I did not see it, just saw the score.
It appeared to be a royal beat-down.
Any witnesses?
On Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 3:10:07 PM UTC-5, Sawfish wrote:
I did not see it, just saw the score.
It appeared to be a royal beat-down.
Any witnesses?
LOL @Ostapenko... only Whisper loves her.
Sawfish <sawfi...@gmail.com> wrote:
I did not see it, just saw the score.
It appeared to be a royal beat-down.
Any witnesses?
I confess. I usually never watch women's tennis,
but I *may* sometimes watch Grand Slam semis and
the final.
Ostapenko said in an interview that the
6-0 6-2 does not tell the whole truth because
many of the games went to deuce.
Having beaten Swiatek, I expected that Ostapenko
would be in a good form, ready to challenge
Gauff. It never happened.
I did not see it, just saw the score.
It appeared to be a royal beat-down.
Any witnesses?
Ostapenko said she was told she would be playing the evening match after her late night match with Swiatek, and one would think the schedulers would want to put Coco on in the evening to maximize the audience. But maybe they instead wanted to takeadvantage of the extreme heat to give Coco a big advantage, as she grew up in Florida and is an excellent hot weather player. Anyway, Ostapenko was described as "out of sorts" by one newspaper and played poorly.
On Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 5:15:43 PM UTC-4, Two-pack wrote:advantage of the extreme heat to give Coco a big advantage, as she grew up in Florida and is an excellent hot weather player. Anyway, Ostapenko was described as "out of sorts" by one newspaper and played poorly.
Ostapenko said she was told she would be playing the evening match after her late night match with Swiatek, and one would think the schedulers would want to put Coco on in the evening to maximize the audience. But maybe they instead wanted to take
Remember Borg played at night and they switched off the lights on half the court and he couldn't even see Roscoe let alone his serve!
Remember Borg played at night and they switched off the lights on half the court and he couldn't even see Roscoe let alone his serve!
Roscoe Tanner? I remember hearing that he was a big
server during his day and age. But I have never seen
any of his matches.
br,
KK
On Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 4:48:53 PM UTC-5, Kalevi Kolttonen wrote:
Roscoe Tanner? I remember hearing that he was a big
server during his day and age. But I have never seen
any of his matches.
Didn't he wind up in prison? I seem to remember hearing something like that.
Gracchus <grac...@gmail.com> wrote:
Few people here would even remember who Roscoe was.
Roscoe Tanner? I remember hearing that he was a big
server during his day and age. But I have never seen
any of his matches.
On Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 4:48:53 PM UTC-5, Kalevi Kolttonen wrote:
Roscoe Tanner? I remember hearing that he was a big
server during his day and age. But I have never seen
any of his matches.
Didn't he wind up in prison? I seem to remember hearing something like that.
Few people here would even remember who Roscoe was.
Having beaten Swiatek, I expected that Ostapenko
would be in a good form, ready to challenge
Gauff. It never happened.
You expected that because you don't watch women's
tennis. She fluctuates from untouchable to unwatchable.
On Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 2:19:45 PM UTC-7, gap...@gmail.com wrote:advantage of the extreme heat to give Coco a big advantage, as she grew up in Florida and is an excellent hot weather player. Anyway, Ostapenko was described as "out of sorts" by one newspaper and played poorly.
On Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 5:15:43 PM UTC-4, Two-pack wrote:
Ostapenko said she was told she would be playing the evening match after her late night match with Swiatek, and one would think the schedulers would want to put Coco on in the evening to maximize the audience. But maybe they instead wanted to take
Remember Borg played at night and they switched off the lights on half the court and he couldn't even see Roscoe let alone his serve!Few people here would even remember who Roscoe was.
On Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 2:48:53 PM UTC-7, Kalevi Kolttonen wrote:because Tanner was a surprise finalist not expected to fare well against Borg. But Tanner ended up playing the match of his life, although still losing in 5 sets. His 16 aces were considered a high number at the time. Tanner (AKA "Bullet Man) had a very
Gracchus <grac...@gmail.com> wrote:Yep. The very first live "Breakfast at Wimbledon" was Borg vs. Tanner in 1979. Before this, they showed Wimbledon delayed in the U.S., and there was always the chance someone would spoil the result for you. The network worried it would be a disaster
Few people here would even remember who Roscoe was.Roscoe Tanner? I remember hearing that he was a big
server during his day and age. But I have never seen
any of his matches.
Anyway, he got his revenge at the USO that year in the match guypers referred to.
On 9/5/23 2:48 PM, Kalevi Kolttonen wrote:
Gracchus <grac...@gmail.com> wrote:
Few people here would even remember who Roscoe was.Roscoe Tanner? I remember hearing that he was a big
server during his day and age. But I have never seen
any of his matches.
br,
KK
He was the biggest server of his day. Left-handed, too.
Gracchus <gracchado@gmail.com> wrote:
Few people here would even remember who Roscoe was.Roscoe Tanner? I remember hearing that he was a big
server during his day and age. But I have never seen
any of his matches.
br,
KK
On Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 4:33:30 PM UTC-7, Sawfish wrote:
On 9/5/23 2:48 PM, Kalevi Kolttonen wrote:They say his serve was clocked at 153 mph in the late 1970s. Not sure how reliable speed guns were then, but still, if anywhere close...
Gracchus <grac...@gmail.com> wrote:He was the biggest server of his day. Left-handed, too.
Few people here would even remember who Roscoe was.Roscoe Tanner? I remember hearing that he was a big
server during his day and age. But I have never seen
any of his matches.
br,
KK
On Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 5:08:07 PM UTC-7, Sawfish wrote:
On 9/5/23 5:06 PM, Gracchus wrote:Didn't they say Nolan Ryan pitched 109 mph too?
On Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 4:33:30 PM UTC-7, Sawfish wrote:They were speed bows and arrows, or at best speed crossbows, rather than
On 9/5/23 2:48 PM, Kalevi Kolttonen wrote:They say his serve was clocked at 153 mph in the late 1970s. Not sure how reliable speed guns were then, but still, if anywhere close...
Gracchus <grac...@gmail.com> wrote:He was the biggest server of his day. Left-handed, too.
Few people here would even remember who Roscoe was.Roscoe Tanner? I remember hearing that he was a big
server during his day and age. But I have never seen
any of his matches.
br,
KK
speed guns.
This is how myths are made, huh? :^)
I prefer to believe those myths. Like Wyatt Earp single-handedly subduing a murderous mob in Dodge or Abilene, etc. We need to know *someone* did that stuff, if even once.
On 9/5/23 5:06 PM, Gracchus wrote:
On Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 4:33:30 PM UTC-7, Sawfish wrote:They were speed bows and arrows, or at best speed crossbows, rather than speed guns.
On 9/5/23 2:48 PM, Kalevi Kolttonen wrote:They say his serve was clocked at 153 mph in the late 1970s. Not sure how reliable speed guns were then, but still, if anywhere close...
Gracchus <grac...@gmail.com> wrote:He was the biggest server of his day. Left-handed, too.
Few people here would even remember who Roscoe was.Roscoe Tanner? I remember hearing that he was a big
server during his day and age. But I have never seen
any of his matches.
br,
KK
This is how myths are made, huh? :^)
On Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 5:08:07 PM UTC-7, Sawfish wrote:
On 9/5/23 5:06 PM, Gracchus wrote:Didn't they say Nolan Ryan pitched 109 mph too? I prefer to believe those myths. Like Wyatt Earp single-handedly subduing a murderous mob in Dodge or Abilene, etc. We need to know *someone* did that stuff, if even once.
On Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 4:33:30 PM UTC-7, Sawfish wrote:They were speed bows and arrows, or at best speed crossbows, rather than
On 9/5/23 2:48 PM, Kalevi Kolttonen wrote:They say his serve was clocked at 153 mph in the late 1970s. Not sure how reliable speed guns were then, but still, if anywhere close...
Gracchus <grac...@gmail.com> wrote:He was the biggest server of his day. Left-handed, too.
Few people here would even remember who Roscoe was.Roscoe Tanner? I remember hearing that he was a big
server during his day and age. But I have never seen
any of his matches.
br,
KK
speed guns.
This is how myths are made, huh? :^)
I did not see it, just saw the score.
It appeared to be a royal beat-down.
Any witnesses?
On 6/09/2023 6:10 am, Sawfish wrote:
I did not see it, just saw the score.
It appeared to be a royal beat-down.
Any witnesses?
Haven't seen it yet, but I hear Ostapenko suggested the scheduling was rigged to boost Gauff's chances, said she hadn't recovered from Iga match.
On Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 5:46:29 AM UTC-7, Whisper wrote:
On 6/09/2023 6:10 am, Sawfish wrote:
I did not see it, just saw the score.
It appeared to be a royal beat-down.
Any witnesses?
Haven't seen it yet, but I hear Ostapenko suggested the scheduling was rigged to boost Gauff's chances, said she hadn't recovered from Iga match.I don't think she would have won anyway. She's still probably right about the scheduling though. All the slams favor their pet players.
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