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05-12-2011, 12:26 AM
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That awkward moment when you serve up a bagel but still lose
So, I have finally stopped wasting my time smoking weed, drinking, and...keeping myself busy 
On Monday, May 2, I had my final exam in college in the morning, packed up all my shit, said my final goodbyes, smoked a last fat blunt, and drove down to South Florida.
From Tuesday the 3rd until the present, I have been training 5-6 hours per day. I am training with Mike Dumitru, a Romanian coach who worked with the Romanian Davis Cup team back in the day. He trained with Ilie Nastase, Ion Tiriac, and Andrei Pavel among others.
I've been working mad hard, and my game has completely been reformed. He told me I have made improvements in one week that most other players don't make for 3-5 months. He has also told me that top 100 in the world in 2 years is a very realistic possibility.
I've been working on running lower, bending the knees and exploding into each shot, throwing the ball higher on serve, and jumping very high into the ball.
Sure I have much much work to do, especially on fitness, volleys, overheads, working with targets, etc. etc., but I am very excited about the future 
Speaking of future, I am planning to play the June 20 Future and June 27 Future, both in Florida. 
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05-12-2011, 01:06 AM
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Re: Top 100 in 2 years? My coach thinks so
You shouldn't explode with every shot, you'd run out of sperm very shortly and it will be hard to run with pants full anyway.
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05-12-2011, 01:06 AM
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Re: Top 100 in 2 years? My coach thinks so
get ready to be called a mug then
seriously, you need to drop MTF as well if you want to make it...
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Match Point Novak needs to be immortalized in sculpture, like Michelangelo's David. I'm sure that once he's gone to tennis Valhalla, his statue will have his stones as the focal point of attention, and tennis fans will make a meccan-like pilgrimage at least once in their lifetime, in order to rub those lucky stones, like the budda's belly.
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05-12-2011, 01:26 AM
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Re: Top 100 in 2 years? My coach thinks so
Good luck, and no offence but top-100 in the men's open division of Florida would even be a tough goal |
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05-12-2011, 01:41 AM
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Re: Top 100 in 2 years? My coach thinks so
Good on you man, is good to have ambitius plans they make us better. Is like that saying goes, aim for the stars and arrive at the moon. But don't forget to have backup plans A, B and C because in tennis there are certain constants and if you haven't being trainning since a kid, haven't played in the juniors or college at a very high level etc. chances are slim. But like I said ambitius goals make you better.
I remeber when I was 17 in the states doing High school and I thought I could too, but in all, I end up being pretty good at tennis played college at lower levels and had a great time overall. Just don't let it be means to an end only. Enjoy the experiences.
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05-12-2011, 02:45 AM
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Re: Top 100 in 2 years? My coach thinks so
Good luck bro.
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05-12-2011, 02:59 AM
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Re: Top 100 in 2 years? My coach thinks so
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05-12-2011, 03:54 AM
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Re: Top 100 in 2 years? My coach thinks so
Concentrate on getting your first ATP point then work from there.
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05-12-2011, 05:08 AM
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Re: Top 100 in 2 years? My coach thinks so
Good luck! Looking forward to your first big match and the results thread in GM 
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05-12-2011, 06:02 AM
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Re: Top 100 in 2 years? My coach thinks so
If you get around the Top100, tell GGL that I hate him.
Thanks.
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05-12-2011, 07:16 AM
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Re: Top 100 in 2 years? My coach thinks so
Try to arrange some live scoring, so we can follow your progress.
Good luck.
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05-12-2011, 02:08 PM
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Re: Top 100 in 2 years? My coach thinks so
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Try to arrange some live scoring, so we can bet on your matches.
Good luck.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Oracle
Match Point Novak needs to be immortalized in sculpture, like Michelangelo's David. I'm sure that once he's gone to tennis Valhalla, his statue will have his stones as the focal point of attention, and tennis fans will make a meccan-like pilgrimage at least once in their lifetime, in order to rub those lucky stones, like the budda's belly.
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05-12-2011, 03:28 PM
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Re: Top 100 in 2 years? My coach thinks so
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Concentrate on getting your first ATP point then work from there.
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This.
Good luck!
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Armstrong says in-competition testing will never catch anyone, only out-of-competition testing and the blood passport can.
Tennis has no blood passport system, and does basically no out of competition testing.
The methods and drugs used by Armstrong in 1999 would work in tennis right now, with zero chance of being caught (not slightly surprising to anyone familiar with the topic, btw).
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05-12-2011, 03:30 PM
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Re: Top 100 in 2 years? My coach thinks so
Best of luck and spread the spirit of MTF on the ATP 
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05-12-2011, 03:38 PM
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Re: Top 100 in 2 years? My coach thinks so
Make sure to let us know when you fix a match.
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That awkward moment when you serve up a bagel but still lose
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