Rajeev Ram

Well, if you look at the lead at 3 and 9, it looks exactly like Pete's setup. Is he using a blacked out 85? The paintjob seems glossy.
 
Ram is a Pete Sampras want to be, his serve motion, forehand motion, racquet, lead tape placement, serves and volleys
on first serves, one handed backhand, overgrip, are
all similar to Sampras. Ram is just a Sampras poser who is nowhere near as good.
 
quest01 said:
Ram is a Pete Sampras want to be, his serve motion, forehand motion, racquet, lead tape placement, serves and volleys
on first serves, one handed backhand, overgrip, are
all similar to Sampras. Ram is just a Sampras poser who is nowhere near as good.
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Fairly well stated. When I first saw him approach the net after a first serve I had memories of Sampras. Then when he hit the volley into the net I was brought back to reality.
 
quest01 said:
Ram is a Pete Sampras want to be, his serve motion, forehand motion, racquet, lead tape placement, serves and volleys
on first serves, one handed backhand, overgrip, are
all similar to Sampras. Ram is just a Sampras poser who is nowhere near as good.
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He seems bit slow with his feet, but he is playing really well in the third set against roddick.
 
Nothing wrong with wanting to emulate Pete.

This is the first step in becoming a people's champion rather than an arrogant selfish one.
 
G-12 said:
Using a PS85? With same exact lead setup as Pete?
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Buckethead said:
who know about the lead set up?Everyone is different but it is a PS 85.
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Ram is not using a Pro Staff 85. He is using a Tour 90 but for some reason is blacked-out.
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Earlier in the year he had the full BLX Tour 90 PJ.
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Weird the frame is blacked out. Fair enough if he isnt sponsored or does not want to endorse Wilson but he displays the W so to me makes no sence. If Wilson did not want him to endorse the PS85 then they could easily put a BLX pj on it?
 
quest01 said:
Ram is a Pete Sampras want to be, his serve motion, forehand motion, racquet, lead tape placement, serves and volleys
on first serves, one handed backhand, overgrip, are
all similar to Sampras. Ram is just a Sampras poser who is nowhere near as good.
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Whats wrong with trying to imitate a legend ? Why are you beating up on this guy? Not everyone becomes a Sampras or a Federer. He never claimed to be as good as Sampras. Have you heard "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"
 
Another thing Ram critics. The guy is 94th best Tennis player in the world. Can you claim your 94th best in anything in the world? Give him a break.
 
Rajeev is a hell of a doubles player, too bad he could'nt be very successfull in singles although being in the top 100 in the world is'nt too shabby.
 
Didn't Ram, as a lucky loser in the singles draw, win the singles, doubles, and mixed at Newport last year?
 
Yes, Ram won at Newport last year, and he won several notable junior tournaments. Also, I honestly didn't pick up on the Sampras stuff until the commentators noted it, and for some reason after I realized the comparison I actually liked watching him go at it. He was outclassed against Roddick today, but still, if you're going to emulate someone, why not Pete. It's gotten him pretty far.
 
So after reading all of the posts, I am glad to say that it wasn't only me who thought there was "Pete Sampras clone" on the other side of the net against Roddick. Is it confirmed as to what he was using?
 
BobFL said:
He is a genuine clown if he really said that :)
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He meant he modeled his game after sampras not that he is saying his game is as good as sampras in his prime... Ram's best Weapon is his serve and even that shot is nowhere as good as Pete's:)
 
Yeah, my sons and I got a big kick out of watching Ram when we noticed the obvious Sampras style coming through. Ram needs to go to the weight room, his shoulders are nothing like Pete's. It just goes to show that there's a fine line between good and great. I remember after the Borg years, there were a plethora or Borg clones wannebes but no one could pull it off. They didn't have the movement, athleticism and mental toughness. Pete is the player to emulate if you have the athleticism. He's two steps too slow and he needs to build up strength. It's no surprise that he can't pull it off but I can see that he would be a good doubles player as a S& V'er as he only has to cover half the court.
 
Tennis_Stringman said:
Yeah, my sons and I got a big kick out of watching Ram when we noticed the obvious Sampras style coming through. Ram needs to go to the weight room, his shoulders are nothing like Pete's. It just goes to show that there's a fine line between good and great. I remember after the Borg years, there were a plethora or Borg clones wannebes but no one could pull it off. They didn't have the movement, athleticism and mental toughness. Pete is the player to emulate if you have the athleticism. He's two steps too slow and he needs to build up strength. It's no surprise that he can't pull it off but I can see that he would be a good doubles player as a S& V'er as he only has to cover half the court.
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Yes. Very good point. Peter Lundgren was one of them. He was referred to as "the new Bjorn Borg". See him playing in 1990. There were so many excellent Swedish players that followed after Bjorn Borg. That's quite impressive for a country with a very small population (under 10 million).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lundgren


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Lundgren was one of the second generation of Swedish players along with Mats Wilander, Stefan Edberg, Joakim Nyström, Anders Järryd, Henrik Sundström, Hans Simonsson and Kent Carlsson that followed after the success of Björn Borg. He left Sundsvall as an 18 year old and moved to Stockholm [1], to further his tennis career.
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This was the golden age of Swedish tennis in which Lundgren said "We had at most 14 players in the top 100. ( Don’t forget the size of the Swedish population, it makes it even better this achievement)". [6] Lundgren while managing to have some big wins over Ivan Lendl, Mats Wilander, Michael Chang, Jim Courier, Thomas Muster and Pete Sampras, was not able to achieve consistency and he said himself that "I was a little up and down. Sometimes I could lose motivation and then suddenly get thrashed against lower ranked players." [6] He played his last match on tour against Karol Kučera in Copenhagen and retired at 30 years of age and then went into coaching. [5]
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