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No lie, I've played guys who drank beers on changeovers during league matches... Personally, I don't drink and would never do something like that, but I guess if they're out there having a good time.

This thread made me think of this scene from arrested development, lol!

Man you're 53 and your mom is still alive? Depending on how you look at it, you could be quite fortunate. My mom died before my 19th birthday, and I have no living grandparents left either, the last one passed nearly 8 years ago. In fact, I think my grandfather (mom's side) died well before I...

Yep, been hybriding Volkl Cyclone in the mains with a multi in the crosses for years, and I always do the poly about 3-5 pounds lower than the multi. Typically it depends on the temperature outside/time of year. In the summer when it's hot and humid, I tend to string the poly tighter at like...

Keep the racket and either string your nrg2, which is a multi-filament, a bit tighter like 58 pounds and see if that helps. Or, consider changing to poly for more spin/control and less power. Another option would be to do a poly/multi hybrid where you do poly in the mains and a multi like Nrg2...

Until the day you do, and then you're like: :X3:

I wonder, if that did happen where you popped a string and had no other usable rackets in the bag, would you end up having to default the match? I would think so.

I actually read a piece a number of years back that was basically saying many shops and stringers were moving away from 1-piece jobs entirely, even if you might use like a full bed of lux or rpm blast for example. They were saying the industry standard has basically become to do it as a 2-piece...

Yuck! I couldn't do that these days because the court surface is really hot for their paws. I try to wait until it drops below 90 Fahrenheit outside before I talk my dogs for a walk. There was one day when I decided to take my two dogs to Lowe's, and walking in, one of them was like I have to...

"Am I the only one who gives a **** about the rules?!"

A petty thing I was wrong about. :-D

It got ugliy-ish here in our community, because people complained so much that they went ahead and approved the construction of several pickleball courts. I think they actually put pickleball lines in for one of the tennis courts, but I'll be happy to have them build separate courts just to keep...

Unless he can reproduce aseuxally, then I would certainly hope he did get some help. :-D

Isn't it pronounced Bariya, and not Barilla like Gorilla? In any case, I tend not to buy from Barilla because their owner made some rather sexist remarks several years back, sort of suggesting that a woman's place is in the kitchen, so they're kind of on my **** list. Plus, I can get cheaper...

I never learned to do a 1-piece job, actually. Even if I'm using the same string throughout, I always do two piece jobs and for the vast majority of rackets it works just fine to cut the 40' string into 2 20' halves. There aren't too many rackets out there that require longer than 20' for...

Lol, I seem to recall Nadal sending rackets to be strung like 10-12 years ago at the Aussie Open, and they had it back to him in less than 20 minutes flat. No way could I string that fast myself, but I'm somewhere in the 35-40 minute range per racket.

I remember my first string jobs were pretty bad until I got the hang of it lol. I think the first one I made the grievous mistake of not using like a free cheap syn gut to practice with and ended up cutting a set of poly too short to use. I think I also did a misweave a couple times of the years...

Only place I hate putting the cart back is Costco, but then again I hate so much about Costco trips. Never go there on a weekend and avoid it whenever possible is the best advice I can give.

Triples? :-D:-D

This is insanely idiotic. Who in their right mind would give up their hard earned money for a player they’ve never met to win a slam race? I’m happy to keep my money and have Nadal or Djokovic end up with more slams than Federer.

You said it man. Proudly added another one.

Show some respect to a major champion man… ****ing *******.

Roflmao…

I predict the women would not be at all fond of a best of 5 format, and you would see a ton more retirements if they did implement a best of 5 format for the women. Not to mention the delays in terms of getting a jam packed schedule played, especially when you factor in potential weather delays...

Consistency in the women's game is virtually non-existent these days. I fully expect more of this in the months to come.

I still miss the good old days when the duo of Robbie Koenig and Jason Goodall called matches. They were honestly the best duo to call matches. They still call matches, but just together anymore. Some of the best Robbie Koenig gems: “Reflexes like a mongoose on amphetamines.” “I think we gotta...

He made one great comment referring to a Nadal missed forehand as a Waffle House forehand - smothered and covered. :-D It just made me think of that epic Bloodhound Gang song:

Or just declare it like Michael Scott “declared” bankruptcy:

But the aggression will not stand, man!

Her match against Leylah Fernandez in New York also seems to have had a real negative impact on her mentally as well. She not only imploded in that one, but the crowd really turned on her in that match, particularly in that 2nd set tiebreaker.