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06-24-2010, 03:04 PM
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http://tennis.fanhouse.com/2010/06/2...nicolas-mahut/
Tennis gets a rap as not being all that physical, but 11 hours and 5 minutes is 11 hours and 5 minutes.
These cats are hard-core!
Bonus: John Isner is from Greensboro, NC. 
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06-24-2010, 04:01 PM
|  | Registered User | | | |  Even 11 hours and 5 minutes of sleep would be exhausting! |
06-24-2010, 04:17 PM
|  | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | Tennis canNOT be easy- all that running & grunting- but that's NOT where my mind went when I first read the title... 
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06-24-2010, 04:19 PM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | Gard wouldn't have even cared to post this thread if the guy was from Dallas. 
-Mike |
06-24-2010, 04:57 PM
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General Manager, Roscoe Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MJ5150 Gard wouldn't have even cared to post this thread if the guy was from Dallas.
-Mike | ...and, your point is?
(...Seattle maybe, Dallas??? Heck, they think tennis is overgrown ping-pong in D-town, I'd bet!  )
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06-24-2010, 06:14 PM
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Applications Engineer, QSC Audio | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Costa Mesa, Calif. | | | Obviously there were no vuvuzelas at that match. |
06-24-2010, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Bob Lee (QSC) Obviously there were no vuvuzelas at that match. | Beat me to it.
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06-24-2010, 08:47 PM
|  | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | | Anybody who thinks tennis isn't a physical game probably has never played against somebody good. It's pretty much more non-stop exertion than any other sport.
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06-24-2010, 11:51 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Maine/Vermont | | | Watched parts of it (intercut with work) and had the good fortune to see the end.
What a game. |
06-25-2010, 05:01 AM
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All together now, on the count of three.
One ... two ... three
THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID |
06-25-2010, 05:06 AM
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Originally Posted by bassybill Anybody who thinks tennis isn't a physical game probably has never played against somebody good. It's pretty much more non-stop exertion than any other sport. | I respect the athleticism of tennis players, and I agree that (especially at the pro level) it's a very physical sport. But "more non-stop exertion than any other sport"? Tell that to an iron man triathlete or a Tour de France cyclist. |
06-25-2010, 12:53 PM
| | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | He lost today. All the staying power was used up.
-Mike |
06-25-2010, 08:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: London, UK | | | that was a cool match alright. the French guy Nicolas something did good too.
my mum, who is something of a tennis fan, reckons he nailed it with the serves. apparently being 6 foot seven means you can whang them off pretty good. |
06-26-2010, 12:06 AM
| | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Nazium I respect the athleticism of tennis players, and I agree that (especially at the pro level) it's a very physical sport. But "more non-stop exertion than any other sport"? Tell that to an iron man triathlete or a Tour de France cyclist. | True enough. I was thinking of mainstream stuff like football or rugby.
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06-26-2010, 12:43 AM
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Originally Posted by bassybill Anybody who thinks tennis isn't a physical game probably has never played against somebody good. It's pretty much more non-stop exertion than any other sport. | I agree with this (except for triathlons).
And yet it's also the sport where the male athletes have the fanciest, poufiest haircuts (Federer, especially) and the most metrosexual outfits (sorry, Rafael, male capri pants=fail). Not that there's anything wrong with that. 
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06-26-2010, 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by bassybill Anybody who thinks tennis isn't a physical game probably has never played against somebody good. It's pretty much more non-stop exertion than any other sport. | I would say that squash is more non-stop exertion than tennis, but I agree that tennis is quite tiring.
lowsound
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06-26-2010, 06:35 PM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | | I would say winning beers off of Gard three times in a row is a good definition of 'staying power'. |
06-26-2010, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by iamlowsound I would say that squash is more non-stop exertion than tennis, but I agree that tennis is quite tiring.
lowsound | Closed-court ball games and the like are non-stop indeed.
(Gaelic handball for me)
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06-26-2010, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim Nazium I respect the athleticism of tennis players, and I agree that (especially at the pro level) it's a very physical sport. But "more non-stop exertion than any other sport"? Tell that to an iron man triathlete or a Tour de France cyclist. | When biking, one has chances to pace oneself, similar possibilities are available in an Iron Man competition, but tennis requires an instant reaction to the other player's return; whether slow or fast. Requiring all kinds of lunging, diving, and all measures of contortions including returning a serve that's inbounds and return (or non) able.
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06-27-2010, 08:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Reynoldsburg Ohio | | | uhh...personally, my staying power has always been phenomenal (regardless of the "sport")
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