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dav6789 · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:11 am Post subject: How did you get into Tennis?

I think it would be interesting to find out how and when we all first got into tennis.....

I started playing when I was younger and I have loved it ever since. I used to watch some aswell when it was on, especially when we were visiting family in the US. I remember watching the US Open in 1997 because my parents were rooting for Rusedski to reach the final and everything. That was also the first time I saw Davenport play, and I just thought she was amazing. From then I just watched it more when I could get access to it but I played for fun more than I watched tennis. For the last 4 or 5 years, I have been watching tennis alot more and improving my game. I started to use the internet alot more and kept up with tennis every day, I first stumbled accross a tennis forum in Spring 2005 and have been online ever since!

leftys_rock · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:41 pm Post subject:

I started tennis in 1999, and I only really started getting interested in the pro tour in 2005. It was great. Smile

Talking on forums with people about it has just made it more exciting for me. Very Happy

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x.doublea · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:46 pm Post subject:

My mom sent me to have some lessons with a coach (I can't even remember his name) when I was 6-7-years-old. Very slow progress for the first five/six years. After that time, I was only an intermediate player. But, I became more interested, and was an advanced player after surfing the internet, watching pro clips, etc. The first real tennis memory I have was watching Agassi win the 2003 AO while going to bed in the hotel Vogue in Montreal. I first stumbled onto CP when I was 13-years-old (2004... I can't believe it has been such a long time!).
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J-man · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:44 pm Post subject:

I got intrested not to long ago in 2004 after watching Maria Sharapova win her first GS Smile

Kind of funny
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Rattler · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:08 pm Post subject:

I used to watch it on television all the time when I was growing up. I remember watching Lendl win the French over McEnroe..(yeah I'm older).

I remember the play/strategy just making sense to me.

Due to the infrequent television coverage and at the time, unfamiliar tennis schedule I kind of lost touch...until I went to Wimbledon in '89...been playing ever since.

dav6789 · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:07 pm Post subject:

Intersting stories everyone....

Rattler, I would have loved to have been able to follow tennis in the early-80's with all those greats around at the same time!

btw, do you visit Wimbledon every year? The 1989 one must have been exciting. From highlights and articles I have seen, alot of talk was about Graf and Sanchez-Vicario, and Seles making her grasscourt debut (she looked quite comfortable on it until she got thrashed by Graf). And of course on the men's side there was Lendl, Edberg, Becker who had great matches on grass.

Rattler · Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 3:31 pm Post subject:

J-man · Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:01 pm Post subject:

Sounds like alot of fun Rattler Very Happy

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dav6789 · Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:13 pm Post subject:

WooblesWobble · Qualifyer Joined: 21 Jun 2007 Posts: 45 Location: U.S.A.

I got into tennis cuz of my dad. He always took me to the tennis courts with him when he was playing a match or practice and I hit up against the wall or just chased balls. He would then give me a lesson or two after each of hius matches no matter how tired he was and I would learn from there.