clayman2000
Hall of Fame
isnt it wierd that all the top croat players....lubicic,ancic,karlovic and ivanisavic have -ic at the end of the name...and that they r all over 6'5 with huger serves
crazy croats
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Andres
G.O.A.T.
No, it's not weird.
The IC is not a weird thing along croatian TENNIS PLAYERS, but a huge percentage of croatian last names ending with "ić"
Ivan and Goran were 6'4'', not 6'5''
And it's true, top croatian players have huge serves, but that's what took them to the top, their fantastic serving delivery.
Ivan has also a fantastic backhand. Mario, great volleys. Karlovic has the immense immense serve.
Tuksar, on the other hand, doesn't have a mind-blowing serve, so he has to crawl up his own way, like the rest of us mortals who doesn't possess a lightning fast service game.
The IC is not a weird thing along croatian TENNIS PLAYERS, but a huge percentage of croatian last names ending with "ić"
Ivan and Goran were 6'4'', not 6'5''
And it's true, top croatian players have huge serves, but that's what took them to the top, their fantastic serving delivery.
Ivan has also a fantastic backhand. Mario, great volleys. Karlovic has the immense immense serve.
Tuksar, on the other hand, doesn't have a mind-blowing serve, so he has to crawl up his own way, like the rest of us mortals who doesn't possess a lightning fast service game.
Most of the surnames/last names in ex yugoslavia apart from macedonia and most of slovenia end with "IC" , pronounced "ITCH". It's a diminutive of a name and it's fairly recognizable. My last name is Erdeg and it has some hungarian and slovakian origings. But I also think that many people are getting creative with their names in order to differentiate themselves.
With that said I think in general ex yugoslavian countries have disproportinate number of tall people . Where I live the norm is around 185cm or 6"1' with many people over 2m or 7" . They just play basketball and not tennis
With that said, croatia used to produce good basketball players but it seems like most of tall guys choose sports other than basket these days
With that said I think in general ex yugoslavian countries have disproportinate number of tall people . Where I live the norm is around 185cm or 6"1' with many people over 2m or 7" . They just play basketball and not tennis
With that said, croatia used to produce good basketball players but it seems like most of tall guys choose sports other than basket these days
Dedans Penthouse
Legend
sureshs said:
Penthouseovic is correct; I wonder where the Sudan ranks though....Dedo Penthouseovic said:
Andres
G.O.A.T.
According to Guinnes World Records, a tribe in Africa has the tallest people of all countries.
The tallest major tribe in the world is the Tutsi (also known as the Watussi) tribe of Rwanda and Burundi, Central Africa, whose young adult males average 1.83 m (6 ft). The Tutsi are found mainly in Rwanda and Burundi.
6 feet in average doesn't sound like too much, but it's an AVERAGE! I'm sure Croatia doesn't average 6'4''
The tallest major tribe in the world is the Tutsi (also known as the Watussi) tribe of Rwanda and Burundi, Central Africa, whose young adult males average 1.83 m (6 ft). The Tutsi are found mainly in Rwanda and Burundi.
6 feet in average doesn't sound like too much, but it's an AVERAGE! I'm sure Croatia doesn't average 6'4''
Mr.Federer
Hall of Fame
Djokovic is also pretty tall...6'2
Dedans Penthouse
Legend
Andres Guazzelli said:
Dedans Penthouseovic replies: please check out the 2nd paragraph in the following url:
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/316/7149/1929/b
Did ya read that Andres? [size=+1]1.84 [/size]
Top that! Argenteeny-weenie!!! j.k. LOL!!!
Seriously, though there are "tribes" (e.g. Masai in Tanzania & Kenya) that are taller, the Dutch constitute the tallest in term of "country" and since "Croatia" was bandied about, I assumed it to mean "which country?" had the tallest. Must be 'windmill power' that's responsible.
Dedans Penthouse
Legend
Cool; that make two of us. :mrgreen:Andres Guazzelli said:
Lleyton Hewitt
Professional
its just like most of russians sharapova hantuchova dementieva petrova....all end in va
sandiegotennisboy
Banned
lemme get this right, the croats are crazy because of their name and their stature....
sandiegotennisboy
Banned
Andres Guazzelli said:Hantuchova is slovakian, not russian
And they end in "VA" because they add an 'a' to their father's last name: Yuri Sharapov/Sharapova, Safin/Safina, Petrov, etc
what about myskina?
and is it true hingis used to be hingisova?
Ivanišević
Rookie
yeah, many coatian names ends with IC(ć), mine also
and, btw, đoković is not croat!
and, btw, đoković is not croat!
Mr.Federer
Hall of Fame
Ivanišević said:yeah, many coatian names ends with IC(ć), mine also
and, btw, đoković is not croat!
dokovic as in djokovic? Yeah, I know, but he's from the former yugoslavia land...and they're all tall.
Ivanišević
Rookie
Mr.Federer said:
well, maybe because his mother from croatia.
people from Serbia and montenegro are not very tall people.
Mr.Federer
Hall of Fame
Ivanišević said:well, maybe because his mother from croatia.
people from Serbia and montenegro are not very tall people.
Oh...that's possible, I have no clue lol
Watcher
Semi-Pro
I'll tell you something, Croatia is in for some good times in the years to come. Ljubicic won't hang on to his top five status for much longer after this year is over, but he'll still be good. Mario Ancic is only going to get better. Together, they're a formidable team for Davis Cup. And with Marin Cilic on the rise, they still have a future.
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