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ELA

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OT- Tennis
« on: May 10, 2021, 09:10:49 PM »
Seeing that for the first time in the history of the world rankings, which date back 50 years, no American is in the top 30 on the men's side.

Is tennis a dead sport here?

I played in HS, and used to follow a decent amount, but that ended years ago.  It seems like it's been Federer-Nadal-Djokovich for two decades now.  The later rounds of the Grand Slam events, at least, used to be a big deal, but I feel like that's not even the case anymore.

Does anyone here follow anymore?  Are there any posters, who used to, but found their interest dwindle, as I have?  Growing up, I felt like tennis was equal to golf, that you knew the top guys, and the Grand Slams, like the majors in golf, were must-see tv, but aside from that, they were filler.  Golf has Tiger, but it seems like they did a much better job at sustaining that moementum than tennis did with Sampras-Agassi in the 90s.
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Re: OT- Tennis
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2021, 10:14:37 PM »

There were a few blonde Russians that I liked back in the day, but once they aged out I never bothered to familiarize myself with their replacements. 

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Re: OT- Tennis
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2021, 10:55:26 PM »
It is interesting how the US men have vanished, for now.   Is tennis less interesting to watch?   I still watch the GS events, love watching these 3 guys.

Wonder is it just the US talent that has receded at least at the elite level or is the game also seeing dwindling fan interest?   I don't know this, I'm sure ratings have trended downward like all sports including NFL, some more than others. 

Golf seems to have a wonderful bench of deep, elite US talent right now, is it more compelling than a Tiger vs phil and or anyone else era?    Debatable to me.   The top 20 now seems a lot more interesting in golf than it was during Tiger reign,  he sucked oxygen from everything.  Though  Not for cliff's note fans as Tiger was the needle. 

Keeping it on tennis here, it would no doubt help a lot to see somebody from US get in the mix.   Very curious void though. 
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Re: OT- Tennis
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2021, 08:36:02 AM »
I liked watching tennis back in the Agassi/Sampras days.  I haven't watched much since then, other than the aforementioned blonde Russian women's tennis players...
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Re: OT- Tennis
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2021, 10:21:09 AM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on May 10, 2021, 10:14:37 PM
There were a few blonde Russians that I liked back in the day, but once they aged out I never bothered to familiarize myself with their replacements.


Aged out of the sport or your perv-view?   
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Re: OT- Tennis
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2021, 10:26:05 AM »
I was into it for awhile, but tennis now is what baseball was in the 50s:  the same guys always winning.
I looked up Wimbledon and the Aussie Open......guess how manay non-trio champs there have been?
1 in Wimbledon, since 2003.  2003!  Andy Murray twice.
1 in the Australian Open since 2006.  
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The total and utter dominance makes it not fun.  Nadal wins on clay.  Federer wins on grass.  Djokovic wins everywhere else.  It's boring.
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Re: OT- Tennis
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2021, 11:12:56 AM »
Does the Pickleball explosion help or hinder Tennis? 

On one hand it gets people into the game, but if they are playing that instead then what difference does it make? 

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Re: OT- Tennis
« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2021, 11:28:28 AM »


Here's a 2021 ranking of the WTA hotties.  

https://www.perfect-tennis.com/hottest-female-tennis-players/

The first few couldn't carry Kournikova's sports bra, but there are some decent ones towards the bottom. 

Sharapova and Woznick are the most recent players that I could name, and they both got honorable mention as retired players that are still bringing the goods. Kournikova didn't even make THAT part of the list. 
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Re: OT- Tennis
« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2021, 11:31:39 AM »
The lack of men tennis players in the US is baffling. The Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association has 80,000 members offering competition levels from beginners to pro levels. The USTA leagues in Atlanta are also quite popular. If you come down and need a game, call me
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Re: OT- Tennis
« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2021, 11:33:51 AM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on May 11, 2021, 11:28:28 AM

Here's a 2021 ranking of the WTA hotties. 

https://www.perfect-tennis.com/hottest-female-tennis-players/

The first few couldn't carry Kournikova's sports bra, but there are some decent ones towards the bottom.

Sharapova and Woznick are the most recent players that I could name, and they both got honorable mention as retired players that are still bringing the goods. Kournikova didn't even make THAT part of the list.
Kournikova is a Mt Rushmore of 1.  
Sharapova is okay, but she's like 6'1".
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Re: OT- Tennis
« Reply #10 on: May 11, 2021, 11:47:48 AM »
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Re: OT- Tennis
« Reply #11 on: May 11, 2021, 12:39:36 PM »
I can't remember ever really following tennis, but my college girlfriend liked it and we went to the event they did in Cincinnati. I tried to keep a tennis ball that got knocked into the stands and got yelled at by ref or linesman or whatever they call them.
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Re: OT- Tennis
« Reply #12 on: May 11, 2021, 01:19:11 PM »
I watched way back in the day when Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe kicked Jimmy Conner's arse

with only 3 TV channels, tennis was the only sport on in that time slot.
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Re: OT- Tennis
« Reply #13 on: May 11, 2021, 01:51:20 PM »
Quote from: bamajoe on May 11, 2021, 11:31:39 AM
The lack of men tennis players in the US is baffling. The Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association has 80,000 members offering competition levels from beginners to pro levels. The USTA leagues in Atlanta are also quite popular. If you come down and need a game, call me
It is, to be honest. Tennis is quite literally the type of sport that nearly anyone can play as long as they have a racket and a tennis ball, both of which are cheap relative to other sports equipment. It's not like hockey where you need tons of equipment that you grow out of yearly as a child, or like golf where the equipment AND the greens fees are expensive. 

The barrier to entry to play tennis is quite low; not much more than basketball. And all you need is two players--or one player and a brick wall.

That said, the sport just isn't popular here. I suspect it doesn't attract youth because it's just not "cool".

Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on May 11, 2021, 11:33:51 AM
Sharapova is okay, but she's like 6'1".
I fail to see the problem there?
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