Poopie said:
majin is being mean
you should be ashamed of yourself yahoo
that was one of the greatest matches in history
better than the agassi’s last match in the us open
well its been awhile since an extreme clay player did well in wimbledon let alone win the championship
its so fun watching nadal swing the balls back with incredible spin. ITS LIKE IS THAT *edited*ING POSSIBLE
Yes but that is not the point…Wimbledon has lost almost everything it used to have. The speed of the courts, the worn down net areas. The classic serve and volley’ers charging and making it deep in the tourney. If I want to see someone sit at the baseline and ralley for 20+ ball rallies, I can go watch the Aussie and the French open.
You can see the change in the courts if you go and look at a wimby court in the finals from 5,6,7+ years ago, the grass around the net is brown, and the baseline grass is still slightly green. Now the lower courts are the ones with the worn down net areas because the doubles hardly get to play on the center courts until deeper in the the tourney. Now this isn’t Rafa’s fault, this is just the evolution of tennis, sort of. With the new technology, rackets and strings make players hit the ball harder, and with more spin, it is getting harder for a S+V’er to make it in todays game.
And I never said it was not a great match, just not one of the best Wimby matches of all time…I have seen better 1-4th round matches in the past that put that match to shame. Any early match with Pat Rafter, Goran, Pete, even Bjorkman are funner for me to watch. That is what used to make Wimby special, I didn’t have to watch 4 grandslams of people sitting back and just out rallying, or out angling people…
kthxbai