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- From: coyle@waikato.ac.nz
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- Subject: rec.sport.tennis
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.175730.13446@waikato.ac.nz>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 17:57:30 +1300
- References: <1993Jan25.174757.17453@wuecl.wustl.edu> <9302612.20544@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
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- In article <9302612.20544@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>, sliew@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au (Selbyn Liew) writes:
- > In article <1993Jan25.174757.17453@wuecl.wustl.edu> am5@cec2.wustl.edu (Avik Mukherjee) writes:
- >>can someone tell me about Brett Steven's game? I'm curious to know, since I've
- >>never seen him. I doubt too many others have seen him either.
- >>
- >>-vic
- >
- > I watched part of his match with Fromberg. The impression is that he is
- > quite into serve and volley but also quite consistent from the baseline.
- > His serve is not much of a weapon though. I don't know if he'll be able
- > to return Sampras' serve well enough also. I'm not sure how much he's
- > really been tested in this tournament in terms of meeting levels of play
- > of the top players - since I think he's ranked 200++ and this is his
-
- First round he beat an U.S. qualifier in 4.
- Second round he beat Thomas Muster (Austria, #18) in 3.
- Third round he beat Andrei Olhovsky (Russia?, lower ranking than Steven) in 4.
- Fourth round he beat Richie Fromberg (Australia, #76) in 5.
- Fifth round to play Pete Sampras (U.S.A, #3).
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- Actually his ranking was #71 when he entered this tournament.
-
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- > first grand slam. However, he seems quite fit (compared to Fromberg, who
- > was clearly lethargic in the later part of the fifth set).
- >
- > sliew
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