy to match Nadal with 5 yr >>> end No.1 and it's not his fault he got a soft era before Nadal/Novak >>> came on.>>>> What
    is Pete's record in Wimbledon against Novak?>>>> Also, I thought Federer won a couple of Wimbledon titles against >> Pete-on-steroids, which isn't bad, don't you agree?> > > Fed also lost to Nadal at Wimbledon. Sampras said he was licking his > lips
    watching Nadal stay behind baseline on grass at Wimbledon, > defenseless deer.> > And Nadal was licking his lips thinking of Sampras' groundies. Anyway you're talkin crap since Nadal is the last person you want to rush the net against. The ball comes
    hard & dips at the net. When Fed came at the net and Nadal hit a passing shot Mac said the shot nearly took racket out of Fed's hand.> > > > Obviously Sampras would not have charged the net in Federer style so you can't really say that what you just said.
    On the other hand I agree that it can be suicidal to go to the net against Nadal. But it all depends on your execution, style etc. It's not doomed in advance as you suggest.> > E.g. Tsonga charged the net in AO 2008 SF against Nadal and won.> > https:
    //youtu.be/SgLNcslQqtA?si=VCuCd6opBTVwBweA> > Tsonga played best drop volleys of his life in that match.Plus... he has a BIG forehand too.


    Sampras had a pretty big forehand too, no?

    Plus, Tsonga had a stellar performance, yes, but that happened once in a lifetime for him, so to speak, and surely Sampras could muster such performamce more often, 10, 15, 20 times suggesting he'd play most of the big matches vs Nadal at that high level.




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  • From MBDunc@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 24 03:02:11 2023
    On Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 11:40:18 AM UTC+3, TT wrote:
    E.g. Tsonga charged the net in AO 2008 SF against Nadal and won.

    https://youtu.be/SgLNcslQqtA?si=VCuCd6opBTVwBweA


    Tsonga played best drop volleys of his life in that match.
    Plus... he has a BIG forehand too.

    Tsonga was good, but effectively not-that-great.

    He zoned at AO SF 2008 (and there and there later - he also beat Fed twice at slams? - but so did Berdych, right?)

    Connors said: "you see opponent zoning, you can only hope that it won't last".

    .mikko

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?Pelle_Svansl=c3=b6s?=@21:1/5 to Whisper on Thu Aug 24 13:04:34 2023
    On 24.8.2023 10.32, Whisper wrote:
    On 24/08/2023 2:35 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:
    Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r
    On 24/08/2023 2:13 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:> Whisper
    <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r>> On 23/08/2023 2:09 am,
    PeteWasLucky wrote:> Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in
    message:r>> Should be Carlos right?  I know Novak will get no.1 if he
    wins 1st match at USO and Carlos is defending the title, but he got
    injured soon after USO last year so has no points to defend.> > Who
    cares? It's all about Wimbledon. Correct? :)yr-end no.1 is a stand
    alone goat level metric and has huge legacy value. It's a big deal
    Novak has 7, Sampras 6.  History cares about these things.> > I
    thought Wimbledon is the grand prize in tennis, someone here said
    this million times.Yes Wimbledon is the biggest tournament, stop
    wasting time with nonsense. It speaks volumes that Novak is 3-0 v
    Federer in Wimbledon finals.  It's not Federer's fault he won most of
    his slams and Wimbledons before Nadal/Novak peaked, he can only play
    the clowns in front of him.Federer had a great yr end no.1 record, 1
    more than McEnroe and Lendl. Yes he played 10 yrs longer but it still
    counts in the record books. It's not easy to match Nadal with 5 yr
    end No.1 and it's not his fault he got a soft era before Nadal/Novak
    came on.

    What is Pete's record in Wimbledon against Novak?

    Also, I thought Federer won a couple of Wimbledon  titles against
    Pete-on-steroids, which isn't bad, don't you agree?


    Fed also lost to Nadal at Wimbledon.  Sampras said he was licking his
    lips

    It's "chopping his licks".

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?Pelle_Svansl=c3=b6s?=@21:1/5 to MBDunc on Thu Aug 24 13:07:45 2023
    On 24.8.2023 13.02, MBDunc wrote:
    On Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 11:40:18 AM UTC+3, TT wrote:
    E.g. Tsonga charged the net in AO 2008 SF against Nadal and won.

    https://youtu.be/SgLNcslQqtA?si=VCuCd6opBTVwBweA


    Tsonga played best drop volleys of his life in that match.
    Plus... he has a BIG forehand too.

    Tsonga was good, but effectively not-that-great.

    He zoned at AO SF 2008 (and there and there later - he also beat Fed twice at slams? - but so did Berdych, right?)

    Connors said: "you see opponent zoning, you can only hope that it won't last".

    In the same vein: "I never lost. I just ran out of time". I think
    Connors said that too.

    But he never played against CEIB.

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  • From MBDunc@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 24 04:48:59 2023
    On Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 1:07:48 PM UTC+3, Pelle Svanslös wrote:
    On 24.8.2023 13.02, MBDunc wrote:
    On Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 11:40:18 AM UTC+3, TT wrote:
    E.g. Tsonga charged the net in AO 2008 SF against Nadal and won.

    https://youtu.be/SgLNcslQqtA?si=VCuCd6opBTVwBweA


    Tsonga played best drop volleys of his life in that match.
    Plus... he has a BIG forehand too.

    Tsonga was good, but effectively not-that-great.

    He zoned at AO SF 2008 (and there and there later - he also beat Fed twice at slams? - but so did Berdych, right?)

    Connors said: "you see opponent zoning, you can only hope that it won't last".
    In the same vein: "I never lost. I just ran out of time". I think
    Connors said that too.

    But he never played against CEIB.

    Connors in his book said that three times he felt immortal; Wim 74 final, USO 78 final and USO 89 (4R?) Edberg match.

    Then he said that at Mac Wimb 84 final he was receiving same....

    .mikko

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  • From Whisper@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 24 23:31:00 2023
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  • From Whisper@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 24 23:20:09 2023
    On 24/08/2023 6:07 pm, TT wrote:
    Whisper kirjoitti 24.8.2023 klo 10.32:
    On 24/08/2023 2:35 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:


    Fed also lost to Nadal at Wimbledon.  Sampras said he was licking his
    lips watching Nadal stay behind baseline on grass at Wimbledon,
    defenseless deer.



    And Nadal was licking his lips thinking of Sampras' groundies. Anyway
    you're talkin crap since Nadal is the last person you want to rush the
    net against. The ball comes hard & dips at the net. When Fed came at the
    net and Nadal hit a passing shot Mac said the shot nearly took racket
    out of Fed's hand.



    Federer has poor instinct for net play, doesn't know how to hit an
    effective approach shot.

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  • From Whisper@21:1/5 to MBDunc on Thu Aug 24 23:34:02 2023
    On 24/08/2023 8:02 pm, MBDunc wrote:
    On Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 11:40:18 AM UTC+3, TT wrote:
    E.g. Tsonga charged the net in AO 2008 SF against Nadal and won.

    https://youtu.be/SgLNcslQqtA?si=VCuCd6opBTVwBweA


    Tsonga played best drop volleys of his life in that match.
    Plus... he has a BIG forehand too.

    Tsonga was good, but effectively not-that-great.

    He zoned at AO SF 2008 (and there and there later - he also beat Fed twice at slams? - but so did Berdych, right?)

    Connors said: "you see opponent zoning, you can only hope that it won't last".

    .mikko


    Connors was good at hanging tough and waiting for opponent to come back
    to earth, perfect example at Wimbledon Pernfors led 6-1 6-1 4-1 and lost
    1-6 1-6 7-5 6-4 6-2 - very famous match : )

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  • From Whisper@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 24 23:34:37 2023
    On 24/08/2023 8:04 pm, Pelle Svanslös wrote:
    On 24.8.2023 10.32, Whisper wrote:
    On 24/08/2023 2:35 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:
    Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r
    On 24/08/2023 2:13 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:> Whisper
    <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r>> On 23/08/2023 2:09 am,
    PeteWasLucky wrote:> Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in
    message:r>> Should be Carlos right?  I know Novak will get no.1 if
    he wins 1st match at USO and Carlos is defending the title, but he
    got injured soon after USO last year so has no points to defend.> >
    Who cares? It's all about Wimbledon. Correct? :)yr-end no.1 is a
    stand alone goat level metric and has huge legacy value. It's a big
    deal Novak has 7, Sampras 6.  History cares about these things.> > I
    thought Wimbledon is the grand prize in tennis, someone here said
    this million times.Yes Wimbledon is the biggest tournament, stop
    wasting time with nonsense. It speaks volumes that Novak is 3-0 v
    Federer in Wimbledon finals.  It's not Federer's fault he won most
    of his slams and Wimbledons before Nadal/Novak peaked, he can only
    play the clowns in front of him.Federer had a great yr end no.1
    record, 1 more than McEnroe and Lendl. Yes he played 10 yrs longer
    but it still counts in the record books. It's not easy to match
    Nadal with 5 yr end No.1 and it's not his fault he got a soft era
    before Nadal/Novak came on.

    What is Pete's record in Wimbledon against Novak?

    Also, I thought Federer won a couple of Wimbledon  titles against
    Pete-on-steroids, which isn't bad, don't you agree?


    Fed also lost to Nadal at Wimbledon.  Sampras said he was licking his
    lips

    It's "chopping his licks".



    Not 'champing at the bit'?

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  • From Whisper@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 24 23:56:41 2023
    On 24/08/2023 11:37 pm, *skriptis wrote:
    Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:
    Lots of players came to net but they weren't that good. Cressy does it all the time. I would love to have seen Sampras v Djokovic at Wimbledon - that's a true contrast in styles and would never be boring to watch, and both guys are mentally tough in
    the biggest matches. Djokovic owns Federer at Wimbledon, and I'm pretty sure Sampras wouldn't have much trouble beating Nadal. Sampras' strengths are perfect for grass, can't say the same for Rafa. So the ultimate Wimbledon match for me (modern
    players) would be the 7 time champs Sampras v Djokovic. Not sure who would win - can see both winning - but I suspect Sampras would come through. Don't think he'd lose 40-15 serving for the match. But then again I wouldn't be surprised if Novak won
    too. I'd just love to see it : )


    I could see Sampras winning 4 or 5 of their first 5 meetings, and Djokovic making it close in later stages, turning it around after analyzing Sampras, improving etc, winning 3 or 4 out of the next 5?

    Kinda like his rivalry with Nadal on clay, but on a lesser scale.

    Sampras cca 6 wins in 10 matches.



    Yes I was going to add Novak is a student of the game and has a history
    of turning trends around. He's proven me wrong so many times I no
    longer doubt him in any match. I refuse to contemplate what a loss would
    mean until he actually loses the last point. That's a compliment to
    Novak. Sampras also loved taking revenge after a loss. The unknown
    factor is no one today plays like Sampras so it would be a new
    challenge. Novak looked up to Sampras, bowed down to him recently in a
    clip I saw : )

    You would think if Sampras was serving great he'd be tough to break,
    even for a goat level returner like Novak. If that's the case it means
    Sampras would need 1 break to win a set. If it goes to a tie-break who
    knows, Novak seems to be almost invincible in tie-breaks making zero
    errors. I'd like to see the 1999 Wimbledon final Sampras v the 2019
    Wimbledon final Novak. Sampras looked like god in that final so that
    would be my pick for dream final.

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  • From *skriptis@21:1/5 to Whisper on Thu Aug 24 15:37:19 2023
    Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:
    Lots of players came to net but they weren't that good. Cressy does it all the time. I would love to have seen Sampras v Djokovic at Wimbledon - that's a true contrast in styles and would never be boring to watch, and both guys are mentally tough in
    the biggest matches. Djokovic owns Federer at Wimbledon, and I'm pretty sure Sampras wouldn't have much trouble beating Nadal. Sampras' strengths are perfect for grass, can't say the same for Rafa. So the ultimate Wimbledon match for me (modern
    players) would be the 7 time champs Sampras v Djokovic. Not sure who would win - can see both winning - but I suspect Sampras would come through. Don't think he'd lose 40-15 serving for the match. But then again I wouldn't be surprised if Novak won
    too. I'd just love to see it : )


    I could see Sampras winning 4 or 5 of their first 5 meetings, and Djokovic making it close in later stages, turning it around after analyzing Sampras, improving etc, winning 3 or 4 out of the next 5?

    Kinda like his rivalry with Nadal on clay, but on a lesser scale.

    Sampras cca 6 wins in 10 matches.

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  • From MBDunc@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 24 06:50:57 2023
    On Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 4:37:22 PM UTC+3, *skriptis wrote:
    Kinda like his rivalry with Nadal on clay, but on a lesser scale.

    Sampras cca 6 wins in 10 matches.

    Fed / Sampras / Djoker all have 7/8 Wimbs.

    Regs have not changed that much. All those names have a set of evidence they can have a claim......

    From Wimb/grass point-of-view....... .

    Fed: most Wimbs, most grass court titles, longest grass court win-streak. (this was smt like four-years+?)
    Pete: bowed to no one. Man to beat when things got tough on faster courts.... Djoker: just modest seven Wimbs, meantime won 3 of Wimb finals against Fed.

    Fed wins via absolute numbers, but then Pete/Djoker climb back with h2h and clutch play numbers? ....but how you value these?

    .mikko

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  • From Whisper@21:1/5 to MBDunc on Fri Aug 25 00:00:17 2023
    On 24/08/2023 11:50 pm, MBDunc wrote:
    On Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 4:37:22 PM UTC+3, *skriptis wrote:
    Kinda like his rivalry with Nadal on clay, but on a lesser scale.

    Sampras cca 6 wins in 10 matches.

    Fed / Sampras / Djoker all have 7/8 Wimbs.

    Regs have not changed that much. All those names have a set of evidence they can have a claim......

    From Wimb/grass point-of-view....... .

    Fed: most Wimbs, most grass court titles, longest grass court win-streak. (this was smt like four-years+?)
    Pete: bowed to no one. Man to beat when things got tough on faster courts.... Djoker: just modest seven Wimbs, meantime won 3 of Wimb finals against Fed.

    Fed wins via absolute numbers, but then Pete/Djoker climb back with h2h and clutch play numbers? ....but how you value these?

    .mikko


    Of the 3 Fed/Pete/Novak I think Fed is the mentally weakest. It's hard
    to say anyone is mentally stronger than Novak, but if anyone is it would
    be Pete at Wimbledon imo.

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  • From Sawfish@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 24 07:43:16 2023
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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?Pelle_Svansl=c3=b6s?=@21:1/5 to Whisper on Thu Aug 24 17:52:40 2023
    On 24.8.2023 16.20, Whisper wrote:
    On 24/08/2023 6:07 pm, TT wrote:
    Whisper kirjoitti 24.8.2023 klo 10.32:
    On 24/08/2023 2:35 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:


    Fed also lost to Nadal at Wimbledon.  Sampras said he was licking his
    lips watching Nadal stay behind baseline on grass at Wimbledon,
    defenseless deer.



    And Nadal was licking his lips thinking of Sampras' groundies. Anyway
    you're talkin crap since Nadal is the last person you want to rush the
    net against. The ball comes hard & dips at the net. When Fed came at
    the net and Nadal hit a passing shot Mac said the shot nearly took
    racket out of Fed's hand.



    Federer has poor instinct for net play, doesn't know how to hit an
    effective approach shot.

    I think he has excellent net instincts. The stomp volley is one of the
    best. If there was something you could complain about, it's maybe his
    first volley when he S&Vs.

    BUt it's not a bigus dealus. Nowadays, the FH is the de facto first
    volley. So it is with Fed. Serve & Sweep works on all surfaces, and the
    real first volley is for the occasions you want to scare the opponent by
    being offbeat.

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  • From Sawfish@21:1/5 to MBDunc on Thu Aug 24 07:50:56 2023
    On 8/24/23 3:02 AM, MBDunc wrote:
    On Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 11:40:18 AM UTC+3, TT wrote:
    E.g. Tsonga charged the net in AO 2008 SF against Nadal and won.

    https://youtu.be/SgLNcslQqtA?si=VCuCd6opBTVwBweA


    Tsonga played best drop volleys of his life in that match.
    Plus... he has a BIG forehand too.
    Tsonga was good, but effectively not-that-great.
    Agreed. Given his size and, well, bulkiness, he was what'd call
    "surprisingly good".

    He zoned at AO SF 2008 (and there and there later - he also beat Fed twice at slams? - but so did Berdych, right?)

    Connors said: "you see opponent zoning, you can only hope that it won't last".

    Speaking of "zoning", Danielle Collins can occasionally get more
    completely in the zone for periods of about 20-30 minutes to a degree
    I've never sen elsewhere. Of course this is a subjective observation,
    but these observations (2-3 of them in separate events) were enough to
    make me sit up and note this. I'm not a fan of hers and likely she was
    playing someone else I liked better, but after seeing these little
    spurts, I could only go: "Wow."

    But it was not fully in her control, meaning that she could not will
    herself closer to being in the zone when needed.

    When players are in the zone, the lines mean nothing to them. Low
    percentage angles mean nothing. They simply pull the trigger without a care.


    .mikko


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  • From Sawfish@21:1/5 to Whisper on Thu Aug 24 07:53:56 2023
    On 8/24/23 6:34 AM, Whisper wrote:
    On 24/08/2023 8:02 pm, MBDunc wrote:
    On Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 11:40:18 AM UTC+3, TT wrote:
    E.g. Tsonga charged the net in AO 2008 SF against Nadal and won.

    https://youtu.be/SgLNcslQqtA?si=VCuCd6opBTVwBweA


    Tsonga played best drop volleys of his life in that match.
    Plus... he has a BIG forehand too.

    Tsonga was good, but effectively not-that-great.

    He zoned at AO SF 2008 (and there and there later - he also beat Fed
    twice at slams? - but so did Berdych, right?)

    Connors said: "you see opponent zoning, you can only hope that it
    won't last".

    .mikko


    Connors was good at hanging tough and waiting for opponent to come
    back to earth, perfect example at Wimbledon Pernfors led 6-1 6-1 4-1
    and lost 1-6 1-6 7-5 6-4 6-2 - very famous match : )

    Yep. It did not seem like you could discourage Connors much.

    Basically, he harnessed fury to get by. Mac was similar in that regard.
    For them it was a tool, and it worked. But Kyrgios shows how it doesn't
    work for all players.

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  • From Sawfish@21:1/5 to Whisper on Thu Aug 24 07:58:08 2023
    On 8/24/23 6:20 AM, Whisper wrote:
    On 24/08/2023 6:07 pm, TT wrote:
    Whisper kirjoitti 24.8.2023 klo 10.32:
    On 24/08/2023 2:35 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:


    Fed also lost to Nadal at Wimbledon.  Sampras said he was licking
    his lips watching Nadal stay behind baseline on grass at Wimbledon,
    defenseless deer.



    And Nadal was licking his lips thinking of Sampras' groundies. Anyway
    you're talkin crap since Nadal is the last person you want to rush
    the net against. The ball comes hard & dips at the net. When Fed came
    at the net and Nadal hit a passing shot Mac said the shot nearly took
    racket out of Fed's hand.



    Federer has poor instinct for net play, doesn't know how to hit an
    effective approach shot.

    It is clear that he would prefer not to be there.

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  • From Sawfish@21:1/5 to Whisper on Thu Aug 24 07:55:21 2023
    On 8/24/23 6:31 AM, Whisper wrote:
    On 24/08/2023 6:16 pm, *skriptis wrote:
    TT <TT@dprk.kp> Wrote in message:r
    Whisper kirjoitti 24.8.2023 klo 10.32:> On 24/08/2023 2:35 am,
    PeteWasLucky wrote:>> Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in
    message:r>>> On 24/08/2023 2:13 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:> Whisper >>>
    <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r>> On 23/08/2023 2:09 am,
    PeteWasLucky wrote:> Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in
    message:r>> Should be Carlos right?  I know Novak will get no.1
    if he >>> wins 1st match at USO and Carlos is defending the title,
    but he got >>> injured soon after USO last year so has no points to
    defend.> > Who >>> cares? It's all about Wimbledon. Correct?
    :)yr-end no.1 is a stand >>> alone goat level metric and has huge
    legacy value. It's a big deal >>> Novak has 7, Sampras 6.  History
    cares about these things.> > I >>> thought Wimbledon is the grand
    prize in tennis, someone here said >>> this million times.Yes
    Wimbledon is the biggest tournament, stop >>> wasting time with
    nonsense. It speaks volumes that Novak is 3-0 v >>> Federer in
    Wimbledon finals. It's not Federer's fault he won most of >>> his
    slams and Wimbledons before Nadal/Novak peaked, he can only play >>>
    the clowns in front of him.Federer had a great yr end no.1 record, 1
    more than McEnroe and Lendl. Yes he played 10 yrs longer but it
    still >>> counts in the record books. It's not easy to match Nadal
    with 5 yr >>> end No.1 and it's not his fault he got a soft era
    before Nadal/Novak >>> came on.>>>> What is Pete's record in
    Wimbledon against Novak?>>>> Also, I thought Federer won a couple of
    Wimbledon  titles against >> Pete-on-steroids, which isn't bad,
    don't you agree?> > > Fed also lost to Nadal at Wimbledon. Sampras
    said he was licking his > lips watching Nadal stay behind baseline
    on grass at Wimbledon, > defenseless deer.> > And Nadal was licking
    his lips thinking of Sampras' groundies. Anyway you're talkin crap
    since Nadal is the last person you want to rush the net against. The
    ball comes hard & dips at the net. When Fed came at the net and
    Nadal hit a passing shot Mac said the shot nearly took racket out of
    Fed's hand.



    Obviously Sampras would not have charged the net in Federer style so
    you can't really say that what you just said.

    On the other hand I agree that it can be suicidal to go to the net
    against Nadal. But it all depends on your execution, style etc. It's
    not doomed in advance as you suggest.

    E.g. Tsonga charged the net in AO 2008 SF against Nadal and won.

    https://youtu.be/SgLNcslQqtA?si=VCuCd6opBTVwBweA






    Lots of players came to net but they weren't that good.  Cressy does
    it all the time.  I would love to have seen Sampras v Djokovic at
    Wimbledon - that's a true contrast in styles and would never be boring
    to watch, and both guys are mentally tough in the biggest matches. 
    Djokovic owns Federer at Wimbledon, and I'm pretty sure Sampras
    wouldn't have much trouble beating Nadal. Sampras' strengths are
    perfect for grass, can't say the same for Rafa.  So the ultimate
    Wimbledon match for me (modern players) would be the 7 time champs
    Sampras v Djokovic.  Not sure who would win - can see both winning -
    but I suspect Sampras would come through.  Don't think he'd lose 40-15 serving for the match.  But then again I wouldn't be surprised if
    Novak won too.  I'd just love to see it : )

    The match awaits you in the afterlife, if you're good.

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    --Charles Bukowski ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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  • From Whisper@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 25 00:58:10 2023
    On 25/08/2023 12:52 am, Pelle Svanslös wrote:
    On 24.8.2023 16.20, Whisper wrote:
    On 24/08/2023 6:07 pm, TT wrote:
    Whisper kirjoitti 24.8.2023 klo 10.32:
    On 24/08/2023 2:35 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:


    Fed also lost to Nadal at Wimbledon.  Sampras said he was licking
    his lips watching Nadal stay behind baseline on grass at Wimbledon,
    defenseless deer.



    And Nadal was licking his lips thinking of Sampras' groundies. Anyway
    you're talkin crap since Nadal is the last person you want to rush
    the net against. The ball comes hard & dips at the net. When Fed came
    at the net and Nadal hit a passing shot Mac said the shot nearly took
    racket out of Fed's hand.



    Federer has poor instinct for net play, doesn't know how to hit an
    effective approach shot.

    I think he has excellent net instincts. The stomp volley is one of the
    best. If there was something you could complain about, it's maybe his
    first volley when he S&Vs.

    BUt it's not a bigus dealus. Nowadays, the FH is the de facto first
    volley. So it is with Fed. Serve & Sweep works on all surfaces, and the
    real first volley is for the occasions you want to scare the opponent by being offbeat.



    Dumb post. By rst standards pretty good.

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  • From PeteWasLucky@21:1/5 to Whisper on Sun Aug 27 22:21:52 2023
    On Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 9:20:15 AM UTC-4, Whisper wrote:
    On 24/08/2023 6:07 pm, TT wrote:
    Whisper kirjoitti 24.8.2023 klo 10.32:
    On 24/08/2023 2:35 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:


    Fed also lost to Nadal at Wimbledon. Sampras said he was licking his
    lips watching Nadal stay behind baseline on grass at Wimbledon,
    defenseless deer.



    And Nadal was licking his lips thinking of Sampras' groundies. Anyway you're talkin crap since Nadal is the last person you want to rush the
    net against. The ball comes hard & dips at the net. When Fed came at the net and Nadal hit a passing shot Mac said the shot nearly took racket
    out of Fed's hand.

    Federer has poor instinct for net play, doesn't know how to hit an
    effective approach shot.

    Who hit better approach shots in the last twenty years or even thirty years? And who were the opponents?

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  • From Whisper@21:1/5 to PeteWasLucky on Mon Aug 28 20:47:59 2023
    On 28/08/2023 3:21 pm, PeteWasLucky wrote:
    On Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 9:20:15 AM UTC-4, Whisper wrote:
    On 24/08/2023 6:07 pm, TT wrote:
    Whisper kirjoitti 24.8.2023 klo 10.32:
    On 24/08/2023 2:35 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:


    Fed also lost to Nadal at Wimbledon. Sampras said he was licking his
    lips watching Nadal stay behind baseline on grass at Wimbledon,
    defenseless deer.



    And Nadal was licking his lips thinking of Sampras' groundies. Anyway
    you're talkin crap since Nadal is the last person you want to rush the
    net against. The ball comes hard & dips at the net. When Fed came at the >>> net and Nadal hit a passing shot Mac said the shot nearly took racket
    out of Fed's hand.

    Federer has poor instinct for net play, doesn't know how to hit an
    effective approach shot.

    Who hit better approach shots in the last twenty years or even thirty years? And who were the opponents?


    Federer hit great shots, not specifically strategic approach shots like
    say Edberg and Rafter. That's why Roger stomp volleyed a lot, late
    reaction, no idea where the next shot was going.

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  • From PeteWasLucky@21:1/5 to Whisper on Mon Aug 28 09:37:53 2023
    Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r
    On 28/08/2023 3:21 pm, PeteWasLucky wrote:> On Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 9:20:15AM UTC-4, Whisper wrote:>> On 24/08/2023 6:07 pm, TT wrote:>>> Whisper kirjoitti 24.8.2023 klo 10.32:>>>> On 24/08/2023 2:35 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:>>>>>>>>>>>> Fed
    also lost to Nadal at Wimbledon. Sampras said he was licking his>>>> lips watching Nadal stay behind baseline on grass at Wimbledon,>>>> defenseless deer.>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And Nadal was licking his lips thinking of Sampras' groundies. Anyway>>> you're
    talkin crap since Nadal is the last person you want to rush the>>> net against. The ball comes hard & dips at the net. When Fed came at the>>> net and Nadal hit a passing shot Mac said the shot nearly took racket>>> out of Fed's hand.>>>>> Federer has
    poor instinct for net play, doesn't know how to hit an>> effective approach shot.> > Who hit better approach shots in the last twenty years or even thirty years?> And who were the opponents?Federer hit great shots, not specifically strategic approach
    shots like say Edberg and Rafter. That's why Roger stomp volleyed a lot, late reaction, no idea where the next shot was going.

    You didn't answer my question
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