일요일 데이비스 컵에서 ,크로아티아를 위한 매치에서 이바 칼로빅 서브로 시속 156 마일로 전에 앤디 로딕이세운 시속 155 마일을 깼다고 합니다.
Watch the anticlimactic moment, when nobody seems to realize that history
had just been made, below:
The serve speed record is a big deal. It gives the 32-year-old Karlovic a
spot in tennis history beyond his record-breaking height and the four lesser
titles he's won. Karlovic has always been known as a big server but was mostly
defined by his mediocre results in Grand Slams. Despite once reaching the top
15 in the ATP rankings, the Croat has only once advanced past the fourth round
of a major. That ignominious mark will now be partially overshadowed by the
fact that Karlovic's name will be mentioned every time a big server plays a
match and cranks up a serve in the high-140s. It's not Federer's Grand Slam
mark, but it's its own unique slice of tennis history.
That's what makes the record-setting moment so strange. Because the record
isn't well-known (most fans are aware Roddick held the record but probably
couldn't have told you the speed), few in attendance realized they just saw
history. Even if one was aware that the mark was 155 mph, it still would have
been tough to identify unless you're really, really good at metric conversions,
as the speed was displayed as 251 kph rather than mph. Most importantly,
this came in a doubles match and I, for one, have no idea that a serve hit in a
doubles match could count for such purposes.
It shouldn't. If we're talking Guinness Book of World Records type of
stuff, then I'd accept Karlovic's record. In terms of tennis marks that have to
be confirmed by the ITF, no way. This is doubles. Though Karlovic's ace was hit
within the guidelines of a singles serve, rules allow a doubles server to hit
from behind the doubles alley. If there are different rules, there should be
different records.
님 표현대로면
샘프리스가 페더러한테 밀린게 모든면에서 페더러가 훌륭했단 얘기로군요???
아하!~~~~전 몰랐어요~
71년생 샘프라스가 81년생 페더러한테 밀린 이유를
저는 여태껏 "나이"때문인줄 알았거든요!~~~~~~~~~~~
모든 면에서 완승이란건 혹시 절대평가가 가능한 어떤 기준이 있나요?
있으면 이 무지 몽매한 저에게 가르침을~~~
근데 그 대단한 페더러가 테니스계에 최고 레벨의 기록을 가진게 거의 없내요
세계랭킹 최장1위도(연속1위만 있음),메이저 최다 우승도, 한해 최다 승율,최고 우승도,
진행형이긴 하지만 과연 님말대로 완벽한 선수인지는............
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