Anybody going to watch the U.S. Open finals in the Big Apple today?

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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited September 2005
    Holy **** That Dropshot Was Nasty!!
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited September 2005
    aaharvel wrote:
    I'm ASSuming there aren't many tennis fans on this forum, but today is going to be special. Quite possibly Andre Agassi's last match- and he's going up against the greatest tennis player of all time in Roger Federer (sorry for all the Sampras fans=)

    With Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York and it being 9/11- even if you're not into tennis i recommend tuning in to CBS at 4pm est. I think it will be a historic and very special sporting event. :)

    hehehe :cool:
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited September 2005
    ****. 7-1

    (Edit) Double ****! 3-0 4th set. :mad:
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited September 2005
    Yup. Im afraid its over with now. No way Andre can come back against 2 break points, not against Federer anyway.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited September 2005
    MacLeod wrote:
    And Pete's won 14!

    Uh no....Peter Sampras won 10 grand slam titles and 52 singles titles.

    Jimmy Connors won more than twice as many singles titles at 109.

    Roy Emerson has the most grand slam titles at 12 and Borg & Rod Laver are 2nd with 11.

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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited September 2005
    heiney9 wrote:
    Uh no....Peter Sampras won 10 grand slam titles and 52 singles titles.

    Jimmy Connors won more than twice as many singles titles at 109.

    Roy Emerson has the most grand slam titles at 12 and Borg & Rod Laver are 2nd with 11.

    H9

    Uh eating crow on the Sampras grand slam info....damn internet gave bad info :(
    Sorry.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited September 2005
    doesn't matter anyway. Great match- if Agassi retires today you couldn't ask for more out of such an outstanding competitor.

    That's 6 grandslam titles gentlemen.
    Imo Federer would chew them all up in their prime.

    Ashe
    Laver
    McEnroe
    Connors
    Borg
    Edberg
    Becker
    Courier
    Agassi
    SAMPRAS

    doesn't matter. He's the man.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited September 2005
    aaharvel wrote:
    doesn't matter anyway. Great match- if Agassi retires today you couldn't ask for more out of such an outstanding competitor.

    That's 6 grandslam titles gentlemen.
    Imo Federer would chew them all up in their prime.

    Ashe
    Laver
    McEnroe
    Connors
    Borg
    Edberg
    Becker
    Courier
    Agassi
    SAMPRAS

    doesn't matter. He's the man.

    Fun to debate, but there is no way possible to make that statement and back it up. I still say by pure number of wins as some have suggested is the way to measure....that puts Connors as the best all-time with 109 Career Singles Titles.

    H9
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited September 2005
    heiney9 wrote:
    Fun to debate, but there is no way possible to make that statement and back it up. I still say by pure number of wins as some have suggested is the way to measure....that puts Connors as the best all-time with 109 Career Singles Titles.

    H9

    i'm not trying to back it up. It's only an opinion. What an incredible match. I hope Agassi doesn't retire- but I'm just waiting for him to say it any second. :)
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited September 2005
    He should donate that new GS430 to charity. He probably will.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited September 2005
    heiney9 wrote:
    Uh eating crow on the Sampras grand slam info....damn internet gave bad info :(
    Sorry.

    H9

    LOL! Yeah, I get all my info from the internet also. I had to go to Sampras' website to get the 14 cause I didnt know offhand.

    Well congratulations to Federer. I was pulling for Andre but there is no denying Federer is a machine right now and nobody can touch him.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited September 2005
    aaharvel wrote:
    i'm not trying to back it up. It's only an opinion. What an incredible match. I hope Agassi doesn't retire- but I'm just waiting for him to say it any second. :)

    He sure sounds like he might....I hope he doesn't, but I can't imagine at age 35 the amount of effort put forth preparing and then playing for 2 weeks. I'm not sure he has it in him to do it again. He has played as well as he can possibly play and still is the runner-up. I guess it depends on if he can continue to play knowing he will never win another major. I say go out on top, like Sampras did insted of waiting until you reach the bottom. Sampras could've continued to play but probably would have been a long-shot to win another Major, which is what these guys live for.

    H9
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited September 2005
    well said.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited September 2005
    Another amazing fact I just discovered.

    The years 1978-1984 only 2 players won the US Open McEnroe or Connors!

    Wow, that's pretty impressive they really dominated the Open back then, two competely different styles of play.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited September 2005
    Again.....my addiction to looking at items on e-bay has uncovered another "gem". I thought of you Noel.....what more could you ask for? McEnroe & Cash do Zeppelin with others.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Mcenroe-Cash-Rock-N-Roll-Maiden-Led-Zeppelin-Sing_W0QQitemZ4765408443QQcategoryZ1573QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

    :D

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited September 2005
    heiney9 wrote:
    Again.....my addiction to looking at items on e-bay has uncovered another "gem". I thought of you Noel.....what more could you ask for? McEnroe & Cash do Zeppelin with others.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Mcenroe-Cash-Rock-N-Roll-Maiden-Led-Zeppelin-Sing_W0QQitemZ4765408443QQcategoryZ1573QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

    :D

    H9


    You gotta get that for nostalgia's sake.
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