On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 8:06 PM, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Actually, there really are few that you can compare to Roger, when you > look at his string of grand slam finals, and huge list of records he has > broke. Just looking at things like his strings of matches won, win > percentage in finals, Roger won his first seven Grand Slam singles > finals...that's just unheard of in the Open era. This year may make or break Roger as the "greatest ever". If he goes on to win 2 or 3 more grand slams, including a French, and remains unbeatable on the hard court in the other tournaments....then I think we're there. But he's been beaten a few times lately, and young players like this Novak are challenging him more and more. Suddenly he's not so young by tennis standards anymore. Indeed. The only player on the men's side that you could really argue for > that most of us remember would be Borg, who had not only the great string of > wins at Wimbledon but also several wins at the French. Most other players > that you listed as "dominating" (again, just looking at the men for the sake > of argument) just were no threat on clay, and certainly none could boast of > the kind of winning streak that Roger had until this year. Is Roger much of a threat on clay? Not really. Personally, I HATE clay court tennis....playing tennis on dirt is ridiculous, so I'm more willing to forgive players who struggle playing tennis on the moon. Avid fan yes...although I am a horrible player myself! :-) But I grew up > watching Breakfast at Wimbledon and have been watching ever since. > Played in high school, was going to play in college, but health issues intervened..... -- Her face used to feel so soft Until her agent's doctor pulled it off ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:256654 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
