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Re: ATP M1000 WTA 1000 Rome 5/9 - 5/21 2023

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ashkor87 wrote: Mon May 22, 2023 3:26 am
skatingfan wrote: Mon May 22, 2023 12:54 am ...

Medvedev's win in Rome feels a bit to me like Sampras winning Rome in 1994 - a great result for a player not comfortable on the surface, but more of a career highlight than a preview of future success.
I was thinking the same thing...Few people remember that Sampras won the Italian once..never won anything on clay again...I expect Medvedev to be the same
Uhm, not so fast. Sampras won the Davis Cup in 1995 on clay, in the infamous Russian tie in which the Russians soaked the courts so much that the ITF sanctioned them. Actually one of Pete's finest achievements (Courier, playing second string, lost both his matches).
But sure, no other clay court titles.
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Re: ATP M1000 WTA 1000 Rome 5/9 - 5/21 2023

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ashkor87 wrote: Mon May 22, 2023 3:19 pm interesting comment by Medvedev, crediting 'softer' strings for his improved performance..gives his shots more depth, he says..

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/22/tenn ... index.html
Technifibre started (as did Babolat) as only a string manufacturer (hence the name). Daniil is using their RAZOR SOFT strings, which is a new line. So he does make a good point and sales pitch.
It reminds me of a comment by Roddick years ago. He said it was not the racquets; he had been playing with the same Babolat Pure Drive since he was a kid. What was making the difference were the strings, because now you could hit as hard as you wanted and still make the ball come down.
Which was something that Babolat, in the 80's, had as a slogan for their commercials: "The ball NEVER touches your super expensive racquet".
I always tell people that. The $250-racquet with cheap strings will always play worse than the ON-SALE-racquet with a quality string job.
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Re: ATP M1000 WTA 1000 Rome 5/9 - 5/21 2023

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ponchi101 wrote: Mon May 22, 2023 3:39 pm
ashkor87 wrote: Mon May 22, 2023 3:26 am
skatingfan wrote: Mon May 22, 2023 12:54 am ...

Medvedev's win in Rome feels a bit to me like Sampras winning Rome in 1994 - a great result for a player not comfortable on the surface, but more of a career highlight than a preview of future success.
I was thinking the same thing...Few people remember that Sampras won the Italian once..never won anything on clay again...I expect Medvedev to be the same
Uhm, not so fast. Sampras won the Davis Cup in 1995 on clay, in the infamous Russian tie in which the Russians soaked the courts so much that the ITF sanctioned them. Actually one of Pete's finest achievements (Courier, playing second string, lost both his matches).
But sure, no other clay court titles.
True but Davis Cup is always special..Stan Smith had similar heroic feats because DC meant a lot to him..beat Nastase on clay in Romania etc...
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