Please tell me, what is this thread about?
I remember (from writings I found on an ancient water buffalo skin,) that my famous ancestor
"Nate-the-Knuckle-Dragger," was a prime example of an all around player. You should have
seen him in action. If he was loosing, he had the good sense to open the back gate, and let
the wild herd of water buffalos trample his dumb opponent. How modern can that be, I ask?
------ So Be It ⚜ ------ Ol' Nate should be in the Tennis Hall of Fame❗

 

McEnroe was on TC 2 nights ago kissing Alcaraz's backside basically saying hes bringing this stuff back from Big 3 era ironic

 

OP keeping MTF alive as thread generator extraordinaire. Good man.

 

Hello, it's the same thing in every major sport

 

Lol it's literally a sport, you know, athletes and then people get insulted because the fastest or the strongest one won

 

not completely, but I see your point.

if you aren’t a top-notch athlete you can’t make it as a pro.

The game’s physicality has taken over its beauty.

Sometimes I wonder what would happen if we switched back to the amateur era. Imagine if we stopped paying players proportionally to their wins, and offered a mere expense reimbursement and maybe an equal basic stipend so they don’t have to necessarily have another job. But imagine making this a job where they don’t earn more if they win.

Would they still be willing to spend hours in the gym? Would this bring beauty back? Just playing for the sheer pleasure of it?

 

I miss Kohlschreiber too, mate.

 

2 weeks after the all court player won a slam final against the baseline robot lol

 

@SetSampras

Calm down man. You seem to work yourself up into a frenzy every few weeks.

 

@SetSampras

Calm down man. You seem to work yourself up into a frenzy every few weeks.

This time this what triggered the frenzy. The Binner serve

The 2nd trigger

 

Alcaraz is probably the worst way of illustrating your point, and he had a bad day that day.

Down through history I'm sure the artists were greatly outnumbered by the bashers.

 

Oh he doesn't even come close to the all court touch/skill, serving ability of Fed and Pete. (this is before Fed's baseline modeling consistent success mind you) And he has all the advantages on them. Imagine if they had his advantages how crazy that 2001 match of skill and talent would look