HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: shun@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (shun.cheung)
Subject: Re: Tournament Results (was: did Graf win in Zurich?)
Organization: AT&T
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 13:19:32 GMT

In article <1992Oct8.065659.10627@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Joseph.J.Marcheso.Jr.@dartmouth.edu (Joseph J. Marcheso Jr.) writes:
>In article <1992Oct5.121641.13970@cbnewsh.cb.att.com>
>shun@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (shun.cheung) writes:
>
>> Novotna totally dominted Graf
>Gee the score didn't seem Like domination to me. Novotna is a nothing
>albeit a high ranked nothing. Any player whose career highs are who one
>beats rather than what one wins qualifies as a nothing who people will
>forget after she retires (maybe except in Brno) She is a spoiler,

First of all, I said that Novotna totally dominated Graf IN THAT
PARTICULAR MATCH, which is the Virginia Slam Championship quarter final
in 1991. What was the score? Novotna won 6-3(?), 4-6, 6-1. Graf had a
total of one break point in the entire match; as in many tight situations,
Novotna double faulted and was broken. That was the only break in
the second set. In the third set, Novotna led 5-0 before winning 6-1.

Graf and Novotna's head-to-head record is very interesting. Graf won
the first 9 encounters losing only one set. However, since last year,
it has been 4-3, including last week's "controversial" final in Leipzig.
Not surprisingly, two of Graf's three losses were indoors on fast
surfaces, and the other was at the Australian Open. If Graf doesn't
seriously improve her game, she will face more and more problems with
a growing list of players who can take advantage of her backhand:
Sabatini, Novotna, Capriati, Sanchez-Vicario ....

I don't particularly like or dislike Novotna. She is very talented but
mentally too fragile and inconsistent. Therefore she is no more than
a spoiler in singles, but she has a very respectable doubles record.
Well, who cares about doubles, right?
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From: cs30@prism.gatech.EDU (SMITH,CHRISTOPHER G)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Preliminary results from today
Date: 13 Oct 92 23:10:00 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology


Hi, all:

   I just heard a couple of results from today, so I thought I'd share
them with you:

    Tokyo:  Lendl d. Martin       7-5 2-6 7-5  (match length 2-1/2 hrs.)
            Becker d. Prpic       6-4 7-5

    Filderstadt:
            Sabatini d. Kschwendt 6-4 6-2

..Chris

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From: gess@knex.Gwinnett.COM
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: ATP Men's Money Leaders: October 11
Date: 12 Oct 92 20:55:29 GMT

MEN'S TENNIS LEADING MONEY WINNERS 
   (THROUGH OCTOBER 11TH)
 
 1. Jim Courier       $1,550,045
 2. Stefan Edberg     $1,443,879  
 3. Pete Sampras      $1,131,372
 4. Andre Agassi      $1,011,769
 5. Petr Korda          $880,933
 6. Goran Ivanisevic    $851,276
 7. Michael Chang       $754,597
 8. Michael Stich       $628,976
 9. Boris Becker        $616,197
10. Emilio Sanchez      $613,718
 
 
GeSS
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From: cs30@prism.gatech.EDU (SMITH,CHRISTOPHER G)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: News, Oct 13
Date: 13 Oct 92 11:17:41 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology


Today's news:

 + An additional tournament being played that I forgot to mention is the
   Rilkis Israel Classic in Tel Aviv.  A few results from yesterday:

   Muster(1) d. Shahar (Israel)      6-4 6-4
   Gilbert(2) d. Krishnan            6-4 7-5
   Jaite d. Diego Perez              6-3 1-6 6-3


 + Additional results from Filderstadt:

   Tauziat(6) d. Gildemeister        6-7 6-2 6-1
   Zrubakova d. Rittner              6-3 7-6


 + Qualifiers for the Virginia Slims Championships to be played November
   16-22 include Seles, Sabatini, Graf, Garrison, Tauziat, Maleeva-Fragniere,
   and Amy Frazier.  I don't have the complete list.


..Chris

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From: gess@knex.Gwinnett.COM (Gess Shankar)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: Rankings-Mens vs Womens??
Date: 10 Oct 92 21:08:37 GMT
Organization: Knowledge Exchange, GA, US of A

mantell@xi.mathlab.sunysb.edu (Abraham S. Mantell) writes:

> Hello All,
> 
> Does anyone know why there are two seperate ranking systems for the men
> and women??  It seems the fairest way should be to rank them using the
> same system!!!
> 
Fair to whom? Women's game appears to be so different than men's. It is
not as if there is going to be some sort of parity between Men's #1 with
Women's # 1. So what difference does it make, how they arrive at the
ranking?

Just wondering.

GeSS
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From: mosche@vipunen.hut.fi (M}ns Holmberg)
Subject: Re: Stupid Umpires and line "mis-calls"
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
	<1bbdk4INNqbs@iraul1.ira.uka.de>
Date: 16 Oct 92 12:12:18

Hello there!

On the subject bad line calls, I would just like to point out
that the greatest disadvantage that a player gets from a bad
line call is NOT loosing the point. If you loose the point you
just loose one point, but you can easily loose your concentration
and that is the greatest disadvantage. If the umpire makes a bad
linecall against you you can easily start to question all the
line calls, that's why a questionable line call seldom comes alone,
it is often followed by other disputes. This is why a bad line call
is very much dependent on in which stage of the match it occures.
The effect of a bad line call is also very much dependent on the
player in question.

Think about this when you discuss bad line calls.
One bad line call DOES NOT ECUAL one bad line call

bye
mosche
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From: venkatac@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Ravanasamudram Venkatachalam)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Klippermate!
Date: 14 Oct 92 20:10:26 GMT
Reply-To: venkatac@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Ravanasamudram Venkatachalam)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD


I am tempted to buy a Klippermate stringing machine (the cheapest one)
which sells for ~$145.00 or so.  I would really appreciate comments
from those of you who have experience with this machine or know about
it.  Thank you.

R.S.V
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
From: msdloem@cs.vu.nl (Loemban MSD)
Subject: Re: Tournament Results: Oct 13 pm
Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 10:29:47 GMT

dteng@cmcvx1.claremont.edu wrote:
...
: miss Anne....=( I have question, I've seen the abbreviation "IMHO" or something
: like that on various newsgroup, what does that stand for? 
...
	IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
: 							BusterR
Martin
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From: bnataraj@uceng.UC.EDU (Bhaskar Natarajan)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: Tournament Results: Oct 13 pm
Date: 14 Oct 92 17:33:29 GMT
Organization: University of Cincinnati, Engineering College

In article <Bw3x5o.F0K@cs.vu.nl> msdloem@cs.vu.nl (Loemban MSD) writes:
>dteng@cmcvx1.claremont.edu wrote:
>...
>: miss Anne....=( I have question, I've seen the abbreviation "IMHO" or something
>: like that on various newsgroup, what does that stand for? 
>...
>	IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
>: 							BusterR

	I thought IMHO = In my Honest Opinion.......

Bhaskar
From: gb@cup.portal.com (Greg A Buechler)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: Wilson Catalogs
Date: Fri,  9 Oct 92 09:29:43 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: na

If you check your local authorized dealer, they should have a small 
brochure showing the present models.   By the way folks, Wilson has
the Pro Staff (kevlar) Midsize in the catalog still.  I spoke to them
and they said it is still such a popular model and they will make it
for as long as it sells (probably as long as Currier and Sampras 
continue to play with it)

As for buying one, it seems that mail order is the method of choice.  I
think they are going for under $100.00.  Wich I think is icreadible, 
since mine cost me over $200.00 when I got it (yes it was a long time
ago).
From: smuench@i61s4.ira.uka.de (Stefan Muench)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: Stupid Umpires and line "mis-calls"
Date: 12 Oct 92 13:23:41 GMT
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
NNTP-Posting-Host: i61s4.ira.uka.de

In article <1992Oct12.122310.21883@eng.umd.edu>
clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin) writes:

>   Having said that, I personally prefer matches where no arguments
>have taken place, and where, despite the errors that usually come
>up in a match, the players just play.
>
>Charles Lin
>clin@eng.umd.edu

I remember a match between Becker and ??? during the Eurocard
Classics in Stuttgart a few years ago. The match was ok but there
were a few miscalls so both players had some arguments with the
umpire. Then Becker said something like: "Man, what are you doing
there? We like to play our match and we like to enjoy it, so would
you stop to disturb us, please?" This happened when one of the two
opponents (I think it was Becker itself) "overruled" a miscall for
his own disadvantage and the umpire didn't accept it. After this
accident the umpire only said things like "30-all" and "Game Becker",
but didn't interfere. Result: No problems 'til the end and two happy
tennis players.

Stefan
From: jts@ginny.ece.cmu.edu (John T. Stonick)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Looking for Becker Provantech PB
Date: 12 Oct 92 15:22:09 GMT
Organization: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon

Hello,

Perhaps someone can be of assistance to me. I recently bought a Becker
Provantech PB and really like it.  The problem is that it has been
discontinued and I can not find a second one at any of the mail order
places I have called.  If anyone has a local store that sells this
racquet I would be interested in getting their phone number, or if
anyone knows of some obscure mail order companies that carry tennis
racquets I would be interested in their phone numbers.

Thanks for reading my desperate plea.

jts

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From: krs@allegra.att.com (K. R. Subramanian)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: Racquet grip
Date: 15 Oct 92 15:47:30 GMT
Reply-To: krs@allegra.att.com
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories


My Websters dictionary says both `racket' and `racquet' are legal.

	-- krs
From: Joseph.J.Marcheso.Jr.@dartmouth.edu (Joseph J. Marcheso Jr.)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: Tournament Final Results: Sunday, Oct 11
Date: 11 Oct 92 21:17:20 GMT
Article-I.D.: dartvax.1992Oct11.211720.11747
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
X-Posted-From: InterNews1.0a5@newshost.dartmouth.edu

Was Graf's backhand used in rally points as well as passing shots? Did
she come to net?
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
From: ede978e@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Robert D. Nicholson)
Subject: Typical: Controversy at Aust Indoor
Organization: Monash University, Caulfield Campus
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 14:37:32 GMT


There was a touch of Controversy at the Aus Indoor in the match
Lendl against Woodforde.  Woodforde got a shocking linecall which
soured lendls win.

At the end Ivan turned to the camera and proceeded to make a statement
they cut him off and I have no idea what he eventually said.  I suspect
it was his displeasure as to how the crowd behaved during the match.

THey are wistling on the second serve again, like they did last year and
the umpire did sod all to stop this.  I am sure we will here more about 
this.
From: cs30@prism.gatech.EDU (SMITH,CHRISTOPHER G)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: More Tournament Results, Oct 14
Date: 15 Oct 92 11:54:26 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology


I haven't seen Gess post his results yet, so here are a few more I picked
up from my local paper.  First off, there is yet one more ATP tournament
being played in Bolzano, Italy this week.  Also, the ATP Senior
Championships are in progress at Ponte Vedra, Florida:


Filderstadt
-----------
1st Round:

Martinek d. van Rensberg       4-6 6-2 6-3
Meskhi d. Dahlman              6-4 6-1

2nd Round:

Probst d. Temesvari            7-5 6-7 6-1
Sabatini(1) d. Medvedeva       6-4 6-4


Tel Aviv
--------
2nd Round:

Bloom d. Connors(7)            6-4 4-6 7-5  *
Muster(1) d. Daufresne (Israel)  7-5 6-4
Simian (France) d. Gilbert(2)  7-5 6-2
Mansdorf d. Jonsson            6-3 6-2
Matuszewski d. Gorriz (Spain)  6-7 6-4 7-5
Tarango d. Jaite               7-5 7-5
Cunha-Silva (Port.) d. Koevermans  5-7 7-6 6-2

* Match lasted 3 hours, 20 minutes.  During one point, the ball exploded,
  but Connors was denied the opportunity to replay the point (which he
  lost).  In response, Connors tossed the ball at the referee and was
  issued a warning.


Bolzano
-------
1st Round:

Washington(1) d. Burillo (Spain)  3-6 7-6 6-2
Damm d. Thoms                  4-6 6-3 7-6
Cane (Italy) d. Prinosil (Ger) 7-6 3-6 6-1

2nd Round:

Cherkasov(2) d. Altur          6-1 7-5
Boetsch d. Jarryd              7-6 7-5
Delaitre d. Skoff              6-4 7-6


ATP Senior Championships
------------------------
Doubles, 1st Round:

Borg/Stolle d. Emerson/Gottfried      6-4 6-1
Laver/Lloyd d. Filol/Tanner           6-0 6-4
Rosewall/Gullikson d. Case/Riessen    6-7 6-1 7-5



..Chris

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From: cs30@prism.gatech.EDU (SMITH,CHRISTOPHER G)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: News and Notes, Oct 12
Date: 12 Oct 92 13:31:43 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology


News and notes for Oct. 12:

  + Doubles Championship results:

    - Sydney: Grabb/Reneberg(1) d. P McEnroe/Stark  6-2 6-3
    - Athens: Carbonnel/Roig d. Filippini/Koevermans  6-3 6-4


  + Ivanisevic's recent victory at Sydney is his 3rd straight
    over Edberg.  Edberg still leads the head-to-head rivalry
    5-4.


  + Major Tournaments this Week:

    - Seiko Super Tennis - Tokyo (Men)
      Defending Champion - Stefan Edberg

    - Porsche Tennis Grand Prix - Filderstadt, Ger. (Women)
      Defending Champion - Anke Huber


  + Tennis on TV (USA)

    - Saturday (10/17) at 4:00 pm, NBC
         ATP Senior Tour Championship
         (Check your local listings to confirm)

---

I need to make one small correction.  I said that Forget had won his third
title in a row at Toulouse, implying that he had won the title in the years
1990-92.  In fact he has won that title in the years 1986, 1991 and 1992.


..Chris

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Xref: sparky rec.sport.tennis:5861 rec.sport.misc:984
From: squash@iesd.auc.dk (Lars F. Kristiansen)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis,rec.sport.misc
Subject: Re: Squash newbie, its GREAT!
Date: 11 Oct 92 15:29:47 GMT
	<1992Oct10.043823.9438@midway.uchicago.edu>
Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, Aalborg University

>>>>> On Sat, 10 Oct 1992 04:38:23 GMT, jlh2@quads.uchicago.edu (jeffrey langdon harris) said:

Jeff> In article <1992Oct9.215733.4164@socrates.umd.edu> nick@socrates.umd.edu (Nick Lemberos) writes:
>
>I was invited by a friend to play some squash, and it is a 
>blast.  With the dead ball and longer racquet you have
>plenty of time to crank a backhand or forehand.  Unlike
>racquetball, which is all wrist, I dont think playing
>squash this winter is going to hurt my tennis game.
>
>Anyone else out there play?  I need to find a good book
>and purchase a racquet (squash racquets have changed to
>"oversize" as well 8-).  Any recommendations?
>

Jeff> With the demise of Summer I've been pondering Winter squash too.
Jeff> I'd also appreciate said recommendations.

Welcome to the club! Playing squash has been my #1 leisure activity
for the last 5-6 years. I could go on for byte after byte babbling
about squash, I'll try to control myself though.

Firstly, I don't know if there are any books on the game but it would
surprise me if you can't find a book published in England; the mother
country of squash maybe not historically but certainly in the number
of registered players. To my knowledge there are approx. the same
number of registered squash players in England as registered football
players (soccer that is), and that should me around 3 mill. players.
Anyway, I subscribe to a magazine called Squash Player International.
Besides coverage on international squash it usually contains articles
on "How to improve your game" both physically and mentally, test's on
new racket's, shoes etc. I can only recommend it. 
Video's are also obtainable on the market; like the ones with the
former no. 1 player Jahangir Khan. On these he shows many aspect's of
the game; the right position to take before hitting the ball on
various places on the court, tactic's (foresee your opponent's next
stroke) and a variety of drill's.

Just a personal comment on the racket's:
I'm not qualified to say which brand is the best (Head, Slazenger,
Dunlop etc.) and I don't know if it at all is possible. I guess it's a
matter of taste. But on the use of oversize racket's (models like the
440's) my view is a bit pragmatic, i.e. if one can't hold or control
the racket then don't use it. Some players say that with the bigger
racket heads there's the obviously higher chance of actually hitting
the ball, which ofcourse is right. But the problem is, that *not*
hitting the ball in the center of the racket-head really makes it
extremely hard to control your stroke.

If I can help with anything feel free to email me.

/Lars Flesner ---  squash@iesd.auc.dk

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From: mantell@xi.mathlab.sunysb.edu (Abraham S. Mantell)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Rankings-Mens vs Womens??
Date: 8 Oct 92 17:21:40 GMT
Organization: SUNY at Stony Brook, Dept. of Applied Math

Hello All,

Does anyone know why there are two seperate ranking systems for the men
and women??  It seems the fairest way should be to rank them using the
same system!!!

Thanks

Abe

mantell@ams.sunysb.edu
From: cs30@prism.gatech.EDU (SMITH,CHRISTOPHER G)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: News, Oct 14
Date: 14 Oct 92 23:10:00 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology


A couple of news items for today:

  + Filderstadt, Germany:

         Navratilova d. Hy     7-6 6-1 (Martina came from down 4-1
                                        in the first set)
         Sanchez Vic. d. Appelmans
                               7-6 6-2


  + Andre Agassi has accepted a wild card into the Paris Open to be
    played the week of November 2 (he had withdrawn from this week's
    Tokyo tournament).  Nearly all of the ATP top ten players will
    be participating in the Paris event.


..Chris

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From: cs30@prism.gatech.EDU (SMITH,CHRISTOPHER G)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Tennis Tournament Results, Oct 7
Date: 8 Oct 92 11:36:54 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology


Our news feed appears to be flaky, so I can't tell if any results have
already been posted.  If this is duplicate or comes up late at your site,
my apologies.

Anyway, here are results from yesterday, Oct. 7:

Toulouse
--------
1st Round:

Korda(1) d. Hogstadt		6-4 6-1
Forget(2) d. Schapers		6-3 3-6 7-5
Rosset d. Delaitre		6-1 7-6

2nd Round:

Gilbert(3) d. R. Gilbert  	6-3 6-1
Svensson d. Camporese(8)  	6-3 6-4


Athens
------
2nd Round:

Bruguera(1) d. de la Pena  	6-3 6-1
Arrese(3) d. Skoff		6-2 6-4
Gustafsson(7) d. Naewie	   	6-4 6-3
Jaite d. Champion		6-3 1-1 (ret)


Sydney
------
2nd Round:

Edberg(1) d. Baur		7-6 7-5
Agassi(3) d. Grabb		6-4 6-2
Lendl(4) d. Steven		7-5 7-5
Masur(8) d. J. Morgan		6-4 6-3
Haarhuis(9) d. Doyle		6-1 6-3

Black d. Rostagno(10)		7-6 6-7 6-4
Borwick d. Wheaton(11)		6-0 3-6 6-4
van Rensberg d. Matsuoka(16)  	7-5 7-6


Zurich
------
2nd Round:

Garrison(5) d. Durie 		3-6 6-3 6-4



..Chris



..Chris

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Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
From: PH412000@brownvm.brown.edu
Subject: Re: Typical: Controversy at Aust Indoor
Organization: Brown University
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 17:07:48 GMT

>There was a touch of Controversy at the Aus Indoor in the match
>Lendl against Woodforde.  Woodforde got a shocking linecall which
>soured lendls win.

score, please? other results?

Quan
From: mliu@ucsb.edu (Liu)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Tennis Week Magazine
Date: 11 Oct 92 03:46:02 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of California, Santa Barbara

Hello:

Is the "Tennis Week" magazine still in business? 
May be a better question is: Is there a better magazine than the Tennis
Magazine for those who are less provincial and have the audacity to
want to know more about tennis  played on continents other than good old
U.S.A.?

M. Liu



From: szeto@teecs.UUCP (Tat-Man(A.) Szeto)
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 18:07:25 GMT
Subject: Tennis camps 4 recreational players
Organization: Litton Systems, Toronto ONT
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis

A friend of mine, whom I've now lost contact with, mentioned about his 
going to some tennis camps in Florida.  I'd like to hear someone share
his personal experience with these camps.

(1) Is it expensive to attend one of these camps?

(2) How physically demanding is it? Is it like a military training camp 
    or is it more like an easy Sunday morning outing? 

(3) Is it for an average recreational tennis player?  Or is it actually
    catered for advanced players?

(4) Are people friendly there?  Is one able to make friends?

(5) Is one able to go sight-seeing besides playing tennis?

(6) All in all, did you enjoy it?

Tat Szeto
szeto@teecs.UUCP

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From: palmer@uvmark.uucp (Filaman)
Subject: Re: Looking for Becker Provantech PB
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 23:05:31 GMT
Organization: Vmark Software, Inc.

In article <1992Oct12.162648.11267@ryn.mro4.dec.com> balsamo@wmodev.enet.dec.com (Antonio L. Balsamo (Save the wails)) writes:
>       I thought that Becker used a Puma racket which is no longer in
>   production.  Did someone buy the rights to the racket from Puma and
>   continue it's production.  I have a Boris Becker Puma racket which looks
>   identical to the one I see him playing with on TV.  The one I have is about
>   4 years old.
>
Becker is under contract with Estusa, since Puma decided not to manufacture
frames anymore. I believe Becker bought the mold for his Becker Super, even
the graphics are the same. When he started his contract with Estusa, you could
still see the Puma logo on his frame even though he was using an Estusa stencil.
I guess it took awhile for his new frame to go into production, but now,
you can see the Estusa symbol on close ups.
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 _____   _   _       __    _    _    __    _    _     Palmer Chappelle
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| __)   | | | |__  | || | | |\/| | | || | | |\\| |    uvmark%palmer@merk.com
|_|     |_| |____) |_||_| |_|  |_| |_||_| |_| \ _|    USRSA Certified Stringer
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