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From: Raja, The Great on 24 Jun 2010 13:22
On Jun 24, 5:39 am, chris m <rilke2...(a)yahoo.net> wrote:
> In article
> <efb9e368-7b43-48e8-ab33-ccf822769...(a)y11g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
>
> Red Cloud <mmdir2...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> >  John Isner =  6'9".    Is he in the wrong court?  He forgot
> > basketball court.
>
> What he is doing is winning and making money.  After Roddick the 2 best
> US players are Isner and Sam Querry both 6'9" ish.  Ivo Karvolic is
> 6"11.  There is supposedly a 7 footer from somewhere about ready to
> come on the tour.
>
> It unfortunately is the wave of the future.  The French Open will be
> the only tournament where real tennis is player.  Not by these behmoths
> with 150 mph serves.  I hate it, its ruining the game.

Wimbledon has been fucked ever since Sampras and Ivansivec started
serving 100 aces (combined) in their matches at Wimbledon. Their semi
final of 1992 still terrifies me. It was abysmal. Wimbledon needs to
change to a surface where real tennis players thrive, not ace monsters
like Isner, Mahut, Ivansevic, Karlovic, Sampras, Rusedski etc.

From: undecided on 24 Jun 2010 13:30
On Jun 24, 1:22 pm, "Raja, The Great" <zepflo...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 24, 5:39 am, chris m <rilke2...(a)yahoo.net> wrote:
>
> > In article
> > <efb9e368-7b43-48e8-ab33-ccf822769...(a)y11g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
>
> > Red Cloud <mmdir2...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >  John Isner =  6'9".    Is he in the wrong court?  He forgot
> > > basketball court.
>
> > What he is doing is winning and making money.  After Roddick the 2 best
> > US players are Isner and Sam Querry both 6'9" ish.  Ivo Karvolic is
> > 6"11.  There is supposedly a 7 footer from somewhere about ready to
> > come on the tour.
>
> > It unfortunately is the wave of the future.  The French Open will be
> > the only tournament where real tennis is player.  Not by these behmoths
> > with 150 mph serves.  I hate it, its ruining the game.
>
> Wimbledon has been fucked ever since Sampras and Ivansivec started
> serving 100 aces (combined) in their matches at Wimbledon. Their semi
> final of 1992 still terrifies me. It was abysmal. Wimbledon needs to
> change to a surface where real tennis players thrive, not ace monsters
> like Isner, Mahut, Ivansevic, Karlovic, Sampras, Rusedski etc.

Sampras was only 6'1''. His serving prowess was due to skill/talent
not because of height.
From: Manco on 24 Jun 2010 13:31
Add Haase to the ace monsters! But he actually has a ground game to
back it up with nice feel on volleys!
From: Raja, The Great on 24 Jun 2010 13:32
On Jun 24, 12:30 pm, undecided <cost...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 24, 1:22 pm, "Raja, The Great" <zepflo...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jun 24, 5:39 am, chris m <rilke2...(a)yahoo.net> wrote:
>
> > > In article
> > > <efb9e368-7b43-48e8-ab33-ccf822769...(a)y11g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
>
> > > Red Cloud <mmdir2...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > >  John Isner =  6'9".    Is he in the wrong court?  He forgot
> > > > basketball court.
>
> > > What he is doing is winning and making money.  After Roddick the 2 best
> > > US players are Isner and Sam Querry both 6'9" ish.  Ivo Karvolic is
> > > 6"11.  There is supposedly a 7 footer from somewhere about ready to
> > > come on the tour.
>
> > > It unfortunately is the wave of the future.  The French Open will be
> > > the only tournament where real tennis is player.  Not by these behmoths
> > > with 150 mph serves.  I hate it, its ruining the game.
>
> > Wimbledon has been fucked ever since Sampras and Ivansivec started
> > serving 100 aces (combined) in their matches at Wimbledon. Their semi
> > final of 1992 still terrifies me. It was abysmal. Wimbledon needs to
> > change to a surface where real tennis players thrive, not ace monsters
> > like Isner, Mahut, Ivansevic, Karlovic, Sampras, Rusedski etc.
>
> Sampras was only 6'1''. His serving prowess was due to skill/talent
> not because of height.- Hide quoted text -

I agree, but if Wimbledon were played on clay, he would have won 7
slams in his career. Grass and his 40 aces per match record on grass
inflated his greatness.
From: Joubert on 24 Jun 2010 13:40
If extreme height can be considered cheating, than talent could be
considered cheating as well. That's how I'd put it in facts: talent must
be the only acceptable form of cheating in tennis.
The dimensions of the court and racquets weren't meant for a guy who can
hit the ball from those heights. I'm talking about Isner/Ivo types
obviously, who can only serve and are a disgrace to the sport otherwise.
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