roddick

[cibtt]

roddick is fast, young, has a terrific serve and is maturing by the day. He is currently the best player. on monday he will be the number 1 ranked player in the atp. Roddick rules. However, im quite concerned that his hand is going to fall off soon looking at his bullet speed serve.

[Dhruv]

Well if the changes that the ITF and gang want to put through go ahead.. ie.e slowing down the game by making the rackets smaller etc then Rodiicks power game serve and all will be a little less powerful and he might not win very many tournaments. So I'll wait till the ITF makes their desicion.

[PKBasu]

What is the purpose of such a lop-sided poll? It is very unlikely that Roddick will win 50 tournaments -- he doesn't seem to be an endurance player, at least not at this stage. But he will certainly win more than 1. So none of the reasonable options are offered in the poll!

[gvhvhg]

PK Basu.......you dont think rodddick will win 50?!?!? I think that barring fatal injury or drugs what have you (something out of the ordinary) it is almost a certainty. The guy has just turned 21 and already has 11 titles (mabye 12 on sunday) he has 10 good yrs left..mabye more..he will definitley get 50....not 100 though.

[PKBasu]

Roddick is the sort of player whose style makes him prone to injuries. Since he has already won 11 tournaments, the poll makes even less sense...the first two options are irrelevant. But I took it to mean 50 more tournaments from now on...that is pretty tough.
Roddick has had one good Slam. I'm not ready to crown him an all-time great on that basis -- which 62 title wins will certainly make him. Remember what happened to Safin (who looked unbeatable when he creamed Sampras in the US Open final, but has faded in the past year) or Philippoussis (who had the talent, but has succumbed to repeated injury; ditto Ivanisevic).

[gvhvhg]

the first two options are irrelevant

you said it urself, that the options meant FROM NOW ON, so they are not irrelevant as what cibtt is asking is if ROddick will win those many MORE tournament.....by the way..Roddick lost to Murghiwalla again, in Paris.

[PKBasu]

gvhvhg, you seem pleased that Roddick lost to Henman...I can't see any reason to celebrate that!! The Peter Principal has worked with Henman -- he has reached the level of his own incompetence, which is about #6 in the world at the peak of his career. The Paris Master's was an aberration, made possible in my view by the fact that most of the top guys had qualified for the season-ending Master's Cup and were putting in less than 100% (preserving their batteries for the big one to come). That's the only way to explain a Master's Series event final between Henman and Pavel!

[PKBasu]

This is an amusing thread to look back upon. I just came across it while searching for something else!
For the record, Andy Roddick finished with 32 singles titles -- so he won another 21 after we had the above debate. (Ashish/Gurvinder, please note!!).

[jayakris]

Haha. And I guess his arm did not fall off. Plus, I am reminded of "Murgiwallah". The new folks here probably wouldn't know who that is!

[PKBasu]

"Murgiwalla" and "Mr56" were two brilliant coinages that this forum (Jay?) came up with

[Prashant]

While I remember who Mr56 was/is, I can't remember the etymology of the name. How did Jay come up with that?

[jayakris]

Did I come up with that? Can't remember. Murgi - Hen. So Murgiwallah - Henman!

[kujo]

While I remember who Mr56 was/is, I can't remember the etymology of the name. How did Jay come up with that?

BTW, what is the reason / etymology behind the name "Mr.56" ??

[sportsfan]

Mr. Srichapan. chapan in Hindi sounds like 56?

[Prashant]

Yeah, I think you are right that is how we came up with that. Paradorn was a big deal on these boards for a while...