Topic 14 of 83: Tennis anyone?
Mon, Aug 5, 1996 (09:35) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
Tennis '96 variety. Wimbledon. The US Open. The French Open. What's
going on in tennis?
15 responses total.
Topic 14 of 83 [sports]: Tennis anyone?
Response 1 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Aug 7, 1996 (16:41) * 2 lines
Why didn't Agassiz do better in the Olympics? Who *did* prevail in the
Olympics finally?
Topic 14 of 83 [sports]: Tennis anyone?
Response 2 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Sep 5, 1996 (00:57) * 1 lines
The US Open's on now. Any comments that that?
Topic 14 of 83 [sports]: Tennis anyone?
Response 3 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Sep 21, 1996 (00:33) * 1 lines
Does anyone have a recommendation for a racquet?
Topic 14 of 83 [sports]: Tennis anyone?
Response 4 of 15: michael (mgoblue) * Wed, Oct 2, 1996 (13:08) * 7 lines
I have lots of recommendations for racquets. I think the best "type" of
racquet that you should get is a wide body racquet. This will enable you
to generate 50-75% more power with the exact same stroke. Now the brand
of racquet is a different story. Most tennis brands will have some type
of widebody racquet. It all depends on the amount of money that you want
to spent. If you tell me the amount of money that you want to spend, I
can tell you several good brands of racquets to look into.
Topic 14 of 83 [sports]: Tennis anyone?
Response 5 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Oct 2, 1996 (21:28) * 1 lines
I hear Prince is pretty good. But I haven't checked out the latest stuff.
Topic 14 of 83 [sports]: Tennis anyone?
Response 6 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Aug 29, 1997 (00:59) * 6 lines
The US Open day four. Looks like the Martina Hingis and Pete Sampras show.
Top seeded Sampras put on a clinic today. Sampras played some of the most
exciting tennis I've ever seen him play. He's loose, relaxed and even a bit
wild.
Martina doesn't seem to come unhinged. She keeps rolling on.
Topic 14 of 83 [sports]: Tennis anyone?
Response 7 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Oct 19, 1997 (12:35) * 21 lines
What's going on in tennis?
Hingis just had her third loss, to Amanda Coetzer. This 5-2 phenom is
having a great year. She's downed both number one players this year
while they were number one. Impressive.
Meanwhile, Venus Williams is one of the most exciting players on the
horizon, I keep waiting for her major breakthrough. Don't get me wrong,
I love watching Hingis play.
The womens' game is very exciting right now.
I still like McEnroe's idea of going back to wooden rackets, hey, I've
still got mine. Where is this big serve game going? There's even a new
racquet, which claims to be approved by the ITF, which is
double-strung to make serves more rocketlike.
I had a great talk last night with Scott McTeer, Austinite and former
world ranked tennis player, who's wrapping up a tennis novel and supporting
an exciting up and coming player (more about this later).
Topic 14 of 83 [sports]: Tennis anyone?
Response 8 of 15: George Frimpter (legaffe) * Sat, Nov 8, 1997 (18:24) * 1 lines
Is Scott planning a website?
Topic 14 of 83 [sports]: Tennis anyone?
Response 9 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Nov 8, 1997 (19:56) * 2 lines
Glad you asked, stay tuned!
Topic 14 of 83 [sports]: Tennis anyone?
Response 10 of 15: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Wed, Jan 28, 1998 (18:48) * 4 lines
i agree with mac, re:wooden rackets...
(hmmm, maybe mac oughta be like the
"commissioner of tennis" or something...
sure he could re-invigorate the game)
Topic 14 of 83 [sports]: Tennis anyone?
Response 11 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Jan 28, 1998 (19:04) * 3 lines
I've still got my trusty old wooden, Jack Kramer. But it would
be hopeless for me. Only a good idea for the pros.
Topic 14 of 83 [sports]: Tennis anyone?
Response 12 of 15: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Wed, Jan 28, 1998 (21:27) * 6 lines
i still have my john newcombe, as well...
but yeah, i can't imagine using it now,
either... stick with my oversized head
(though i may dig the old one out, and
hit against the machine a little bit,
just to see what it feels like...)
Topic 14 of 83 [sports]: Tennis anyone?
Response 13 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Jan 29, 1999 (17:51) * 29 lines
from Sports Biz Daily:
AT AUSTRALIAN OPEN, MAURESMO'S SEXUALITY IS ALL THE BUZZ
Women's tennis has been "getting top billing lately,"
and the women's final of the Australian Open between Martina
Hingis and Amelie Mauresmo is "expected to attract greater
attention than the men's final Sunday," according to USA
TODAY's Doug Smith. WTA Tour CEO Bart McGuire: "We have so
many more marquee players and more depth." McGuire also
acknowledged that "sex appeal" is a factor in the tour's
popularity: "I'm not the least apologetic about the fact
that we have attractive people on the tour. You have to be
careful to promote them tastefully and try to make sure that
lines aren't crossed." Meanwhile, Mauresmo "stirred a bit
of controversy earlier this week when she announced she was"
at the tournament with her 31-year-old girlfriend, Sylvie
Bourdon. But McGuire felt that won't hurt the Tour's image:
"You try to accept people for who they are. I hope that we
will continue to be able to do that" (USA TODAY, 1/29). In
Toronto, Tom Tebbutt writes that "all the focus" at the
tournament was "about the 19-year-old French woman's
sexuality." Tebbutt adds "that a prominent French Tennis
Federation official told Mauresmo there was nothing wrong
with being gay but that she should tone down her liaison in
public" (Toronto GLOBE & MAIL, 1/29). In Boston, Bud
Collins: "It will take more than sniping to beat the
cheerful, engaging Mauresmo, who has been straightforwardly
casual about her personal life" (BOSTON GLOBE, 1/29).
Topic 14 of 83 [sports]: Tennis anyone?
Response 14 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Jan 27, 2005 (04:03) * 3 lines
Serena Williams was joy unconfined on Friday after completing a dramatic victory over Maria Sharapova to reach the final of the Australian Open.
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=tennisNews&storyID=7447760
Topic 14 of 83 [sports]: Tennis anyone?
Response 15 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Jan 27, 2005 (04:06) * 3 lines
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA -- Andy Roddick had an easier run to the Australian Open semifinals than he did two years ago, one that Lleyton Hewitt can only envy.
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/Sports/2005/01/27/911396-sun.html
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