BreakPoint
Bionic Poster
Watching Stosur play, it became painfully obvious to me that her entire game is based upon taking full advantage of all the modern racquet and string technology available to her. The amount of kick and spin she gets on her serves and forehands is ridiculous. It's like watching a Babolat racquet and poly strings play tennis and not a human being play. She couldn't come anywhere close to playing like that with a wood racquet and gut strings.
If they could ban spaghetti strings back in the 70's, why can't they ban these modern racquets and strings that are distorting the sport of tennis and making natural tennis talent less important than the ability to maximize the use of all this modern equipment? So instead of determining who the best marksman is, it's like seeing who's better at using the biggest and most powerful laser-guided rifle.
As far as I'm concerned, Federer is the only top player that uses a "legitimate" racquet. His racquet is based on 30 year-old technology and is the closest in weight and size to a wood racquet. Everyone else is using modern technology to substitute or enhance their lack of natural tennis talent, and to me, that's just not fair and is like cheating. I mean, they don't let boxers use brass knuckles, do they?
If they could ban spaghetti strings back in the 70's, why can't they ban these modern racquets and strings that are distorting the sport of tennis and making natural tennis talent less important than the ability to maximize the use of all this modern equipment? So instead of determining who the best marksman is, it's like seeing who's better at using the biggest and most powerful laser-guided rifle.
As far as I'm concerned, Federer is the only top player that uses a "legitimate" racquet. His racquet is based on 30 year-old technology and is the closest in weight and size to a wood racquet. Everyone else is using modern technology to substitute or enhance their lack of natural tennis talent, and to me, that's just not fair and is like cheating. I mean, they don't let boxers use brass knuckles, do they?
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