VertigoGal
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alright, I was mad at Andre last night for beating my ATL boy but now I might as well root for the american. anyway, I greatly admire both of them, so I'll be pretty happy no matter who wins.
VertigoGal said:glad you made it back Hallucination!
pepokiss said:
still, you are the Best, Andre..
trevster2k said:Andre just ran out of gas at the end. I mean, he threw everything he had at Federer and still could not hang on to third set. Of course, his spirit was crushed after the 3rd set especially with the dominating 7-1 decision.
Andre is at that Jimmy Connors crossroads where he has already decided to selectively participate in certain tournaments due to the overwhelming physical drain on his body. If he does continue to play, it will only be at a handful of tournaments and he will give it up as soon as he feels he is no longer competitive. I, for one think he should retire from competitive tennis after this amazing performance. Sampras retired after his last US Open victory. Agassi has to take medication for his back just to compete and take it from me, I'm 36, it is hard to compete with the twenty year olds and I take really good care of myself. Tennis ain't golf where you peak in your 30's. Most players hardly play into their late 20's let alone mid-thirties.
I felt the same way many of you did about Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg when they reached the end of their careers and I hated Ivan Lendl because he won everything too except for Wimbledon. But you know what, that's tennis. Players go on runs of being the top dog, but they come and go.
Federer is the top dog right now but someone else will show up and kick his butt too. It's the nature of the beast. There are many great young players like Roddick, Hewitt, Blake, and Safin who have the ability to beat Federer but they just have to have that perfect match.
Great tournament this year. Both men's and women's.
trevster2k said:Andre just ran out of gas at the end. I mean, he threw everything he had at Federer and still could not hang on to third set. Of course, his spirit was crushed after the 3rd set especially with the dominating 7-1 decision.
Andre is at that Jimmy Connors crossroads where he has already decided to selectively participate in certain tournaments due to the overwhelming physical drain on his body. If he does continue to play, it will only be at a handful of tournaments and he will give it up as soon as he feels he is no longer competitive. I, for one think he should retire from competitive tennis after this amazing performance. Sampras retired after his last US Open victory. Agassi has to take medication for his back just to compete and take it from me, I'm 36, it is hard to compete with the twenty year olds and I take really good care of myself. Tennis ain't golf where you peak in your 30's. Most players hardly play into their late 20's let alone mid-thirties.
I felt the same way many of you did about Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg when they reached the end of their careers and I hated Ivan Lendl because he won everything too except for Wimbledon. But you know what, that's tennis. Players go on runs of being the top dog, but they come and go.
Federer is the top dog right now but someone else will show up and kick his butt too. It's the nature of the beast. There are many great young players like Roddick, Hewitt, Blake, and Safin who have the ability to beat Federer but they just have to have that perfect match.
Great tournament this year. Both men's and women's.
trevster2k said:I agree that Agassi still as the ability to rise to the occasion from time to time but he is far from the top of his game. Yeah, he's ranked 7th or whatever but his results this year speak for themselves.
Before this tournament.
Record 32-10
Titles 1
Prize money $759,596
Federer is at the top of his game.
Record 64-3
Titles 9
Prize money $4,140,518
Plus I'm sure he is in great pain after his matches plus it sucks losing to players who when you were younger could beat with one arm behind your back. I think he will give it up. Don't get me wrong, Agassi is one of the best players ever but after seeing the look in his eyes after this match, he may give it up.
Yeah jno doubt. he used to be the badass, now he's the respected elder statesman. I hear ya. it would be so hard to want to be out there competeing everyday yet having to nurse nagging injuries constantly. I agree if he were to sputter and struggle it wouldn't be a great way to end his career but for now the only thing that seems to be a question mark is the health. Damn wonkey back. Other than that I honestly think he has another grand Slam in him.trevster2k said:I agree that would be a great way to end his career with an Olympic gold. I'm from the school of thought where I would rather see great athletes retire than hang around at a lesser skill level. I didn't mean older players could dominate today's players nor mean that Agassi could kick Federer's butt if he was younger.
I meant that Andre, himself, must hate losing to some "lesser" players and having to retire and miss tournaments due to injury must suck for a guy who used to be the "rebel" of the tour. And the comparison of Andre and Federer was just showing what a player at "the top of his game" is doing. Just a perspective.
BTW, I'm sure he must hate it when the younger players call him "Mr. Agassi" or sir.
ha! Holy crap I am Bono from there. In fact I'm Bono on every single site I ever go to except here. Hallucination is a reference to David's album. Here's a thread I started in Bang and Clatter http://forum.interference.com/t138277.html Not much love for him here as you can see. I didn't even bother responding to the last comment.I visited Fort Simpson about 3 years ago for a softball tournament which we won and went to represent the NWT at the slo-pitch nationals. Of course, we sucked at the championship. We have a Boston Pizza now, ooooh! PS. aren't you Bono on the David Usher boards too? [/B]
namkcuR said:
Screw Federer. I am so sick of him already. I would rather see Agassi or Hewitt or Roddick or Blake or Ferrero or Safin or freaking anybody win some slams other than Federer. I am bored to death of watching him win everything.