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*Official* Tennis Thread
- Thread starter Mister Wright
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nikhil1772
State Vice-Captain
Federer wont win this one...he meets Tim Henman in the quarters...actually that has nothing to do with it,coz Federer will lose before or after quarters...I so so want Tim to beat Roger this time if they do meet (if Tim can reach quarters that is)...
*Fingers Crossed*
*Fingers Crossed*
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Henman isnt very comfortable on clay and it would be a HUGE surprise if he manages to beat Federer if Henman does infact manage to reach the quarters. I havent had an indepth look at the draw but am really pinning my hopes on Federer winning it and as he said, completing the slamnikhil1772 said:
nikhil1772
State Vice-Captain
Federer wont complete the slam...Pratyush said:Henman isnt very comfortable on clay and it would be a HUGE surprise if he manages to beat Federer if Henman does infact manage to reach the quarters. I havent had an indepth look at the draw but am really pinning my hopes on Federer winning it and as he said, completing the slam
how would he complete the slam by winning the french? even if he had won the australian which he didn't, he would only be half-way to completing the slam...Pratyush said:Henman isnt very comfortable on clay and it would be a HUGE surprise if he manages to beat Federer if Henman does infact manage to reach the quarters. I havent had an indepth look at the draw but am really pinning my hopes on Federer winning it and as he said, completing the slam
Agent TBY
International Captain
I'm sorry but I think there is a different term for that,Grand Slam or something.Anil said:...which will be a great achievement no doubt, but still wouldn't be completing the slam because it means winning all 4 slams in one calendar year...
Or maybe I've been watching too much golf.
slam is short for grand slam....although nowadays the chances of winning the original slam are so rare even in the wta circuit(graf being the last person to complete it in '88) that they have started using the term much more loosely, the serena slam for instance when she held all 4 titles at the same time but not in the same year...but i have never heard of anyone referring to agassi as completing the slam after he took the french in '99 to have won titles in all 4 majors....and i don't think that can be applied to federer as well if he wins the french this year....Agent TBY said:
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Didn't Henman make the semis of the French Open last year?Pratyush said:Henman isnt very comfortable on clay and it would be a HUGE surprise if he manages to beat Federer if Henman does infact manage to reach the quarters. I havent had an indepth look at the draw but am really pinning my hopes on Federer winning it and as he said, completing the slam
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
LOLJono said:
Just for a second though, I hope, wasting any more time on those kind of thoughts is a bit of a waste of time.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Yeah you're correct as far as I know. Federer would have won ALL 4 MAJORS, but not the grand slam if he wins the French this year. The grand slam would have been achieved had he won the French last year, as he would have won the Aus, French, Wimbledon and US all in one caldendar year.Anil said:
The Serena Slam was impressive in 2002/03 though. I was hoping Federer would have done it last year, but I wasn't backing him this year because I wanted Safin to win the Aus Open (which happened
) which negated any chance he would have had of winning the grand slam this calendar year. Maybe next year 
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
No one's doubting that, well they'd be silly too. He's been a very good player for a long long time now. But you'd be ignorant to ignore the precedent he's set for himself over all those years he's been playing now. The fact that he just can't win a major.marc71178 said: