Comments on: Poetry in Motion

By: Lindel

Lindel — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:48:55 +0000

How can you leave Lendl off the list? I still refer to his name when people can't seem to understand my pronunciation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Lendl

By: Tom Grotewold

Tom Grotewold — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:11:05 +0000

Great interview. I thought it was super cool when Roger was talking about the time he spent with Tiger after the US Open and the how two of them were the only two guys to experience a near complete mastery of their sports. The Rocket looks awesome and kudos to Johnnie Mac for his continued promotion of tennis.

By: Sally

Sally — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:11:38 +0000

Two weeks ago – we saw Federer play at the Open in a night match.

I watched him volley, and I leaned over and said to Roberta (my daughter), “Did you see that? That IS history — that IS the best volley EVER.” While I had seen him play before in person and have watched him many times on television, there was something about THIS year. He knows that he is among the best ever …. wow. I think next year’s French Open could be HIS!

By: gwin scott

gwin scott — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 13:23:41 +0000

great post. i too loved that era you referred to and yes, federer is/will be the best ever. just wish those great rivalries existed today. remember the borg-connors-mcenroe matches. even seeing gottfried, mayotte, e.telscher (sp), tanner, stan the man win a few too. being a former college player (although self-admittedly had better results in juniors) i enjoyed hanging out at harry hopmans tennis camps (all-time best coaches that really taught in the golden era of those great aussie legends). my claim was at 12/13 being the best ball boy in memphis at the wct/morgan keegan tourneys and getting a front row seat to seeing all my heroes! (qualifications based on speed from knee on towel to ball to releasing with no mishandles) im still mad today that my mother threw away all my yrs work of getting autographs of those legends.

anyway, thx for sharing the i-view and go federer

By: Bosko

Bosko — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 19:42:27 +0000

I’m rooting for Djokovic.

By: Don Jones

Don Jones — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:58:17 +0000

Brad,

I was a top tennis player as a kid, too. My coach was a contemporary of Jack Kramer’s and I spoke with him on the phone once when I was 14 or so. Friendly and energetic, even at his advanced age. My dad, who idolized Rod Laver, got to spend an afternoon on a private yacht with him – they talked for a long time. Another friendly guy and my dad was in heaven.

Tennis is still a gentleman’s sport, and I’m glad to see a class act like Federer rise to the top, though guys like McEnroe show up from time to time to give it some extra flavor…

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:12:27 +0000

Federer looked like a tennis coach hitting it back for his student. “OK, Andy, that was a pretty good serve, but if you’re going to come to the net you have to be ready for the passing shot on either side… like this, see what I mean?”

It’s very telling that McEnroe, who generally calls all the players by their first names when he’s announcing (perhaps because he can’t pronounce the Russian names), refers to him as “the great Federer.”

By: David Cohen

David Cohen — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:30:34 +0000

I remember having this same feeling about Sampras, and before him McEnroe, or whoever was the best of the moment. But yeah, you get the feeling that at the top of Federers game (now?) that Sampras probably couldn’t have hung at the top of his. Amazing how the game continues to progress. I can’t imagine that in 15 years there will likely be someone ever better, but it will not surprise me based on past history.

By: Rahul Pathak

Rahul Pathak — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:30:46 +0000

Brad,

You’re absolutely right – Federer is incredible. Watching him is awesome.

Rahul