RBA had a pretty good career. Good solid ground strokes No drama Just did not have any weapons which made him the ultimate baseliner grinders..FathertTime will catch up with players like him unfortunately.
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I have seen small vidoes of Carlos practicing lightly he is still yet to get the all clear from his doctor even though he has been told from his doctor the wrist is healed
As you probably heard, Andy Roddick was trying to be very cautious in his optimism about Lee and not jinx or over-hype, but you could hear his hopefulness. Either way, we've got some names to consider from the very young (under 18-19): Lee, Kouame, Hewitt seem most prominent right now. Perhaps Miguel and this Buglarian, Ivan Ivanov. Kids like Blanch, Engel, and Dedura have been on my radar, but still waiting for their big "challengers jump" when a young player starts doing really well in challengers and rises towards the top 100. Engel, I think, hasn't been playing for a couple months. Blanch and Dedura are creeping.
I finally got to watch highlights of Jordan Lee v Cruz Hewitt boys singles match
I don't watch much junior tennis but did watch the highlights and was surprised at how hard they were hitting. It was a bit "bashy" - not much finesse, but plenty of power.
I think the finesse hopefully will come later, agree plenty of power
Still a complete mystery to me that Rosewall never won Wimbledon, had the game for grass, from memory Ken was RU 4 times
Yes, four times is right - twice in the 50s and twice in the 70s (which is impressive in its own right). He was runner up to Jaroslav Drobny in 1954 and Lew Hoad in 1956, then John Newcombe in '70 and Jimmy Connors in '74, when Muscles was 39 years old.
Your probably right with Ken missing Wimbledon 1957-67, 11 years, in age 22 to 32, most of his prime
Sorta...they weren't nearly as cohesive a group as our Big Three. Gonzales joined the pro tour in 1950, seven years before Rosewall and 13 years before Laver. Gonzales and Rosewall were the top two pro players together in 1957-61, and then Rosewall and Laver in 1963-67, but I don't think there was ever a year in which Gonzales and Laver were near the top of their games together. I mean, Laver was ten years younger!I guess we can say Laver, Rosewall, & Gonzalez were the equivalent of the Big 3 extended well over 20 yrs. of excellence! IMO, Rosewall was also hampered by his size! He had lit'l to no serve & on grass at Wimbledon, it helps greatly to have a powerful one! On top of that, his BH was great, but exclusively sliced or flat! All of that contributed to someone not taking a huge grass court tournament like Wimbledon where Connors annihilated him in str. sets in '74!
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