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Why Have Americans Lost Interest in Tennis?
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| August 29, 2010
| Brendan Bernard
Posted on 08/29/2010 10:06:52 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: rsobin
What tennis is missing is the great rivalries and personalities in the 70s, Connors, Borg, McEnroe, they had personalities and you loved or hated them.
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posted on
08/29/2010 10:20:45 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Kaslin
When they removed the females from woman's tennis.
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posted on
08/29/2010 10:22:13 AM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
(Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
To: Kaslin
I think mostly because it’s boring.
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posted on
08/29/2010 10:23:38 AM PDT
by
libh8er
To: Errant
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posted on
08/29/2010 10:24:00 AM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
(Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
To: keypro
Yep! I think they should start handicapping players based on a ratio of their dimensions. (i.e. 36-24-36 = 0 handicap!) :)
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posted on
08/29/2010 10:24:35 AM PDT
by
Errant
To: Kaslin; All
Americans dropping out of the top 10..quick..anyone..name the last Brit..male or female, to win Wimbledon..
One other thing....no AUSSIES in the top 10..that shows you the game's really changed..
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posted on
08/29/2010 10:24:37 AM PDT
by
ken5050
(Save the Earth..It's the only planet with chocolate!!!)
To: Kaslin
“What does this say about us?”
We’re Americans?
Let’s see, our best woman player is a ghetto-style thug who threatened to kill an official by stuffing a ball down her throat. Fortunately she’s injured this year and can’t compete. One Russian player had a nervous breakdown on the court, and after losing left the court shouting how much she hated America. But she’s back this year, seeded 7th, and eager for more Yankee dollars! Mind if I don’t give her any?
As for the men, they are gentleman athletes, and I will watch them play on TV. Perhaps there will be another Nadal-Federer final?
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posted on
08/29/2010 10:24:52 AM PDT
by
devere
To: Cheetahcat
When they removed the females from woman's tennis. You mean "females" like Billie Jean King?
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posted on
08/29/2010 10:25:25 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Kaslin
Well, when the she-men finally retire I may start watching again or if a good American male shows some promise. Just tired of the same Swede or Spaniard making it to the finals. Also, it's hard to get excited about playing tennis when it's 96 degrees outside with 100% humidity!
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posted on
08/29/2010 10:26:07 AM PDT
by
poobear
("The greatest tyrannies are always perpetrated in the name of the noblest causes." -- Thomas Paine)
To: Cheetahcat
Looks more manly than obama
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posted on
08/29/2010 10:26:29 AM PDT
by
Errant
To: Kaslin
Tennis is very trendy and very fruity, but it's not a sport. It's just a way to meet other trendy fruits. Technically, tennis is an advanced form a Ping-Pong. In fact, tennis is Ping-Pong played while standing on the table. Great concept, but not a sport. - George Carlin
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posted on
08/29/2010 10:26:29 AM PDT
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: Kaslin
“One theory as to tennis’ declining popularity is that baby boomers who grew up with Borg, Connors, McEnroe, et al, are too old to play it anymore”
That’s it in a nutshell. Tennis is a punishing game, especially for those of us who never got good enough to serve, volley and pound groundstrokes without tearing up tendons and joints. After fifteen or twenty years off it’s hard to get interested in the latest generation of killer tennis bots. Sorry kids.
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posted on
08/29/2010 10:27:26 AM PDT
by
SBprone
To: Kaslin
We were only pretending to like tennis before.
We just quit pretending.
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posted on
08/29/2010 10:28:37 AM PDT
by
VoiceOfBruck
(First the good news - you're going to get a disease named after you.)
To: italybub
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posted on
08/29/2010 10:28:51 AM PDT
by
libh8er
To: Cheetahcat
Tennis is just inherently dull.
One small court and two dudes hitting
The ball over the net. No plays, no teammates.
No real strategy, esp. With the overpowering
Serves the men have. Dying sport it is.
To: Kaslin
“Why Have Americans Lost Interest in Tennis?”
Because like Furio Giunta on The Sopranos said about golf, “It’s a stupid-a-facking game.”
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posted on
08/29/2010 10:28:51 AM PDT
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Made from the Right Stuff!)
To: Kaslin
I miss the old days ....of Connors and John McEnroe. Always an enjoyable game when those two played.
McEnroe
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posted on
08/29/2010 10:30:25 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
(President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
To: Kaslin
I was never interested in Tennis in the first place, so I haven’t lost interest in it....
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posted on
08/29/2010 10:31:13 AM PDT
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: TomGuy
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Soccer for the upper classes.
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posted on
08/29/2010 10:34:30 AM PDT
by
Grut
To: Kaslin
Tennis hasn't been great since the rivalry of Borg-McEnroe.
>
Fire and Ice.
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posted on
08/29/2010 10:37:05 AM PDT
by
444Flyer
(We are the end of the line.)
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