Roger Federer Pete Sampras Bjorn Borg Ivan Lendl John McEnroe Jimmy Connors Rafael Nadal Andre Agassi Mats Wilander Boris Becker Stefan Edberg Jim Courier Gustavo Kuerten Guillermo Vilas Pat Rafter Andy Roddick Lleyton Hewitt Marat Safin Novak Djokovic Andy Murray Sergi Bruguera Yevgeny Kaefelnikov Pat Cash Michael Stich Goran Ivanisevic Michael Chang Johan Kriek Richard Krajicek Roscoe Tanner Vitas Gerulaitis Petr Korda Thomas Muster Juan Carlos Ferrero Carlos Moya Miloslav Mecir Kevin Curren Alex Corretja Cedric Pioline Mark Philipoussis Todd Martin
Re: The greatest players of the open era!!
by prakash mohanasundaram on Sep 14, 2009 04:35 PM
good list well done, but you could have added Yannick Noah, Andres Gomez
Re: Re: The greatest players of the open era!!
by markedmondson on Sep 14, 2009 07:11 PM
chattu cashey is a legend, he winning wimbledon was awesome, he had too many injuries or else he could have won wimbledon more times i dont read posts i dont reply to
Re: The greatest players of the open era!!
by BURBAK SINGH on Sep 14, 2009 02:54 PM
how many of them are from 4 poorest cricket ,playinng Asian countries,India,Pakistan,Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Dear Leander, I am very happy with your performence. You are the no.1 tenis plyer in India.Nobody will defeat you. Regards, Tapas Ghosh kolkata 09830882627
Re: congtats
by Lilamber Joshi on Sep 14, 2009 12:31 PM
Paes has six doubles and four mixed doubles and a bronze medal in Olympics while Bhupati has four doubles and seven mixed doubles in Grand Slams.What a wonderful achievement.Score is even with 11 titles each.CONGRATULATIONS. Keep it up.
Re: Re: congtats
by BURBAK SINGH on Sep 14, 2009 12:41 PM
The Real sports persons in India are Leander Paes,Mahesh Bhupati,Abhinav Bindra,Vishy Anand,Pankaj Advani etc.These are the sports persons have brought laurel and fame by winning Many a titiles in toughest of Sports where thousand of competitors are there.Cricketers are fake sport person they compete among 5-6 countries and boast about ranking.It 's time we buzz off fake sportpersons(cricketers).
Re: Re: Re: congtats
by Vishwanath CB on Sep 14, 2009 03:30 PM
@BURBAK SINGH!!! You can add Vijendar Singh, Mary Kom, Pankaj Advani and Saina Nehwal in that list... Actually there are many more, but these are the ones you missed...
Over the year Bhupathi and Paes have created a reputaion for being excellent team (doubles) players. Their Grand Slam achievements surely will make any Indian proud. Had they played together, they would have had more titles against their names.
Re: Mahesh bhupati's other intrest
by Boardmessage on Sep 14, 2009 12:25 PM
I think, it was you dreaming about Lara... and the same has come out of your mouth in your post.
Re: hitler and india tv
by benjamin antao on Sep 14, 2009 11:26 AM
i think somdev is indias best bet for winning a singles atleast coming more closer to it than sania ... welll only his lukkkha
Re: Re: hitler and india tv
by benjamin antao on Sep 14, 2009 11:29 AM
he is so lanky that nadals arms are 5 times of him ok fed soesnt have good arms but nadals physique is plaudable
Re: Congratulations
by benjamin antao on Sep 14, 2009 11:13 AM
wierd why doesnt fed nadal play in doubles the way fed played wid stanislaus in the olympics
Re: Re: Congratulations
by Saurabh De on Sep 14, 2009 11:18 AM
Thats the prime question Benjamin - why dont the top players ever play doubles. Sampras, Lendl, Agassi, Edberg hardly ever played any doubles. It proves that doubles has a kind of secondary status and is more like a filler event with singles being the prime event. All the money and respect in Tennis goes to Singles. In fact only guys who dont succeed in singles like Paes, enlist in doubles.
Re: Re: Re: Congratulations
by Vasant Sivashanmugam on Sep 14, 2009 11:31 AM
I keep this stupid observation again and again in rediff forums. It is really absurd.
Why doesn't Federer doesn't play football. Does it means it is not worthy game.
Why not Ricky ponting bowl? Does it mean batting really key in cricket.
Why don't you understand the term called "Specialist"?
Re: Re: Re: Re: Congratulations
by benjamin antao on Sep 14, 2009 11:33 AM
but vasant have u seen federer trump the paes in olympics so if u say they are double specialint how could a singles player trump them
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Congratulations
by Vasant Sivashanmugam on Sep 14, 2009 11:47 AM
Benjamin,
Federer is my favorite tennis player. He is obviously a better player compared to Paes.
In the interest of Swiss getting one more Gold, he played doubles and did win. But it did distract his chances on winning Singles medal in Olympics. Do you agree.
Players who are better singles players continue to focus their energy on becoming Champs in singles.
If Federer thinks that he could be a true all rounder and can win singles and doubles titles. Then why isn't he playing. If doen't even make business sense for him
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Congratulations
by benjamin antao on Sep 14, 2009 11:52 AM
its so tough to agree with you i relly doubt they need different skills ... i know u have a point but its tough to admit it
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Congratulations
by benjamin antao on Sep 14, 2009 11:51 AM
no nadal was better than him not that it distracted him.... he was in a low mood an i hate federar his a cry baby
Re: Re: Re: Congratulations
by benjamin antao on Sep 14, 2009 11:28 AM
ya you are right .... but then seeing the way fed won in olympic doubles the reason of haveing doubles is questionable ....
Re: Re: Congratulations
by benjamin antao on Sep 14, 2009 11:15 AM
right now the singles dont play doubles cause they think it ends their singles career
Re: Re: Re: Re: Congratulations
by benjamin antao on Sep 14, 2009 11:34 AM
but fed warwinka trumped the paes jodi with some1 else so if u say diff skills how did fed do it ???
