Hoping this quote is true, but it not

[tennisp13]

"• Nadal is the first teenager to win a major title since Pete Sampras won "the French" in 1990." from ESPN....

Actually Sampras is did win in 1990, but it the US Open..hehehe

Oh well, ESPN make a typo...as we all do sometime... just a fun thing for Monday

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[TwistServe]

The commentors in ESPN had said Nadal is the first teen to win a "SLAM" since 1990, and he is the first teen to win "the French" since Chang in 1989.

 

[POGO]

The commentors in ESPN had said Nadal is the first teen to win a "SLAM" since 1990, and he is the first teen to win "the French" since Chang in 1989.

with that statement, then ESPN seem to have forgotten Sharapova's Wimbly win last year at the age of 17

 

[FuriousYellow]

with that statement, then ESPN seem to have forgotten Sharapova's Wimbly win last year at the age of 17

and Iva Majoli won the FO in 97' at the age of 19.

 

[Return_Ace]

I think that Mats Wilander won the French at 19yrs of age since Eurosport were advertising this.

 

[rhubarb]

Wilander was 17 when he won Roland Garros in 1982.

 

[RafaN RichardG]

" sharapova won wimby at 17"
"iva.....won the french in 97"
im pretty sure they just mean men...

 

[Chloe]

I'm sure they do just mean men - but Maria isn't even the last teenage female to win a slam. There is a much more recent and thus better example of that

 

[POGO]

I'm sure they do just mean men - but Maria isn't even the last teenage female to win a slam. There is a much more recent and thus better example of that

Since last years Wimbly, three grand slams have come and gone, US Open, the Australian Open, and more recently the French Open. I don't recall which female won US Open and the australian open. Justin Henin won the French and she is not in her teens. Was it a teen who won US OPen and the Australian since Sharapova at wimbly?

 

[Ronaldo]

POGO, looking back on things, the view always improves. Selective memory?

 

[Max G.]

Svetlana Kuznetsova, I think she might have been 19...

 

[James Brown]

becker won wimbledon as a teen too.

 

[VashTheStampede]

Too bad I missed this thread, right after I made my own. Anyway, I guess there are so many typos. I guess even the pro's (writers) don't proofread enough.