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I still just can't believe it got away from him. Damn it damn it damn it.

I don't need it......I completed the self-rating upon joining the USTA because it was required, as I understood it initially, in order to play in certain leagues or tournaments etc. As I said, I don't care what level it put me at, I was only looking for other experiences because I'd always...

Makes perfect sense, thank you. It's just all new to me, I don't care in the least what my level is classified as etc. I'm just trying to take the mystery out of it for myself a newbie and hopefully fit in well. I'm going to play in a tournament in December and so I guess I'll see how I fit...

I just did the self-rate yesterday after joining USTA for the first time and was sort of surprised. It asks a bunch of questions about what level I'd played at....JC, college, if I was a world class player now or in the past. Then it gave me 3.0 (I'm 53 years old btw) although I've always...

I just joined USTA yesterday and self-rated today....I got 3.0. Now I don't really know what that means exactly as I have always considered myself a 3.5 player since the non-USTA local leagues and club sessions I've ever played in have been called 3.5 leagues. The leagues I've done fair in and...

Agree. I had my two stolen, went and bought a new Dunlop Precision 100 and didn't like it. So I went to the second hand store that the dirt bag thief sold my HM's to and bought one of them back (as detailed in a previous thread). The newer Precision 100, I just didn't like it....it felt "not...

As a solid 3.5er in his early fifties, there are two things I always make sure I'm diligent about......I act like I'm playing a competitive endeavor when I am playing a match, and I for godsakes know the score. I may not ever be able to develop a world class forehand, but I can remember the...

Plus inevitable hot trophy girlfriend.

Second serve, not as good movement, and mentally fragile. Most any other era though and he'd have won 8-10 slams.

I want to like him but I just shake my head when I see him loaf on key points like a petulant child. I could care less about all the aiming for Rafa, not apologizing stuff...don't care. But when I see the lackadaisical attitude during the course of play it the prevents me from being a fan on...

The 17' AO final had to sting.....he had the fifth set wrapped up and Roger dead in the water before Fed's monumental nut check won him the title.

And I was at the other one....the only time I've ever seen Roger play. :( ...but everyone knows he tanked that match. :)

Seriously. I didn't even bother watching it live, I though "Rafa on the RG clay with three days rest? Forget it."

Ahhh, played with it.... I like the Precision 100 but the MW 300G is so much better in my own estimation. I think it might be my favorite frame ever. The guy that runs my drills class said to me today that I was the only person he knew who was brand loyal to Dunlop. :)

Adrenaline's a helluva drug. :)

I sent you a message.

Whatever, just don't take things that aren't yours. It's that simple. It's my responsibility to lock my doors...I get that...but it's not my responsibility to rationalize how it's ever in any way justified to take things that don't belong to you. Sorry.

I have said the gravy thing before, but yeah...it's a lie. The only truth is that the heart of a champion always wants more. If he didn't, he'd have never become a champion.

I do. I had other more valuable stuff in there as well that wasn't touched...someone just grabbed the bag. I realized long after I made this original post that I also had binoculars and a really good Sub Zero thermos in the tennis bag as well. But I do consider myself fortunate and know it...

I probably inadvertently left a door unlocked in the parking lot.

A salesperson approached me when I was looking and I told him the story in a completely non-angry fashion, (I've long since "gotten over it" and moved on), and he said it "touched his heart," because he had a whole garage of equipment robbed. So he gave me the best possible deal on the already...

Update: A few months after this, I discovered one of my MW's (the brand new unplayed one) and one of the M-Fils at a local second hand shop. I happened to be there looking for stereo speakers and as always, I peruse the tennis racquets just in case there is a gem amongst the junk. Incensed...

Wasn't it older brother Zverev?

I actually subscribe to the idea that if Federer had won like 30-35 slams (the "if Rafa/Novak never existed" theory) then he would not be nearly as beloved. No one likes an inhuman robot who obliterates everything in sight for years. I'm just happy for the great era of the last 16-17 years or...

I've been saying 2 since 2007, so I have no idea. :)

Pretty handily, imo. Probably will end up between 1275-1300.

But didn't he get injured playing tennis? How can you not be something (a tennis player) that you must have been in order to have become the other thing (injured person)? Math doesn't check out. Verdict: Tennis player. And also injured person.

I never thought Monfils could be good enough to win slams, frankly. I get the sense that if Kyrgios could get hold his personal maturation and let it roll into his development as a player, he could be.

It's been a long time since they've squared off so it's really anyone's guess where the balance of power in that rivalry lies at this moment.

I had all my equipment stolen several months back and have just gotten around to looking for a suitable replacement. I'm not nearly as good at disseminating specs' etc. as anyone here, so I'm hoping for a little help who know this stuff so well... Out of these frames, which is the most similar...