The sad downfall of swedish tennis

[WhiskeyEE]

he apparently has chronic fatigue syndrome and if that's the case he's probably done for good. treatment for that and most syndromes is **** tbh.

[Relinquis]

Belgium had Goffin in singles.

[Paullaconte1]

Originally Posted by mariecon

I really don't think Soderling's coming back. He's been out a year and a half. And he's 28 years old. He's recently had a baby. I'd be very surprised. His career high ranking was 4. I quite liked him and am sorry to see his career end this way.

I agree.. it is difficult Soderling will come back....

Missing these matches?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-BwXwUzMLo

A bit of amarcord!

[Tennusdude]

Originally Posted by Sid_Vicious

We still have plenty of guys in the top 100. As dominik said, Sweden's second best player is ranked in the 400s and the best Swede, Soderling, has been missing for over an year now.

Soderling beat Nadal and got the final of the French Open and lost to Federer more recently than Roddick lost to Fed at Wimbledon. No other Americans have made any grand slam finals lately

[MAXXply]

Swedish women are lauded as the most beautiful and desirable women in the world, so it ain't all bad. But yes, it's a disappointment for the sport that the fabled Swedish conveyor belt of champions has stopped producing any major talents.

[Fedex]

Originally Posted by MAXXply

Swedish women are lauded as the most beautiful and desirable women in the world, so it ain't all bad. But yes, it's a disappointment for the sport that the fabled Swedish conveyor belt of champions has stopped producing any major talents.

I was in Malmo, Sweden recently.
Honestly, I struggled to see one ugly woman.
They are truly stunning but in a Stepford wives kind of way.
Even the pensioners were hot.

[kiki]

Originally Posted by MAXXply

Swedish women are lauded as the most beautiful and desirable women in the world, so it ain't all bad. But yes, it's a disappointment for the sport that the fabled Swedish conveyor belt of champions has stopped producing any major talents.

I thought it was Russian chicks

[MAXXply]

Originally Posted by kiki

I thought it was Russian chicks

I'd still choose the Scandinavian

[JRAJ1988]

Russian women are wayyy better looking and they don't have this "I'm better than everyone" complex

[Phoenix1983]

Originally Posted by mariecon

I really don't think Soderling's coming back. He's been out a year and a half. And he's 28 years old. He's recently had a baby. I'd be very surprised. His career high ranking was 4. I quite liked him and am sorry to see his career end this way.

He'll always have his place in immortality though:

[mariecon]

Originally Posted by Phoenix1983

He'll always have his place in immortality though:

yup!

[rufus_smith]

problem could be that those beautiful Swedish women aren't making as many babies

[merwy]

Originally Posted by beast of mallorca

Hey, we may not have a GS contender right now, but at least we have a few in the top 100, unlike Sweden.

You can't compare Sweden to the damn USA. Don't you people realize that your country is like, really, really big? There's bound to be at least a few good players in the whole country. That's why you guys or China or Russia always win the olympics. Anyway, you have to be realistic. At the moment, the US is doing very, very bad. But that's okay, they used to have a lot of legends (McEnroe, Agassi, Sampras, etc. etc. etc.) It's probably just a matter of time before things turn around again.

[WhiskeyEE]

both swedish and russian women are overrated. especially swedish. tall lipless feminists, no thanks.

[dman72]

Originally Posted by Fedex

I was in Malmo, Sweden recently.
Honestly, I struggled to see one ugly woman.
They are truly stunning but in a Stepford wives kind of way.
Even the pensioners were hot.

You see very few people in Sweden who are overweight. It's probably a combination of healthy living habits and the fact that the food sucks. .

Gotta love the guy calling Swedish women "lipless feminists".



Whatever suits you, pal.

[WhiskeyEE]

North americans don't seem to know what scandinavian women actually look like. They glorify them just because they're blonde and from an exotic part of europe. Or they see models and think that they commonly look like that. But that's the truth bro, sorry.

[tommyfr]

The reason for swedish downfall in tennis is

a) lack of courts during indoor season sep - april

b) the tennis schools lack ambition and high performance profil, no try outs, no selection, all should play, no one should lose, good players should not go to elite group etc, tennis should just be play up to age 14, not serious sport....therefore strong athletes dont get challenged in that environment, and go to other sports

c) related to a and b above, not enough practice in terms of hours, a couple of hours per week is not enough when there are kids over the globe that practice 3-4 hours per day

d) homeschooling not allowed by swedish government/dept ed regulations

e) a bit passive people at Swedish tennis association

On the positive side is Good to Great tennis academy founded by Magnus Norman, Kulti, Bergstrom 3 years ago. They have sponsors and majority of swedish top juniors are training there. Ymer brothers for example and the 16 year older brother is ranked top 10 ITF, ang the younger brother top europe 14 U

[rolliges]

Just wait a few years.

Elias Yemer, 16, finalist in 2012 Orange Bowl 18s and semi-finalist in 2012 Eddie Herr 18s. Recently ranked 10 in ITF!

His younger brother Mikael is just as talented. Semi-finalist in 2012 Orange Bowl and in both 2010 Orange Bowl and Eddie Herr.

[rolliges]

Forgot to mention Gustav Hanson and Rebecca Peterson. Both should do well in future professional tournaments.

[kiki]

Originally Posted by MAXXply

I'd still choose the Scandinavian

hahahaha...but I´d pick Anna above any icy chick