Tennis Forever

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Thanks a ton Aravind for bringing in a discussion that gives an opportunity to bring to the forefront, a long lost art in Tennis - Serve and Volley. For some one who lost interest in watching tennis a couple of years after Pete Sampras called it quits, the happenings for the good part of the last 8 years have done nothing to ignite the interest back.

As we grew up watching the likes of Borris Becker, Pete Sampras, Ivanisevic, Micheal Stich, Richard Krajicek, Pat Rafter, Tim Henman and Mark Philippoussis execute the art in enthralling fashion, the Andre Agassi influenced generation (as someone has mentioned) is hard to take.

The same generation of women's tennis saw players like of Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, and co fight from the baseline with the exception of probably Jana Navotna. For me the difference between men's and women's game those days was S&V. A powerful service followed by an ability to quickly close out a point was the men's game to me.

Pete Sampras, was undoubtably my favorite. It was joy to watch him counter the agility of Agassi, the guile of a Pat Rafter or the brute force/power of an Ivanisevic or a Krajicek.

Apart from a handful of games involving Roger, i haven't followed the game enough to actively compare/discuss the two era's.

Would be following the discussion with keen interest though . Thanks once again Aravind.