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Thanks for all the great advice guys. I'm goin' shoppin'! And anyone who is looking for a Babolat PC or two, be watching on ****. As to my technique, yes, I'm sure it sucks. But guys, I'm 37--it ain't changin' much at this point. :-}

My current stick is a Babolat Pure Control, purchased because, um, I wanted more control. :-) My elbow started bothering me early this season. I switched to natural gut string. It didn't help. I decreased my string tension to the lowest part of the recommended range. It didn't help. I laid off...

Pushups.

I aim with my shoulder.

I got a regular sweatband, but wide like Fed's, at Dick's Sporting Goods. Navy, Adidas. I love it, but I haven't been able to find another one.

"Flat, middle, ad" is on there twice. :-)

It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up...

Well, my serve has never been officially clocked, but I estimate it to be around 312 mph. :P

Aoya, you made me blow milk out my nose. :lol:

Wouldn't that be "above", and "23"?

That was a thoughtful and thought-provoking post, Andy. Those are discouraged on this board. :wink:

Not sure if this counts as a trick shot or if y'all do this routinely, but I have successfully returned quite a few lobs (including one today) "blind". In other words, got lobbed over, ran back to get it but didn't have time to turn around, and hit it back with by back to the net (but over my...

Bill Tilden wouldn't bagel me. Bugger, maybe, but not bagel. <<ducking and running>>

He doesn't own Hewitt. :-}

I agree.

Almost forgot--do it as soon as possible after you play. Besides, it's easier to take when you're hot.

Ice bath, ice bath, ice bath, ice bath, and ice bath. You won't believe the difference ten minutes makes, and it is not as bad as you think. I start with cold water in the tub and get in quickly (usually biting a towel, heh heh). Once you get past the initial jolt it's not that bad. Once I'm...

Tim Henman.

Don't know where you get your info from, bb47: http://www.atptennis.com/en/players/headtohead/head2head.asp?player1=henman&player2=philippoussis Of course, now it's 4-3. :-)

I second down the line's predictions.

Well, Flipper didn't much care for it. :wink:

Well, not too bad. Half of my round of 16 from my previous post made it--Fed, Ivo, Hewitt, Grosjean, Ginepri (yeah!), Henman, Scud, and Roddick. And the ones I missed aren't going to affect my predicitions from here on out much. I still pick Hewitt to beat Philippoussis in the finals...

Safin is indeed top ten at #6. Now, who can tell me who the third-ranked American man is, behind Roddick and Agassi?

Is that the phone number we call to GET the score? :wink:

I just noticed the other day when he was whooping Ferrero that my backhand resembles Ginepri's. Volley like Martin, forehand like Gilbert. Serve like Navratilova. =:-o

Go to bugmenot.com if you are not registered with the New York Times and do not want to be, but want to read the article.

I was ticked off that they were showing MaSha/Hantuchova instead of Ginepri/Ferrero, though.

I assume 16 said c--o-ck-e-d, a word the CensorBot doesn't like.

If you are asking if they are in opposite halves of the draw, they are. But I don't think GI will make it past Hewitt.