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From: mliu@garden.csc.calpoly.edu (Mei-Ling L. Liu)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Write to ESPN to complain ...
Date: 23 Nov 92 21:41:08 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department, UCSB

In article <1992Nov23.191757.20007@chpc.utexas.edu> eddie@chpc.utexas.edu (Eddie Hedges) writes:
>In article <1992Nov23.164045.17741@cbis.ece.drexel.edu>, arijeet@lorelei.ece.drexel.edu (Arijit Das) writes:
>> In article <1992Nov21.224231.17249@eng.umd.edu> clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin) writes:
>> >
>> >    ESPN also skipped a lot of the Becker-Ivanisevic match, televising
>> >the third set, after Goran won the first 6-4, and Becker won the
>> 
>> In my opinion the media is out of touch with fan response, tennis at
>> the top level is beyond national boundaries, so even if two Americans
>> were playing (Courier vs Sampras), any average tennis fan would have
>> expected the Becker - Ivanisevic match to be more interesting. Instead
>> we do see a boring upset (Courier beats Sampras), and the last bit
>> of a very interesting match (Becker beats Ivanisevic in a third set 
>> tie breaker). What little they showed was great to watch.
>
>    I feel the same way. This has happened many times over the years. I almost
>have the feeling one of the network executives in charge of scheduling is
>really a, say, football expert and thinks to himself or herself hmmmmm....
>I've heard of this fellow Courier (the baseball fan) but who the heck is
>Ivanisevic? Well lets put the Sampras kid on, I saw him on Johnny Carson :-).

Rather than complaining amongst ourselves about the tennis coverage in this
country, I hope you would complain to ESPN directly, copying ATP if you
can.  Yes, the way ESPN has been covering the ATP tournaments is, in my
opinion, really uninspired.  It may be that they are limited in their options,
or it may be because of economic considerations.  But I don't like
the limited broadcast of a handful of matches either.  

So, if you can, write a letter to ESPN and tell them how you feel.
Their address is :
    ESPN
    935 Middle St.
    Bristol, CT 06010
Their phone # is (203)585-2000.

If they don't hear from us, they will assume that they are doing the
right thing.

M. Liu
From: mliu@garden.csc.calpoly.edu (Mei-Ling L. Liu)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: ATP Championship Question
Date: 18 Nov 92 16:15:21 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Computer Science Department, UCSB

Hello:

Any word on who's going against whom in Frankfurt for the next
three days?  I know Courier and Krajicek will be the first to 
play today (Wed.), and each player gets a day off.


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From: Gess Shankar <gess@knex.Gwinnett.COM>
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Kraft (VS) update
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 07:44:04 EST
Organization: Knowledge Exchange, GA, US of A

$3 MILLION VIRGINIA SLIMS CHAMPIONSHIP
 
QUARTERFINALS
-------------
Gabriela Sabatini (3) d. Jennifer Capriati (7), 6-1,3-6,6-4
Lori McNeil d. Conchita Martinez (8), 3-6,6-3,6-2

Semifinal match-up
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Monica Seles        Vs Gabriela Sabatini
Martina Navratilova Vs Lori McNeil
 
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From: ratte@sfb256.iam.uni-bonn.de (  Cordula Reineke  )
Subject: Ivanisevic - Chang 7:6(7:5), 6:2
Organization: Applied Math, University of Bonn, Germany
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 10:20:00 GMT

The best match of the day, who would have guessed that?

GI started with his normal hard service and with visibly improved volley-
technique.
(1:1) MC double-faults to deuce. Now everything depends on the quality of his
1st service and the length of his baseline-shots. He wins his game with some
difficulties.

(2:1) MC returning better and better, makes more pressure and forces GI to
deuce after 2 marvellous passing-shots.

(2:2) GI starts misbehaving a bit, kicking balls around.

MC wins a superb 7th game with fascinating bothhanded forehand-duells
(remember: right- and lefthanded players!) and long points.

(4:3) MC hits surprising return-winners, GI starts operating with volley-
stop. MC gets a breakpoint, but GI aces away to 4:4.

The match is getting even more exciting now. Both players perform miracles
facing each other at the net!

(5:5) The statistics say that GI only hit 6 aces yet!! (MC had 4) See how
well MC returns?

Tiebreak: One early minibreak by GI is enough for him to win the 1st set.

As the match becomes a bit slower now I notice my headache due to my bad TV
(diagonal stripes, wandering shadows and sometimes flickering pictures -
what can you exspect without satellite-antenna?) and ask myself what I can
do to get one of those large Coca Cola-towels as soon as I'll be in the
hall.

(1:1) GI throws his raquet to the floor which breaks a bit (you can hear it)
but doesn't dare to exchange it because he doesn't want to be punished for
raquet-abuse. Hence deuce, but he wins his game nevertheless.

When GI tries to break MC in the next game I begin feeling sorry for his
raquet, really! But GI is dominating the match now.
MC gets under pressure, GI gets more nervous and more furious. Sorry that
I didn't write down when the first break happens. Must have been the 6th
game. Yes, it's 4:2 afterwards.

MC seems to give up now and leaves everything he learned about 1st services
on his chair next to the court. When it's 2:5 and 15:40 against him he
rejects two matchpoints, but the next one closes the match.
From: mliu@garden.csc.calpoly.edu (Mei-Ling L. Liu)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Errors in U.S. Tennis Reporting
Date: 19 Nov 92 16:57:23 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Computer Science Department, UCSB

Am I the only one who heard ESPN said that Graf was not out of 
the Virginia Slims Tournament after her defeat to McNeil, because
they were playing round robin?  

On the other hand, in today's New York Times, it is said that
Edberg's loss to Sampras make it easier for Sampras and Courier
to reach #1 ranking, and the word "ousted" was used (as in
Sampras ousted Edberg), which tells me that the writer (supposedly
an AP writer) is forgetting that these guys ARE playing round robin.

It's not bad enough that we get so little tennis news, it is
worse when it is misleading.
 
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>~   brilliant.  It was beautiful to watch."                   ~
>~  John Feinstien, "Hard Courts", describing the Edberg-      ~
>~    Wilander semi-final in the 1990 Australian Open.         ~
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From: nadeema@woods.ulowell.edu
Subject: Who Won Today
Organization: University of Lowell
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 23:56:30 GMT


.....who won in the matches today..Becker) ihope so ) or Edberg!!
							- Nadeem

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From: mliu@garden.csc.calpoly.edu (Mei-Ling L. Liu)
Subject: ATP Championship U.S. Broadcast Scaled Back?
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 05:21:05 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department, UCSB
Distribution: usa
From: gess@knex.Gwinnett.COM (Gess Shankar)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Virginia Slims Lineup
Date: 16 Nov 92 19:29:36 GMT
Article-I.D.: knex.2ZJcuB2w165w
Organization: Knowledge Exchange, GA, US of A

Virginia Slims Lineup
---------------------

Monica Seles (1)       Vs Nathalie Tauziat       }
                                                 }  16th
Martina Navratilova(4) Vs Manuela Maleeva	 }  

Steffi Graf(2)         Vs Lori McNeil		 }
Mary J Fernandez (6)   Vs Jana Novotna           }  17th
Conchita Martinez (8)  Vs Katerina Maleeva       }

Gabriela Sabatini (3)  Vs Amy Frazier            }
Arantxa Sanchez (5)    Vs Zina Garrison          }  18th
Jennifer Capriati(7)   Vs Helena Sukova          }   

Monica Seles has already sewn up #1 ranking for 92 and gets to go home
with another $500,000 bonus for that distinction.

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From: ptsai@cmcvx1.claremont.edu
Subject: Agassi...
Organization: Claremont McKenna College
Date: 16 Nov 92 23:21:15 PST

did he die? It seems like it.....
From: Gess Shankar <gess@knex.Gwinnett.COM>
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: ATP - Frankfurt Nov 17
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 23:13:00 EST
Organization: Knowledge Exchange, GA, US of A

$2.5 MILLION ATP CHAMPIONSHIP
AT FRANKFURT, GERMANY
TUESDAY'S RESULTS  
ROSEWALL GROUP
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Stefan Edberg d. Petr Korda, 6-3,7-6 (11-9)
Pete Sampras d. Boris Becker, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-3)

LAVER GROUP
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Goran Ivanisevic d. Michael Chang, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2

Sampras/Becker match must have been a thrilling one. Pete just 
scraping through in the tie-breaks. Becker was down 4 set points
in the first tie-break and saved 3 of them. But Sampras closed
out the set with an ace. In the next set, Boris had a set-point
but Pete managed to save that and went to the tie-break and win the
match. Ace count: Becker 14, Sampras 13.


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From: Gess Shankar <gess@knex.Gwinnett.COM>
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Tournament Update: November 18 pm
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 23:19:22 EST
Organization: Knowledge Exchange, GA, US of A

$2.5 MILLION ATP CHAMPIONSHIP
AT FRANKFURT, GERMANY
WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS  
LAVER GROUP
-----------
Jim Courier (1) d. Richard Krajicek (8), 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-1), 7-5

ROSEWALL GROUP

Pete Sampras (3) d. Stefan Edberg (2), 6-3,3-6,7-5
Boris Becker (7) d. Petr Korda (6), 6-4,6-2

Pete is still unbeaten, so probably his semifinal berth is assured.

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VIRGINIA SLIMS CHAMPIONSHIP
$3 MILLION VIRGINIA SLIMS CHAMPIONSHIP
 
Gabriela Sabatini (3) d. Amy Frazier, 6-0,6-2
Aranxta Sanchez (5) d. Zina Garrison, 7-6 (7-0), 6-1
Jennifer Capriati (7) d. Helena Sukova, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1
 
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From: ratte@sfb256.iam.uni-bonn.de (  Cordula Reineke  )
Subject: Re: Tournament Update: Nov 14 late pm
Organization: Applied Math, University of Bonn, Germany
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 13:14:58 GMT

In article <Bxqq5H.F9r@beach.csulb.edu> pujara@wren.acs.csulb.edu (Dipen Pujara) writes:
>
>I think Courier is pretty close to losing his #1 ranking again

Sorry to say that, but I *do* hope so !
He's had this rank long enough now, time to give it away to another player,
hopefully to Pete Sampras soon :-)

Cordula
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From: tschorer@hoh.mbl.edu (Tim Schorer)
Subject: Name me a good mail order comp.
Organization: MARINE BIOLOGICAL LAB
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 13:58:44 GMT

Well I think I've settled on a new raquet, The Wilson Pro-staff 5.5 95 in.(comments?) 
Can some one give me the name of a good mail order house that would have this.
My local "discount" tennis shop sells them for about $140 but I hear they can
be had for under $100. Also: comments, please, on the Wilson Pro-staff shoes.
I've tried shoes from Nike/Reebok and found that quality and durability 
leave much to be desired.  I've heard that the Pro-staffs are the most durable
shoes around but nobody seems to carry them.  
																										thanks in advance,
																																							Tim
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From: shun@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (shun.cheung)
Subject: Virginia Slim Championship quarter-final schedule
Organization: AT&T
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:04:16 GMT

Thursday, November 19:
     Navratilova vs. Sanchez-Vicario
     Seles vs. Novotna

Friday, November 20:
     Martinez vs. McNeil
     Sabatini vs. Capriati

It is very nice for MSG to have Virginia Wade do the TV commentary
for this tournament. She is informative and has the insight for the
game. I simply don't understand why TV stations use Bud though.
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From: tt@swamp.cacs.usl.edu (Thitipong Tanprasert)
Subject: test
Organization: The Center for Advanced Computer Studies
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 06:59:54 GMT

Sorry for wasting some bandwidth. I have received no article at all
for days. So I tried this if news is still routed to my system.

TT
From: arijeet@lorelei.ece.drexel.edu (Arijit Das)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: ATP Championships, semifinals (spoilers)
Date: 23 Nov 92 16:40:45 GMT
Organization: Drexel University, Philadelphia PA

In article <1992Nov21.224231.17249@eng.umd.edu> clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin) writes:
>
>    ESPN also skipped a lot of the Becker-Ivanisevic match, televising
>the third set, after Goran won the first 6-4, and Becker won the

In my opinion the media is out of touch with fan response, tennis at
the top level is beyond national boundaries, so even if two Americans
were playing (Courier vs Sampras), any average tennis fan would have
expected the Becker - Ivanisevic match to be more interesting. Instead
we do see a boring upset (Courier beats Sampras), and the last bit
of a very interesting match (Becker beats Ivanisevic in a third set 
tie breaker). What little they showed was great to watch.
---
arijit
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From: gaf5@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (Gail A. Fullman)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: Virginia Slims: Nov 17
Date: 18 Nov 92 14:25:48 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

[stuff deleted]
>VIRGINIA SLIMS CHAMPIONSHIP
>$3 MILLION VIRGINIA SLIMS CHAMPIONSHIP
>
>Lori McNeil d. Steffi Graf (2), 7-6 (7-1), 6-4  <<<<<<<<<< !!!
>Jana Novotna d. Mary Joe Fernandez (6), 7-6 (7-3), 6-2

[stuff deleted]

Makes the advertising line "Because every woman deserves a chance for the top"
[not sure if I have it exactly right] ring true.

Now we have Jana facing Monica.  Which Jana will show up for the match?  I
just hope Martina stays focused on her next opponent and not think about the
draw opening for her with Graf gone.
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From: mandal@dulcimer.cis.ohio-state.edu (Manas Mandal)
Subject: What happenned in the "Big Four" tennis exhibition at Rome?
Originator: mandal@dulcimer.cis.ohio-state.edu
Organization: Ohio State Computer Science
Distribution: rec.sport.tennis
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:50:51 GMT

On the clarinet tennis newsgroup, I read about an exhibition event in
Rome featuring Edberg, Sampras, Ivanisevic, and Becker. This was the
event which Becker had to withdraw from because of the suspected food
poisoning. (He is still scheduled to play in the ATP Finals, right?)

The report mentioned that "Becker was beaten Friday by Edberg 6-4,
2-6, 6-3, and was to have faced Sampras in the consolation playoff
Saturday night."

So who won the event? Did Edberg finally get past Ivanisevic? And what
were the scores in the Ivanisevic-Sampras match?

Manas
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From: arijeet@lorelei.ece.drexel.edu (Arijit Das)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Domination of Monica Seles
Date: 23 Nov 92 16:29:44 GMT
Organization: Drexel University, Philadelphia PA


In article <1992Nov23.040714.7489@eng.umd.edu> clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin) writes:

>    I'm beginning to think that men's tennis really has nothing compared
>to Seles (and possibly Graf).   Martina has one of the better women's serve
>but after a while it didn't even faze Seles.  She seemed able to pick
>up her serve better as the match went along.   Men's tennis, by contrast,
>really has no one (not even Agassi) who can just bang back returns no
>matter how big the serve.   Neither Courier nor Agassi have the kind of
>consistency that Monica has.   This match was unreal.  
>
>--
>Charles Lin
>clin@eng.umd.edu

I felt the same way also when I was watching the match. In fact I feel I 
am now watching more women's tennis because of Seles. Also surprisingly
I did not hear much grunting from her this time, or maybe my TV volume was 
turned down (?).
---
arijit
From: cs30@prism.gatech.EDU (SMITH,CHRISTOPHER G)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: VS Championship, Nov 19 results
Date: 20 Nov 92 15:57:39 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology


Doubles SF Result:

  Sanchez Vic./Sukova d. Navratilova/Shriver   6-4 7-5

Navratilova and Shriver have said that this is their last time playing
together as a doubles team.

..Chris

-- 
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From: jonas@beor.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Josef Nelissen)
Subject: ATP Championships, semifinals and final results
Organization: Rechnerbetrieb Informatik  /  RWTH Aachen
Date: 23 Nov 92 07:13:09 GMT

Semifinals
----------

Jim Courier d. Pete Sampras 7:6 7:6
Boris Becker d. Goran Ivanisevic 4:6 6:4 7:6


Final
-----

Boris Becker d. Jim Courier 6:4 6:3 7:5


Comments
--------

* IMHO Pete lost the SF more than Courier won it. Pete wasn't serving
as good as he can and was making quite a few unforced errors

* The Becker-Ivanisevic match was rather exciting. Becker was broken
early in the first set and Goran won the set without giving Boris a
single breakpoint. In the second set, Boris managed to win his second
breakpoint and held his serves. In the third set, both held their
services even in the tie-break up to 3:3, but then Goran
volley-faulted and Becker won the next two points. Following were two
of these 195 km/h aces by Goran, and then Goran hit a very good return
and passed Boris. At last, Boris won 8:6 with two not so exciting
points (don't remember exactly, what happened).

* I did'nt see the final, but regarding the score it may have been not
very exciting. Now Becker has a 7:0 head to head score against Jim
(and still isn't number one - what a pity ;-)).

* Let me make a prediction: It will not last long untill we'll see
another "What time is it?" posting by a diehard Becker fan ;-)

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Subject: Sanchez-Graf to meet in the Philadelphia final
From: shun@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (shun.cheung)
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 17:14:51 GMT
Organization: AT&T

In article <c529TB1w165w@knex.Gwinnett.COM> Gess Shankar <gess@knex.Gwinnett.COM> writes:
>$350,000 VIRGINIA SLIMS OF PHILADELPHIA
>SATURDAY'S RESULTS
>SEMIFINALS
>----------
>Steffi Graf (1) d. Jennifer Capriati (4), 6-0,6-1
>Gabriela Sabatini (2) vs. Arantxa Sanchez (3)  (to be played tonight)

Sanchez-Vicario d. Sabatini 4-6, 6-3, 6-2

The scores are from memory but Sanchez did win the last two sets.
Too bad for Sabatini fans, we won't see another Sabatini-Graf match.
This is yet another case that Sabatini is unable to reach the final
to play Graf despite being the second seed in a tournament. Sabatini
was already struggling against some relatively low ranked players
in the early rounds.

Some people are wondering why the Graf-Capriati match was so one
sided. Actually it is Capriati's worst lost so far in her career.
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Graf was playing superb;
her forehand was working really well and her slice backhand was
very low, pulling Capriati wide to open up the court for her forehand.
However, Capriati didn't play as poorly as the scores might suggest;
she did make 24 unforced errors, and that is about giving away
two points per game. Capriati played quite well in the earlier rounds
although she didn't play any tournaments for two and half months.
The match lasted only 42 minutes.

In the US, the final between Sanchez-Vicario and Graf will be shown
on ESPN at 5:30pm EST on Sunday.
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From: shun@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (shun.cheung)
Subject: Proposed ATP Ranking System Changes
Organization: AT&T
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:56:46 GMT

USA Today reports that Jim Courier and Stefan Edberg are unhappy
with the current "best of 14" ranking system and would like to see
every tournament counted with the Grand Slam events carrying a heavier
weight. They are seeking John McEnroe's support to argue their case
with the ATP Rules Committee.
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Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Monday, 23 Nov 1992 03:01:18 CST
From: <U28765@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject:    Couple of Observations on Virginia Slims Final

Hello All,

Watched the Monica-Martina Match and remember a couple of things of interest:

1. Martina's service is now with an open racket face, used to be a closed
  racket face before, have'nt been following women's tennis much, but I
   wonder if that is a reason for her still getting to finals of such big
   tourneys. Don't recall her doing so a year ago.

2. To win this match against the #1 player, somone in Martina's shoes, i.e.
   older and past their prime, would have had to have started off well, and
   essentially won the first set to stand any chance.

   That could very well have happened except one point. I think it was 5-4
   Martina serving in the first set, 15-0, she served a first serve, came in
   behind it, got a high put away volley, and at the last moment decided to
   skip it on the calculation that it was going to fall beyond the baseline.
   It did'nt! and what could have been 30-0 became 15-15, and later deuce and
   needless to say 5-5 and so on and so forth.

   I am sure that that point stuck in her mind for the rest of that game. I
   am not saying that she would have won the match if she won the first set,
   but it would definitely have been a different animal (the match that is).



   Sincerely,
   Asif