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01-25-2010, 04:38 PM
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Gilbert: "The #80 ranked player nowadays is better than the 15th player 15 years ago"
He made this statement during the Davydenko?Nando match last night. Now I know there ie part of him that has to push tennis to the audience to watch but he also played on the pro tour and watches the players now. It is interesting to see him say that.
What's your opinion on this?
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01-25-2010, 04:40 PM
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Re: Gilbert: "The #80 ranked player nowadays is better than the 15th player 15 years
Oh no, the old man isn't going to like this..
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01-25-2010, 04:45 PM
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Re: Gilbert: "The #80 ranked player nowadays is better than the 15th player 15 years
Sorry uh............no. Doesnt work like that brad. If it did you never would have cracked the top 300. Idiot with microphone strikes again!
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01-25-2010, 04:45 PM
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Re: Gilbert: "The #80 ranked player nowadays is better than the 15th player 15 years
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01-25-2010, 04:45 PM
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Re: Gilbert: "The #80 ranked player nowadays is better than the 15th player 15 years
No. 80 right now - Thiemmo De Bakker.
No. 15 15 years ago - Andrey Medvedev.
Medvedev >>>>>>>>>>>> De Bakker.
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01-25-2010, 04:47 PM
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Re: Gilbert: "The #80 ranked player nowadays is better than the 15th player 15 years
While I disagree with Brad you have to see where he's coming from. Brad got to 4 in the world with no particularly special talents other than a bit of court craft and hitting junkballs. Nowadays look at the players fighting for the top-5.
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01-25-2010, 04:52 PM
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Re: Gilbert: "The #80 ranked player nowadays is better than the 15th player 15 years
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Originally Posted by out_here_grindin
He made this statement during the Davydenko?Nando match last night. Now I know there ie part of him that has to push tennis to the audience to watch but he also played on the pro tour and watches the players now. It is interesting to see him say that.
What's your opinion on this?
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Todays era is stronger but Gilbert is basically talking crap massively overexaggerating.
But lets look at the facts.
From todays rankings:
77 Falla, Alejandro
78 Zverev, Michael
79 Dent, Taylor
80 de Bakker, Thiemo
81 Petzschner, Philipp
82 Gulbis, Ernests
83 Lorenzi, Paolo
From January 1995:
15 Medvedev, Andrei
16 Muster, Thomas
17 Krajicek, Richard
18 Korda, Petr
19 Larsson, Magnus
20 Rafter, Patrick
No way the the above players are better than the ones below were imo.
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01-25-2010, 04:54 PM
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Re: Gilbert: "The #80 ranked player nowadays is better than the 15th player 15 years
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Originally Posted by DartMarcus
No. 80 right now - Thiemmo De Bakker.
No. 15 15 years ago - Andrey Medvedev.
Medvedev >>>>>>>>>>>> De Bakker.
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Not to mention some of the names that were behind Medvedev: Krajicek, Muster, Rafter, Corretja, Forget, Pioline...All slightly different calibre than de Bakker.
Gilbert is talking  Makes me think Agassi had some company when getting high... |
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01-25-2010, 04:56 PM
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Re: Gilbert: "The #80 ranked player nowadays is better than the 15th player 15 years
Exaggeration guys  |
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01-25-2010, 04:56 PM
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Re: Gilbert: "The #80 ranked player nowadays is better than the 15th player 15 years
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While I disagree with Brad you have to see where he's coming from. Brad got to 4 in the world with no particularly special talents other than a bit of court craft and hitting junkballs. Nowadays look at the players fighting for the top-5.
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Is that an intentional invitation to the Murrayphobes? |
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01-25-2010, 04:57 PM
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Re: Gilbert: "The #80 ranked player nowadays is better than the 15th player 15 years
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While I disagree with Brad you have to see where he's coming from. Brad got to 4 in the world with no particularly special talents other than a bit of court craft and hitting junkballs. Nowadays look at the players fighting for the top-5.
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Sounds like Murray to me! No wonder he was hired to coach him. |
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01-25-2010, 04:57 PM
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Re: Gilbert: "The #80 ranked player nowadays is better than the 15th player 15 years
I think he got overexcited while making what he thought was a big time observation.
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01-25-2010, 05:00 PM
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Re: Gilbert: "The #80 ranked player nowadays is better than the 15th player 15 years
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Sounds like Murray to me! No wonder he was hired to coach him.
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Too slow and oh so predictable. |
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01-25-2010, 05:00 PM
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Re: Gilbert: "The #80 ranked player nowadays is better than the 15th player 15 years
Brad Gilbert in a nutshell....While many athletes fit into the stigma of the older I get the better I used to be, Brad is in the select group of top athletes that come to the realization ..."man I really sucked!"
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01-25-2010, 05:03 PM
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Re: Gilbert: "The #80 ranked player nowadays is better than the 15th player 15 years
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Too slow and oh so predictable.
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Yup. Your quick. Very quick. Faster than Murray thats for sure. If only andy was that fast and aggresive maybe he could have got to a final least year. |
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