Take Your Shot!!

Originally Posted by Gander

Courier was a fabulous player Pgard. He had far more success against Andre and Pete than Roddick is having against Roger and Rafa. He obviously wasnt as good as them but he was far closer in talent and accomplishments to his rivals than Roddick is. Not to mention Courier also had to contend with guys like Edberg, Becker and Rafter.

Ok keep Courier at a level below.
He just had a complete collapse.
fell off the face of the earth it seems.

[Gander]

Originally Posted by pgardn

Ok keep Courier at a level below.
He just had a complete collapse.
fell off the face of the earth it seems.

To be "a level below" Andre and Pete is quite an accomplishment. Ask Andre and Pete if they enjoyed playing Jim Courier and they will grimace. Ask the same question to Rafa and Roger about Roddick and they will grin and laugh.

Jim Courier was an overachiever from the start. He wasnt blessed with the talent of his 2 American rivals but he sure did a lot with what he had.

The match that got me really into tennis was when Courier beat Agassi in the finals of the French for his first Grand Slam. That was some match.

Waiting to watch Monfils and Federer. Should be great tennis and Federer better not lose the first two sets to this guy!