and I will be able to watch tennis on my time line and in the daylight )
Actually, I think the French have the most players in the top 100.
Margaret says that if you grew up skiing, it's not AS dangerous, which must true, but let's not pretend it's not full of risk. Let's face it: you're much more likely to wrench your knee or break a bone skiing than laying on a beach. If I were a professional athlete with my body on the line, I'd give up skiing until retirement. But, to each their own.
I have been skiing since I was 4 yo I am now approaching 70 ( A very young 70 btw) and have skied all around the world and I have never had a accident and my knees have always been in great shape and still are lol! I find it soo refreshing and also effortless high above the slopesMargaret says that if you grew up skiing, it's not AS dangerous, which must true, but let's not pretend it's not full of risk. Let's face it: you're much more likely to wrench your knee or break a bone skiing than laying on a beach. If I were a professional athlete with my body on the line, I'd give up skiing until retirement. But, to each their own.
As to you, Don, I'm with you. I think skiing is hard, and effortful. And expensive, even though I had local slopes. I took it up only at 20, which is not young enough to be a natural skier. I had some great teachers, but I was never a smooth skier, though a reckless one. I gave it up at 50, as too risky. I support your decision if you decide to just play tennis all winter.
France has had historically good depth as well. Just checked and they do have more players in the top 100, but the first four Italian players are ahead of all the French players. And Italy has 8 players in the top 100 (against France's 11), which is a pretty good number as well. Spain currently has 6.
You'll have to explain to me how this could have worked. In the old format that I remember, which was fairly recent until a few years ago, there were two singles matches played on Friday, the doubles on Saturday, and reverse singles on Sunday. With the second doubles match to decide a 3-3 tie. Am I wrong? Which certainly does mean that one really strong player, if he wins both of his singles and plays and wins the doubles, with his partner, he could be said to have "almost" won it alone. He can't play, and therefore cannot win 3 singles matches. So he can only win with a partner in doubles. That's still not winning it single-handedly. If the Spanish complained about losing to Brazil because Kuerten played doubles, that is sour grapes, and it means they fielded a fairly weak team. If that was the finals, and that's how Brazil won all of its ties, it implies a fairly weak field, does it not?
But it is quite close, specially if the player makes all the difference in the doubles match, which was the case in my example.
The last news I read he said if he recovered from his edema in his leg, he will play both exhos..................Complete Madness!
Actually Mensik's current atp ranking is No 19 and Tien is now atp ranking 28 and established on the tour? the Next Gen finals is to provide a platform to show case the sports rising talent to the tennis public, who probably havent watched them playing.I dont think it is fair to the other finalists., having Mensik a Masters 1000 champion, who still qualifies by age, also Tien playing. I totally disagree with your comments!
