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CincyDem

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5. I usually only catch the semis/finals on TV

Reply to a kennedy (Reply #4)

Wed May 29, 2024, 12:23 PM

May 2024

I will confess to having become a “tennis snob”. We have the Cincinnati tournament here and have been doing the whole week for the past 12-15 years. Amazing facility that’s so intimate…seeing Roger/Rafa/Novak all up close…Serena/Azerenka…and of course Carlos and Meddy. Just some unbelievable matches.

TV just doesn’t do it for me anymore. As I joke, ya don’t eat burger when you’ve become accustomed to filet. And live tennis is certainly filet !

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Tennis......The French Open, and yup, the drop shot has become the most fun shot [View all] a kennedy May 2024 OP

Clay and grass, perfect surfaces for a drop with a ton of backspin. CincyDem May 2024 #1

I honestly do not remember the drop shot being used this much. a kennedy May 2024 #2

I think that's right. CincyDem May 2024 #3

Yup, yup, I think that as well......Carlos I mean, I call him the king of the drop shot. a kennedy May 2024 #4

I usually only catch the semis/finals on TV CincyDem May 2024 #5

Become? It always has been. LisaM Jun 2024 #6

I honestly do not remember in the Serena or Venus era them EVER using the drop shot. a kennedy Jun 2024 #7

No, they didn't use it (though Serena eventually started to). LisaM Jun 2024 #8

Agree malaise Jun 2024 #9