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Re: Pete Sampras Picture and Art Galley
By: Emma Date: November 16, 2013, 4:00 pm
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If you watch this video on youtube, you will come across some
comments by Federer fans. If I am to be really honest, this era
has definitely created some of the worst fans in tennis history
ever saw. At least in the 90s and prior to that, most of the
fans were genuine fans of tennis but nowadays it's hard to be on
forums without coming across fans who have no true knowledge of
tennis and watch certain players only for bragging rights.
Somehow they feel certain players success is also their own
success. I wonder how many fans support these players for the
true reason there is.
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Re: Pete Sampras Picture and Art Galley
By: Clay Death Date: November 16, 2013, 8:52 pm
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[quote author=Emma link=topic=126.msg2978#msg2978
date=1384638716]
One of Sampras' signature shots. He had 3. His serve, his
running forehand and his overheads. I like the best at 1:22. And
I watched a lot of these on tv live. I very rarely missed any of
Pete's matches if they were on TV to be honest.
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that is unbelievable actually. I never knew he did that many
slam dunks.
that one against albert costa was out of this world. he must
have elevated 32-36 inches for that one.
holy smokes. this dude was some athlete.
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Re: Pete Sampras Picture and Art Galley
By: Emma Date: November 16, 2013, 9:16 pm
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He'd do it quite often, actually. Whenever he got a chance he
would go for it and he enjoyed it immensely. You can tell by the
little smirk on his face right after but not always. He liked
baseball a great deal but he wasn't tall enough to be a baseball
player I suppose. But I am sure his real passion was always
tennis.
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Re: Pete Sampras Picture and Art Galley
By: Emma Date: November 16, 2013, 9:46 pm
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Oh I should tell you this and my experience is first hand since
you know I was at Murray's forum for almost two years. I have
yet to find one Brit person who liked Sampras. They all hated
him and they still do. They liked Agassi and they still do.
baron britbox is no different i am sure.
And if you ask them why they didn't like Sampras then they will
always give you this bizarre reason, 'he was boring and he was
all about serve'. Bizarre because Goran was also a big server
but they adored him.
But the funny thing is now, a lot of them or at least 80% of
them on the forum simply hate Federer but Federer also have a
lot of fans from the UK. You can tell you when hear those loud
voices at WTF. some of them sound quite drunk at times and I was
told later by a fan who was there that a lot of Fed fans were
actually drunk.
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Re: Pete Sampras Picture and Art Galley
By: Clay Death Date: November 16, 2013, 10:33 pm
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[quote author=Emma link=topic=126.msg3006#msg3006
date=1384660012]
Oh I should tell you this and my experience is first hand since
you know I was at Murray's forum for almost two years. I have
yet to find one Brit person who liked Sampras. They all hated
him and they still do. They liked Agassi and they still do.
baron britbox is no different i am sure.
And if you ask them why they didn't like Sampras then they will
always give you this bizarre reason, 'he was boring and he was
all about serve'. Bizarre because Goran was also a big server
but they adored him.
But the funny thing is now, a lot of them or at least 80% of
them on the forum simply hate Federer but Federer also have a
lot of fans from the UK. You can tell you when hear those loud
voices at WTF. some of them sound quite drunk at times and I was
told later by a fan who was there that a lot of Fed fans were
actually drunk.
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interesting stuff emma.
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Re: Pete Sampras Picture and Art Galley
By: Clay Death Date: November 16, 2013, 10:35 pm
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[quote author=Emma link=topic=126.msg3000#msg3000
date=1384658167]
He'd do it quite often, actually. Whenever he got a chance he
would go for it and he enjoyed it immensely. You can tell by the
little smirk on his face right after but not always. He liked
baseball a great deal but he wasn't tall enough to be a baseball
player I suppose. But I am sure his real passion was always
tennis.
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impressive stuff. so he was the master of slam dunk in tennis.
here is something else he was famous for: the running forehand.
that running forehand was the best in the business in his day.
check it out:
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Re: Pete Sampras Picture and Art Galley
By: Clay Death Date: November 18, 2013, 9:54 am
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Re: Pete Sampras Picture and Art Galley
By: thetruth Date: November 18, 2013, 4:46 pm
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Loved Sampras!
Never understood how they got people to think he was boring.
Oh, duh. I know. McEnroe and his smear campaign. How they could
convince the masses that Pete was boring was insane. His game
was awesome to watch and he showed true class all the time.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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Re: Pete Sampras Picture and Art Galley
By: Emma Date: November 18, 2013, 5:11 pm
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It's not only McEnroe but also Agassi. He was very colourful and
had a few outburst on court too, so compared to that, Sampras
looked boring. Also, Sampras' serve was very dominating so that
didn't make those people very happy who wanted to see long
rallies.
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Re: Pete Sampras Picture and Art Galley
By: Clay Death Date: November 19, 2013, 4:38 pm
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Sampras was a champion off and on the court.
true class. I wonder if he grew up idolizing all those all time
great aussie players.
guys like laver, emerson, rosewall, and newcombe.
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