From: guillory@crhc.uiuc.edu (Stanford Guillory)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: US Open - General Observations
Date: 12 Sep 1992 22:49:01 -0500
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clc5q@hemlock.cs.Virginia.EDU (Clark L. Coleman) writes:

>Exhibit A: Several times, I have heard "Ivan Lendl dropped as low as
>    number 11 in the rankings this summer!"  Actually, Lendl dropped
>    to number 12. The latest Tennis magazine (U.S. Open issue) should
>    be available as a reference to anyone announcing the Open, right?
>    It has the July 13, 1992 rankings, which show Lendl #12.  This was
>    all posted and discussed here at the time.


Oooooh. Major faux pas. They should be shot. 

>Exhibit B: Becker mishits a topspin forehand from the baseline. It makes
>    a crazy dive through the air with underspin, lands just over the net,

Sorry, but I think it is pretty much impossible to mishit
a topspin shot so that is has underspin. Balls don't spin
based on how badly they were hit, but on HOW they were hit. 


>was overhitting and trying very low percentage shots. If Agassi was standing
>over at one doubles alley, Courier would fail to hit to the other corner.

>If Agassi came in to the net and volleyed into the corner, Courier had to
>hit a running forehand and tried to hit it cross court, back across his own
>body, when the down the line was easier and is where the open court was. If

Let't teach you some basics of tennis:

     1) The net is shorter in the middle, so under pressure, you
        have a better chance to execute a shot crosscourt ( or did
        you think their was a difficulty rating ala olympic diving?)

     2) Aggasi is  not stupid, so if the open court was down the
        line, he knew this and was leaning that way. Also, if you
        ACTUALLY played s & v tennis, you would realize that the
        down the line passing shot is easier to cover than the 
        cross court. Because you then have a WIDE OPEN COURT TO
        VOLLEY INTO!!!!!! For the sake of this newsgroup, in the
        future, let's just assume the Courier knows more about tennis
        than you do!! I'm willing, anyone else?!?

>Ivanisevic at Wimbledon this year, Goran was gracious enough to predict
>that Lendl would never win Wimbledon, that there would always be some

Are you predicting that he will!?!?!?! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA 


>So, now Agassi is a childish, sore loser. No surprise. His Wimbledon
>success will not likely be repeated.

Ooooooh. I guess that Agassi could not have been making a rational
assesment of the Courier-Sampras match, huh? Not even considering
that he is probably more qualified to make that assessment than anyone
on this newsgroup is? Turns out he was right. Sampras stripped
Courier naked.

>By the way, as of this writing, the remaining players on the men's side
>include only one (Sampras) or two (Ferreira) of the young power hitting,
>big serving, serve and volley specialists. We had in the quarterfinals

And Sampras is still alive. And I do not think it is fair to not
include Edberg in the group of power players. There are two ways to
make it into the group of power players. Be able to it with their
power, or be able to handle their power. Edberg qualifies.

>5 baseline players (Agassi, Courier, Volkov, Chang, Lendl) and one serve
>and volley player 

Then you should watch the Chang-Edberg match. 

>Chang and Courier and Lendl are still out there contending.  The worship
>of the big serve seems unrelated to its actual success on the court.
>How is Marc Rosset enjoying the telecast, I wonder?

What a laugh! A non-power fan who includes Courier in his fold!?!?!
>|||  clc5q@virginia.edu (Clark L. Coleman)

Stan