Federer without 19 Slams
So Federer without his weak slams in other wordsFederer without 19 Slams
Delpo and Andreescu.
Andreescu's hopefully not done, yet....Chang and Andreescu
Underrated for sure. The AO might have been a second class Slam for international players in 1976, but there was plenty of home grown quality in that draw (plus Stan Smith).Mark Edmondson
Andreescu's hopefully not done, yet....
Underrated for sure. The AO might have been a second class Slam for international players in 1976, but there was plenty of home grown quality in that draw (plus Stan Smith).
Edmonson beat six seeds in a row to win that title - a mammoth effort in the 16-seed era. All the while commuting from an hour away, since he couldn’t afford accommodation near Kooyong.
Do you hate Boris for denying Ivan a W as well?Pat Cash! Denied Lendl a W and I love that.
Andreescu's hopefully not done, yet....
Indeed. She's only 20. She's definitely had her share of injuries already. Still, here's hoping! She's fun to watch.I'm afraid she's the female Delpo. Hopefully time will prove me wrong.
Roddick and Chang both won their respective grand slams at a very early age.
Unlike most players who chase this title their entire careers, these guys got a taste early on and never again.
I think that came with it's own set of mental hurdles.
I was born in the mid 80s but I probably picked up a racquet for the first time in 1992, and although that was well after Cash’s global heyday he was still an active player and very much the man in Australia. He was my first tennis hero - all I wanted to do was to wear a chequered headband, serve and volley and win Wimbledon.You have me super curious...
Since you are the Cashman and have his picture in your avatar, I figured you must be around the same age as me (I'm 48) and been around to watch a lot of the 80s matches. However, you posted in another thread about being excited to finally be able to play in 30 and over ITF tournaments, which would mean that you were probably not even alive yet when Cash was at his peak. I would have thought Lleyton Hewitt and Mark Philippoussis would have been closer to the age that would have inspired an Aussie in their early 30s now.
Whilst Edmondson is a bit obscure in global tennis terms, as our last home-grown home-Slam champion he is a bit of a celebrated figure in Australia. Growing up, the TV network would always drag him out for an interview during the AO and roll the footage of him trouncing Newk 6-1 in the fourth.And then you are providing details on an Australian player from the 1970s, Mark Edmonson, that most people do not know anything about.
You may be the first human to connect Jack Nicholson to Pete SamprasNever realized Pete has those "Jack Nicholson Joker" features, since he almost never smiled.
Thanks for making me feel old. I'm a decade older. I remember watching Borg-MacEnroe - Wimbledon 1980 - live (I was living in Europe at the time). I don't remember exactly when I started playing but I did some local park & rec summer tennis thing during junior high in the late 80's for a couple of summers. I first played with a wooden racquet that weighed a ton and made me terrible (it's somewhere around here....) but had a graphite Wilson Aggressor by the time I did parks & rec.I was born in the mid 80s but I probably picked up a racquet for the first time in 1992, and although that was well after Cash’s global heyday he was still an active player and very much the man in Australia. He was my first tennis hero - all I wanted to do was to wear a chequered headband, serve and volley and win Wimbledon.
Thanks for making me feel old. I'm a decade older. I remember watching Borg-McEnroe - Wimbledon 1980 - live (I was living in Europe at the time). I don't remember exactly when I started playing but I did some local park & rec summer tennis thing during junior high in the late 80's for a couple of summers. I first played with a wooden racquet that weighed a ton and made me terrible (it's somewhere around here....) but had a graphite Wilson Aggressor by the time I did parks & rec.
I watched a lot of Edberg, Becker, and Lendl growing up.
My first racquet was a Mizuno Junior 23, which I used for too long after growing out of it and left me with the bad habit of hanging my hand partially off the butt-cap (a la Nadal)I first played with a wooden racquet that weighed a ton and made me terrible (it's somewhere around here....) but had a graphite Wilson Aggressor by the time I did parks & rec.