Guess who (without Googling)

[Le Master]

"Comparing the play of these two eminent masters of the craft I think that of [Player 1] might be defined as the play of a man who has a natural genius for the game, that of [Player 2] as the result of persistent practice. [Player 1's] style is as graceful as the performance is masterly his hardest strokes are made without apparent effort and he has a really wonderful aptitude for meeting new and sudden difficulties with equally novel and unexpected displays of dexterity. [Player 2] on the other hand cannot be said to have a style at all and it is sheer industry and perseverance which have enabled him to reach his present high standard of excellence."

Name the two.

 

[Noleberic123]

player 1- Federer

Player 2- Nadal

is that right?

 

[Maximagq]

"Comparing the play of these two eminent masters of the craft I think that of [Player 1] might be defined as the play of a man who has a natural genius for the game, that of [Player 2] as the result of persistent practice. [Player 1's] style is as graceful as the performance is masterly his hardest strokes are made without apparent effort and he has a really wonderful aptitude for meeting new and sudden difficulties with equally novel and unexpected displays of dexterity. [Player 2] on the other hand cannot be said to have a style at all and it is sheer industry and perseverance which have enabled him to reach his present high standard of excellence."

Name the two.

Player 1 is McEnroe. Player 2 is Lendl.

 

[Maximagq]

player 1- Federer

Player 2- Nadal

is that right?

I initially thought this as well but then I saw dexterity to describe the first player.

 

[NLBwell]

I'm thinking Sampras and Todd Martin.

 

[6-1 6-3 6-0]

Player 1 - Nadal
Player 2 - Federer or Dj

 

[firepanda]

That's the Roger Federer fan blog, if I'm not mistaken. Some of the most cringe-inducing reading on the internet.

 

[Sid_Vicious]

I got acid reflux from reading that.

 

[MrFlip]

Player 1: Mario
Player 2: Luigi

 

[The Green Mile]

I got acid reflux from reading that.

Really? I got a comfortable and warm soothing feeling that travelled throughout my body, from the tips of my fingers as I touched for the sky, all the way to my toes wriggling in my black snd white stripped chucks.

Player 1 can only be the excellence that is Roger, a true hero to all tennis fans, and player 2 has to be Rafa, Rogers curse for being to dominant...

Lovely post OP! 5 stars indeed!

 

[Noleberic123]

Really? I got a comfortable and warm soothing feeling that travelled throughout my body, from the tips of my fingers as I touched for the sky, all the way to my toes wriggling in my black snd white stripped chucks.

Player 1 can only be the excellence that is Roger, a true hero to all tennis fans, and player 2 has to be Rafa, Rogers curse for being to dominant...

Lovely post OP! 5 stars indeed!

I don't see it being any other players than those 2.

 

[The Green Mile]

I don't see it being any other players than those 2.

I can also Johnny Mac and maybe Lendl as player 2 as Maximagq said

 

[Noleberic123]

I can also Johnny Mac and maybe Lendl as player 2 as Maximagq said

maybe lendl for player 2 but Federer has to be player 1

 

[The Green Mile]

maybe lendl for player 2 but Federer has to be player 1

Oh, how I read it, was that player 1 and 2 played in the same era, but maybe not...

 

[Noleberic123]

Oh, how I read it, was that player 1 and 2 played in the same era, but maybe not...

idk, no where did the OP mention that

 

[The Green Mile]

idk, no where did the OP mention that

Yes I know he didnt mention it, but I just thought it wierd if player 1 played in 1950s and player 2 played in the 2000s, etc...

 

[Noleberic123]

Yes I know he didnt mention it, but I just thought it wierd if player 1 played in 1950s and player 2 played in the 2000s, etc...

yeah good point

 

[FreeBird]

Player 1: FreeBird
Player 2: Maximagq.

 

[rh310]

Becker and Lendl.

 

[pound cat]

Henin and Sharapova

 

[Federer20042006]

Can't be Nadal, because he's too busy figuring out which injuries to fake to really practice all that much.

 

[stringertom]

Navratilova and Evert???

If you edit out the male references.

Otherwise, Sampras/Agassi is my guess.

 

[TeamOB]

Player 1: TeamOB or Matt Lin
Player 2: LeeD

 

[diggler]

Player 1 is McEnroe. Player 2 is Lendl.

Agree...................

 

[Phoenix1983]

"Comparing the play of these two eminent masters of the craft I think that of [Player 1] might be defined as the play of a man who has a natural genius for the game, that of [Player 2] as the result of persistent practice. [Player 1's] style is as graceful as the performance is masterly his hardest strokes are made without apparent effort and he has a really wonderful aptitude for meeting new and sudden difficulties with equally novel and unexpected displays of dexterity. [Player 2] on the other hand cannot be said to have a style at all and it is sheer industry and perseverance which have enabled him to reach his present high standard of excellence."

Name the two.

McEnroe and Lendl?

(Federer and Nadal would be too obvious, hopefully)

 

[Chico]

Player 1 = Djokovic
Player 2 = Murray

 

[Le Master]

A couple more before I reveal:

"But without wishing to speak as a laudator temporis acii, I incline to the belief that as a spectacle these encounters [form] the high water mark of...tennis. Certainly no such interest has been aroused since then by any two players, one of the chief reasons of the attraction which they exercised being probably the individuality and contrast of their style--that of [Player 1] all life and elegance and marked by great rapidity of execution--that of [Player 2] somewhat laboured and ungainly but of wonderful effectiveness and power.

[Player 2] is simply a terror to second class players much more so indeed than [Player 1] himself. It [requires] a very considerable amount of nerve to stand up against this grim determined player with his sardonic smile who neither [asks] for nor [gives] quarter, whose arm never [seems] to tire and whose attack [is] crushing to a degree."


"[Player 2's] style is in direct contrast to that of [Player 1's], for it is labored and purely the result of study.

[Player 2] puts both feet firmly on the ground and fixes himself completely. He takes the ball at the top of its bound striking it with all his force. His racket is vertical and is lifted as he strikes giving a strong over twist to the ball. The back foot too is lifted as the stroke is made and the whole weight of the body is thrown on to the ball."

 

[Maximagq]

A couple more before I reveal:

"But without wishing to speak as a laudator temporis acii, I incline to the belief that as a spectacle these encounters [form] the high water mark of...tennis. Certainly no such interest has been aroused since then by any two players, one of the chief reasons of the attraction which they exercised being probably the individuality and contrast of their style--that of [Player 1] all life and elegance and marked by great rapidity of execution--that of [Player 2] somewhat laboured and ungainly but of wonderful effectiveness and power.

[Player 2] is simply a terror to second class players much more so indeed than [Player 1] himself. It [requires] a very considerable amount of nerve to stand up against this grim determined player with his sardonic smile who neither [asks] for nor [gives] quarter, whose arm never [seems] to tire and whose attack [is] crushing to a degree."


"[Player 2's] style is in direct contrast to that of [Player 1's], for it is labored and purely the result of study.

[Player 2] puts both feet firmly on the ground and fixes himself completely. He takes the ball at the top of its bound striking it with all his force. His racket is vertical and is lifted as he strikes giving a strong over twist to the ball. The back foot too is lifted as the stroke is made and the whole weight of the body is thrown on to the ball."

Still sticking with McEnroe (Player 1) and Lendl (Player 2). If I'm right do I get a prize since I guessed that first?

 

[Maximagq]

We are all wrong, it's William Renshaw (Player 1) and Herbert Lawford (Player 2).

 

[Sparta-cus]

"Comparing the play of these two eminent masters of the craft I think that of [Player 1] might be defined as the play of a man who has a natural genius for the game, that of [Player 2] as the result of persistent practice. [Player 1's] style is as graceful as the performance is masterly his hardest strokes are made without apparent effort and he has a really wonderful aptitude for meeting new and sudden difficulties with equally novel and unexpected displays of dexterity. [Player 2] on the other hand cannot be said to have a style at all and it is sheer industry and perseverance which have enabled him to reach his present high standard of excellence."

Name the two.

Player 1 : your wife performing elegant strokes

Player 2 : your neighbour with perseverance and persistence practice

 

[ibbi]

"Comparing the play of these two eminent masters of the craft I think that of [Player 1] might be defined as the play of a man who has a natural genius for the game, that of [Player 2] as the result of persistent practice. [Player 1's] style is as graceful as the performance is masterly his hardest strokes are made without apparent effort and he has a really wonderful aptitude for meeting new and sudden difficulties with equally novel and unexpected displays of dexterity. [Player 2] on the other hand cannot be said to have a style at all and it is sheer industry and perseverance which have enabled him to reach his present high standard of excellence."

Name the two.

I don't know who this IS, but I know it ain't El Rog. Not if this person has a clue what they're talking about anyway. I'd say it could maybe apply quite well to Graf and Seles, but they're obviously dudes.

 

[Federer20042006]

Has player 2 ever met the likes of Rosol and Darcis? If so, the author is full of it.

 

[stringertom]

A couple more before I reveal:

"But without wishing to speak as a laudator temporis acii, I incline to the belief that as a spectacle these encounters [form] the high water mark of...tennis. Certainly no such interest has been aroused since then by any two players, one of the chief reasons of the attraction which they exercised being probably the individuality and contrast of their style--that of [Player 1] all life and elegance and marked by great rapidity of execution--that of [Player 2] somewhat laboured and ungainly but of wonderful effectiveness and power.

[Player 2] is simply a terror to second class players much more so indeed than [Player 1] himself. It [requires] a very considerable amount of nerve to stand up against this grim determined player with his sardonic smile who neither [asks] for nor [gives] quarter, whose arm never [seems] to tire and whose attack [is] crushing to a degree."


"[Player 2's] style is in direct contrast to that of [Player 1's], for it is labored and purely the result of study.

[Player 2] puts both feet firmly on the ground and fixes himself completely. He takes the ball at the top of its bound striking it with all his force. His racket is vertical and is lifted as he strikes giving a strong over twist to the ball. The back foot too is lifted as the stroke is made and the whole weight of the body is thrown on to the ball."

Sounds so old-world tennis it's probably Big Bill (Tilden) vs Little Bill (Johnston).

 

[sureshs]

Bill Tilden and Bill Johnston

 

[roundiesee]

The way the writer expresses himself should indicate it's from a bygone era. I'll be surprised if the answer refers to any present day player,

 

[roundiesee]

We are all wrong, it's William Renshaw (Player 1) and Herbert Lawford (Player 2).

Yes, I think you've probably got it!

 

[BagelMe]

1. Federer
2. Potato salad

 

[La Grande]

Who is it???

 

[NLBwell]

Given the wording, I think sureshs might be right.

 

[slice bh compliment]

Mac and Jimmy is my guess.

 

[Team10]

Given the wording, I think sureshs might be right.

You mean Stringertom.

 

[Team10]

It could be a lot of players mentioned in here. I haven't been following tennis long enough to know the old greats fully

 

[sportsfan1]

Both are references to Federer:
1. Prime Fed
2. Old Fed
;-)

No? Here's my second try:
1. LeeD
2. Sureshs
;-) ;-)

 

[Chip 'n Charge]

"Comparing the play of these two eminent masters of the craft I think that of [Player 1] might be defined as the play of a man who has a natural genius for the game, that of [Player 2] as the result of persistent practice. [Player 1's] style is as graceful as the performance is masterly his hardest strokes are made without apparent effort and he has a really wonderful aptitude for meeting new and sudden difficulties with equally novel and unexpected displays of dexterity. [Player 2] on the other hand cannot be said to have a style at all and it is sheer industry and perseverance which have enabled him to reach his present high standard of excellence."

Name the two.

Player 1. John McEnroe
Player 2. Ivan Lendel

 

[Gonzo_style]

Player 1 - Dustin Brown
Player 2 - Carlos Berlocq

 

[fatichar]

When are we gonna get the answer?

 

[The Green Mile]

When are we gonna get the answer?

Never... that was the OPs plan all along... every now and then, whilst you are dozing off to sleep, you will suddenly remember this thread and think... "huh... I wonder who they were........." For the rest of your life.....

 

[Noleberic123]

Never... that was the OPs plan all along... every now and then, whilst you are dozing off to sleep, you will suddenly remember this thread and think... "huh... I wonder who they were........." For the rest of your life.....

I really want the answer...... does this OP ever log on

 

[The Green Mile]

I really want the answer...... does this OP ever log on

 

[stringertom]

You mean Stringertom.

I b old but not that old. Senti and LeeD have me by a few years!

I still think it's the two Bills...Tilden and Johnston, both way before my era!