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Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 07-27-2011, 06:34 AM
Replies: 62
The ITF will not release detailed drug testing information for 2010
Views: 5,363
Posted By Texastennis
Without commenting on specific players etc, but...

Without commenting on specific players etc, but as a general statement:
a) tennis testing is not at all rigorous. They are doing the minimum for WADA standards, just like they say too cutely that...
Forum: Former Pro Player Talk 05-05-2011, 12:28 PM
Replies: 181
Pete and Agassi Going At it Again
Views: 10,938
Posted By Texastennis
Here what's to love about modern journalism -...

Here what's to love about modern journalism - Bodo retracts the tennis.com story as made up, having actually checked with all participants. Does it ever occur to him/his website or other journalists...
Forum: Former Pro Player Talk 05-03-2011, 02:44 PM
Replies: 181
Pete and Agassi Going At it Again
Views: 10,938
Posted By Texastennis
Calm down, people. (Not that some people here...

Calm down, people. (Not that some people here are interested in calming down...) Go back to the original story - all unsourced rumor mongering. There are no sourced facts there at all. The actual...
Forum: Former Pro Player Talk 04-21-2011, 12:08 PM
Replies: 61
What happened to McEnroe after 1984?
Views: 6,170
Posted By Texastennis
Mac was just recalling smoking pot with Eric...

Mac was just recalling smoking pot with Eric Clapton when he was interviewed on air at the Family Circle a couple of weeks ago. (Or doing something with Clapton since Clapton gives the impression he...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 02-13-2011, 05:59 PM
Replies: 2,320
Serena vs Seles- how is it even a question
Views: 60,311
Posted By Texastennis
Wasn't this thread about Seles and SERENA? Seles...

Wasn't this thread about Seles and SERENA? Seles for sure has the fans who are the most ardent spinners of absolutely any question with the most fantastical elaborations...far outranks Serena in...
Forum: Former Pro Player Talk 12-22-2010, 02:18 AM
Replies: 2
Agassi results since pro retirement!
Views: 568
Posted By Texastennis
Yes his back is bad but you can't tell anything...

Yes his back is bad but you can't tell anything from exo results since so often the players decide in advance - probably usually. See current Nadal - Fed exos. McEnroe talked about that openly in...
Forum: Former Pro Player Talk 12-13-2010, 06:11 PM
Replies: 318
Seles would have been the greatest ever without the stabbing.
Views: 10,451
Posted By Texastennis
Plenty of very knowledgeable Americans have...

Plenty of very knowledgeable Americans have chosen Graf over Navratilova - Billie Jean King has said repeatedly Graf is the greatest singles player in her opinion (see recent interview in Inside...
Forum: Former Pro Player Talk 11-19-2010, 09:55 AM
Replies: 13
Inspiring story of Pete's 1st slam title!
Views: 1,321
Posted By Texastennis
Pete's "relaxed attitude." Uh no. Pete was many...

Pete's "relaxed attitude." Uh no. Pete was many things but relaxed wasn't one of them. Razor like competitive intensity certainly was.
Forum: Former Pro Player Talk 10-03-2010, 10:33 AM
Replies: 918
Rod Laver has the right to the all time crown
Views: 33,637
Posted By Texastennis
Mac said in his book that he and Borg did rec...

Mac said in his book that he and Borg did rec drugs together with Gerulaitis etc. Never heard anything about Connors but just pointed out that his lifestyle at that time put him in plenty of company...
Forum: Former Pro Player Talk 10-03-2010, 09:03 AM
Replies: 918
Rod Laver has the right to the all time crown
Views: 33,637
Posted By Texastennis
I think it's perfectly likely Connors did do some...

I think it's perfectly likely Connors did do some rec drugs like Agassi (and Borg, McEnroe and who knows who else - rec drug use of various kinds has been very widespread). Connors was quite a party...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 09-17-2010, 10:47 PM
Replies: 627
Did Nadal get illegal coaching during USO final?
Views: 32,281
Posted By Texastennis
Toni said last week that he coaches Nadal from...

Toni said last week that he coaches Nadal from the box and that the no coaching rule is outdated - not even sure why there's such a debate about whether they do or don't after...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 09-11-2010, 06:11 PM
Replies: 139
Agassi suggests Nadal should shave his head
Views: 22,990
Posted By Texastennis
Guys look at the OP - Agassi has NOT said a word...

Guys look at the OP - Agassi has NOT said a word about Nadal shaving his head. The thread title is a fake.
Nadal is however losing his hair at quite a pace - lots of shots from the back of his bald...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 09-09-2010, 04:14 PM
Replies: 577
Nadal to surpass the career greatness of Agassi.
Views: 22,584
Posted By Texastennis
I seem to recall Agassi himself has Nadal ahead...

I seem to recall Agassi himself has Nadal ahead of the two of them ... Is there anyone who disagrees?
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 09-09-2010, 09:52 AM
Replies: 109
Performance Enhancing Drugs: Do any players use them?
Views: 7,031
Posted By Texastennis
I said he gets carried away BUT he also has good...

I said he gets carried away BUT he also has good information on the missed tests, whereabouts of the tests etc which the ITF has been very reluctant to have public (ie the putting up and then...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 09-09-2010, 09:26 AM
Replies: 109
Performance Enhancing Drugs: Do any players use them?
Views: 7,031
Posted By Texastennis
Tennis isn't one of the strictest in testing -...

Tennis isn't one of the strictest in testing - that's a myth. Tennis does very little blood testing. A high and apparently increasing proportion of out of competition random testing is being done at...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 09-04-2010, 11:37 AM
Replies: 119
Ryan Harrison: future GOAT and savior of American tennis
Views: 5,962
Posted By Texastennis
I' not sure about Harrison even as top 50. He...

I' not sure about Harrison even as top 50. He has some nice aspects (movement, overhead, willingness to volley) but ground strokes doesn't impress and as even Pat McEnroe said after the match - no...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 09-03-2010, 04:13 PM
Replies: 21
Ryan Harrison - What's different?
Views: 1,335
Posted By Texastennis
I thought he showed some good qualities but no...

I thought he showed some good qualities but no big weapon - Pat McEnroe observed this also after the match. Hard to see how high anyone can get today without at least one big weapon.
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 08-20-2010, 06:25 PM
Replies: 8
Agassi - Sampras tour
Views: 937
Posted By Texastennis
It's a livefeed - on right now. They're starting...

It's a livefeed - on right now. They're starting an exo tour in Latin America in that has six or eight elght stops I think over the next three months or so. Bogota tonight and next one is in Mexico...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 07-01-2010, 04:45 PM
Replies: 23
Agassi vs. Federer agewise
Views: 1,192
Posted By Texastennis
I agree that the psychological factor is huge in...

I agree that the psychological factor is huge in this comparison.
Agassi from 29 on finally had his you know what together, motivated to make up for earlier missed opportunities, had newly acquired...
Forum: Former Pro Player Talk 07-01-2010, 03:19 PM
Replies: 33
Let's talk about Capriati - did tennis shun her?
Views: 1,594
Posted By Texastennis
Read Agassi's book for what it's like to be in...

Read Agassi's book for what it's like to be in the position she was in - so much pressure, confusion, criticism, media attention, people making you out to be something you aren't, corporate pressure...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 06-30-2010, 02:08 PM
Replies: 173
Poll: Best Pure Athlete in Tennis History???
Views: 22,991
Posted By Texastennis
Why is the best pure athlete list only...

Why is the best pure athlete list only guys?

Fittest doesn't equal best athlete.

I'd take Borg over the others - Sampras wasn't above and beyond as an athlete I don't think. (Given that everyone...
Forum: Former Pro Player Talk 06-19-2010, 01:33 PM
Replies: 106
Pete Sampras a bad tipper,Andre ruined the show!
Views: 15,663
Posted By Texastennis
Here's here on reviewer summarized McEnroe's take...

Here's here on reviewer summarized McEnroe's take on Sampras in the book:

Pete Sampras is "kind of a (jerk)," and a vicious cheapskate to boot.
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 06-16-2010, 12:14 PM
Replies: 24
Good/Bad parents
Views: 1,682
Posted By Texastennis
I don't think Graf hated her father - he seems to...

I don't think Graf hated her father - he seems to have been an idiot with everyone else but they seemed to get along very well when she was a teen - and he did something that has often escaped other...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 06-13-2010, 04:33 PM
Replies: 101
Donald Young ...
Views: 5,863
Posted By Texastennis
Oudin overhype - * Mad coverage in all the...

Oudin overhype -

* Mad coverage in all the press (printer, internet and tv) talking about her as the next big thing in US tennis.
* Just last week, the US Open launched its summer ads in NYTimes...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 06-13-2010, 03:20 PM
Replies: 48
Why is grand slam count given so much importance in determining GOAT?
Views: 2,122
Posted By Texastennis
As various people have pointed out, the gs count...

As various people have pointed out, the gs count has only recently been considered a factor of major importance - when Emerson was the count leader, nobody said that = the greatest of all...
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