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- From: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin)
- Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
- Subject: Re: Lendl Withdraws from the ATP Final
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.042817.4761@eng.umd.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 04:28:17 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.013742.2266@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> <1992Nov16.031320.4969@research.nj.nec.com>
- Sender: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles C. Lin)
- Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity von Uniland, College Park
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- Originator: clin@capacitance.eng.umd.edu
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- In article <1992Nov16.031320.4969@research.nj.nec.com>, tim@research.nj.nec.com (Tim Van Der Avoird) writes:
- >
- >Can somebody inform me about the way he defeated Courier and
- >Woodforde?
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- Offhand, I would say the serve, but I didn't see it.
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- >
- >I do appreciate the posting of the results very much, but I think that
- >it is a pity that only now and then reports on tennis matches are
- >posted. Of course, I realize that we are all volunteers and that I
- >should be happy that results are posted. So, I do understand that
- >asking for 4 pages of reports, analyses, etc. is not realistic, but
- >maybe one or two lines on each match could be included. Something like:
- >
- >Puthoven - Becker 6-0 6-0 6-0
- >
- >[Although Becker had the best of the game he failed to make this match
- >HIS match. Puthoven won mainly because of his great back hand.]
- >
- >Maybe a bit longer, but this will give interested readers an idea of
- >why the results are what they are (or: aren't what they should be).
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- The main problem is that while people are able to post results,
- it's not always because they see the match, but get scores from
- the newspaper, or other sources. From the few short games between
- Woodforde and Chang, it looks like Woodforde was hitting his forehand
- well. His backhand is mostly a sliced backhand, and he appears to
- be an aggressive baseliner, i.e. someone who tries to get to the
- net when he can, but is not a true serve and volleyer, a la Edberg.
-
- --
- Charles Lin
- clin@eng.umd.edu
-