Wednesday, 30 April 2008
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| Alex Stevenson sighting Yama 10:28:44 |
| | Alexandra Stevenson has not given up on comeback either...she lost
in three sets to Eva Fislova (#305) in first round of qualifying
in Rockford $25k event. Next up, Midland challenger.
Here's a pic too:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v721/mseles/b723bb97.jpg
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Thursday, 13 March 2008
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| Live TT on Sky Sports 1 Scooby Doo 17:51:22 |
| | Monday 17th March 7-30pm to 10-30pm, live TT on Sky Sports 1, direct from
London's Royal Albert Hall.
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Wednesday, 12 March 2008
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| Re: Dan Seemiller - USATT Founder (Previously USTTA) Bill Hileman 16:40:50 |
| | "Robert Trudell" <ttoutpost@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:ee0b4b06-caa6-445e-9d3b-79e1ac3d6cba@s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
Dan Seemiller - USATT Founder (Previously USTTA)
Danny rocks. He's the nicest table tennis player I've ever met. Do any of
his brothers still play?
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Wednesday, 13 February 2008
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| Re: A question for the anonymous contributors Tjt 17:10:49 |
| | TheFleece wrote:
The situation is you're at a friends place, and that friend happens to have a REALLY hot female flatmate. In the laundry the flatmate has her laundry basket with unwashed panties sitting invitingly on top. Do you sniff them? No responses from people who use their real names, you're unlikely to tell the truth.
You dog
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| Re: This post-AO lull is far too long ... Hg 17:03:09 |
| | <gregorawe@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:295a9d1a-2a0f-4e89-b5c3-9a5900f27e4a@c23g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
... it seems ages since there was any actual tennis to watch at all (apart from a couple of DC matches). Indian Wells isn't for another whole month, and even Dubai which features Federer, Nadal etc is another 3 weeks away. This hiatus is reflected in the desperate nature of the some of the posting going on here - nothing at all worth talking about ...
I'm still recovering from all the excitement of the Aussie Open.
If the rest of the year is *more* exciting than the AO then we are all going to be in serious trouble 
Very Possible.
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| Re: Coria wins a match Sakari Lund 17:00:17 |
| | On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:26:12 -0800 (PST), Hops <kev8128@yahoo.com>
wrote:
in Brazil, over some obscure Italian qualifier. first match Coria's won anywhere in nearly two years, since he retired vs. Djokovic in Amersfoort July 2006.
I think he will win FO beating Nadal in the final.
At least that would be cool.
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| Re: Evert on Male GOAT John P 16:15:43 |
| | former pro Barry Mackay (sp) said during the Versus DC coverage this
past weekend that Fed can't be the GOAT unless he wins the French, and
suggested he would maintain that opinion even if Fed wins 19-20 Slams.
so the GOAT is the player who has the most Slams, including a career
Grand Slam.?
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| Re: all that "GOAT" garbage... Whisper 14:50:42 |
| | drew wrote:
A career slam can be achieved by a 1 dimensional player getting a few breaks every 3 yrs or so. Nonsense. Nobody wins all the majors because he's lucky. He might get a sweetheart draw but he still has to win 7 best of 5 matches on every surface. You used Agassi as an example. He reached 3 FO finals and won one of them. How many did Sampras reach? How many did he win? None. That's cause he sucked on clay.
Incorrect on so many levels. If Sampras sucked on clay how come he beat
Agassi last 2 times on the surface, both in straight sets? Agassi must
have been licking his chops playing a pigeon like Pete on clay.
How come he beat 7 FO champs on clay?
The reason he did poorly at FO is scheduling - just too close to
Wimbledon for him to give it a serious effort. If it were > 3 mnths
from Wimbledon he woulda won a couple, like he did Italian Open, DC
final on clay etc
Those achievements don't fit somebody who sucked on clay imo. That
would mean 99% of dirtballers suck more than Sampras.
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| What if Djokovic crushes Federer? John Doe 13:09:24 |
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What happens if Djokovic crushes Federer, either this year or next
year?
Would you concede the "clown era" thing?
Would you make excuses for Federer?
Will Roger Federer fabricate a way out?
I'm not saying that will happen. But let's say it does and you were
saying that Roger Fedor could win 20 grand slam titles.
Scary isn't it.
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| Re: Why did Connors and Lendl never play with a wooden rackets but Borg, Wilander and McEnroe did? Jean-Yves HervИ 11:42:46 |
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<fa0c60f4-5aa3-4786-a428-1449aef8b3cd@c4g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
Led-Yes-Pin-Bea-Rol <zepfloyes@gmail.com> wrote:
It is a mystery! Were Connors and Lendl already thinking of the future. Were they Nostradamus?
What do you mean "never played with wood"? Of course all these guys
played with wood at some point. Connors and Lendl started playing with
wood, as did anybody who started playing before the 80s. Around the
late 70s to early 80s there were not that many options: pure wood (some
old guys), composite (Borg, McEnroe and most players), metal (the
Lacoste repackaged as Wilson T2000 for Connors), fiber (the Head Arthur
Ashe, the Yamaha that came in black and red [???] and a few others).
Large frames (what we call nowadays "compact" frames) were at the time
seen as rackets for old folks and their only pro proponent was bad old
Ron Tiriac.
jyh.
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| Re: Why not 13-11-9-6? Why only 7-5-4-3 DavidW 10:46:36 |
| | "Led-Yes-Pin-Bea-Rol" <zepfloyes@gmail.com> wrote
What is so special about those 4 numbers?
They reflect reality.
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| Re: did borg ever explained why he left tennis suddenly Hg 06:35:04 |
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"have a nice day and pleasant evening" <makhan10@gmail.com> wrote in message
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did borg ever explained why he left tennis suddenly, in a book or interview also is there biography on bjorn borg
Ask Johnny Mac. I can remember a few Wimbledons ago him going on and on about every detail of Borg's career for hours during the
rain delays on BBC TV. He knows the reasons why Borg left better than Borg himself, it seems.
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| Re: great typos & grammatical errors in RST subjects Grif 04:36:13 |
| | "**Numberous** bathroom breaks Fed took during AO":
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.tennis/browse_thread/thread/24b336cb193ded18#1a588ccd931e4cb0
This one's tough to beat. TC displays great ingenuity in combining
'numerous' and 'number'. Top marks.
"Scott" <scottl44@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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This a great time to visit RST. We are being treated to two excellent examples of misspelling and grammatical errors in two separate thread titles! "Why is brog mcenroe 1980 final still considered a classic": (Excellent! Changing Borg to Brog is well done and very original!) "Did borg ever explained why he left tennis suddenly": (not as good as the prior example. Still, the construction: "Did borg ever explained"; i.e., not 'explain', is still great work.) Who can post the worst misspelling and/or grammatical error in a subject at RST?
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| Re: Insane McCain Georgiana Gates 04:08:23 |
| | Calimero wrote:
On Feb 11, 9:48 pm, Breeder <withba...@aol.com> wrote: Where did McCain ever suggest 100 years of war in Iraq, you low-down Yankee liar? Max If you're so gungho for American war, why don't you enlist in the US
Army? I'm strongly opposed to the Iraq war, but at least McCain has
served and has a son serving.
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| Re: Can Novak Djokovic win every slam this year? DavidW 03:57:07 |
| | "erdega79" <erdega79@gmail.com> wrote
The toughest will be at RG with defending Nadal but Nole is stronger this year and other than that I am confident he will win them this year. I give some credit to Roger Federer too, his reign is over but will make a good runner up and he can practice his humility speeches when he loses to a better guy
Troll posts need to be a bit more subtle.
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| Re: What if Djokovic smooches Federer? Guest 02:34:29 |
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Well, then we'll know, won't we.
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| Re: The 7 most commerically successful 70s British rock bands from 1970-74 Jj 02:21:44 |
| | "ZepFloYes" <zepfloyes@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Again as I said before Stones were basically a 60s band with their best albums, best line up and their peak in the 60s. Thats why I didnt include them. The seven those I have included are basically 70s bands and had a lot of peak albums in the 70s
Depends on how you define 'best' album, 'best' line up and 'peak'.
1960's STONES ALBUMS (UK or UK & US)
The Rolling Stones (1964) - UK #1 (51 wks)
The Rolling Stones No. 2 (1965) -UK #1 (37 wks)
Out of Our Heads (1965) - UK #2 (24 wks)
Aftermath (1966) - UK #1 (28 wks)
Between the Buttons (1967) - UK #3 (22 wks)
Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967) - UK #3 (13 wks), US #2 (30 wks) Gold
Beggars Banquet (1968) - UK #3 (12 wks), US #5 (32 wks) Platinum
Let It Bleed (1969) - UK #1 (29 wks), US #3 (44 wks) 2x Platinum
1960's STONES ALBUMS (US) (Prior to Dec 8 1967)
England's Newest Hitmakers (1964) - 11 (35 wks) Gold
12 X 5 (1964) - 3 (38 wks) Gold
The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965) - 5 (53 wks) Gold
Out of Our Heads (1965) - 1 (65 wks) Platinum
December's Children (And Everybody's) (1965) - 4 (33 wks) Gold
Aftermath (1966) - 2 (50 wks) Platinum
Between the Buttons (1967) - 2 (47 wks) Gold
1970's STONES ALBUMS
Sticky Fingers (1971) - UK #1 (26 wks), US # 1 (62 wks) 3x Platinum
Exile on Main St. (1972) - UK #1 (16 wks), US # 1 (43 wks) 3x Platinum
Goats Head Soup (1973) - UK #1 (14 wks), US # 1 (37 wks) 3x Platinum
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1974) - UK #2 (9 wks), US # 1 (20 wks) Platinum
Black and Blue (1976) - UK #2 (14 wks), US # 1 (24 wks) Platinum
Some Girls (1978) - UK #2 (25 wks), US # 1 (82 wks) 6x Platinum
Now, I'd agree there were more Stones albums in the 60's (not least because
of different versions of albums released on each side of the Atlantic!) but
it seems pretty clear that they were plenty successful enough in the 1970's
as well to be called a 70's band.
Of course, banging on about arbitary date numbering systems to split up and
categorise is futile anyway. It's not like somebody flicked a cultural
switch on 31 December 1969...
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| Re: Olympic Tennis is Gluttony DavidW 00:57:55 |
| | "arahim" <arahim_arahim@hotmail.com> wrote
Tennis has quite a full year round season and many top class tournaments. The Olympics is already a much bloated event with too many events in it. Tennis certainly does not need the Olympics (Well certainly not the top tier tennis). Professional tennis should keep itself away from the Olympics.
I want to know how it got in there. Did the Olympics want tennis, or did tennis
want the Olympics? Somebody had to make the request.
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| Marseille Open Link Grif 00:03:57 |
| | seems to be free on betfair (still have to register).
http://livevideo.betfair.com
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Tuesday, 12 February 2008
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| 2008 Open Gaz de France: Chakvetadze v. Szavay [Spoiler] Mimus 23:12:57 |
| | Watched a rerun of the 2008 Open Gaz de France final last night on Tennis
Channel, Anna Chakvetadze v. Agnes Szavay.
Szavay's serve sucked in the first (seven double faults), but her coach
came down between the first and second sets and presumably used the
Hungarian word for "topspin" several times, so she righted her ship a bit
in the second which seemed to unbalance Chakvetadze a bit, while
Chakvetadze readjusted and took the third pretty comfortably, although we
did finally see some pretty good rallies.
Chakvetadze took it 6-2 3-6 6-2.
Chakvetadze was 6-0 in finals going in, while Szavay knocked off
Hantuchova and Dementieva on her way to the final.
Not really a very good match for either, and not a very exciting one for
the crowd, either: Probably the best part of it was a Szavay lob in the
first set that fried Chakvetadze.
Chakvetadze was far too prone to trying baseline dropshots in the second,
no doubt due to her becoming unhinged a bit at the increased pressure from
Szavay, while Szavay showed once again that she does play an all-court
game, coming to the net repeatedly and doing pretty well there.
The tan margins of the court there caused the ball on the long-distance
TV shots to apparently vanish, on ordinary non-HD color TV, anyway.
--
Take a deep breath, take a walk, cool off, plot a bit, and serve again.
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| Re: If Seles didnt get stabbed Whisper 23:06:23 |
| | zepfloyes@yahoo.com wrote:
This is what would have happened.
Links?
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