Topic: **Ye Olde Castle** - Volume #5 - our Camelot place -

[mimi]

I know berasategui, name too difficult to spell.  It was around that time (1995) when I first started to follow tennis

[EnriqueIG8]

hello mimi  how are you my dear

are you still fond of me though? 

not bad, not good 

of course.  Who would not fond of a young and handsome man 

how come you are not good?
funky, great people like you should always feel good 

looking forward to the weekend?

[EnriqueIG8]

I know berasategui, name too difficult to spell.  It was around that time (1995) when I first started to follow tennis

Mimi and generalito; check this out, it's an old vid but still pretty okay quality for that time.
here he is playing against another great Bruguera in the final of RG 1994.

Berasategui (you spelled it good) was great on clay, and had a funky forehand.

Bruguera Berasategui French Open 1994

[Clay Death]

I know berasategui, name too difficult to spell.  It was around that time (1995) when I first started to follow tennis

his forehand was also very difficult to spell.


nobody on the planet could hit a forehand like the one he had. it would have broken some people`s wrist mimi.

ask generalito about it. the man could kill you just with his topspin forehand.

and i hear he was not that big either.

[EnriqueIG8]

first 2 look like alberto berastagui. not sure about the other 2.
 
 
by the way you were 100% correct. all 3 were rusty.

you were right about the first two. berasategui was an awesome player generalito.

second pictures is the same player, I give you a hint. on that picture where he is holding the trophy is a Masters Crown. In Rome that is. he won that crown over a future #1 and multiple slam winner.

he also suffered from skin cancer.

that cant be felix but i guess it is generalito. felix mantilla. damn my memory is not as sharp as it should be.

is that him?

affirmative generalito.

first 2 pictures is alberto berasategui and last 2 pictures is felix mantilla. damn spain had so many great warriors in the past.
not all slam winners but damn they were tough and giving other players hell.

bonus question; who did felix beat in that 2003 rome ms final?

not sure now to be honest with you. did he beat king carlos ferrero?


i was looking at the list of past champions but this list does not show who who were the other finalists. it shows only the winners.


i was looking at this. that nastase must have had mad skillz generalito. he could do it all. he won both singles and doubles in 1970. he won the doubles with tiriac of all the people.

nastase/tiriac team won the italian open doubles title again in 1972.

i hear he liked to party big time in his day. so no telling what he could have achieved if he had the work ethic of somebody like muster.

he did win that final against nobody other than Roger Federer generalito. it was Roger's first MS final and felix downed him pretty comfertably. Fed was 21 at that point and his best results were on Clay in that period.

Tiriac and Nastase are 2 bad boys to the bone. they liked to party, pick up women but were also awesome tennis players.

ilie nastase is still a huge icon for romania all over the globe.

[Clay Death]

I know berasategui, name too difficult to spell.  It was around that time (1995) when I first started to follow tennis

Mimi and generalito; check this out, it's an old vid but still pretty okay quality for that time.
here he is playing against another great Bruguera in the final of RG 1994.

Berasategui (you spelled it good) was great on clay, and had a funky forehand.

Bruguera Berasategui French Open 1994

wow. what a forehand generalito. he had a funky looking backhand as well.

too bad he was playing a machine called bruguera.

[Clay Death]

holy smokes. so felix downed roger at that 2003 final.
 
felix must have been one hell of a player.

[mimi]

thanks for the video, Javier.  Not much tennis coverage at that time so I missed it.   I think they moved quite fast!

I am going to meet my tennis mates for a dinner gathering this weekend, to mark the 11th anniversary of knowing each other, how time flies!  11 years had passed but my tennis is still so bad 

[mimi]

Roger vs Nole in AO final 

[huntingyou]

Not happy with the draw 

[mimi]

Not happy with the draw 

who is your favourite?

[huntingyou]

Not happy with the draw 

who is your favourite?

Roman Holiday just like you 

oh you meant tennis player?     Easy guess 

[mimi]

Not happy with the draw 

who is your favourite?

Roman Holiday just like you 

oh you meant tennis player?     Easy guess 

I like Sabrina, Gone with the wind, Casablanca too.  In my eyes, Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca was the most beautiful woman who I had ever watched in screen.  She got flaws such as face a bit too big and nose not that perfect, but overall, her face was just unforgetable.

Rafa?  I hope so 

[mimi]

Not happy with the draw 

who is your favourite?

Roman Holiday just like you 

oh you meant tennis player?     Easy guess 

are you a man?  I am a bit surprising coz I thought those who love Roman holidays are mostly women.

[EnriqueIG8]

I'm off to bed folks. have a nice night.

and hope Tomic will reach his first final


catch you on the flipside

[huntingyou]

Not happy with the draw 

who is your favourite?

Roman Holiday just like you 

oh you meant tennis player?     Easy guess 

I like Sabrina, Gone with the wind, Casablanca too.  In my eyes, Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca was the most beautiful woman who I had ever watched in screen.  She got flaws such as face a bit too big and nose not that perfect, but overall, her face was just unforgetable.

Rafa?  I hope so 

Dito for Sabrina and "frankly my dear I don't give a damn" 

Not sure about Ingrid, very sweet of course but not sweeter than Audrey        Surprise you didn't mention west side story.     Nothing newer as in 1980s and forward? 

You guessed it right. Painful times we are enduring........rooting for DELPO and Andy in this tournament.

[mimi]

I'm off to bed folks. have a nice night.

and hope Tomic will reach his first final


catch you on the flipside

bye, have a nice dream! 

[huntingyou]

Not happy with the draw 

who is your favourite?

Roman Holiday just like you 

oh you meant tennis player?     Easy guess 

are you a man?  I am a bit surprising coz I thought those who love Roman holidays are mostly women.

 

no biggie, I will forgive you this time.    JK!      I was told I was a man so I believe; I must confess AH makes me dream, perhaps that's why I love Roman Holiday despite being a "chick" flick. I also love Pulp Fiction if that has any redeeming value 

are you a girl mimi?

[Clay Death]

lots of fine folks at tennis ditital.com general huntingyou. they are our neighborsn right next door as far as we are concerned.
 
they can visit us from time to time. or they can just pull up a chair here anytime they please. our castle is their castle too.
 
 
 the castle gates will be left open  at all times for all tennis digital.com folks.

[huntingyou]

I'm off to bed folks. have a nice night.

and hope Tomic will reach his first final


catch you on the flipside

Another favorite!