Eubanks shocks world to overcome legends of the strongest era in living memory

RedClayFan

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What Eubanks did today is nothing short of incredible. Tennis has come a long, long way from the weak era of the 2000's. The players, the shot making, the tactics are all so advanced now it's hard to believe there's room for surprises and upsets. To now have an established Challenger player beat a top-5 great of the game to secure a spot in the quarter final is truly incredible. The world is shocked!

We are so blessed to witness this era of tennis.
 
RedClayFan

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tex123 said:
He's winning Wimbledon! :D

Let's calm down. He only beat Tsitsipas.
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I'm not making an predictions, and surely he would struggle to even win a game against Earth's Mightiest Warrior. However, I wanted to make sure the Novak haters are on notice that this is more an incredible achievement of Eubanks than it is a statement on the current state of tennis (which is very high!).
 
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tex123

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RedClayFan said:
I'm not making an predictions, and surely he would struggle to even win a game against Earth's Mightiest Warrior. However, I wanted to make sure the Novak haters are on notice that this is more an incredible achievement of Eubanks than it is a statement on the current state of tennis (which is very high!).
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This IS the weakest era of tennis.
 
LaraLV

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RedClayFan said:
What Eubanks did today is nothing short of incredible. Tennis has come a long, long way from the weak era of the 2000's. The players, the shot making, the tactics are all so advanced now it's hard to believe there's room for surprises and upsets. To now have an established Challenger player beat a top-5 great of the game to secure a spot in the quarter final is truly incredible. The world is shocked!

We are so blessed to witness this era of tennis.
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Strong era.
 
InsuranceMan

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Can’t remember the last time I was so happy to see a player do so well. Couple of weeks ago in an interview he said that Quartering Wimby was his all time goal and he wasn’t even sure if he could reach it, but it would mean so much. Got stuck in the challenger doldrums grinding it out for a while too. Hope he rolls on
 
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geromino

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RedClayFan said:
What Eubanks did today is nothing short of incredible. Tennis has come a long, long way from the weak era of the 2000's. The players, the shot making, the tactics are all so advanced now it's hard to believe there's room for surprises and upsets. To now have an established Challenger player beat a top-5 great of the game to secure a spot in the quarter final is truly incredible. The world is shocked!

We are so blessed to witness this era of tennis.
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Nadal used to repeatedly lose to no-names ranked outside the top 100 at Wimbledon, this is nothing new.
 
ChaelAZ

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That was a monumental effort for Chris. He's certainly on a tear and has the belief. Grass suites him with the big serve, but never pegged him as a real contender. Solid.
 
Poisoned Slice

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Lleytonstation said:
Close, but maybe a tad far. Wondrous I will accept.
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Devilito

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Eubanks; Challenger level player showing modern top 5 dirtballers how to play on grass. These 40 ball grinding rallies on grass should be banned by the Geneva convention. What a disgrace to the sport. Plus, Eubanks is actually likeable, unlike pretty much the entire top 10 minus Tiafoe and Rublev
 
catskillthunder

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It would be nice if new threads were moderated before they are posted. It would certainly clean up the boards from trash posts like this.
 
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Georgepeppard007

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RedClayFan said:
What Eubanks did today is nothing short of incredible. Tennis has come a long, long way from the weak era of the 2000's. The players, the shot making, the tactics are all so advanced now it's hard to believe there's room for surprises and upsets. To now have an established Challenger player beat a top-5 great of the game to secure a spot in the quarter final is truly incredible. The world is shocked!

We are so blessed to witness this era of tennis.
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That dude hits the crap out of the ball.
 
AO13

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Wimbledon men's singles shocks from 2000 onwards:

2000 - 22 year old Belarusian qualifier Vladimir Voltchkov reaches SF losing to Pete Sampras. In the process he beats likes of Wayne Ferreira and Christian Ruud. Honorable mention: 23 year old German Alexander Popp reaching QF.
2001 - 29 year old Croatian qualifier Goran Ivanisevic wins Wimbledon by beating Patrick Rafter, Tim Henman, Marat Safin and Juan Carlos Ferrero in the process.
2002 - 25 year old Brazilian Andre Sa reaches QF losing to Tim Henman. 2nd round was his best on all the other Grand Slams in his career. Highest career ranking was number 55 that year.
2010 - 26 year old Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun reaches QF losing to Novak Djokovic. Beat number 5 seed Andy Roddick in 4th round. Career high number 33 that year, never again reached more than 3rd round of a Grand Slam, 0 career titles.
2011 - 19 year old Aussie hot head qualifier Bernard Tomic reaches QF losing to Novak Djokovic, beat Robin Soderling in 3rd round and Nikolay Davidenko in 1st round. He was seen then as a great tennis prospect and possible future Grand Slam winner, but we all know how his career went by.
2013 - 31 year old Polish Lukasz Kubot reaches QF losing to another Polish Jerzy Janowicz. Being a double specialist, never won a singles title in his career.
2023 - 27 year old American Christopher Eubanks reaches QF where he will play against number 3 seed Daniil Medvedev. Eubanks never before played on Wimbledon and has reached 2nd round of AO and USO, 1st round of RG in his career. No ATP singles titles. 25 year old Russian Roman Safiullin reaches QF where he will play against Jannik Sinner, no ATP titles, highest career ranking will be at least number 43 after this Wimbledon, before that it was number 82.
 
Third Serve

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AO13 said:
Wimbledon men's singles shocks from 2000 onwards:

2000 - 22 year old Belarusian qualifier Vladimir Voltchkov reaches SF losing to Pete Sampras. In the process he beats likes of Wayne Ferreira and Christian Ruud. Honorable mention: 23 year old German Alexander Popp reaching QF.
2001 - 29 year old Croatian qualifier Goran Ivanisevic wins Wimbledon by beating Patrick Rafter, Tim Henman, Marat Safin and Juan Carlos Ferrero in the process.
2002 - 25 year old Brazilian Andre Sa reaches QF losing to Tim Henman. 2nd round was his best on all the other Grand Slams in his career. Highest career ranking was number 55 that year.
2010 - 26 year old Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun reaches QF losing to Novak Djokovic. Beat number 5 seed Andy Roddick in 4th round. Career high number 33 that year, never again reached more than 3rd round of a Grand Slam, 0 career titles.
2011 - 19 year old Aussie hot head qualifier Bernard Tomic reaches QF losing to Novak Djokovic, beat Robin Soderling in 3rd round and Nikolay Davidenko in 1st round. He was seen then as a great tennis prospect and possible future Grand Slam winner, but we all know how his career went by.
2013 - 31 year old Polish Lukasz Kubot reaches QF losing to another Polish Jerzy Janowicz. Being a double specialist, never won a singles title in his career.
2023 - 27 year old American Christopher Eubanks reaches QF where he will play against number 3 seed Daniil Medvedev. Eubanks never before played on Wimbledon and has reached 2nd round of AO and USO, 1st round of RG in his career. No ATP singles titles. 25 year old Russian Roman Safiullin reaches QF where he will play against Jannik Sinner, no ATP titles, highest career ranking will be at least number 43 after this Wimbledon, before that it was number 82.
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Take Ivanisevic outta there. First of all, he was a wildcard, not a qualifier. Second of all, he absolutely had demonstrated championship-winning talent in the past.
 
ghostofMecir

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RedClayFan said:
What Eubanks did today is nothing short of incredible. Tennis has come a long, long way from the weak era of the 2000's. The players, the shot making, the tactics are all so advanced now it's hard to believe there's room for surprises and upsets. To now have an established Challenger player beat a top-5 great of the game to secure a spot in the quarter final is truly incredible. The world is shocked!

We are so blessed to witness this era of tennis.
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A career long challenger player without a real backhand and without a real return, just beat a top five “5 to 7 slams in any other era” mighty Greek philosopher.
 
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