The Rise of US tennis again

[onehandbh]

With Pegula and Navarro both in the semifinals, should the USTA consider changing their strategy?

Perhaps targeting billionaires to have their kids play tennis can help bring glory back to US tennis in grand slams.

Kids of billionaires usually have unlimited resources to help them improve their tennis and travel to tournaments and training in places that are far away.

Oftentimes, the kids are already social MEdia stars or already in the public eye, so they will automatically bring more eyeballs to tennis.

Some people might caste some doubt on this idea, but in the US it is already acceptable to give money to the wealthy, so the USTA spending most of their money to help billionaire kids rise up in tennis should not be a probem. (e.g. tax breaks and money to build NFL stadiums for NFL team owners, etc.) Plus many people love and look up to celebrities like the Kardashians, etc.

 

[Nostradamus]

nah they all suck,, won't win the us open

 

[Bartelby]

It's the home town advantage at play. You need to judge players by their performance over a year.

 

[Mike Bulgakov]

Don't forget Taylor Fritz's mom.

Kathy May Fritz, 68, achieved a singles ranking of World No. 10 in 1977, according to the WTA. Kathy, whose family founded Macy’s department stores, grew up in Beverly Hills, and went pro at 18.
https://www.today.com/parents/taylor-fritz-parents-guy-kathy-may-fritz-rcna169516

 

[Crocodile]

I think the US players have done really well and I hope it inspires more people, both young and old to get into tennis and train hard.
I also think that even though it’s a home slam for the Americans it can present as more pressure because of the expectations on the players to succeed.
One definitely has to harness the positivity of things when young people do well. Let’s get everyone out their playing tennis.
Also a shout out to some of the Aussies that have done well. I think we like the faster courts and balls at the US more than the courts at the AO,

 

[Honza]

I kind of think reaching world class in tennis and putting in so much work, even if you dont have to work at all, is pretty impressive.

 

[Sudacafan]

This thread proves that Ernests Gulbis is an underachiever. Shame on him.

 

[SystemicAnomaly]

Don't forget Taylor Fritz's mom.

Kathy May Fritz, 68, achieved a singles ranking of World No. 10 in 1977, according to the WTA. Kathy, whose family founded Macy’s department stores, grew up in Beverly Hills, and went pro at 18.
https://www.today.com/parents/taylor-fritz-parents-guy-kathy-may-fritz-rcna169516

With Fritz playing against Tiafoe in the SF round, it's pretty much guaranteed that there will be in an American in the men's US Open final. It's been a while since that has happened: Agassi in 2005 and Roddick in 2006. Federer prevailed in both of those.

Gotta go back a bit further for an American male winning the USO: Sampras in 2002 and Roddick in 2003. (But then we saw the rise of the Swiss with Federer taking the next 5).

 

[LOBALOT]

I am happy for the American men as it is about time.

Yes, I think the American ATP players at the top of the game are doing better but what we have seen here on the mens side has more to do with how the draw opened up.

I still don't think any of them can beat the doper at this event or going forward. I think they will have a better crack at Carlos, Joker, Med, girlfriend beater, on court self beater, etc. down the ATP list going forward as things seem to flatten out as far as where the players are at.

 

[sureshs]

With Pegula and Navarro both in the semifinals, should the USTA consider changing their strategy?

Perhaps targeting billionaires to have their kids play tennis can help bring glory back to US tennis in grand slams.

Kids of billionaires usually have unlimited resources to help them improve their tennis and travel to tournaments and training in places that are far away.

Oftentimes, the kids are already social MEdia stars or already in the public eye, so they will automatically bring more eyeballs to tennis.

Some people might caste some doubt on this idea, but in the US it is already acceptable to give money to the wealthy, so the USTA spending most of their money to help billionaire kids rise up in tennis should not be a probem. (e.g. tax breaks and money to build NFL stadiums for NFL team owners, etc.) Plus many people love and look up to celebrities like the Kardashians, etc.

Big Foe is also in the semis so your premise is all wrong.

 

[sureshs]

I am happy for the American men as it is about time.

It is only because it is a very weak era

 

[LOBALOT]

It is only because it is a very weak era

Ehhh. I have seen all these posts forever abut weak era and that is so subjective and takes a retrospective view of today and prior to determine that.

I would say it is a different era than we have had recently but weak or not I just don't see how one can just come up with that.

 

[sureshs]

Ehhh. I have seen all these posts forever abut weak era and that is so subjective and takes a retrospective view of today and prior to determine that.

I would say it is a different era than we have had recently but weak or not I just don't see how one can just come up with that.

Count number of Slams

 

[onehandbh]

This thread proves that Ernests Gulbis is an underachiever. Shame on him.

The fatal mistake he made was that he spread the wings of his private jet forehand too far during the takeback.

 

[Sudacafan]

The fatal mistake he made was that he spread the wings of his private jet forehand too far during the takeback.

A tennis consulting firm must have made millions charging for that unsound advice.

 

[onehandbh]

The fatal mistake he made was that he spread the wings of his private jet forehand too far during the takeback.

And by the time he realized his mistake, it was already too late.

His jet forehand had already taken off and he could not take it back properly.

 

[jayvee]

OP needs to get with the program: nothing upsets American tennis fans here than when US players do well

 

[rabidranger]

There are a good number of American women that can be contenders for quite some time. The "rise" of the American men at this tournament seems more like catching lightning in a bottle than anything else. An interesting cast of characters, but no one that I can firmly say has the makings of a grand slam champion. I had high hopes for Korda, but he's proven to be an unmotivated space cadet.