Sean Hannity Vs Usta

[ga tennis]

I know hes canadian i was just making an example that no one really knows how a player will turn out.I think our biggest problem is expecting too much too early.

[Pro_Tour_630]

Originally Posted by ga tennis

No one knows. Just look at Milos im sure no one thought he would be where hes at now 5 years ago.I dont know about top ranked atp but i think we will have alot of players in the top 100 men and women.

pssst,,,,,,,,,,,women and the WTA do not count, woops now I have done it.

seriously we have many female ITF players in the US much more than any other country, if the spanish players are so great why then they do not have female tennis players the likes of nadal et al? and can you name some male spanish players who are up and coming in their early 20's

[chalkflewup]

[quote=MarTennis;6838734]

Originally Posted by tennis5

What's the objective ?


They are deathly afraid of what happens to the us open revenue stream
when Serena and roddick retire and federer retires and ratings plummet bemuse we have Serbians fighting ukranians for titles.

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Must agree with this particular sentiment.

It's OK to be afraid. The Open is strong. NY is an international magnet. Serena and Venus can't play forever and I'd rather watch an "ova" play than watch Roddick. We are building a pipeline and we'll get there.

[Mitch Bridge]

Originally Posted by Alohajrtennis

I agree, lots of great players coming up, no shortage, if we can support them in the next stage. IMO, as I have stated in another thread, while our Junior system is far from perfect, the biggest problem comes at the next level. The games has changed, no more 17 year olds in grand slams, etc. we expect to much too soon from our players, we expect or Kalamazoo winners to be contending at the Open the next year. Too many people who think they know who can be pros and who cant at age 13 or 14. Fact is, our best kids still need three or four more years on a developmental tour, but probably costs a player 100K per year to compete on the futures circuit. Fix the futures circuit, and support budding pros, that part of the system is more broken then the junior system

I agree. A huge problem we have in the US is the financial means to go into international competition. Our individual professional and ITF players travel to compete against national teams That have full financial support-which includes coaches and trainers. Our budding pros have to be child prodigies or have families that are multi-millionaires to afford to travel globally and compete. You are only going to break through at the Challenger level and that is a global circuit. The help is greatly needed at the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year Pro level.

[ga tennis]

Originally Posted by Mitch Bridge

I agree. A huge problem we have in the US is the financial means to go into international competition. Our individual professional and ITF players travel to compete against national teams That have full financial support-which includes coaches and trainers. Our budding pros have to be child prodigies or have families that are multi-millionaires to afford to travel globally and compete. You are only going to break through at the Challenger level and that is a global circuit. The help is greatly needed at the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year Pro level.

Great post. so true.