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Sum Buddy Ells

Hall of Fame
Greek-Russian verbal spars are the best

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Guillermo Vilas, a left-handed Argentine with a one-handed backhand, retired after two sets in a 1977 Aix-en-Provence five-set final with Ilie Năstase, apparently in protest of Năstase's use of a spaghetti strung racquet.
 

stringertom

Bionic Poster
Grigor Dimitrov could not capitalize on the momentum of a slam SF, a MS1000 title, and a WTF title in 2017 to make it up another rung on the ladder to slam champion in the following year despite his enormous talent.
 
This year’s Miami Open will move to the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, and is supposed to offer a much more pleasant and rewarding experience for the fans attending.
 

stringertom

Bionic Poster
Greg Rusedski was born in Montreal and represented Canada as an ATP player for his first four years as a pro before switching to representing Great Britain by way of the fact that his mother was a native Brit.
 
Griekspoor is a 22-year-old Dutchman who has played his third consecutive year in the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, achieving a notable win in his opener against Karen Khachanov yet subsequently losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the second round.
 
Goffin had the misfortune of getting his foot caught in the tarp on court Suzanne Lenglen at the 2017 French Open, during his third-round match against Horacio Zeballos, and in obvious pain and distress, the Belgian soon thereafter retired.
 
Gross misconduct aptly describes the on-court behavior of John McEnroe at the 1990 Australian Open, where his antics in his fourth-round match ultimately got him disqualified and ejected.
 
Gangly young fellow Daniil Medvedev nevertheless has superb control of his limbs and finished 2018 with the most hard court match wins of any player on the ATP World tour (38), and in 2019 is still forging ahead.
 
Deuce is a term that goes back to "real tennis," or "Royal tennis," a form of the game played centuries ago prior to development of modern lawn tennis. One slight difference in the two sports is the manner of game scoring.
 
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