Forum: General Pro Player Discussion
12-28-2012, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 3,761
No discussion about Rafa's elongated absences...
No discussion about Rafa's elongated absences from the tour is complete without mentioning Performance Enhancing Drugs, EPO, blood doping, HGH, etc... or whatever cocktail of pharmaceutical elixirs...
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Forum: General Pro Player Discussion
08-07-2011, 04:53 PM
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Replies: 63
Views: 5,500
[QUOTE=Caesar;5861205]
Sorry. Just don't see...
[QUOTE=Caesar;5861205]
Sorry. Just don't see Sock going anywhere on the pro tour. He is typical of a lot of juniors who develop an unorthodox game with the goal of being capable of beating their...
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Forum: General Pro Player Discussion
08-07-2011, 04:08 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,698
I concur. JG is occasionally tolerable but for...
I concur. JG is occasionally tolerable but for the most part I find his shtick annoying, e.g. he constantly coins the phrase, "extract an error" when describing one's player ability to force his...
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Forum: Pro Match Results and Discussion
07-03-2010, 05:34 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 4,709
combination of factors
Fed may have lost a step (if the injuries that he complained of after his Wimbledon QF are legitimate or at all serious, then that explains it) but he simply can't handle the insane pace of the power...
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Forum: Pro Match Results and Discussion
07-03-2010, 05:12 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,459
Why Fed is having trouble
Fed keeps losing to the same type of player, a tall, young stud who bludgeons 90 plus mph forehands with reckless abandon and who possesses a booming first serve. When Fed was ramping up, harnessing...
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Forum: General Pro Player Discussion
06-17-2010, 07:26 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,099
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Forum: General Pro Player Discussion
06-17-2010, 07:01 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,099
The testing procedures implemented by the...
The testing procedures implemented by the governing bodies of professional tennis lack the teeth necessary to serve as a major crackdown against rampant cheating. The testing policies are lax and...
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Forum: Health & Fitness
06-08-2010, 08:44 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,292
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Forum: Health & Fitness
06-08-2010, 08:19 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,758
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Forum: Pro Match Results and Discussion
06-08-2010, 08:16 AM
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Replies: 92
Views: 4,169
He didn't make very many, 16 for the match...
He didn't make very many, 16 for the match against 28 winners. He also matched the huge serving RS with 7 aces. Rafa played masterfully, no one in the world could have beaten him on that court. ...
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Forum: General Pro Player Discussion
06-08-2010, 07:59 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,099
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Forum: General Pro Player Discussion
05-27-2010, 07:51 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,099
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Forum: General Pro Player Discussion
05-27-2010, 06:37 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 4,481
I was responding to the other contributor's...
I was responding to the other contributor's statement about A-Rod (who should never have been compared with Donald Young in terms failing to meet expectations) so my post was actually on point, if...
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Forum: General Pro Player Discussion
05-26-2010, 04:31 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 3,498
Actually the site takes great pains to not...
Actually the site takes great pains to not automatically cite hulking muscularity as prima facie evidence of steroid, EPO, HGH or any form of performance enhancing abuse but it does ask the readers...
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Forum: General Pro Player Discussion
05-26-2010, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 4,212
Exactly, balding has a lot to do with DHT...
Exactly, balding has a lot to do with DHT attacking the hair follicles. DHT is produced by escalating levels of testosterone which spike during puberty or when a full grown athlete takes HGH or any...
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Forum: General Pro Player Discussion
05-26-2010, 03:53 PM
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Replies: 102
Views: 3,219
"I wouldn't be surprised if federer took...
"I wouldn't be surprised if federer took steroids, to tell you the truth."
Bizarre, Fed is in favor of random, off-season, between tournament testing. That doesn't mean that he hasn't at some point...
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Forum: General Pro Player Discussion
05-26-2010, 03:37 PM
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Replies: 102
Views: 3,219
His injuries are most likely legitimate. I've...
His injuries are most likely legitimate. I've suffered from tendinitis off and on for the last 20 years due to playing basketball and tennis. The microscopic tears that develop in the patella...
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Forum: General Pro Player Discussion
05-26-2010, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,900
Or we could compare the number of slam wins for...
Or we could compare the number of slam wins for Fed since Rafa won his first, Fed has 12 to Rafa's 6. Rafa's winning record against Fed is mainly attributable to his dominance on clay; 10 of his 14...
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Forum: General Pro Player Discussion
05-26-2010, 02:49 PM
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Replies: 67
Views: 4,682
The problem is that Fed does not have the drop...
The problem is that Fed does not have the drop shot on his forehand side.[/QUOTE]
What? I've seen plenty of deftly, irretrievably placed forehand drop shots by Fed. He has great disguise on either...
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Forum: General Pro Player Discussion
05-26-2010, 02:42 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 4,481
I wouldn't classify A-Rod as a bust unless your...
I wouldn't classify A-Rod as a bust unless your definition of a bust is anything short of a legendary, era-transcending, iconic player with multiple grand slam wins. I wouldn't put Courier in that...
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