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From: gene@wucs1.wustl.edu (_Floor_)
Subject: Re: US Open Prize Money
Organization: The K-Zoo Crew
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 20:27:25 GMT

In article <1992Sep15.173638.9993@walter.bellcore.com> donna@bae.bellcore.com (Donna Feliciano) writes:
] How convenient that today's USA Today provided me with data!!
] 
] Here's some:
] 
]     rank 
] (prize money)       tennis                 golf
]      50		    195,865		 256,439
]      40             249,414              311,909
]      30             306,908		 401,608
]      20             403,488              497,369
]      10             574,248              664,694
]       5             754,597	         885,971
]       4           1,000,484              909,236
]       3           1,131,372              930,659
]       2           1,367,029            1,084,714
]       1           1,560,045            1,254,473
] 
] As you can see, the only place tennis players
] make more is in the top few players (in this case,
] 4).  And for this money, many of the players must play 
] doubles to survive.
] 
] Plus, there is a VERY HIGH PAYING Senior tour for the
] geezers (nothing derogatory intended!!!!) over 50.
] What other sport can match that!  We must remember where
] the money comes from (corporate sponsors) and golf
] is BIG BIG BIG as far as demographics (i think golf
] is more of a rich man's game).

I remember last year USA Today listed the top earning athletes. A couple
Formula 1 drivers made $20mil from salary alone (Ayrton Senna). But they
were followed closely by golfers who made megabucks from endorsements
(Lee Trevino, Jack Niklaus (sp?)). I think Michael Jordan was up there too.
But I don't recall seeing any tennis players. This list did include
endorsements, so it's not the same as prize money. Oh, and I think a couple
boxers were way up there.

  _____    "But you can't really call that a dance. It's a walk." - Tony Banks
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 Gene Van Buren, Kzoo Crew(Floor), Washington U. in St. Lou - #1 in Volleyball
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From: wex@cs.ulowell.edu (Paul M. Wexelblat)
Subject: Results in Headers -- periodic posting
Originator: wex@bigmax.ulowell.edu
Reply-To: wex@cs.ulowell.edu
Organization: Univ. of Lowell CS Dept.
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 16:51:56 GMT


For new participants in this group:

Please don't put results of matches in your Subject: lines

There are many readers who watch televised matches via tape delay,
and don't wish to learn results in advance.

Use, for example:

"French Open Results"
"Davis Cup Spoilers"

or somesuch to indicate the contents, but that will allow readers
determine if articles should be skipped.

In general, 24 hours is long enough to wait if you just HAVE to
post something of the ilk:

Subject: Martina upset by Stich!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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

	...Wex
From: ananth@universe.som.cwru.edu (Ananth Srinivasan)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: US Open - General Observations
Date: 10 Sep 1992 13:36:12 GMT
Organization: WSOM CSG, CWRU, Cleve. OH
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After the Courier-Agassi encounter last night, the jokers
have exited and now we can watch some real tennis! It
should be a great Saturday/Sunday of tennis.

I hope that other countries are getting their own TV
coverage and not the USA channel feed. Who are these
clowns Bartan, Myers, Ted whatever? Does tennis coverage
need fools like these to draw an audience? Can you imagine
this happening at a football/baseball game? NBC does this
with the Enberg/Collins team year after year at the French
and Wimbledon. The ideal coverage team in my opinion
is Trabert, Ashe, Billie Jean King. And why has Newcombe
stopped calling the play for CBS?

This 11:30pm shift from USA to CBS is a real pain in the rear
end. What is worse is that here in the Cleveland area, CBS
has chosen to show the Newhart show at 11:30 followed by
Arsenio! No amount of calls to the local station have made
a lick of a difference. We missed the end of the Lendl/Becker
match, the Courier/Agassi match and probably will tonight
as well. Does any other city in the US have this problem?

At the post match interview, Agassi is reported to have said
that Sampras will take Courier easily in the semis. Taken together
with the comments of Connors and that unknown fool who got
beaten by Lendl, this year's grapes served in the locker
room must have come from a bad batch!!

Onward with great tennis!

--Ananth
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From: govindar@cs.rpi.edu (Ramakrishna Govindaraju)
Subject: Lendl vs. Edberg ( final result )
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 19:57:32 GMT


Edberg beat Lendl. Final score:

    6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 5-7, 7-6


-Rama.

-- 
Rama Govindaraju			govindar@cs.rpi.edu 

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From: bonacci@ecf.toronto.edu (BONACCI John)
Subject: Re: Pat Summerall (PLUS: aborted 60 Minutes)
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 13:56:46 GMT

In article <eyu2qB1w165w@knex.Gwinnett.COM> gess@knex.Gwinnett.COM (Gess Shankar) writes:
>CBS TV announcing team has Pat Summerall. I cannot understand why he is
>there. He does not seem to know much about the game, nor does he provide
>any color. Other than repeating scores, agreeing with comments by others,
>he does not appear to contribute much. Just why is he there?

Agreed.  But I'd guess he's there for much the same reason that Enberg does
NBC tennis.  They are "headquarters" guys with broadcasting voices.
-------------
Another question: was it just my Buffalo affiliate, or did everyone suffer
through a sudden breakaway to the opening of 60 Minutes only to break back
just as abruptly 2 minutes later?  Then...then...within seconds of coming
back ...then... THEY SHOW MIKE WALLACE SITTING IN THE STANDS!!!
--
JB
"M or W?"
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From: htilney@vax.clarku.edu
Subject: RE: McEnroe doubles arguement ?
Organization: Clark University
Date: 9 SEP 92 16:21:55 GMT

From what I understand, McEnroe was complaining to his opponents about
someone who was heckling in the audience; this person was apparently a
friend of one of Mac's opponents. JM might have thought that the person
was purposely trying to distract him.

The argument that Mac's opponent had was that if McEnroe had a problem,
he should discuss it with the umpire rather than bringing it up during
a game, which seems like a reasonable argument.

As you said, alot of stuff was bleeped out on TV, so my facts might not be
totally straight.

Bart
Organization: Junior, English, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Date: Wed,  9 Sep 1992 17:36:09 -0400 
From: "Kathryn C. Rollenhagen" <kr1t+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: somebody in pittsburgh who likes to play tennis


I am looking for someone in Pittsburgh who is interested in playing
tennis with me - I am not a very good player, so if you are looking for
a challenge please look elsewhere.

I would like to play a few games occasionally, just to keep in practice,
and have some fun playing (I am not a terribly competitive person).

I am 19 and I go to Carnegie Mellon.  Also, I don't have a preference to
male or female.

Ciao,
Kate.
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From: PH412000@brownvm.brown.edu
Subject: Weather report at New York?
Organization: Brown University
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 13:17:32 GMT

Would anybody from New York City(or N.J.) give us a weather report?
If there is no rain delay, we should be able to watch the completion
of Edberg-Lendl match live around 1:30pm this afternoon on CBS.

Thanks.

 Quan"It's painful to watch my two most favorite players to battle each
      other."
From: marmoset@mondo.engin.umich.edu (Dave Walker)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: Snapple
Date: 11 Sep 92 18:44:20 GMT
Organization: U of Michigan Computer Aided Engineering Network

In article <1992Sep11.162101.8023@news.iastate.edu> taab1@isuvax.iastate.edu writes:
>Snapple will give Lendl the winning edge... Any other Snapple drinkers
>out there?

I dwink Snaaapul Strawberry Cocktail.  Wonderful stuff.

ObTennis:

I only recently (last two years or so) started following tennis r
regularly.  I'd love to start playing, but I'm afraid of
looking really pathetic out on the court.  Which is more advisable
for a new player: taking a class or striking out on a public court
with a stack of "how-to" books?

Just another one of those "unknowlegeable fans" I guess,

| Dave Walker, Detroit Art Services (DAS)                                |
|                                          "I don't read, I just guess"  |
| marmoset@mondo.engin.umich.edu       -Happy Mondays, "Wrote For Luck"  |
|                                                                        |
| President, Sluggin' Fer Monica Fan Club                                |
From: adolce@bbn.com (Anne Dolce)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Doubles Results (Was: Chris Evert's picks)
Date: 14 Sep 92 12:41:48 GMT
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In article <1992Sep14.084109.7479@src.umd.edu>, clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin) writes:
|> 
|>    Oh, I forgot to mention other results.  Reneberg and whoever
|> his partner was won the men's doubles.  Woodforde and Provis
|> won the mixed.  Zvereva and partner won the women's doubles.
|> I think one of the three (women's doubles) had won three of
|> the four Grand Slam events this year.
|> 
   Reneberg played with Jim Grabb.  Natalia Zvereva won the women's
   doubles with Gigi Fernandez.  The latter two also won the French
   Open and Wimbledon.

Anne
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From: sliew@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au (Selbyn Liew)
Subject: Re: Tuesday Results
Organization: Electrical and Electronic - University of Melbourne 
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 12:15:15 GMT

In article <jonas.716017308@beor> jonas@beor.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Josef Nelissen) writes:
>Men
>
>Ferreira d. E. Sanchez 6:2 6:4 2:6 6:4
>Chang d. Washington 6:2 2:6 3:6 6:4 6:1
>Edberg d. Krajicek 6:4 6:7 6:3 3:6 6:4
>Lendl d. Becker 6:7 6:2 6:7 6:3 6:4 
>
Phew!  What a tough quarter of the draw.... I saw the latter half of
Edberg vs. Krajicek.  Krajicek did put up quite a strong showing but
had periods of lapses which Edberg could take advantage of.  Edberg
didn't play that well except during certain periods in the match.
But Edberg's match experience prove to be the deciding factor in my
opinion.  I think the difference between champion quality players and
up-and-coming players is that the former still can sneak through even
when the odds are not too good.  Krajicek lost his concentration when
serving to stay in the match at 4-5 in the 5th.  Edberg, on the other
hand, was one break down early in the set - indeed, he heaved a sigh
of relief after he returned to his chair having won, tough one...

Pity I couldn't watch the Lendl - Becker match... :-(

Regards,
sliew
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From: fam7w@holmes.acc.Virginia.EDU (Farid A. Masood)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Agassi and Connors
Date: 11 Sep 92 13:21:19 GMT
Organization: University of Virginia
Originator: fam7w@holmes.acc.Virginia.EDU

I thought the Becker fans were bad enough, always boasting about what
a great player he was, but this constant bashing of some of the tennis
players, like MCEnroe, Connors and Aggasi.  These players have their
personalities that we have to live with.  However I like to watch
tennis because of the sport.  Whatever some of you might say, these
are great players.  Yes even Agassi.  I think he is one of the most
entrtaining players and one of the best shot makers in the game.

How many times have some of you said after losing to someone that
someone else should be able to beat him.her in the latter rounds.
That is just an opinion.  So Agassi said that Sampras should win the
way he is playing.  I bet many experts believe that.  Sampras was a
big favourite for many people because of last months performances.
Frankly I do not like Sampras but I think he has a game that will hurt
Courier.

Let the players say what they want.  Maybe Lendl is not hiting the
ball as hard as he used to. I have never played against him back then
or now, so I couldn't tell.  Connors said that he couldn't keep the
pace he played in the first set against Lendl, Lendl new that so was
content in extending the points.  He new he could outlast Connors.
The old Lendl would be going for winners alot more from the baseline.
He did what he had to to win.  At that level, strategy is almost as
important as the play.


Asassi for the grand slam (one of these years)
-- 
Fred Masood 
Graduate Student, Department of Systems Engineering
University of Virginia
tele: (804) 295-6001   e-mail fam7w@virginia.edu
From: guillory@crhc.uiuc.edu (Stanford Guillory)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: 5th set TieBreak?
Date: 13 Sep 1992 01:01:11 -0500
Organization: Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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dklee@cs.umd.edu (Dennis Lee) writes:

>I always had the impression that the 5th set of a match at a Grand Slam
>would never be decided by a tie-breaker.  Anyone who knows the
>rule about this care to give me a brief lesson?

The US Open is the only one of the four grand
slams which allows the 5th set to be determined
by a tie-breaker.

>Thanks,
>>Dennis.

Stan
From: adolce@bbn.com (Anne Dolce)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Men's Draw Updated
Date: 7 Sep 1992 12:09:56 GMT
Organization: Bolt, Beranek & Newman, Inc.
Distribution: world
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The Washington/Leconte match was suspended last night because
of rain at about 11:00 PM.  Washington won the first set 6-4,
Leconte was leading in the 2nd set 6-6(4-2).  Don't know if
they finished.

The top four 4th round matches will be played today (weather
permitting).


             Courier (1) --------+
                                 |--------+
         J. McEnroe (16) --------+        |
                                          |--------+
              Costa (10) --------+        |        |
                                 |--------+        |
              Agassi (8) --------+                 |
                                                   |--------+
             Sampras (3) --------+                 |        |
                                 |--------+        |        |
             Forget (13) --------+        |        |        |
                                          |--------+        |
                Gillbert --------+        |                 |
                                 |--------+                 |
                  Volkov --------+                          |
                                                            |
                                                            +--------> Champion
                                                            |
               E Sanchez --------+                          |
                                 |--------+                 |
           Ferreira (12) --------+        |                 |
                                          |--------+        |
 Washington (14)/Leconte --------+        |        |        |
                                 |--------+        |        |
               Chang (4) --------+                 |        |
                                                   |--------+
              Becker (7) --------+                 |
                                 |--------+        |
                Lendl(9) --------+        |        |
                                          |--------+
           Krajicek (15) --------+        |
                                 |--------+
              Edberg (2) --------+



Anne (adolce@bbn.com)
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From: katz@lourie.und.ac.za (Moran Katz)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Steffi gifs wanted
Date: 12 Sep 92 15:00:56 GMT
Article-I.D.: shrike.1992Sep12.150056.7459
Organization: Univ. Natal, Durban, S. Africa
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Hi 

I am looking for gifs/jpeg files of pics of Steffi Graf.  Anyone have any
that they are willing to email to me?  Any ftp sites out there?
I do know of the bitmaps on cs.utk.edu, but I can't do anything with them on
my PC.

Thanks
Moran
Katz@lourie.und.ac.za
From: knarayan@netplan (K.L. Narayan x-7507)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: US Open - Men's finals (spoilers)
Date: 14 Sep 92 20:36:27 GMT
Reply-To: knarayan@netplan
Organization: British Telecom North America, Inc.

This brings up something I feel quite strongly about: subjecting the top players
to the madness of "Super Saturday". Not only is it physically too 
demanding to play the semifinals on Saturday and come back for the
finals on Sunday, but what happens is that the fans get to see an
exhausted, injury-ridden abbreviated final which leads everyone to 
complain that tennis players get to be paid too much for giving too
little. This vicious circle has got to end.

Anybody for starting a lynching campaign against the networks?

-Krish Narayan



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From: faa@athena.cs.wayne.edu (Felicitas A. Atabong)
Subject: Re: Give A. Sanchez credit
Organization: Wayne State University
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 13:16:59 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.121153.18647@cs.brown.edu> PH412000@brownvm.brown.edu writes:
>I am not a Sanchez fan but I found it amazing that people won't give
>her any credit for her win over Graf. Yes, Graf made a lot of errors
>but if you were Sanchez and when you saw Graf was off, what would you do?
>Keep the ball in play or compete for errors? Hitting hard is nice to
>watch but playing smart will win matches for you.
>
>Quan
>

I agree with you. I have watched some matches where you win against a
big server because of his double faults. I personnally believe that it
doesn't matter how you win, but that you do. If your opponent is making
too many errors, I feel it is better for you to just let him/her drown
himself/herself rather than try to play spectacular and lose. Besides
aren't champions known for playing smart rather than stupid? Why outwear
yourself when you're having a lucky break? I could also say Graf beat
Seles at Wimbledon because she was having a better day.

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From: cobra@chopin.udel.edu (KING COBRA)
Subject: Re: US open trivia
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 22:23:51 GMT

In article <1992Sep11.212500.685@morrow.stanford.edu> mou@nova1.stanford.edu (Alex Mou) writes:
>The four semifinalits are seeded 1 to 4. Has this happend before at US
>open? If yes, I doute it is a frequent case. Anybody knows how often
>this happens?
>

The last time it happened in 1985.

If someone knows the any other time then please post it.

Thanks.

KING COBRA
From: gess@knex.Gwinnett.COM
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: WTA Women's Money Leaders: September 13th
Date: 16 Sep 92 01:25:33 GMT

WOMEN'S TENNIS LEADING MONEY WINNERS 
     (THROUGH SEPTEMBER 13TH)
 
 1. Monica Seles          $1,732,352
 2. Arantxa Sanchez       $1,093,155
 3. Steffi Graf           $1,068,026
 4. Gabriela Sabatini       $824,065
 5. Natalia Zvereva         $519,144
 6. Mary Joe Fernandez      $483,083
 7. Martina Navratilova     $403,233
 8. Gigi Fernandez          $401,137
 9. Jana Novotna            $344,934
10. Conchita Martinez       $343,618
 
 
GeSS
--
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From: vinlai@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (vincent.lai)
Subject: Look what I found at Flushing Meadow!
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 20:37:36 GMT

I found a ticket stub that reads "Grounds Admission Only".  The
apparent cost is free.  How do people get tickets like these?  Why?
What priveleges do these ticket holders have?  (More importantly, what
priveleges DON'T they have?  I'm under the impression that you can't be
admitted to see any matches (at least on paper).

I was mildly stunned to find such a ticket, btw ...

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From: kbos@carina.unm.edu (Kurt Bose "of Biscayzee")
Subject: Assorted Bits from the Paper...
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 92 16:40:25 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

*The Orioles completed the Lefferts deal by sending Ricky Gutierrez to the San
 Diego Padres.  Gutierrez is a young (22) slick-fielding shortstop-second
 baseman with little power but with fair walking ability (that means he DRAWS
 walks, silly; it isn't like he's a cripple...).  Right now, he's a .200 hitter
 in the majors, so next year in Las Vegas he'll only hit .375...

*Ernie Harwell has been asked to join the broadcast team of the Detroit Tigers
 for the 1993 season.  Hmmm.  Will "Homer Homer" be the new home run call?

*McPaper readers, at least, know the names of the teams that voted for Vincent
 in the confidence vote, but for those not so blessed, here's the list:

*Baltimore
*Boston
*Detroit
*Florida
*Houston
*Montreal
*NY Mets
*Oakland
*Texas
 
 all supported Vincent.

*Cincinnati

 abstained from the secret ballot.

*Next stop: probably court.  Vincent won't go, and the other owners won't let
 him stay. (Opinion:  While I don't like the policies this commissioner has
 upheld, I feel this sets a dangerous precedent for the future.  I have to say 
 that I hope he beats this, but in no way should anyone interpret this to mean
 that I support the decisions he has made during his reign...er...tenure.)

-- 
Kurt Bose (as in Daisy, not Rose) *  kbos@carina.unm.edu * Make outs, not walks!
Keeper of the R.S.BB FAQ, and Junior Stathead {tm} * OK, so I AM the AntiChrist.
Be kind...don't disillusion the RBI-lovers. * Net.Agent, "Doublin" David Rossing
Less widely published as Noel Steere; less likely to rampage than Gary Huckabay.