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There are many more stat obsessed posters on here that I but I always felt Sampras had an ease to just switch on when needed. He often seemed to win matches, say, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4, at Wimbledon, which if looked at in isolation could seem quite close. I’m never sure the loser was ever “in” it. Maybe...

Don Bradman- the Goatiest goat that ever goated a sports arena. Uncovered pitches, No helmets, basic protective equipment and so far ahead of anyone else it’s scary.

Honestly no- Maybe, if Andy had picked up one or two of his multiple Aussie open finals, it would be more valid a claim. 5 slams at 3 different events feels far more a member of the club than 3 at 2.

Gave British tennis a bit of respectability on the world stage (although potentially succeeded in spite of the system rather than because of it) Unfortunately the Wimbledon grass didn’t seem to suit him in the late 90’s/early 2000’s in the way it might have done 10 years earlier. Think he...

Most sports go with a video overrule of the in play decision if an error is clear and obvious. I watched the video a few times and nothing about it seems clear and obvious. Certainly in comparison to the howlers of decisions you seen in other sports. If I had to pick a decision I’d say ball to...

You seem to be lumbering under the impression that people are not going to make errors. My comment about line judges was pointing out that impartial, perfectly placed and experienced people still make mistakes. 100% certain does not mean correct. Anyway. I’ve had enough. Post replies if you...

That’s utter nonsense. Line judges at the very highest level, with the best view in the house still get calls wrong.

I think the point here is that you don’t call a ball in. You call it out. You are requiring a player to actively overrule their partner. The difficulty is one of how much do you believe your non-call of in and disagree with your partner’s out call… do you have the better view? Or are you calling...

Seems a strange one to me as the “in” calling partner only has to say, I didn’t get a clear view so I was giving the benefit of the doubt and the “out” call surely has to stand.

Think you have to consider the mixed doubles medal too. In the Olympics, at least, any medal is the equal of one from another event. Boosts Andy’s profile a bit but also boosts Federer and Nadals.

UK perspective- Parks = broken glass, kids playing football tennis, swinging on the nets and poorly maintained fencing. -I grew up opposite a pair of open courts in a public park and learned to play on it. We used to have to find sticks to wedge under the rollers on the net post to raise the...

I’ll occasionally practice a disruption between 1st and 2nd serves. I’ve noticed a few occasions where a stray ball, or a random delay have disturbed my rhythm between 1st and 2nd, resulting in a double. In practice or social sets, I’ll put in a deliberate rhythm disruption to help me in match...

I know I’d far rather return a medium paced serve with a bit of spin on it as a 2nd delivery rather than a total dolly. It’s amazing how many people get away with them as I’ve found a lot of people (myself included) struggle to create their own pace.

So I’ve never done it, but a player in my club has. But given that I play mostly doubles and the net player often sees this with a degree of certainty. The best approach could be to mention it at changeover, and ask them to be aware and careful. That you will begin to call it if you see it...

One day this forum will see 2 threads posted at pretty much the same time. Each calling out the ****** who they played yesterday. Both sides of the same story. Both making the other out to be the villain. In this case it would be the thread about the guy who got held back at work but kept his...

It felt like if there was ever an opportunity, this was it. Arguably Tim was the second best grass courter of his time. It feels like historically it was post Sampras, pre Federer but that’s over simplifying things. Tim could go on runs of being unstoppable and then being equally awful. If he...

There are people out there… numerous ones whose enjoyment from tennis is all about the win. I’ve known people not care what standard they play at, they just like to win. Therefore they are quite happy to hang around the lower echelons of club tennis and rarely lose, but rarely push themselves to...

I’d like to think that most of us could hit an odd unreturable serve. (Heavy slice, short and wide would be the guess). I, like many others, enjoy watching a bit of the over 35 doubles events at grand slams. However, it looks unbelievably slow in comparison to tour level. Yet would still be...

Played a lot of rugby and cricket growing up. Cricket particularly involves opposition players trying to get into your head at every opportunity. Odd comments, personal jibes, and direct threats to hurt are commonplace. I’ve played numerous tennis league games at multi sports clubs with...

Edwin van der Sar was apparently a member of a club I played a couple of league matches against. His kids played often apparently but presumably he didn’t play too much as at the time he was still very actively Manchester United’s no1

Around here “Watch” is commonly used for “I think it’s long/wide but probably close. Move your feet and get into position play/leave” “No” is “I am telling you not to play it”

I’d suspect in my relationship it could be a recipe for mild arguments through to homicide. I’ve rarely known couples who play well together.

Certainly not patronising or ignorant/arrogant. Part of playing with any decent partner irrespective of standards.