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From: bnataraj@uceng.UC.EDU (Bhaskar  Natarajan)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re. Pick for US Open.
Date: 25 Aug 92 18:44:36 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Cincinnati

In article <1992Aug25.173050.14005@src.umd.edu> clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles C. Lin) writes:

Charles, speculating on US Open Possibilities :
	
>  I'll have to wait and see whether Edberg is still up to form.
>He played two three setters (against Forget and Lendl) though
>he did pull it out.   We'll see if his form stands up in
>the Hamlet Cup.
>
>  I have no picks.  On form, I would say Sampras.  However, a 
>lot of other people are playing reasonably well (Edberg, Lendl)
>and you can always get surprises (Korda, Forget, etc.).

Wow. No mention of Jim Courier ! Quite a come down for our poor 
numero uno.


>Charles Lin
>clin@eng.umd.edu

-Bhaskar-
From: v118jxyk@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Live Fast, Die Young!)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: US Open Prediction (sort of)
Date: 26 Aug 92 19:58:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


	This isn't really a prediction, but my guess is with Agassi on about
300 points out of the top 5, and with his first round loss here last year, I
think that he will move into the top five after the end of the US Open.  
	I think Edberg and maybe Courier will lose points.
	Oh, and definitely Connors WILL lose points. (sorry Jimmy)
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From: shun@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (shun.cheung)
Subject: Re: U.S. Open Seedings
Organization: AT&T
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 20:14:20 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.191903.23932@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> clc5q@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Clark L. Coleman) writes:
>
>Men's Seedings
>--------------
>1. Jim Courier
>2. Stefan Edberg
>3. Pete Sampras
>4. Michael Chang
>5. Goran Ivanisevic
>6. Petr Korda
>7. Boris Becker
>8. Andre Agassi
>9. Ivan Lendl
>10. Carlos Costa
>11. Michael Stich
>12. Wayne Ferreira
>13. Guy Forget
>14. MaliVai Washington
>15. Richard Krajicek
>16. John McEnroe
>
>The current #16 is Aaron Krickstein, who
>will miss the U.S. Open with an injury. The current #17 is Thomas Muster,
>who was passed up by #18 McEnroe for the seedings. McEnroe only trails Muster
>by 6 points, and is certain to pass Muster in the rankings that will come
>out next Monday.

After lots of questions, I guess the rankings posted yesterday
are actually correct afterall. Clark Coleman might have provided
the explanation to why they look strange. Unfortunately, Krickstein
is out again because of injury and I am not sure Muster is playing. 
Mac benefits from that and is seeded so that he won't bump into
the very top guys in the early rounds.

Lendl indeed gets the unfavorable 9th seed (sorry Clark) and
potentially have to play someone among #1 to #8 in the round of 16.
We'll see whether he gets a tough draw or not.
-- 
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From: hari@robios.me.wisc.edu (Kambainathan Hari)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: Past U.S. Open Results for the 16 Seeded Men
Date: 28 Aug 92 17:59:36 GMT
Organization: U. Wisconsin-Madison, Robotics Laboratory
In-reply-to: clc5q@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU's message of 28 Aug 92 14:45:17 GMT

>How the 16 men's seeds have done in past U.S. Opens:

>               1977  78  79  80  81  82  83  84  85  86  87  88  89  90  91
>               ----  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --
>Lendl (9)        --  --   2  QF   4   F   F   F   W   W   W   F   F  QF  SF
                                                                      ^^

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought Lendl lost in the Semi-Finals to
Pete Samparas.

- Hari

K.R.Harinarayan
Robotics Lab., Dept. of Mech. Engg.
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison

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From: guerra@hatteras.cs.unc.edu (Carlos Guerra)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis,misc.forsale.wanted
Subject: US Open tickets wanted
Date: 27 Aug 92 16:31:42 GMT
Followup-To: rec.sport.tennis

I'm interested in buying US Open tickets for the matches
between Sep 9 (Wed) and Sep 13 (Sun).  If anybody out there
who is willing to sell tickets, please contact me at either:

  -phone #: (919-914-6851)
  -e-mail: guerra@cs.unc.edu

Thanks.


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From: adolce@bbn.com (Anne Dolce)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: ATP Rankings (was: US Open prediction)
Date: 26 Aug 92 12:11:16 GMT
Organization: Bolt, Beranek & Newman, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: spcsun24.bbn.com

In article <1992Aug25.211624.25287@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, clc5q@hemlock.cs.Virginia.EDU (Clark L. Coleman) writes:
|> In article <1992Aug25.193849.20126@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> shun@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (shun.cheung) writes:
|> >
|> >As of August 24, 1992
|> >
|> >1. Jim Courier, United States,         3,696
|> >2. Stefan Edberg, Sweden,              3,503
|> >3. Pete Sampras, United States,        3,116
|> >4. Michael Chang, United States,       2,179
|> >5. Goran Ivanisevic, Croatia,          2,154
|> >6. Petr Korda, Czechoslovakia,         1,895
|> >7. Boris Becker, Germany,              1,892
|> >8. Andre Agassi, United States,        1,889
|> >9. Ivan Lendl, United States,          1,873
|> >10. Carlos Costa, Spain,               1,655
|> 
|> I saw these ranking from UPI, and they look totally bogus. For example:
|> 
|> 1) Edberg increased his points substantially, so the New Haven tournament
|>     was obviously included, as the "through August 24" implies. Yet:
|> 
|> 2) Lendl decreased by 9 points, from 1882 last week, even though his 1991
|>     result at New Haven was to lose in the second round to Marc Rosset,
|>     and his 1992 result was to beat Matsuoka, Mansdorf and Chang (good
|>     bonus points on all 3 matches) and get to the semifinals.
|> 
|> 3) Petr Korda won at New Haven last year, lost in the quarters this year,
|>     and moves UP in the rankings.
|> 
|> 4) Becker lost in the finals at Indianapolis last year, lost in the semis
|>     this year, and moves up in the rankings and in points.
|> 
|> 
|> Something fishy is going on here, without a doubt.
|> -- 

  Don't forget that the men's ranking only counts their best 14 results.
  This may account for the fishy-looking results.

Anne
----
From: jimh@ultra.com (Jim Hurley)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: No way! Seles's RQ-380 strung at 83!?!
Date: 23 Aug 92 19:33:42 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Ultra Network Technologies

In <1992Aug23.173329.205@src.umd.edu> clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin) writes:
[...]
>   It's my guess that racquets can take quite a bit of tension
>(probably in excess of 100 pounds) and the string would give first
>before the racquet does (unless possibly the racquet was improperly
[...]

I agree, the space age composites they use are extremely tough.
I once chipped a tooth when my racquet hit it ans there was just
a little dent in the frame.

>   I have some related question.  I wonder if racquets will ever
>go to two pieces.  In pool (billiards, nine-ball, etc.) the
>pool cues -- the good ones, anyway -- always come in two pieces
>that are screwed in.  One might be able to interchange a variety
>or grips with the same racquet top.  That way, you could get
>a two handed grip, a one-handed, and various taperings.  Just
>a thought....

I don't think that's a good idea. Pool cubes are round, so it
doesn't matter how the screw-in part ends up. But if you screw
in a racquet head:
    1) It may come unscrewed on a mis-hit
    2) You may never get good or consistent racquet head to grip alignment.
    
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From: v071rw4p@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (EMIL MARCUS)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: romanians
Date: 31 Aug 92 21:43:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


     	 In article <1992Aug31.151233.8080@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, 
     	clc5q@hemlock.cs.Virginia.EDU (Clark L. Coleman) 
     				writes...

$ Christian Saceanu was born in Klausenburg, Romania, on July 8, 1968. 
     	................


     I was born in Romania...  What is the Romania (not German) name of
     his birthplace ?   'Never heard of "Klausenburg" - city in Romania !
Emil
--------

     Emil Marcus    V071RW4P@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu    MARCUS@acsu.buffalo.edu
From: kauppila@sunburn.ec.usf.edu. (Jim Kauppila (IE))
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: No way! Seles's RQ-380 strung at 83!?!
Date: 26 Aug 92 14:36:28 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Univ. of South Florida, College of Engineering

In article <7902@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU> dchien@boole.seas.ucla.edu (David H. Chien) writes:
>
>     In the Sept. issue of Tennis, it says Seles's RQ-380 is strung at
>83 lbs with Tecnifibre 515.  I've looked and even the largest RQ has
>a maximum 65 lb rating.


	How much difference is there between all the different brands of
	strings?  I am a beginning player and recently had my racquet
	strung with Babolat fine play rough.  These strings are about
	$20 cheaper than the ones the pros use.  What are the differences,
	and do you need to be a top level player to tell the difference?


Thanks...

--
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From: bonacci@ecf.toronto.edu (BONACCI John)
Subject: Re: Opinions on Prince Vortex?
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 00:09:48 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.223635.12164@news2.cis.umn.edu> bose@deca.cs.umn.edu (Ashim Bose) writes:
>Hi tennis lovers.  Anybody have any opinions on the Prince Vortex?  Does
>its performance justify the rrrrreallllly high price (>$250)?  How is it
>different from the earlier CTS series?
>
>Ashim

I tested one along with quite a few other rackets when I was trying
to decide what to buy.  It has two big novelties that I know of:

1. Dynamic stiffness.  The material they use is supposed to be
   viscoelastic (well, most of them are, but this is more so than
   others).  This means that the stiffness of the racket is a
   function of the amount of impact it's subjected to.  The
   advantage would be that it could function as both a power
   racket and a touch-shot racket.  When I played with it, I
   did manage to convince myself that their claim is valid.
   I was particularly happy with what I seemed to be able to
   do with second serves.

2. A stringing system that attempts to compensate for misdirection
   in off-center hits.  When you see one strung, it's obvious how
   this is done.  The strings do not pass through the center of the
   frame's perimeter.  Instead, they pass through closer to the edge
   in an alternating pattern (if it's sitting flat on a desk, one would
   be near the top, the next nearer the bottom, and so on).  This
   causes the strung surface to be sloped near the perimeter, which
   as I understand it is the most obvious source of the racket's
   ability to redirect.  Apparently, there is another reason why that
   has to do with string lengths or the stringing pattern.  Anyhow,
   I cannot say that I sensed the racket helping me out on terribly
   off-center hits.

I did not buy the Vortex.  I liked it, but not as much as the Synergy
line (26,DB26,28).  I ended up buying the DB26.  I think the 26s are
noticeably stiffer than the Vortex and just as effective in reducing
vibration.  For me, the 26s allowed a compromise between touch and power.
I tend ever so slightly more toward a power game than I do toward frequent
use of touch shots.  If you play like McEnroe, a Vortex might be the ticket.
If you play like Agassi or Capriati or some other slugger, you may worry
that *you* have to provide all the power you are looking for with a Vortex.

Oh, and the one I tried was a mid-plus.

BTW, regular price in Toronto is >$500 Canadian!!

Hope this helps.
JB
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
From: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin)
Subject: Re: Hardcourts, Volvo
Reply-To: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles C. Lin)
Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity of Uniland, College Park
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 17:12:53 GMT

In article <JPT.92Aug24090940@telecaster.think.com>, jpt@telecaster.think.com (James P. Taylor) writes:
> 
> ???? Yes, Courier has not reached a final since Wimbledon.  BUT, he did not
> reach the Wimbledon final either. 
> 

   True enough.   Best result since the French, then.

--
Charles Lin
clin@eng.umd.edu
From: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: ASYMMETRIC - opinions wanted.  I hate it so far!
Date: 27 Aug 92 04:05:01 GMT
Reply-To: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles C. Lin)
Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity of Uniland, College Park

In article <BtLx7w.EGM@cs.dal.ca>, graham@ug.cs.dal.ca (Michael Graham) writes:
> What do you think of the Pro Kennex Asymmetric? I've played a few sets with
> it and I think that it is horrible. It supposedly "creates opposing
> oscillations which cancel each other out before they reach the arm". Is this
> BS or what?! From my experience it AMPLIFIES the oscillations which are 
> then cancelled by my wrist!!
> 
> Any feedback, here or e-mail would be appreciated.
> 

    Well, if you don't like, don't get it!   Actually, I think
Tennis Magazine may have had problems with it, too, but they
try not to sound negative ("hits near the top of the frames
cause vibrations" is a common one) nor do they praise it
much.   I think I may prefer the World Tennis reviews
which used to have four or five players on their staff give
a one or two sentence review.   That way, it doesn't have to
sound so neutral.   Of course, World Tennis went under about
last year around US Open time.  

--
Charles Lin
clin@eng.umd.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
From: johnf@apollo.hp.com (John Francis)
Subject: Re: tennis.c: changes from Version 2.01 to 2.02
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 19:20:21 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Chelmsford, MA

I have changed the program to rename the original input files,
rather than overwriting them.  Here are the results of a diff:
--------------------------------------------------------------
3c3
<         tennis.c V2.01  -- process results for 128-player tournaments.
---
>         tennis.c V2.02  -- process results for 128-player tournaments.
15c15
<         output: updated versions of the input files (overwriting the originals),
---
>         output: updated versions of the input files (originals saved as .bak)      
69c69,71
< #define PS  1
---
> #define PS      1
> #define CHECK   1
> #define BAK     1
77a80
> #if CHECK
125a129
> #endif
132c136
<   char          buffer[256], title[64], *winner;
---
>   char          buffer[256], title[64], *winner, *cp;
147a152
>     if ( argc > 2 ) printf("#### Processing file <%s> ####\n", argv[argn] );
193c198
< #if 1
---
> #if CHECK
210a216
> 
213,214c219,226
< 
<     if ( io = fopen( argv[argn], "w" ) )
---
> #if BAK
>     strcpy( buffer, argv[argn] );
>     if ( !(cp = strchr( buffer, '.' )) ) cp = &buffer[strlen(buffer)];
>     strcpy( cp, ".bak" );
>     if ( (errors = rename(argv[argn], buffer)) )
>      fprintf( stderr, "?Unable to rename input file <%s> to <%s>\n", argv[argn], buffer );
> #endif
>     if ( !errors && (io = fopen( argv[argn], "w")) )
-- 
John Francis                                johnf@apollo.hp.com
Seen passing on the net:  Spotted Owl - the *other* white meat!
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From: wex@cs.ulowell.edu (Paul M. Wexelblat)
Subject: Re: TV coverage/times
Originator: wex@bigmax.ulowell.edu
Reply-To: wex@cs.ulowell.edu
Organization: Univ. of Lowell CS Dept.
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 16:52:38 GMT


In article <oedSZ9S00WB64OU9A6@andrew.cmu.edu>, lr0e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Lynne M. Reder) writes:
|> From: lr0e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Lynne M. Reder)
|> Subject: TV coverage/times
|> Date: 3 Sep 92 10:30:33 GMT
|> 
|> There is a newspaper strike in Pittsburgh, and I looked back at previous
|> posts first to
|> see if I could find info on the times that the US Open is covered
|> but did not find it.  Excuse me if the info has already been given: 
|> could someone
|> please tell me when (and where--I get cable) I can find US Open matches
|> on TV?  Thanks!
|> 


USA 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM  EDT (live coverage, so compensate)
	(I know Pittsburg is EDT)

USA 7:30 PM to 11:00 PM and has run over every  night  'til 11:30
	when they MUST quit

xyz (Whatever network it is) has summary for 1/2 hour; their feed is
at 11:30, one of the stations I can get shows it at 12:35.


BTW, don't you just hate it when they schedule 
8.5 hours a day of coverage when the best you can get is an 8 hour tape...
(But since they're running over...)

-- 
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.

	...Wex
From: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Problems with stiff racquets
Date: 27 Aug 92 21:30:08 GMT
Reply-To: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles C. Lin)
Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity of Uniland, College Park


   I am inquiring about this for a friend.  A friend of mine
has recently been playing with a Storm (which has been replaced
by the Synergy 32, to some extent) and thinks that the
stiffness of this racquet is causing wrist problems.
Has anyone had similar experiences with stiff racquets?
How did they deal with it?  Is the Synergy 32 better in
terms of wrist problems?   Replies can be sent to me or posted.

--
Charles Lin
clin@eng.umd.edu
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From: clc5q@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Clark L. Coleman)
Subject: U.S. Open Seedings
Originator: clc5q@hemlock.cs.Virginia.EDU
Organization: University of Virginia Computer Science Department
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 19:19:03 GMT


Men's Seedings
--------------
1. Jim Courier
2. Stefan Edberg
3. Pete Sampras
4. Michael Chang
5. Goran Ivanisevic
6. Petr Korda
7. Boris Becker
8. Andre Agassi
9. Ivan Lendl
10. Carlos Costa
11. Michael Stich
12. Wayne Ferreira
13. Guy Forget
14. MaliVai Washington
15. Richard Krajicek
16. John McEnroe

This is the first seed in a grand slam event for MaliVai Washington. He has
improved his ranking every year on the tour, finishing #49 at the end of 1991,
and is currently #14 in the world. The current #16 is Aaron Krickstein, who
will miss the U.S. Open with an injury. The current #17 is Thomas Muster,
who was passed up by #18 McEnroe for the seedings. McEnroe only trails Muster
by 6 points, and is certain to pass Muster in the rankings that will come
out next Monday.


Women's Seedings
----------------
1. Monica Seles
2. Steffi Graf
3. Martina Navratilova
4. Gabriela Sabatini
5. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
6. Jennifer Capriati
7. Mary Joe Fernandez
8. Conchita Martinez
9. Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere
10. Jana Novotna
11. Anke Huber
12. Nathalie Tauziat
13. Helena Sukova
14. Zina Garrison
15. Katerina Maleeva
16. Mary Pierce


This is the first #1 seed at the Open for Seles, and also the first for 
Jim Courier.

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From: int281x@mdw012.cc.monash.edu.au (Mr S. Fox)
Subject: Anke Huber ? 
Organization: Monash University
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 01:15:47 GMT


     Does anyone share my opinion that Anke could cause a few headaches at the
     U.S. open this year.  I saw her give Seles a run for her money at the
     Australian Open quarter finals.  I think it would be a good thing to see
     her splashed across tennis magazines instead of Seles every month.  
     Information is sparse here, so any info about her would be appreciated.

Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
From: shun@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (shun.cheung)
Subject: The First Day of the US Open
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 11:33:43 GMT

Hoping to get in early to watch the players practice, I arrived
Flushing Meadows at 9:20 on Monday morning. It turned out that
they open the gate at 10am. So I just waited outside watching
people arrive. At about 9:40, I heard some noise in the crowd.
It turned out to be Steffi Graf arriving with her mother and
her coach. She was quickly mobbed by autograph seekers.

The gate finally opened at 10:05 and I watched several players
practice: Mary Joe Gernandez, Graf, etc. I met Filaman from
rec.sport.tennis and we chatted for a little while (yes, these
people actually exist :-) ). The first match at the stadium court was
Stich vs. Delaitre. Stich was broken in the first game of the match
and was struggling through out most of the first set, making a lot
of errors in his volleys. Finally, he broke back to tie the set
at 4-4. The momentum changed quickly and it was all Stich from
then on. The second match was Seles vs. Keller. The only question
was "grunt or no grunt," and the answer was no. Seles won the match
easily. The third match was between Ivenisevic and Rosset, a battle
between big servers. Ivenisevic's ground strokes were steadier and
managed a break in each set.

I also went to the other courts to watch the less well known players.
There was a huge crowd around a practice court. It turned out that
Capriati was practicing. Mary Pierce was hitting with Nick Bollettieri
while Jim Pierce was feeding them balls. Agassi was also there.
Suddenly, I heard "excuse me, excuse me guys" from behind. It was
Pete Sampras trying to get through the crowd to enter the court.

It was a nice day at Flushing Meadows. Entering September, it is
cooling down a bit but the wind is gusty there.
-- 
-- Shun Cheung,    electronic: shun.cheung@att.com    voice: (908) 615-5135
     HR 1A-304, AT&T Bell Labs, 480 Red Hill Road, Middletown, NJ, 07748 USA
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