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From: ianr@ee.mu.OZ.AU (Ian Rowlands)
Subject: Re: Olympic Questions & Thoughts
Organization: Electronic and Electrical Engineering - University of Melbourne 
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 23:40:44 GMT

In article <36156@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> tmarvan@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Thomas Marvan) writes:
>In article <1992Jul26.022658.29556@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> csr4@po.CWRU.Edu (Christopher S. Redding) writes:
>>
>>	I was just wondering if there is a bronze medal for tennis, and
>>if so, how is it determined? I'm almost sure there is a silver medal, but
>>I really don't know.
>
>
>I would guess that the winner of the final would be awarded the
>gold and the loser of the final would receive the silver.
>
>As far as the bronze medal goes, I imagine that it would be decided
>in a play-off between the two losers of the semi-finals. The winner
>of this play-off would recieve the bronze. 

	Close. Both semi-finalists get the bronze medal. Personally I think
this system sucks - not just for tennis, but for all sports. My opinion though!

				Ian



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From: etxjdry@caddie.ericsson.se (John Dryselius TG/HB)
Subject: Olympics
Reply-To: etxjdry@caddie.ericsson.se
Organization: Ericsson Telecom
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 07:35:36 GMT

Stefan Edberg yesterday gave Tjesnokov a powerful lesson in how to not play tennis. Tjesnokov learned a lot and won 3-0 (6-0,6-4,6-4) and though he's a quite good player on clay this was a very upsetting loss for Edberg. Well, nobody is immortal.

John

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From: AS.TLK@forsythe.stanford.edu (Timothy Kaufman)
Subject: Spin serves
Organization: Stanford University, California, USA
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 18:54:12 GMT

clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin) writes:
>
>get second serves in is to add spin to the serve and hit it
>as hard as the first serve (though using the power to add spin).
>I used to think (and still do) that it was a silly piece of advice.
>While reasonably good players can add spin to the serve, I would
>argue that for many people, it is very difficult for people to
>hit spin, esp. on the serve (esp. if you don't take lessons).
>It took me a long, long, long time to get spin into my serve,
>at least effectively, and I was conciously trying to do it for
>a while.  Most casual players say they don't even know how
>to get spin on a serve.


Try using a backhand grip rather than the Continental.  You will
probably find it very difficult to hit a flat serve this way even
if you try.  At least for me, it tends to produce a natural
spin motion.

-Timmer
From: sweeney@flash.ATC.Olivetti.Com (Peggy Sweeney)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: Olympics Mens Singles
Summary: Is Mota related to Rosa?
Date: 29 Jul 92 16:56:35 GMT

In article <ZimNoB1w164w@knex.Gwinnett.COM>, gess@knex.Gwinnett.COM (Gess Shankar) writes:
> Olympics  Men's Singles
>           
> First Round:
> ------------
(many scores deleted)  
>  
> goran ivanisevic (4), croatia, def. bernardo mota, portugal, 
                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Is he any relation to Rosa Mota, winner of the 1988 Olympic Marathon?

Just curious.

Peggy Sweeney
From: Alan.Tai@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Alan Tai)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: "Recreational" Tennis Balls
Date: 22 Jul 92 04:21:13 GMT
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service

Does anyone what the differences are (if any) between such sub-standard
tennis balls as Wilson Matchpoint and their regular Championship ones?
The front of the can says they are perfect for "recreational play."
And the back explains that the balls have certain imperfections that
would not make it suitable for tournament play.  What are these
imperfections, and are these balls worth investigating at all?  This
marketing tactic by Wilson is somewhat new to me, and I can't fathom why
tennis balls that seasoned pros wouldn't touch would be perfectly fine
for those just learning the game.  Thanx.

Alan Tai

Alan.Tai@bbs.oit.unc.edu

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From: dhylton@linus.umd.edu (Deborah Hylton)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Korde Vs. Holme
Date: 21 Jul 92 13:43:55 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park


I went to see my first tennis match live on Sunday.  I went
to the Nationsbank classic and saw the Korde/Holme match.
The match was one sided to being with, but I was hoping
Holme would come back and beat Korde.  Holme had problems
with the sun in his eyes and the heat.  The match was very
entertaining, I think Holme (what is his first name by the
way) served four or five aces, I think had it not been so
warm and the sun in his eyes Holme could have won the game,
there were times he showed signs of coming back, but Korde
crushed them.  All in all a great game to watch live.

Deborah
From: hjjcl@usho77.hou281.chevron.com (J.J.Clyde)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: question
Date: 27 Jul 92 17:28:21 GMT
Organization: Chevron

In article <jenni.712135301@milton> jenni@milton.u.washington.edu (Jennifer) writes:
>I've been playing tennis for a bit and keep having the
>same types of problems.  I'm kinda short (about 5'4'' ish) and
>I wonder if it makes serving harder.  I can't even see any part
>of the area I have to serve the ball into over the net.  :(

Buy a mesh net -- its see-through. :)


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From: clc5q@hemlock.cs.Virginia.EDU (Clark L. Coleman)
Subject: Re: Boris Becker's available, ladies
Organization: University of Virginia Computer Science Department
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 21:12:11 GMT

In article <HUSEBY.92Jul28182058@saturn.nr.no> huseby@saturn.nr.no (Ragnar Bang Huseby) writes:
>Becker almost lost to the Norwegian Christian Ruud in the first round.
>Ruud was leading by 2 sets to 1 and had a break up in the 4th.


When I saw the pairing of Becker and Christian Ruud in the first round,
I thought, Who is Christian Ruud?  He is not among the 150 or so players
in the ATP Player Guide. It is interesting to have players like McEnroe
staying home while Ruud plays. I doubt he is ranked in the top 100, yet
he almost beat Becker.

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From: vbaliga@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Vijay Baliga)
Subject: Re: whatever happened to Pernfors (was NCAA Singles Champions List)
Organization: Indiana University
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:36:22 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.150813.15800@morrow.stanford.edu> AS.TLK@forsythe.stanford.edu (Timothy Kaufman) writes:
>
>If I remember correctly, that was Mac's third warning.  He
>apparently thought he had another one, but hadn't the rule just been
>changed to bring ejection at three, not four?  Hey, if you insist
>on routinely skating on thin ice, sooner or later you're gonna
>take a dunk.  ;-)
>

The umpire later said that he would have ejected Mac anyway for using
those words (even if the old 4 warnings rule was in force).
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From: tmarvan@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Thomas Marvan)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: NationsBank Classic Final
Date: 22 Jul 92 01:17:36 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

In article <2A6AF7EB.18252@ics.uci.edu> mchen@ics.uci.edu (Morison) writes:
>In article <92202.120536HV0@psuvm.psu.edu> <HV0@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>>
>> Did you guys see Korda switching hands, hitting a hard shot using right
>> hand, and won that point?!  Truly amazing!
>>
>
>	I would like to ask a question about "switching hands."  Is it
>ok for one to play tennis ambidextrously?  Has anyone seen any player
>who always hit forehand from each side?


I vaguely recall, about ten years ago, a woman from Eastern Europe -
I think she had a Czech name, but was listed as a Hungarian or
something - who would serve the ball with the raquet in her left
hand, then, on the follow through, switch her raquet to her right
hand and playout the rally in this way. I'm not sure if there was a
medical or strategic aim behind this style, but it was fun to watch.

I *think* her secind name began with P or something, and had the
typical Czech suffix of -ova in her name. I saw her play in
Australia in the early-mid-1980's. Anyone else know of her.....?



Tom Marvan.





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From: GE.TEG@forsythe.stanford.edu (Tito E. Gervacio)
Subject: NCAA Women's Champions
Organization: Stanford University, California, USA
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 21:31:20 GMT


  I promised Clark L. Coleman to post the NCAA women's side.  So here
  it is.


  *********************************************************************


                     NCAA Women's Champions


  Year   SINGLES                      DOUBLES

  1982   Alycia Moulton, Stanford     Ludloff-Lewis, UCLA
  1983   Beth Herr, USC               Rush-Allen, Trinity
  1984   Lisa Spain, Georgia          Burgin-Gates, Stanford
  1985   Linda Gates, Stanford        Eldredge-Gates, Stanford
  1986   Patty Fendick, Stanford      Gregory-Reiss, Miami
  1987   Patty Fendick, Stanford      Adams-Donnelly, Northwestern
  1988   Shaun Stafford, Florida      Cooper-Sampras, UCLA
  1989   Sandra Birch, Stanford       Holden-Pollard, Mississippi State
  1990   Debbie Graham, Stanford      Whitlinger-McGrath, Stanford
  1991   Sandra Birch, Stanford       Alexander-Arendt, Florida
  1992   Lisa Raymond, Florida        Ceniza-McCalla, UCLA


  Note: AIAW sponsored the national championships prior to 1982.

  *********************************************************************
From: gess@knex.Gwinnett.COM (Gess Shankar)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Players Int. & Dutch Open Results
Date: 21 Jul 92 03:15:23 GMT
Organization: Knowledge Exchange, GA, US of A

$1.5 MILLION PLAYER'S INTERNATIONAL
AT TORONTO 
FIRST ROUND
-----------
Jason Stoltenberg d. David Wheaton (9), 6-3,6-4	      !!!!!!
Jeff Tarango (13) d. Francisco Montana, 6-3,6-3
Richey Reneberg (15) d. Patrick McEnroe, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4
Grant Connell d. Richard Schmidt, 6-3,6-4
Daniel Nestor d. Cristiano Caratti, 6-4,6-4
Kevin Curren d. Luis Herrera, 2-6,6-3,6-4
Chuck Adams d. Gary Muller, 6-2,6-4
Henrik Holm d. Kenny Thorne, 6-4,6-4
Todd Martin d. Jeremy Bates, 6-1,6-4
Leonardo LaValle d. Niclas Kroon, 7-5,6-4
Todd Witsken d. Alexander Mronz, 4-6,6-4,6-0
Simon Youl d. Danilo Marcelino, 7-5,6-1
Arne Thoms d. Francisco Roese, 7-6 (11-9), 6-1
Brad Pearce d. Mikael Stadling, 7-6 (7-4), 2-6,6-2
Jim Grabb d. Guillaume Raoux, 6-4,7-6 (7-2)



DUTCH OPEN
AT HILVERSUM, NETHERLANDS
FIRST ROUND
===========
Andrei Chesnokov (4) d. Tom Kempers, 3-6,6-3,7-6 (7-2)
Guillermo Perez-Roldan (8) d. Frederik Fetterlein, 6-0,6-3
Jan Siemerink d. Tarik Benhabiles, 7-5,6-3
Jacco Eltingh d. Carl Limberger, 3-6,6-3,6-1
Tom Nijssen d. Pablo Arraya, 7-5,6-4
Renzo Furlan d. Jose Antonio Conde, 6-1,4-6,6-3
Thierry Champion d. Jan Kodes, 6-1,6-2
 
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From: GE.TEG@forsythe.stanford.edu (Tito E. Gervacio)
Subject: On Being Flat And/Or Spinny
Organization: Stanford University, California, USA
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 04:04:35 GMT


                   @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

      I'd like to add a little something to  the  discussion
 on the usage of spins.  To acquire a sound tennis game, one
 must  have  a  diverse  menu  of  tennis strokes and tennis
 shots.  Spin being one of them, I have believed  all  along
 that  each type of shot is meant to accomplish a particular
 goal.  Trying to achieve a desired shot is another  matter.
 That's  why  we have the rating system,  a device we use to
 measure where we belong in the tennis strata.

      I enjoy my game when I feel that I can produce a  shot
 the  way  I  want it.  I may lose the point, but I know the
 next few matches, I'll be in control on  most  points,  and
 games.  They may be spin, flat, offspeed, slice, et cetera,
 anything to try, and I do them on purpose.  I'll miss  some
 and succeed on others.

      Topspins are great during baseline rallies, underspins
 are effective during approach shots (is this  the  slice?),
 and  sidespins  are inarguably lucky shots (any rebuttal?).
 Borg, and a lot of claycourt players are good  examples  of
 those  who  prefer and win with topspin shots.  Drop shots,
 when subtly  done,  are  things  of  beauty.   This  is  an
 underspin, isn't it?  Second  serves  with  spin  are  true
 weapons, I might add.

      But then, what  about  flat  shots?   Those  that  are
 generated  by Jimmy Connors?  And the Roscoe Tanner serves?
 They serve their own purposes too, and they win matches.

      My premise pushes this: the more versatile we are with
 our tennis game, the better off we  will  be  in  the  long
 haul.   This  is  still  a dream for me, so I still keep on
 hacking,  and  learning.   There   is   always   room   for
 improvement, I guess.


 -TEG
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From: gess@knex.Gwinnett.COM (Gess Shankar)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Olympics - Men's Results
Date: 30 Jul 92 19:59:30 GMT
Organization: Knowledge Exchange, GA, US of A

MEN'S SINGLES
-------------

SECOND ROUND
 
   JIM COURIER (1), DADE CITY, FLA., DEF. GILAD BLOOM, ISRAEL,
	6-2, 6-0, 6-0. 
   MAGNUS LARSSON, SWEDEN, DEF. GUY FORGET (7), FRANCE, 
   	6-3, 6-3, 6-1. 
   JAKOB HLASEK (15), SWITZERLAND, DEF. ANDREW SZNAJDER, CANADA, 
   	4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7-1). 
   EMILIO SANCHEZ (12), SPAIN, DEF. OMAR CAMPORESE, ITALY,
	6-4, 6-2, 6-1. 
   BORIS BECKER (5), GERMANY, DEF. YOUNES EL AYNAOUI, MOROCCO,
	6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-0. 
   MARC ROSSET, SWITZERLAND, DEF. WAYNE FERREIRA (9), SOUTH AFRICA, 
   	6-4, 6-0, 6-2. 
   FABRICE SANTORO, FRANCE, DEF. JAVIER FRANA, ARGENTINA, 
   	4-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-1.

-------------
MEN'S DOUBLES
-------------

FIRST ROUND
 
   RAMESH KRISHNAN AND LEANDER PAES, INDIA, DEF. 
   IZTOK BOZIC AND BLAZ TRUPEJ, SLOVENIA, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. 
   
   SUHARYADI SUHARYADI AND BONIT WIRYAWAN, INDONESIA, DEF.
   CHANG EUI-JONG AND KIM CHI-WAN, SOUTH KOREA, 6-1, 6-7 (6-8),4-6, 6-3, 6-2. 
   
   ANASTASIOS BAVELAS AND GEORGE EFREMOGLOU, GREECE, DEF.
   CHRISTIAN FORCELLINI AND GABRIEL FRANCINI, SAN MARINO, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2. 
   
   JOHN FITZGERALD AND TODD WOODBRIDGE, AUSTRALIA, 
   DEF. MARK KNOWLES AND ROGER SMITH, BAHAMAS, 6-2, 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 4-6, 6-3. 
   
   BRIAN GYETKO AND SEBASTIEN LEBLANC, CANADA, DEF. 
   KENT	CARLSEN AND FREDERIK FETTERLEIN, DENMARK, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-2). 
   
   GUY FORGET AND HENRI LECONTE, FRANCE, DEF. 
   EMANUEL COUTO AND BERNARDO MOTA, PORTUGAL, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1. 

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Subject: tennis trivia
From: ramjisar@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Sarangarajan Ramji)
Date: 28 Jul 1992 13:31:29 -0500
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

Are the three borg,Kevin Curren and Rostagno?

                           
ramji  

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From: clc5q@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Clark L. Coleman)
Subject: Canadian Open Past Champions
Originator: clc5q@hemlock.cs.Virginia.EDU
Organization: University of Virginia Computer Science Department
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 21:33:14 GMT

Canadian Open Past Champions


Open Era Only:


Year    Singles Champ    Finalist        Doubles Champs    Finalists
----    -------------    --------        --------------    ---------
1970    Rod Laver        Roger Taylor    Bowrey/Riessen    Stolle/Drysdale
1971    John Newcombe    Tom Okker       Okker/Riessen     Ashe/Ralston
1972    Ilie Nastase     A. Pattison     Nastase/Tiriac    Kodes/Kukal
1973    Tom Okker        Manuel Orantes  Laver/Rosewall    Newcombe/Davidson
1974    G. Vilas         Manuel Orantes  Vilas/Orantes     Fassbender/Pohmann
1975    Manuel Orantes   Ilie Nastase    Drysdale/Moore    Kodes/Nastase
1976    G. Vilas         Wojtek Fibak    Hewitt/Ramirez    Orantes/Gisbert
1977    Jeff Borowiak    Jaime Fillol    Hewitt/Ramirez    McNair/Stewart
1978    Eddie Dibbs      Jose-Luis Clerc Fibak/Okker       Dowdeswell/Gunthardt
1979    Bjorn Borg       John McEnroe    Fleming/McEnroe   Hewitt/Gunthardt
1980    Ivan Lendl       Bjorn Borg      Manson/Teacher    Gunthardt/S. Mayer
1981    Ivan Lendl       Eliot Teltscher Ramirez/Taygan    Fleming/McEnroe
1982    Vitas Gerulaitis Ivan Lendl      Denton/Edmondson  Fleming/McEnroe
1983    Ivan Lendl       Anders Jarryd   S. Mayer/Taygan   Gullikson/Gullikson
1984    John McEnroe     Vitas Gerulaitis Fleming/McEnroe  Fitzgerald/Warwick
1985    John McEnroe     Ivan Lendl      Flach/Seguso      Edberg/Jarryd
1986    Boris Becker     Stefan Edberg   Hooper/M. Leach   Becker/Zivojinovic
1987    Ivan Lendl       Stefan Edberg   Cash/Edberg       Doohan/Warder
1988    Ivan Lendl       Kevin Curren    Flach/Seguso      Castle/Wilkison
1989    Ivan Lendl       John McEnroe    Evernden/Witsken  Beckman/Cannon
1990    Michael Chang    Jay Berger      Annacone/Wheaton  Dyke/Lundgren
1991    Andrei Chesnokov Petr Korda      Galbraith/Witsken Connell/Michibata

The only repeat winners in singles:

Ivan Lendl   6
J. McEnroe   2
G. Vilas     2

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From: gess@knex.Gwinnett.COM (Gess Shankar)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: ATP Men's Money Leaders
Date: 21 Jul 92 03:16:29 GMT
Organization: Knowledge Exchange, GA, US of A

MEN'S TENNIS LEADING MONEY WINNERS
      (THROUGH JULY 20TH)

 1. Jim Courier       $1,331,770
 2. Andre Agassi        $729,494
 3. Petr Korda          $674,513
 4. Goran Ivanisevic    $661,151
 5. Stefan Edberg       $649,834
 6. Michael Stich       $591,336
 7. Michael Chang       $542,702
 8. Pete Sampras        $498,352
 9. Carlos Costa        $494,727
10. Emilio Sanchez      $490,683
 
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From: stamm@lure.latrobe.edu.au
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Most attractive man (was Re: Jim Courier)
Date: 28 Jul 92 05:53:56 GMT
Organization: VAX Cluster, Computer Centre, La Trobe University

In article <76170013@teecs.UUCP>, szeto@teecs.UUCP (Tat-Man(A.) Szeto) writes 
> I say (which is basically what most people say):
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^ ? say what? Are you telepathic?
> 
> Jim Courier:    He is definitely not bad looking--to some he is even handsome.
>                 But what is the most beautiful about him is his personality.
>                 I have had enough of the vulgarity of the Jimmy Connors' and 
>                 John McEnroes'.  It is so soothing to have a American player
>                 who doesn't behave like an American player does.
> 
> Stefan Edberg:  The heart-throb of men's tennis!  Who doesn't think that
>                 he is the most handsome player of all?  His blue eyes, his 
>                 blonde hair, his angelic face and his smooth, hairless 
>                 chest...
>                 How many hearts did he break when he got married?  
> 
> Andre Agassi:   The hairy beast from Las Vegas who doesn't dress like a 
>                 normal human being does!  The baseball cap, the pony tail, 
>                 the dangling earring, the loose shirt bottom and the layers 
>                 upon layers of bicycle and tennis shorts... watching all 
>                 these things flying and flapping around, I get motion 
>                 sickness.
> 
> Michael Chang:  The ugly duckling!  The camera crews always have trouble 
>                 finding an angle from which he looks good.
> 
>  
> And Martina (the horse) Navratilova...  hehehehe
> 
> ________________
> Tat Szeto
> szeto@teecs.UUCP
> ----------------

I thought the bit about Martina was a bit rough. I think she is the greatest
female player of all time. Also, as one sportswriter put it, "Who will be 
left to make any sense when Martina is gone?"

But I loved what you wrote about Stefan. That was pure poetry... Wish I could
have said it. How many hearts did he break when he got married? At least one
that I know of...

The bit about Andre was a hoot - motion sickness indeed! What a classic!

                              - Milena
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From: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin)
Subject: Re: More Tennis Records
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 21:31:03 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
Originator: clin@coke.eng.umd.edu


In article <1992Jul21.185144.4540@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, clc5q@hemlock.cs.Virginia.EDU (Clark L. Coleman) writes:
>In article <HUSEBY.92Jul21182416@saturn.uio.no> huseby@saturn.uio.no (Ragnar Bang Huseby) writes:
>>>Highest Match Winning Percentage: 96.5, John McEnroe, 1984 (82-3 record)
>>
>>As far as I know, John McEnroe lost to Ivan Lendl at the French Open, to
>>Vijay Amritray at Cincinnati and to Henrik Sundstrom in Davis Cup.
>>If the record does not include Davis Cup, where was his 3rd defeat that year?
>
>I see 2 good possibilities:
>
>1) Davis Cup is counted.
>2) He lost a clay court warmup before the French Open. He did not make it to
>    the finals of any clay court tournament in the spring, and it would be
>    surprising if he did not enter one of them (maybe the Italian Open) to
>    tune up for Paris, although McEnroe sometimes did surprising things.
>
>I searched for any tournament in which Fleming/McEnroe made the doubles finals
>but McEnroe did not make the singles finals, but there were none. Wilander beat
>Jarryd in the Cincinatti final; McEnroe must have been upset early. Sundstrom
>finished #7 in the rankings, #10 in prize money.
>

   I recall Lendl and McEnroe playing a match in San Francisco one
year.  This was at a time when McEnroe was already routinely beating
Lendl, and was one of the few victories that Lendl had over McEnroe
during this winning streak.  However, I don't recall which year
this occurred.  This was the Transamerica Open, and is held 
after the US Open sometime.   I also recall that the finals
in the doubles also featured Lendl and McEnroe.  It was Lendl/Gomez
vs. McEnroe/Fleming.   Sad to say, I missed the second and third
set of the singles as I was sure that McEnroe was going to win.
I have a feeling that this was in 1983 though.  Lendl dominated
Mac in 1982 and Mac turned it around at the US Pro Indoors in
Philadelphia by beating Lendl in early 1983, and did so again
in early 1984 when Lendl's strategy was to gun both first and
second serves.

   I once asked a trivia question of who Vijay Armitraj lost to
in the tournament he beat McEnroe.  Let's repeat it again.
Also, who was the the winner of that tournament, and the
runner-up?


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