0 replies assured. But I had to post this.
woulda been good if you would have given some background on these folks. Not many ppl follow tennis as it is.
So you got one reply. Now if you are a proud fan..and like tennis as wel as these players, would you not share some details
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Tennis For Dummies®
by Patrick McEnroe, Steve Flink, Peter Bodo
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As for the players above:
Leander Paes (IND)
Birthdate: 6/17/73
Birthplace: Calcutta, India
Residence: Calcutta, India/Orlando, Fla.
Height: 5'10'' (177 cm)
Weight: 171 lbs (77 kg)
Plays: Right-handed
Turned Pro: 1991
Final Champions Race 2000 Position: 157
Current Champions Race Position: 202
Singles Record: 84 - 89
Singles Titles: 1
Double Titles: 20
Prize Money: $2,492,452
Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)
Birthdate: 6/7/74
Birthplace: Madras, India
Residence: Bangalore, India
Height: 6'1'' (185 cm)
Weight: 183 lbs (83 kg)
Plays: Right-handed
Turned Pro: 1995
Final Champions Race 2000 Position: 301
Current Champions Race Position: 202
Singles Record: 10 - 26
Singles Titles: 0
Double Titles: 19
Prize Money: $1,851,148
Grand Slam(What is it ?) :
All the big names of tennis hope to achieve a prestigious Grand Slam during their career. To this day, only five players have conquered this title of nobility. Indeed, inscribing one's name on the records for posterity appears to be an impossible mission…
It all started in 1933. That year, the Australian Jack Crawford successively won the Australian Open, Roland Garros, and Wimbledon. Before the United States Tournament, which is the last stage, John Kieran, a journalist at the New York Times, wrote that if this player won this last title, "He would accomplish, on the court, the equivalent of a countered and vulnerable grand slam in bridge." Alas, Crawford lost the final to the Englishman Fred Perry, but the expression "grand slam" remained. Five years went by before the term was definitely validated by the American Donald Budge achieving a Grand Slam. After him, only Maureen Connolly (1953), Rod Laver (1962 and 1969), Margaret Court (1970), and Steffi Graf (1988) succeeded in performing this famous quadruple feat in the same year. Many others dreamed of it, and were left with just the bitterness of disappointed hopes. Jimmy Connors missed the 1974 spring appointment at Roland Garros, while in 1988 Mat Wilander failed to tame the English lawn. As regards the Ladies, where the supremacy of the best world players is more accentuated than among the Men, to enter history and inscribe one's name in the Grand Slam chapter is just as difficult. Thus, Martina Navratilova did successively win the four major tournaments, but only in two years, 1983 and 1984, thereby depriving herself of the privilege of joining the Grand Slam's closed circle. As for Monica Seles, she tried to follow Steffi Graf's steps, both in 1990 and 1991, but each time she was stopped in her tracks at Wimbledon.
It's true that the task has become considerably more difficult over time. Indeed, until 1978, the four tournaments were fought on only two different surfaces: lawn and clay. At present, each tournament has a different type of surface, Rebound Ace in Australia; clay at Roland Garros; lawn at Wimbledon and finally decoturf at Flushing Meadow. This diversity forces the players to adjust to the specificities of each surface. For about twenty years, their physical condition has also been submitted to an infernal cadenza. The calendar has been expanded to include a multitude of tournaments, including the nine stages of the Tennis Masters Series, which have become obligatory for the best world players. As a result, many tennis players have lost their cutting edge come the big tournaments, when intense moments and performances must be multiplied during fifteen days in order to play a final. One can see that winning one of the Grand Slam tournaments is already a major feat in itself. So, whereas André Agassi succeeded in pocketing each of the titles at least once, there's no doubt that the player who brandishes the four major trophies in the same year will have a place in the pantheon of tennis.
P.S: I think I should stick to CRICKET here....
[This message has been edited by chilli (edited June 07, 2001).]
chilli yawn maybe you should buy the book “english comprehention for indians”
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Most ppl dont follow tennis, so it would ahve been logical to provide some background to begin with. Nothing to take so..personally