I beat the guy 60 60 and he called me "a pusher!"

[storypeddler]

Originally Posted by Gonzalito17

Low 40s is not hardcore at all, I know someone who played in 16 degrees. Four of the six courts were being used tonight. Earlier this month courts were totally wet but we still hit singles on wet puddled courts and four others played doubles for two hours on them, that's hardcore.

LOL. Agreed. I don't like to attempt play on wet courts because of the likelihood of slipping and getting hurt. But as much as I LOVE hot weather tennis, I can't stop playing just because of temperature. Unless the wind is an issue, I've played (and DO play) at temps well below 40. You layer up, and as you warm up you remove layers. Geez, guys, this is TENNIS! How can you not play when you have a chance??? LOL

[storypeddler]

Originally Posted by Gonzalito17

You're right, it doesn't make sense to risk hurting a knee or ankle, and be sidelines on crutches for six months. But i guess our tennis addiction is so strong now that we just started hitting and discovered the court was playable. It's a slow hard court surface and it wasn't actually slippery if you can believe that. Of course no runnnig out wide. But we were able to hit singles for like two hours, and also play doubles. Sounds crazy but hey we got to play. I guess we have a special group.

I have that same addiction. There is no treatment that I'm aware of. LOL.

[Gonzalito17]

Henin, no doubt. How about that match this year with Sharapova, she bageled someone in the set but the opponent had game points in all six games, it was a real war of a set but Maria won it by bagel. That has to be a very very rare occurence, if not the only time it's ever happened.

Freaky like the time Sampras served the rocket that busted clear through Rafter's strings, in Cincy I think it was. Odd how people never mention that.

[Gonzalito17]

Originally Posted by storypeddler

LOL. Agreed. I don't like to attempt play on wet courts because of the likelihood of slipping and getting hurt. But as much as I LOVE hot weather tennis, I can't stop playing just because of temperature. Unless the wind is an issue, I've played (and DO play) at temps well below 40. You layer up, and as you warm up you remove layers. Geez, guys, this is TENNIS! How can you not play when you have a chance??? LOL

It really doesn't get much more hardcore than that ) All I can think of is the guy in England who played for 44 hours straight, name is Christopher Bowers. We'll have to start a thread about the most hardcore examples of tennisaholics : )

[Mick]

I have thin skin. It's 54 degrees now and I am going out to play. It feels mighty cold to me

[LeeD]

"mighty cold"...
Average days I play are in the upper 50's.
ONCE, in the past 2 years, I got to play on a hot day, like 82 degrees, and promptly died.
"the coldest winter I've ever spent was a summer in SanFrancisco"..... by some guy.

[tennis tom]

Originally Posted by LeeD

"the coldest winter I've ever spent was a summer in SanFrancisco"..... by some guy.

LeeD, that was Lenny Bruce who said that when he took up flying without learning how to land--or maybe it was some bar pilot.

You got'ta head down to the desert, that's where all the tournament action is this time of year.

Happy Kwanza

[mikeler]

Originally Posted by LeeD

"mighty cold"...
Average days I play are in the upper 50's.
ONCE, in the past 2 years, I got to play on a hot day, like 82 degrees, and promptly died.
"the coldest winter I've ever spent was a summer in SanFrancisco"..... by some guy.

I was playing in 82 degree weather here last week.

[Relinquis]

Quick metric conversion (Celsius)...

50 Fahrenheit = 10 Celsius
75 Fahrenheit = 24 Celsius
100 Fahrenheit = 38 Celsius

The hottest I've played was at 40 Celsius (not a full match, practice session only), I couldn't even do overheads because of how bright the sun was!

The lowest was probably in the low teens Celsius. Took ages to warm up, need to move constantly.

[corbind]

Originally Posted by Gonzalito17

Well it did rain. Got there at 5:30, got a doubles set then realized Anton wasn't coming, then we played king of the court till a light rain started at exactly 7:37. Maybe next time Anton. You made the right call to not drive an hour with the rain risk.

Originally Posted by Anton

I don't mind playing on the wet courts, good balance keeping exercise.

Problem is the balls get crazy heavy if it's standing water.

So when will you guys play the epic sets or match? Gotta be indoor. Winner gets a free beverage afterward?

[Anton]

Originally Posted by corbind

So when will you guys play the epic sets or match? Gotta be indoor. Winner gets a free beverage afterward?

I'm playing in local tournaments for the next few days so maybe next week

[tennis tom]

Originally Posted by Anton

I don't mind playing on the wet courts, good balance keeping exercise.

Problem is the balls get crazy heavy if it's standing water.

A well kept secret in the tennis world is that you can play in a pouring rain on those Aussie CLASSIC CLAY artificial grass/sand courts and the balls don't fuzz up. The court drains great, hardens up and doesn't puddle like har-tru. The silica sand wicks the balls dry and they are like new after five hours of playing in a pouring rain...don't tell anyone you heard it from me. The club players absolutely hate the stuff, for no good reason, want to get rid of it and turn it back into a hard court--for more bar time I suppose.

[Gonzalito17]

Good luck with them Anton, we'll have to wait till April as I'll be mostly down in FL and traveling till then. Good luck in the tournaments.