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GYXU > Tennis > Quik Quiz #154 29 May 2005 17:33:40

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Quik Quiz #154

Hops 28 May 2005 21:27:25
 

With losses by Vicente and Wawrinka all qualifiers are now out of the
tournament. Who was the last male qualifier to reach at least the QF at a
slam?






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StephenJ 28 May 2005 21:37:30 permanent link ]
 i'd say "voltchkov", who made it to the semis of the 2000 Wimbledon. Talk
about an easy match for Sampras, his 2000 draw was pathetically weak.

Combine that with Goran winning the 2001 title as a wild card and its clear
that W is become a fluke-crapshoot thanks to grass levelling out the
talent.............­........ :)­

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"Hops" <kev8128nossssspam@­yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:4uidnTw91tZmNA­XfRVn-tQ@giganews.co­m...>
With losses by Vicente and Wawrinka all qualifiers are now out of the> tournament. Who was the last male qualifier to reach at least the QF at a> slam?>


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Richard Rundle 28 May 2005 21:50:01 permanent link ]
 "StephenJ" <c20@setyrtfj.77com­> wrote in message
news:102me.4880$%Z2­.4396@lakeread08...>­ i'd say "voltchkov", who made it to the semis of the 2000 Wimbledon. Talk> about an easy match for Sampras, his 2000 draw was pathetically weak.>
Combine that with Goran winning the 2001 title as a wild card and its
clear> that W is become a fluke-crapshoot thanks to grass levelling out the> talent.............­........ :)­>


I believe Voltchkov is the correct answer for Wimbledon, others in last 30
years are 1977 John McEnroe (Semi-Final), 1984 Paul Annacone and 1985
Roberto Acuña.

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Ted of Ted's Tennis 28 May 2005 22:11:15 permanent link ]
 Somebody claiming to be "Hops" <kev8128nossssspam@­yahoo.com> wrote in
news:4uidnTw91tZmNA­XfRVn-tQ@giganews.co­m:
With losses by Vicente and Wawrinka all qualifiers are now out of the> tournament. Who was the last male qualifier to reach at least the QF> at a slam?

Filip de Wulf?


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Bue 29 May 2005 02:40:40 permanent link ]
 
"StephenJ" <c20@setyrtfj.77com­> wrote in message
news:102me.4880$%Z2­.4396@lakeread08...>­ i'd say "voltchkov", who made it to the semis of the 2000 Wimbledon. Talk> about an easy match for Sampras, his 2000 draw was pathetically weak.>
Combine that with Goran winning the 2001 title as a wild card and its > clear> that W is become a fluke-crapshoot thanks to grass levelling out the> talent.............­........ :)­

the talent of agassi, I suppose.. or roddick/hewitt?


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Whisper 29 May 2005 02:54:28 permanent link ]
 StephenJ wrote:
i'd say "voltchkov", who made it to the semis of the 2000 Wimbledon. Talk> about an easy match for Sampras, his 2000 draw was pathetically weak.>
Combine that with Goran winning the 2001 title as a wild card and its clear> that W is become a fluke-crapshoot thanks to grass levelling out the> talent.............­........ :)­>


Few players were more talented than Sampras/Goran - they won the slam
requiring most talent - what was your point?

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Hops 29 May 2005 03:02:41 permanent link ]
 
"Hops" <kev8128nossssspam@­yahoo.com> wrote in message> news:4uidnTw91tZmNA­XfRVn-tQ@giganews.co­m...>>
With losses by Vicente and Wawrinka all qualifiers are now out of the>> tournament. Who was the last male qualifier to reach at least the QF at >> a>> slam?


"StephenJ" <c20@setyrtfj.77com­> wrote in message news:102me.4880$%> i'd say "voltchkov", who made it to the semis of the 2000 Wimbledon. Talk> about an easy match for Sampras, his 2000 draw was pathetically weak.


Vladimir Voltchkov is correct.

My database is sketchy on qualifiers going back into 1970s, but I have these
players making QF or better:


John McEnroe -- 1977 Wimbledon SF
Bob Giltinan -- 1977 Australian SF
Paul Annacone -- 1984 Wimbledon QF
Ricardo Acuna -- 1985 Wimbledon QF
Goran Ivanisevic -- 1989 Australian QF
Thierry Champion -- 1990 Roland Garros QF
Adrian Voinea -- 1995 Roland Garros QF
Filip Dewulf -- 1997 Roland Garros SF
Marcelo Filippini -- 1999 Roland Garros QF
Nicolas Escude -- 1999 US Open QF
Vladimir Voltchkov -- 2000 Wimbledon SF



will note the lucky players besides Sampras to play qualifiers this late in
a slam include Agassi (both Filippini/Escude), Guga (Dewulf), and Connors
(Mac/Annacone/Acuna­).






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StephenJ 29 May 2005 03:21:15 permanent link ]
 
Combine that with Goran winning the 2001 title as a wild card and its
clear> > that W is become a fluke-crapshoot thanks to grass levelling out the> > talent.............­........ :)­> >
Few players were more talented than Sampras/Goran

Sampras was extremely talented. Goran was a serving machine.

Still, wildcards and qualifiers winning and making the semis is indicative
of weak draws..............­.



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Whisper 29 May 2005 03:37:36 permanent link ]
 StephenJ wrote:
Combine that with Goran winning the 2001 title as a wild card and its>
clear>
that W is become a fluke-crapshoot thanks to grass levelling out the>>>talent.......­.............. :)­>>>
Few players were more talented than Sampras/Goran>
Sampras was extremely talented. Goran was a serving machine.>
Still, wildcards and qualifiers winning and making the semis is indicative> of weak draws..............­.>


Goran had his obvious weakness, but his strengths were huge - ripping
winners from baseline, super returns etc... bit like Safin in
consistency stakes...

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Yama 29 May 2005 16:50:11 permanent link ]
 StephenJ <c20@setyrtfj.77com­> wrote:
: Sampras was extremely talented. Goran was a serving machine.

: Still, wildcards and qualifiers winning and making the semis is indicative
: of weak draws..............­.

Hmmm...Goran beat Moya, Roddick, Rusedski, Safin, Henman, Rafter.
A weak draw? I mean, sure you can make some argument that not all of
those players were at their best surface, but c'mon...
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Yama 29 May 2005 17:01:14 permanent link ]
 Whisper <beaver999@ozemail.­com.au> wrote:
: Goran had his obvious weakness, but his strengths were huge - ripping
: winners from baseline, super returns etc... bit like Safin in
: consistency stakes...

Goran has the reputation of being extremely inconsistent, but if you
look at his win/loss stats, they are very good - much better than
Rusedski, Henman, Flipper, Krajicek etc. who for some reason have lesser
reputation of inconsistency.
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StephenJ 29 May 2005 17:33:40 permanent link ]
 
Goran has the reputation of being extremely inconsistent, but if you> look at his win/loss stats, they are very good - much better than> Rusedski, Henman, Flipper, Krajicek etc. who for some reason have lesser> reputation of inconsistency.

because goran looks and moves flaky, doesn't just play
flaky..............­..........


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