Search results

Holy crap.

Roddick isn't that bad to watch against top players, but against lower ranked ones he is awful to watch.

Yes, she is hot. Has a really nice body too and nice legs.

Lima is about as hot as Kirilenko. She only looks good in VS ads, I watched her on a talk show and I was disappointed. I don't think Megan Fox is as hot as Adriana or Maria. She just looks trashy. If you want to see a real beauty, look at Doutzen Kroes or Ana Beatriz Barros.

Nice volleys.

She had an easy draw to get where she is. Although she does have a chance if Kuznetsova chokes.

Ana's fist pumps look really forced. I think Sorana was just trying to keep herself pumped up during a tight match.

5 different versions of "Colors of the Wind".

It doesn't, but proper technique is usually necessary for good placement, control, depth, power. Some things that the NTRP does mention.

We could a lot of videos of men in this rating range but very few of women. I find that a lot of women at these levels look a lot worse than I thought they would in comparison to the men.

Just rewatched the video and must say that some of the women do have decent looking strokes and movement. Although we can't really see where the ball is landing. It's hard to imagine though that these are strong 4.0 players.

They're not horrible strokes but when you look at 4.0 men, they have mostly fully developed strokes (w/e the exception of some pushers) and good serves. These women have beginner looking strokes.

Not to start another thread about ntrp but look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFjrXufYQw0

Venus' attitude is not bad. She is pretty humble in interviews. She's also well-spoken.

Is that there are only 4 more players that need to lose in order for ESPN to show decent coverage. Sharapova, Serena, Roddick, and Ivanovic.

Agreed. That's a really good point.

I voted Sharapova-Shvedova. A potential upset match is more interesting than a long, average quality men's match

I meant tennis wise.

I know she never won a title but she came pretty close at Miami in 1998. It's amazing to me that someone who made the semis at Wimbledon at 16 and had so many wins over number ones only became 8 in the world and never won a title. The question I have is how far could her game have taken her had...

Mervana Jugic-Salkic started playing tennis at age 13 http://www.itftennis.com/womens/players/player.asp?player=20009697. She reached top 100 I think. Also, I saw this girl who started when she was 15, she wasn't ranked but did have some itf wins.

Neither are pretty.

The number two 12 and under here beats 4.5 players. He doesn't wipe them off the court but he beats them pretty consistently. I would say probably a high 4.5. In Florida it would probably be a low 5.0.

Mixed doubles can be fun if the girl is about your level. I played mixed with a girl better than me and she was awesome at returning. We broke almost every time.

How do you deal with people that always question your line calls? There is this one guy that questions every line call. Like seriously, he will question balls that are 6 inches out. It has gotten to the point where when I play with other people, whenever someone asks "are you sure" someone...

Agreed. Look at Djokovic, his parents owned several restaurants and they built him a freaking tennis court to play on at one of their ski resorts. Yeah, they sound dirt poor to me. There are some exceptions like Sharapova and Kuznetsova but look at the Williams Sisters, they were poor as well...

Glad someone her has actually watched Kournikova play and knows something about tennis.

Have you ever looked at her upper body?

Alona Bondarenko, Jelena Dokic, and Gabby Sabatini. Oh wait you meant game-wise. I would have to say Kournikova, I honestly really like her game, it is similar to Hingis's.

It's not how many that's the problem, it's just that they're difficult to travel to. In Europe, everything is closer together so it's easier and cheaper to travel to other places.

The kids that are successful in juniors from Europe are also rich. I've been to several countries in Europe. I remember going to a tennis club in Serbia and most of the kids that were any good there had rich parents. And most of the Russian juniors that are playing in academies come from very...