Nice onebomberdonnie wrote:I agree whole heartedly and in fact have a look what I wrote about the man here -- http://www.bombertalk4.com/viewtopic.ph ... 6&start=20swoodley wrote:Fair call BD, although I think a lot of people underrate Hewitt because of his somewhat abrasive nature.bomberdonnie wrote:Paddy did say "tennis players" and not male tennis players to have won single grand slams in the last 46 years to be fair.
Roche was a 50/50 and I only put him there as he had been runner up 5 or so times and lost to some pretty amazing players.
I still stand by my argument that he would be placed between 10th and 15th as our best tennis player ever.
Take away the girls and roche and he may scrape into the top 10 of male singles tennis players we have produced.
I remember watching him beat Agassi and then Stoltenburg when he won his first tournament as a 16yo and loved his aggressiveness. I'd had a gutful of insipid performances from Australian players over the years and told my wife at the time that he would be a top player. She didn't like him then and still doesn't like him now.
I just see him as someone I'd like beside me in "the trenches" and you know he will never give up.
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Woah didn't know i caused such a stir havent check this forum in a while. Well he was world no.1 for 2 years I think so as much as your hatred towards him is you can't deny that he has been one of the best. He'd be my no.1 greatest "Australian" tennis players because of the Davis Cup success and Open wins. He's the only male tennis player that has been good in my lifetime.
Yet they never played anyone on these surfaces.swoodley wrote:And yet Rafter won his two slams on hard courts whilst Hewitt has won at Wimbledonrobrulz5 wrote:I guess the surface would play a part also.swoodley wrote:
And rob, I think that he would beat Rafter 7-8 times out of 10 because he always comes ready to play whereas Rafter was rather inconsistent. His overall record is also way better than Rafter's
On hard court Hewitt would win more as it would be difficult for Rafter to approach the net alot.
On grass Rafter would have the clear edge.
On clay the weather would play a big part, a cooler day would suit Hewitt but a warmer day would suit Rafter.
Rafter's overall game was better as he could rally from the back of the court even though not as good as Hewitt. Rafter could also volley alot better than Hewitt and even though Lleyton scrambles alot Rafter's volleying ability would make it very tough.
Hewitt was lucky to win Wimbledon. He didn't play anyone that could actually play on grass in 2002. Rafter kept running into Sampras.
Rafter also lost to an unseeded Ivanisevic in 2001. His wins were against such great players as Greg Rusedski and Mark Philippousisrobrulz5 wrote:Yet they never played anyone on these surfaces.swoodley wrote:And yet Rafter won his two slams on hard courts whilst Hewitt has won at Wimbledonrobrulz5 wrote:I guess the surface would play a part also.swoodley wrote:
And rob, I think that he would beat Rafter 7-8 times out of 10 because he always comes ready to play whereas Rafter was rather inconsistent. His overall record is also way better than Rafter's
On hard court Hewitt would win more as it would be difficult for Rafter to approach the net alot.
On grass Rafter would have the clear edge.
On clay the weather would play a big part, a cooler day would suit Hewitt but a warmer day would suit Rafter.
Rafter's overall game was better as he could rally from the back of the court even though not as good as Hewitt. Rafter could also volley alot better than Hewitt and even though Lleyton scrambles alot Rafter's volleying ability would make it very tough.
Hewitt was lucky to win Wimbledon. He didn't play anyone that could actually play on grass in 2002. Rafter kept running into Sampras.
Hewitt beat Sampras to win his US Open and lost to Federer (US) and Safin (Aus)...hardly easybeats.
The more research I do, the better he gets
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Ivanovic and Sharapova have played twice and have both won 1 each. They have not played on clay.
Sharpaova is currently ranked 2nd with Ivanovic is ranked 7th.
Ivanovic has dropped only two sets. 1 to Kuznetsova in the quarter-finals and one to Medina Garrigues in the 4th round.
Sharapova has only dropped one set to Patty Schnyder in a match where she also faced match points.
Sharapova will be the favourite but I think it would be great to see Ivanovic cause an upset and progress to the final.
Sharpaova is currently ranked 2nd with Ivanovic is ranked 7th.
Ivanovic has dropped only two sets. 1 to Kuznetsova in the quarter-finals and one to Medina Garrigues in the 4th round.
Sharapova has only dropped one set to Patty Schnyder in a match where she also faced match points.
Sharapova will be the favourite but I think it would be great to see Ivanovic cause an upset and progress to the final.
Henin and Jankovic have played 5 times with Henin winning all 5. All five mathches have went to three sets and 3 of them have been on clay.
Justine Henin is the current World no.1 while Jankovic is 5th.
Justine Henin has yet to drop a set and hasn't dropped a set at Roland Garros for 2 years.
Jankovic has dropped one set to Venus Williams in the 3rd round.
Henin has won the past two titles at Roland Garros and she will be favoured to get past this tough match to make is 3 in a row.
Justine Henin is the current World no.1 while Jankovic is 5th.
Justine Henin has yet to drop a set and hasn't dropped a set at Roland Garros for 2 years.
Jankovic has dropped one set to Venus Williams in the 3rd round.
Henin has won the past two titles at Roland Garros and she will be favoured to get past this tough match to make is 3 in a row.
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Spoilt brat who cracks the shits whenever one little thing does not go her way.
She thinks she is God's gift to tennis and shows absolutely no grace or dignity when defeated.
My outlasting memory of her will be her serving underarm during a Grand Slam final against one of the absolute greats of the game in Steffi Graf.
Anyway congrats to Rafa, a complete performance.
She thinks she is God's gift to tennis and shows absolutely no grace or dignity when defeated.
My outlasting memory of her will be her serving underarm during a Grand Slam final against one of the absolute greats of the game in Steffi Graf.
Anyway congrats to Rafa, a complete performance.
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You're forgetting the fact that she pretended to have a career-ending ankle injury because she couldn't face up to the fact that the Williams sisters were consistently kicking her arse..........rama_fan wrote:Spoilt brat who cracks the shits whenever one little thing does not go her way.
She thinks she is God's gift to tennis and shows absolutely no grace or dignity when defeated.
My outlasting memory of her will be her serving underarm during a Grand Slam final against one of the absolute greats of the game in Steffi Graf.
And then she made a return to tennis when the Williams sisters lost interest. How convenient.
Oh, and she has a receding hairline.
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Spot on I was hahaha. Felt like sharingJumboPaddy wrote:
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How?robrulz5 wrote:I guess sometimes people only remember the bad things. Sad.
Her reputation is always going to be tarnished because of things like that.
I reckon she is a far worse sportsperson than Lleyton Hewitt. Of course people are going to remember the bad things because that's what people's characters are judged on, how they handle themselves in certain situations when facing adversity and Hingis chose to sulk and whinge and carry on like she's a 6 year old spoilt brat.
Compare that to someone with the grace and class of Kim Clisters, Roger Federer, Pat Rafter, Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf and it's easy to see why the majority of people think she's a spoilt brat.