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Wimbledon 2007 a bore?
by Sérgio Cruz
Yesterday I had the opportunity to watch a few girls and boys playing at Wimbledon as well as see Nicolas Kiefer dismantle Filipo Volandri the Roger Federe slayer in Rome. As much as I love Wimbledon, the serve and volley, the attacks, the touch angle volleys and all the raffinesses only grass allows, I am more and more tending to believe Wimbledon is a total bore.
Here is why:
There are a bunch of totaly meaningless matches. Most players girls and boys do not even adequately prepare for the event or they have absolutely no clue of what is grass court play and I can assure you I know what I am talking about, because I played over 50 tournaments on the surface.
- Just to mention a few of the meaningless matches from players who could careless about grass:
- Filipo Volandri, Potito Starace, Benjamin Becker, Igor Andreev, Anna-Lena Gröenfeld just to name a few.
The combination of poor preparation added to the lack of skills adequate for grass court play and no interest in performing at professional acceptable levels, are turning Wimbledon into a bore. I can not bare to see clay court tennis on grass! Players trying to outrun and outslug each other eight to 12 feet and more behind the baseline, instead of hugging the line step in and using attacking skills.
Of course Roger Federer will thank them all and walk away with the cup once more, but are they really worthy opponents or is the tournament almost bordering into a farse?
Your opions are welcome. :)
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Sergio Cruz is ex # 1 National Champion, Davis Cup Player from Portugal and former Coach Jim
Courier ATP World Ranking # 1
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