SR V: To boldly go where no room has gone before

Actually it is Emerson vs Wakeman and Bruford vs Palmer.

James wrote: Rico, that tennis game you play, is it the best tennis game available and is it available on the PC?

No and yes.

I don't know what the best tennis game is, I just have an old 2D one called Tennis Elbow, which is really just for my satisfaction, and Virtual Tennis 08.

I also tried something called International Prog Tennis or something similar, but my processor couldn't handle it and the play itself was veeeeeery slow.

There's is a tennis thread, but it's unpopulated.

Why don't you all go start a tennis thread?

Yes but it could have still had an impact.

I remember when Hingis was 16 and playing Navratilova... yet she's retired now.  Navratilova was still playing on the circuit until well into her 30s and was still pretty consistent too.

Ricochet wrote: James wrote: I still have no clue why Henin retired... she was No. 1 at the time and I bet she still could be in the top 10, even now. It's her choice though. Yeah, but she started being beaten by everyone. It was a shocking retirement, but since it all turned upside-down in her game...

It could have had something to do with her divorce.

I think she could make a comeback if she wanted to.  Gosh, Hingis and that other lass are still quite young too, yet retired.  They retire under 30 now, it's weird.


Edited by James - July 02 2009 at 12:51

James wrote: I still have no clue why Henin retired... she was No. 1 at the time and I bet she still could be in the top 10, even now. It's her choice though.

Yeah, I don't know either.

I think even Marat Safin would have lost that match. 

James wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: James wrote: Why the question? You answered it yourself. I mean, I'm just wondering what the hell happened for it to be that bad. 1. Safina is not that amazing 2. she's not that comfortable on grass 3. she's the puppet no. 1 in the world and hasn't won a Slam 4. Venus is a Williams, meaning she wins by default 5. Venus is a man

That is true.

James wrote: That semi-final was even more of an anti-climax.  Safina No. 1 in the world?

World rankings are based on consistency. The W sisters are basically lazy outside the Slams.

When it comes to the WTA though, the ranking says little these days. Since Henin, no one has shown the skills of an "alpha female".

W sisters don't count, they've been in the game since the Renaissance.