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California reacted to Tennis_Hands's post in the thread Shoes problems from sliding on hard court with
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IMO, the only acceptable sliding on HCs for amateurs is something that happens when one is stopping, not when he is sliding into his... -
Plenty of older players to miss, but fact is we miss their style of game more; bet they wouldn't be able to do as much on today's...
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California reacted to Devtennis01's post in the thread Can we find 1 person who likes Sonego? with Like.
Grunting is gross full stop. Sonego one not to watch then.
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True that, however Seles is the one that started this circus of grunting.
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California reacted to aaron_h27's post in the thread Federer made a mistake...what am I missing? with Like.
Fed went from 355 SW to 340 SW (RF97) > Loss of power & spin Static weight stayed mostly the same RA 60 to RA 68 > gained some of the...
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California reacted to Dolgopolov85's post in the thread Federer made a mistake...what am I missing? with Like.
He's not. 95 to 97 doesn't matter at all. I don't know about you but I hit a one hander and have had both a 97 and a 95. The balance...
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California reacted to Third Serve's post in the thread How many Slams would Pete Sampras have won with Becker-Edberg 5 and 4 years younger to him ? with Like.
Didn’t Edberg do better on slower surfaces like clay compared to Becker, though?
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California reacted to Sunny014's post in the thread How many Slams would Pete Sampras have won with Becker-Edberg 5 and 4 years younger to him ? with Like.
Same logic applies to Pete Sampras too in that case, are we not giving these greats the benefit of doubt of having a bit different game...
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Grunting is the part of tennis which annoys me the most. There is no need to make a grunting sound that lasts for seconds after each hit...
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When Sharapova (as the worst offender) was doing it, and the issue was discussed, some said that they will be taking measures for the...
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Only made it 12 seconds into the video. To add to the crime, the grunt came around a second after the ball left his racket. This...
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atp needs to make it mandatory for all players to take and pass a tennis etiquette test/program to eliminate this nonsense from our...
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California reacted to CHillTennis's post in the thread Was Pat Rafter a luckier Tim Henman? with Like.
I can see the similarities, but really, Rafter was considerably better. He beat Pete Sampras at the US Open in 1998. By comparison...
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I think Edberg’s backhand gets a decent amount of love. I really idolised it growing up and developing my own one hander.
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Yeah, anyone with a backhand as good as his is usually a prodigious returner He had a very good chance of going back-to-back-to-back in...