Oh! The drop shot!
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
July 6, 2017 4:35am CST
The Wimbledom tennis open started last Monday and as always, I am rooting for my favorite tennis player Rafael Nadal, a Spaniard who holds his racquet with his left hand.
I began to like tennis when I saw Boris Becker play. Becker was my first favorite tennis player. He was the youngest to win Wimbledon at age 17 years. Then after him, I liked Michael Chang, a half-Chinese and half-American who was the youngest to win the French Open at age 17 years.
I also liked Andre Agassi, Stefan Edberg, Goran Ivanisevic, and now, the one I like most is this left-handed Spaniard Rafael Nadal. I just watched round 2 of his match against Mr. Young, and it was a 3-0 run for Rafa.
Nadal has some idiosyncrasies before he hits the ball to serve. Even how he arranges his bottles of drinks in front of him, he does this with regulated calculation of distance among the 3 bottles. Have you noticed how he fixes his ‘shorts from behind’, pulls back his hair behind his left ear, then his right ear, then pinches his nose?
And oh, have you seen him do his drop shot? He also exhibits his facial grimace when he serves the ball. I love it when he does that.
I wish he wins this tennis open again. It is a joy seeing him play on grass court.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Jul 17
I liked McEnroe and his outbursts when his shots were called by the umpire. His colleagues were Ivan Lendl and Jimmy Connors, if I am not mistaken. Then John became a tennis sports analyst. He has turned bald now but he had curly hair.
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@josie_ (10033)
• Philippines
6 Jul 17
@ridingbet _Also the great Bjorn Borg whom McEnroe beat in Wimbledon.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Jul 17
Really? Try to watch his game tomorrow,third round,if you have Fox Sports channel in your TV and you will see what I mean.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
7 Jul 17
@cacay1 what other tennis players do you know about?
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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10 Jul 17
Wow, too bad. He seems like such a nice person. That would have been such a thrill to meet him.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Jul 17
@dgobucks226 i believe he is a nice person. he is unassuming and down-to-earth. in fact i follow him on instagram
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
6 Jul 17
@ridingbet I know he is blond including his eyelashes, as I said I met him several times. He was pretty tall, I would say more or less 1.90 (6 f. 3). He was born in Germany. He was very good playing on grass, but he was never very good playing on clay.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Jul 17
Boris B. is a boyish blonde (including his eyelashes ) who played tennis like a bird. He often ran across the tennis court to hit the ball and he did this with grace. I still imagine him serving his ball.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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7 Jul 17
@LadyDuck You have him scouted perfectly! Clay was not his best surface
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Jul 17
Roger F. is a good player. There is a quote that says "if you haven't played against Roger Federer, you are not yet a tennis player."
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Jul 17
@cacay1 yes also because he is a hard - working player.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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7 Jul 17
@ridingbet Numbers don't lie. The best player of his era. # 1 in Grand Slam titles.
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
6 Jul 17
No doubt about it you're a tennis fanatic. Wow, you know many things about tennis stars. Shame on me I only know Sharapova.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Jul 17
@dgobucks226 isn't she the girlfriend of that famous singer Mr. Iglesias?
@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
10 Jul 17
@cacay1 he he, at least we know Sharapova
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
10 Jul 17
@dgobucks226 Yeah, I think she should retire now.
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@toniganzon (77064)
• Philippines
6 Jul 17
The only thing I like about tennis, is the outfit! 
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Jul 17
Players for Wimbledon wear all white outfit. The Williams sisters,although in white outfits,still display their fashion sense most especially Venus. This is one thing I like too in this tournament -the white outfits.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Jul 17
@dgobucks226 but have you noticed how the Williams sisters, especially Venus, how she dresses herself in white but the outfit is so revealing? her abs though is flat and firm.
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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10 Jul 17
@ridingbet Me too. I like the British traditions of Wimbledon.
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
6 Jul 17
I have noticed this about Nadal @ridingbet He fidgets a lot, but it is his way. I loved Goran Ivanisevic too :)
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
6 Jul 17
@ridingbet , I agree, he was so handsome and is I think now a coach. :)
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Jul 17
It is already embedded in his personality when he serves. I liked Goran because he is the tallest tennis player and he has magnetic eyes that can melt a swooning heart of a lady. Hahaha.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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7 Jul 17
Tremendous serve, Goran had one of the best in the game!
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
7 Jul 17
@ridingbet Yikes! Our son's friend served as an officer there. Now he turned out to be a first cousin of my son's wife.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
7 Jul 17
i played tennis too when i worked in Kuwait. i had my Nike racquet, but i left it there during the gulf war where we evacuated.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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10 Jul 17
Tennis is such a fun sport to play. You don't have to learn at a young age to enjoy playing.
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
6 Jul 17
My favorite male tennis players were Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
8 Jul 17
@dgobucks226 i like his hair with his sweat band around his forehead.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Jul 17
I was in Kuwait when I saw these 2 players on grass court.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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7 Jul 17
Connors was amazing and had such sustained excellence even into his 40's. One of my favs also.
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@MoonMaa (596)
• United States
10 Jul 17
Nadal is a good tennis player. I like watching him play. I remember the year he beat Federer and Federer broke down crying. I was like,"Really, after all the times this dude has won he is going to cry". Nadal was looking like he didn't know what to do.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Jul 17
but Nadal has high regards on Federer, and it was he who mentioned that "if you have not yet played tennis with Federer, you have not played tennis yet".
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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7 Jul 17
I also liked Stefan Edberg such a classy serve and volley player. Before that it was Borg. Now, Rafa is also one of my favorites. So happy he won his 10th French Open. Go Rafa!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
7 Jul 17
i like Rafa even though he grimaces when he hits the ball or when he serves.
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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7 Jul 17
@ridingbet Yes, he puts every ounce of effort into his play!
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