I heared about his big win against Mark Philippoussis and thought he deserves his own thread. So here it is.
Groth's bio:
Birthdate: 19-Oct-87
Birthplace: Narrandera, Australia
Residence: Melbourne, Australia
Height: N/A
Weight: 205 lbs (93 kg)
Plays: Right-handed
Turned Pro: N/A
Coach: N/A
Current ATP Ranking - Singles: 342
Career High ATP Ranking - Singles: 341 (10-Dec-07)
Current ATP Race - Singles:
Current Stanford ATP Doubles Ranking: 296
Career High Stanford ATP Doubles Ranking: 296 (10-Dec-07)
One of the few young Aussies that actually has the weapons to trouble higher-ranked players. I can't see the likes of Ebelthite, Klein or McKenzie developing big weapons. Better off trying to help the likes of Verryth and Groth
yeah Groth should have got the main draw w/c over Tomic.
Mcenzie has weapons his speed and his heart, yeah help Verryth ,he is big and strong,
but don't worry there he and Tomic have had more help than anyone for the past 6 years,
If we want depth
I say help a bunch of them, and stop helping so few....
Thats where they have gone wrong for years, tunnel vision...
I agree. Would like to see the funds and time spent on those two spread amongst a few others - maybe then we can become a tennis nation again that has some depth
Saw Groth play at the wildcard play off in Dec and thought that he was much improved. I saw him play last year and thought that he was a one trick wonder (i.e the serve), however this year felt that his ground strokes had improved enormously. Shame he lost second round of qualies, I'm sure given the opportunity he will do better as he finds his feet at this level
Interesting to see that he is playing at the Auckland qualies. He has a fairly nice draw with Borvanov in the first round although it is likely he will come across Reynolds in the second match. The other half of his section doesn't look overly strong so if he could account for Reynolds he would probably be a real big chance of going through to the main draw which would be great.
Sam is in Spain working hard on his clay game with Felix Mantilla who is making the squad work very hard. Sam is there with Mary Verryth and John Millman. Sam was seeded first last week but lost second round. hoping for better results this week.
7/6 in the third set today as second seed in a 15k event in Mobile Alabama. The match was played indoors as it has been raining a lot. Good luck in the second round.
Nice win by Groth in the second round against Kumantsov who was coming of the Sunrise Challenger where he beat Becker and Levine and a futures final where he retired injured.
Into the quarter finals now against Nathan Thompson which is also winnable. Nathan is a lovely guy and a very handy player but at his best Samuel should come through with a win. The clay court season in Spain was a bit of a disappointment but he seems to have found some confidence again and he believes he is hitting the ball well which is great.
Sam has continued his good form and has made the semis of the Baton Rouge challenger where he has a winnable match against Rajeev Ram.
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