What’s In, What’s Out . . .
by
Joel Drucker
Spend enough time on the pro tennis circuit and you start to see very clearly which way the
winds blow. From San Jose to London, from the US Open to Indian Wells, from the
Champions Tour to the Davis Cup and beyond, I’ve seen quite a lot this year. Wildly
capricious, compulsively subjective, yet plausibly informed, here’s my current list of what’s
“In” and “Out” in the world of tennis. Agree or disagree as you like.
In
|
Out
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|
Marat Safin wins Open |
Kafelnikov wins Olympics |
|
Elena Dementieva |
Anna Kournikova |
|
John McEnroe - match analyst |
John McEnroe - anything else |
|
Venus-Serena |
Lindsay-Martina |
|
Invisible Ann Davenport |
Visible Richard Williams |
| Rip backhand down the line |
Slice backhand crosscourt |
| Serving wide to set up groundstrokes |
Serving tight to set up volleys |
 |
 |
Hingus is out and Venus is in,... What do you
think?
|
| Topspin drive volleys |
Angle volleys |
| Lleyton Hewitt |
Patrick Rafter |
| Juan-Carlos Ferrero |
Carlos Moya |
| Andy Roddick |
Justin Gimelstob |
| Fiancees watching |
Nike dudes watching |
| Tennis websites |
Tennis magazines |
| Martina Navratilova |
Chris Evert |
| Stanford college tennis |
U.S. Davis Cup |
Your comments are welcome. Let us know what you think about Joel
Drucker's picks by emailing us
here at TennisONE.
Oakland-based Joel Drucker has been involved in tennis for
many years as a player and writer. He’s written extensively
about the game for such publications as Tennis Magazine, HBO
Sports and Biography Magazine. He also served as the technical
editor on Patrick McEnroe’s book, Tennis For Dummies. Joel will be writing regularly for TennisONE about
the pro tennis circuit.
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