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From: bfrohman@fwhnm02.fwrdc.rtsg.mot.com (Bradley Frohman)
Subject: Racket Stringers
Organization: Motorola Inc., Ft. Worth, Tx
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 14:30:00 GMT

I am interested in buying another racket stringer.  I bought
My Eketelon Pro model some years ago.  I have interest in
two types of stringers (one for myself and one for my brother
who plays racketball).
  - Table top
  - Electronic floor model

Does anyone know anything about "Alpha" stringers?  I believe
they make an electric model (cost, reliability, accuracy,etc)
What is important to look for in an electric model.  I have
only strung once on an electric model.  It was a Prince.  It
was quite nice compared to my Eketelon.

What about table tops?  I know they tend to be drop-weights.
Any recommendations?  What is a reasonable cost.  What is the
meaning of the "N" point clamping system?  Is this clamping to
a racket or to a table or both?

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From: v071rw4p@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (EMIL MARCUS)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Arthur Ashe
Keywords: Ashe, HIV
Date: 9 Apr 92 15:55:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


	It is said to know that Arthur Ashe has (long ago, in fact...) tested
positive for HIV..., but it is even more disturbing to know that he was forced
to make this available for public consumption simply because someone in the 
media thought it was his/her "duty" to inform the world of the exact health 
status of a celebrity...  I am quite convinced that this person would never 
have to make public (insert in the newspaper the result of the medical test 
indicating) his/her HIV status... 

	I saw Ashe for the first time while playing tennis in Bucharest in the 
70's. (I attended the match !)   He was part of the US Davis Cup team.  Stan 
Smith, Bob Lutz, and Tom Gorman were, also, part of the team in those years.
	I saw him for a second time, on TV, in 1975 at Wimbledon.  He beat 
Borg is the semis (correct ?) and Connors in the final !
	I always liked and admired him both as an athlete and as a person !

	If there is someone to blame for his present HIV status, it is, quite
obviously, the hospital or/and medical team who collected blood without making
sure that it was HIV-free. Who knows how many people got infected at that 
hospital...  The only excuse they can make is related to the fact that no 
HIV-test was available at that time...  
	But that newspaperman who decided to "inform" us can, in my opinion,
make NO excuse for what he did, because he was under NO obligation to do it !!!
It helped no cause, not his own anyway...

			We wish Arthur Ashe the very best ! 


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 ~~~    Emil Marcus    ~~~~~    V071RW4P@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu    ~~~~~~~
From: palmer@uvmark.uucp (Filaman)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: Strings
Date: 10 Apr 92 14:35:47 GMT
Article-I.D.: uvmark.1992Apr10.143547.35652
Organization: Vmark Software, Inc.

In article <1992Apr9.191219.16522@news.iastate.edu> twcj1@isuvax.iastate.edu writes:
>For a long time now, I have been searching for strings.  I cannot seem
>to find any that I really like.  In the past, I have had Prince Endurance,
>Prince Tournament, Technifibre, and a Yonex synthetic.  I use a standard
>width Yonex R-22.  If anyone absolutely swears by their strings, please
>write me.

It would help if you told us what you're looking for in a string, and
why you didn't like the others.
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From: sdoki@maxine.wpi.edu (Suresh Doki)
Subject: Re: Wilander
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 05:50:18 GMT


>        I am a fan of Wilander. The U.S. open finals match between Ivan
> Lendl and Wilander (which year they plyed ?) exhibited the best performance

In 1988!

> of both the players. When Wilander won the U.S. open title after defeating
> the then #1 seed Ivan Lendl, he became the #1 seed. It was a crucial match
> for Lendl, because if he had won that title, he would have been on his way
> to break Jimmy Connors' record of holding the #1 seed continuosly for some
> years. Connors still holds that record and I don't think anyone can break

It was for 156 weeks.

> that record. Every year sees one new Tennis star emerging . [ Chang, Sampras,
> Courier, Stich,,etc.]
>       Ever since Indian tennis star Ramesh Krishnan defeated Wilander in the
> Australian open (which immediately followed the U.S. open title for Wilander)

It was Boris Becker who beat the shit out of Wilander three months
before Ramesh beat him. This was the reason of whatever 'confidence'
you are talking about.

> Wilander not only lost his #1 seed , but also his confidence. He is hardly
> in the tennis news. I will be glad if Wilander makes a comeback. He is one
> of those old players who always delivers good.


Now he delivers no good! although he is old. 



Suresh
From: shun@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (shun.cheung)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Cool it, please (was: Re: AIDS, HIV)
Date: 10 Apr 92 12:01:47 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T

Last time I checked, this is rec.sport.tennis. For those who
want to argue who discovered the HIV virus first, flame people,
or communicate in French, there are other appropriate groups
and e-mail for those purposes.
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From: richtt@aix.rpi.edu (Timothy G. Richter)
Subject: Re: strings
Keywords: tension
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 04:03:10 GMT

In article <1992Apr13.220627.7432@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> lfd@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (Lee Derbenwick) writes:
>In article <1992Apr12.184223.22668@seas.gwu.edu>, se020151@seas.gwu.edu (Hyok Lee) writes:
>> ...  By simple laws of physics, 
>> tighter strings do not contact the ball at a greater force than looser
>> strings.  F=ma; therefore, if the ball is accerated to the same speed, then
>> the normal force should be equal.  Looser strings stay in contact with the
>> ball longer, therefore impart more spin. ...
>
>...The average acceleration is delta-v/delta-t.  Since delta-v is
>stated to be the same for both cases, but delta-t is greater with
>looser strings, the average acceleration is _less_ with looser
>strings.  Therefore, since F=ma, the average force on the ball
>during contact is less with looser strings.
>

I'm sure we agree with F=ma and the average acceleration, but we all know
the ball leaves the racquet with more "power" from looser strings.  This 
makes the delta-v assumption invalid, and as for the conclusion that
the average force on the ball is less, could be true, but we are concerned
with spin imparted to the balll, which is caused by a force perpendicular
to the normal force.  The problem lies in the complexity of the string/ball
contact, which includes rotational inertias, a racquet which is hitting
from low to high (remember those tennis coaches?)  ...

I FEEL more spin when I have my racquet strung at "lower" tensions.  The
ball feels heavier, and that suits my game.  I don't know if I get more
spin, but my brain thinks there's more spin - and that's one less thing I
have to worry about.

I'd be very interested in seeing some _concrete_ evidence to back up
one of these theories.  Any ideas ? 

Tim Richter
-richtt@rpi.edu

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From: gchua@unixg.ubc.ca (Gwendolyne H Chua)
Subject: Re: Male players wearing only atheletic supporter
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 05:34:11 GMT

In <sdvYnT_00iUyI=Ynsl@andrew.cmu.edu> Dylan Sawyer-Villers <ds8t+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:

>Personally, when I turn on the TV, I am looking for a good tennis match,
>not a good pair of buns.

>:)

Agree with you totally, afterall, who are we to tell them what to wear?!  8|

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From: martenss@cae.wisc.edu (Carl Martensson)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: Wilander
Date: 7 Apr 92 16:35:59 GMT
Article-I.D.: doug.1992Apr7.113559.6350
Organization: College of Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison

In article <1992Apr7.162406.27644@ctr.columbia.edu> giri@sun1.Berkeley.EDU (Giridhar Rao) writes:
>One thing I seem to have noticed about most (if not all) Swedish tennis players is that they
>are all very classy, sporting individuals. It is very rare to find someone like Wilander or
>Edberg make excuses after losing, and they always are the first one to give credit to
>their opponents for a good match. Also, they tend to be the quietest players on the court.
>In fact, during the Aust. OPen this year, when Cliff Drysdale mentioned that Edberg had
>once again one the ATP most sporting player award, he dryly added that maybe the ATP should
>just retire that award to him (Edberg) since no one else probably stood a chance of winning
>it while he is around. 
>
>I was curious a little bit to know if this kind of thing is actually taught to the players
>as they are learning tennis, or is it just something inbred into the nature of the Swedes??
>If it is taught and coached, then I would whole-heartedly recommend other nations starting
>to do the same.
>
>Giri (a good sport, but a lousy athlete) Rao

I think it is mostly inbread into the nature of Swedes.  Swedes are layed back easy going people
most of the time.
From: gchua@unixg.ubc.ca (Gwendolyne H Chua)
Subject: Re: gif?????????
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 20:38:19 GMT

In <1992Apr9.020724.3747@gw.wmich.edu> x90quah@gw.wmich.edu writes:

>tennis buffs........
>                   can anyone tell me   what is ' GIF '? .okay, okay maybe i'm 
>ignorant.....so sue. me!!!!!!! ( just kidding ! )
>   i still would like to know............

>fritz..........

GIF stands for Graphic Interchange Format.  It's a standard way (according to
CompuServe) for people to trade graphic images between platforms (computers).
In other words, it's just a way to trade pictures over different computer
types.  So, any word on Becker GIFs?!!  =)

Gwen.
" Becker Rules "
From: allan@tanelorn.Eng.Sun.COM (Allan McKillop)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: Television coverage of tennis in the US
Date: 17 Apr 92 16:55:28 GMT
Reply-To: allan@tanelorn.Eng.Sun.COM
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: tanelorn

> |> Finally, why is there more golf coverage than tennis?  Opinions? [My guess
> |> is that between men, seniors, and women, there is twice to three times as
> |> many hours devoted to TV golf than tennis.]
> 
>    Perhaps there are more golfers out there than tennis players. 

I read an article about this some years ago (5?).  Back then, they said that
the TV ratings for tennis and golf were about the same, but that golf had
a much better demographic audience (the people who watched golf were much
more attractive to advertisers).  I just remember one afternoon flipping
through the channels and seeing different golf events simultaneously on
ABC, CBS, NBC & ESPN.  Yeach!  I remember thinking to myself that you would
never see anything like that with Tennis.

I've often wondered about the tennis coverage down in Australia.  I know that
during January they show lots of tennis, but what about the rest of the year?
And in England, coverage of Wimbledon is non-paralleled but pretty spotty the 
rest of the year.  What about Germany these days?

Speaking of German tennis, what happened to Michael Stich?  He is in serious
danger of falling out of the top 20 after Wimbledon.  I don't think he has
made it past the quarters once this year (at least not that I can remember).
I guess last year he was playing on confidence.  This year, he looks more like
he did 2 years ago rather than he did last year.  With lots of points to
defend at both the French Open and Wimbledon, he's got to be worried about
his ranking...

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Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
From: rbhatnag@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Rajat Bhatnagar)
Subject: Bausch & Lomb
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 20:27:16 GMT

Hi 

   Just saw the match Sabatini vs Novotna .Sabatini unexpectedly won this quite easily  6 - 2 , 6 - 1.

    The first few games were closely contested ,but later Novotna just handed 
over the match by making too many unforced errors(40 odd when compared to 14 of
sabatini's).
   Sabatini is playing well ,hope she wins this tournament.

Rajat.

GO GABY!
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
From: m_lehoul@oz.plymouth.edu (Michael L. Le Houllier)
Subject: Re: Arthur Ashe
Reply-To: m_lehoul@oz.plymouth.edu (Michael L. Le Houllier)
Organization: Plymouth State College - Plymouth, N.H.
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 19:11:06 GMT

In article <11128@borg.cs.unc.edu> ponamgi@franck.cs.unc.edu (ponamgi) writes:
>
>  
>  On a better note, Kimiko Date, I just heard on the radio,
>  advanced in the Japan Open.  Kimiko is a terrific player
>  and fun to watch; she's got a bright future.

Are Sawamatsu Naoko (Japan) and Yayuk Basuki (Indonesia) playing?  If
so, how are they doing.

I've seen Date Kimiko play as well, and like the two I mentioned, has
a promising future.  Could this be the beginning of an East Asian
surge into woman's tennis?
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From: wirthc@portnoy.sdsc.edu (Colleen Wirth)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: Arthur Ashe has AIDS?
Date: 8 Apr 92 23:13:59 GMT
Organization: San Diego Supercomputer Center @ UCSD

In article <1992Apr08.190247.27614@uvmark.uucp> (Filaman) writes:

>I just heard that Arthur Ashe has AIDS and is supposed to make an
>annoucement this afternoon. Does anyone have any details? I'm
>wondering if he truly has AIDS or is HIV positive, there is a big
>difference. I cannot believe this.
>-- Palmer Chappelle

I just heard NPR's report. Ashe had open-heart surgery in 1983 and
his doctor believes that he picked up the AIDS virus during a blood
transfusion. Ashe has known he carried the virus since 1988. Neither
his wife nor his daughter is infected.

Ashe only revealved that he carried the AIDS virus after confronted 
by a USA Today reporter who asked if he carried the virus. The re-
ported did not divulge his source.

Colleen
From: byron@archone.tamu.edu (Byron Rakitzis)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: strings
Keywords: tension
Date: 14 Apr 92 09:57:31 GMT
Organization: College of Architecture, Texas A&M University

In article <1992Apr14.012336.14943@cheops.qld.tne.oz.au> seetog@cheops.qld.tne.oz.au (Paul O'Keeffe) writes:

>Maybe its no accident that McEnroe and Borg have (had?) the kind of games
>thay have, considering that they use v. loose and v. tight strings,
>respectively.

No, it is no accident, but I bet Borg's & McEnroe's stringing tensions
follow from their game style --- not the other way around.

Don't forget that when McEnroe grew up, one-grip tennis (i.e., using
the Continental grip, or slight variations thereof, for all your
strokes) was still quite popular (he learned tennis from an Australian,
right? They were big on this one-grip stuff in the '60s). It's just
amazing that McEnroe could take that style right to the top of the
power game, amidst a slew of topspinning Borgs, Lendls, Vilases and
Wilanders.

(I guess I'm referring to the first "wave" of power tennis --- the
advent of graphite. Not the Agassi-style tennis we're seeing now.)
From: shun@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (shun.cheung)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: Sabatini #1?
Date: 10 Apr 92 17:06:24 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T

In article <1992Apr10.144203.12748@lgc.com> bernie@lgc.com (Bernie De La Torre) writes:

>Sabatini is most defenitely not #1. However, I wouldn't say that her
>chances of ever becoming number one are not good.

IMHO, Sabatini has to be a lot more consistent than what she has
shown to become #1. When she plays well, Sabatini is great although
her serve clearly needs improvement. However, she also tends to
lose to "unknown" players, such as to Amada Coutzer at Boca Raton.
Sabatini also came very close to losing to Pam Shriver in Tokyo this
past February, trailing 2-4 in the third set. I am not too crazy
about the way she lost to Mary Joe at the Australian Open and Arantxa
at Lipton (very one-sides first set) either. Consistency is the key
to become #1 in women's tennis.

>Commenting on the NY Times article, the Houston chronicle also stated 
>"Sabatini, ranked No. 1 in the world and seeded No. 2, will play ...".
>
>There must have been some kind of screw up in the wire services or else 
>thay are reffering to the Virginia Slims (Kraft) points.

The newspapers must share some of their news source. I recall that
once last year both the NY Times and USA Today misspelled Judith
Wiesner's name in the same manner.
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From: greg@athena.cs.uga.edu (Greg Whitlock)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Tennis Questions
Date: 8 Apr 92 23:31:52 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

I have some tennis questions I've been wondering about and I was wondering
if anybody could answer these for me.  I would be happy if someone could
point me in the right direction for the answers.

The questions are:

1)  How are the points accumulated for ranking professional players?
    That is, for example, how do you calculate how many points Edberg has?

2)  I assume the players choose which tournaments to play in, right?
    Or do the players have to be invited to play in the tournaments
    (like Wimbelton (sp)) ?

3)  How does one become a "professional" tennis player?  I'm not referring
    to skill.  Suppose someone thought he was ready to become professional,
    what does he do?

4)  Are there nonprofessional tournaments held often?  I like playing and
    I'm "okay" but I'd like to enter some "nonprofessional" tournaments
    just to compete.

Thanks for any replies/answers.

Either post or email.  

-Greg Whitlock
 (greg@athena.cs.uga.edu)
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From: eddie@chpc.utexas.edu (Eddie Hedges)
Subject: Results from Conde de Godo tournament
Keywords: At Barcelona, Spain
Organization: The University of Texas System CHPC
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 15:16:53 GMT

Source:
Austin American-Statesman

Singles-Second Round
Jordi Burillo,Spain def. Boris Becker(1),Germany, 1-6,7-6(7-2),6-4 Arrgg!
Jonas Svensson d. Jordi Arrese
Magnus Gustafsson d. Alex Corretja

Third Round
Ivan Lendl d. Thomas Muster 6-3,6-4
Sergi Bruguera d. Martin Jaite
Alberto Mancini d. Francisco Clavet 7-6(7-4),6-0
Magnus Gustafsson d. Nicklas Kulti
Rodolphe Gilbert d. Javier Sanchez
Horst Skoff d. Jordi Burillo
Carlos Costa d. Jacco Eltingh 7-6(7-3),7-6(7-5)
Jonas Svensson d. Francisco Roig
 
-- 
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From: sp2@cec1.wustl.edu (Sundara Pandian)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: French Open & Ivan Lendl
Date: 14 Apr 92 11:22:20 GMT
Article-I.D.: cec1.9204142121.AA16863
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis Mo.
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

Hi,
     Is Ivan Lendl participating in this year's French Open ?
 What is his current seed number ? I believe that he is among the top 5 seeds.
                                                             S.Pandian.
                                                      sp2@cec1.wustl.edu
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From: nick@socrates.umd.edu (Nick Lemberos (staff))
Subject: Re: Tennis Balls: A Question
Organization: University of Maryland University College
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 18:00:13 GMT

In article <graham.702437217@dumas> graham@maths.su.oz.au (Graham Matthews) writes:
>(Greg Whitlock) writes:
>>Okay, so this may sound stupid but I've never really known the correct
>>answer to this question:
>>Does the number on a tennis ball mean ANYTHING?
>>I once heard it reflects the type of surface the ball should be used
>>on.  But... *shrug*
>
>It is usually there simply so that at a club with many courts you
>can tell which court a ball belongs to. If the ball says 4 then it
>came from court 4. ..
>
>graham

Never knew this..make sense.  One further comment/suggestion.  I always
buy PENN or Wilson balls marked "8".  If someone on another court
asks what balls im playing with....I dont have to check.
(of course if my friend supplies the balls then it doesnt work..but
you get the point. 8-)

nick


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From: palmer@uvmark.uucp (Filaman)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: strings
Keywords: tension
Date: 10 Apr 92 14:51:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: uvmark.1992Apr10.145112.46588
Organization: Vmark Software, Inc.

In article <s2keeINNola@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> moots@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Joel Adam Moots) writes:
>I'm fairly ignorant when it comes to strings...but i was just wondering           how having the vertical and cross strings strung at different tensions          affects spin...
>Could anyone explain briefly?    :)

The following will allow you to impart more spin on the ball:
1.) A larger head racquet
2.) An "open" string pattern
3.) Lead tape around the head (heavier head)
4.) Higher string tensions
5.) Thinner gauge string
6.) String savers

As far as I know, different tensions between the mains and crosses
will have a minimal affect on spin. If you used a tension
meter, you'd problably find the tensions to be different regardless
of the setting when they were installed. An overall increase in tension
will allow more spin.

Be aware that most racquets are not rated for different tensions between
the mains and crosses (it could void your warranty if the frame is
damaged).

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