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a kennedy

(34,289 posts) Thu Aug 21, 2025, 06:09 PM Aug 21

Hey, if ya like tennis and miss the "older" stars......some are gonna be playing on ESPN2

tonight. 6:00 CST. Venus, Agassi, McEnroe, Roddick along with some new stars.....Coco, Fonseca, Del Porto, and I know he isn’t a new star, 😅. It’s called Stars of the Open. I’ll be watching....looks fun. Did anyone see the doubles matches?? Those were great. Love that they’re making the final tennis tournament of the season so much fun.

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Hey, if ya like tennis and miss the "older" stars......some are gonna be playing on ESPN2 (Original Post) a kennedy Aug 21 OP

Chuckled. Once, Laver, Hoad et al. were the olders. cachukis Aug 21 #1

Watching now....and it's Coco and Agassi, VS Venus and McEnroe..... a kennedy Aug 21 #2

Seriously, if you even remotely like tennis you should be watching this. a kennedy Aug 21 #3

Maria Sharapova LessAspin Aug 25 #4

Cliff Drysdale and CoCo LessAspin Aug 26 #5

cachukis

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1. Chuckled. Once, Laver, Hoad et al. were the olders.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 07:03 PM

Aug 21

Watched an Arthur Ashe tournament win in '75, on the utubes, that had Borg, and Laver. Great chance to see backboard v. artist. Finesse at its best.
Sent copy to my son, played D1 around '10.
He met Laver recently in SoCal. He told me, so that's how you played back then.
Wonder, how looking at the olders, is now?

a kennedy

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2. Watching now....and it's Coco and Agassi, VS Venus and McEnroe.....

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Thu Aug 21, 2025, 07:30 PM

Aug 21

all tied 8 all first set. They gotta go to 10 for a tie break. Love this, they’re all mic’d up. Love this.

a kennedy

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3. Seriously, if you even remotely like tennis you should be watching this.

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Thu Aug 21, 2025, 07:38 PM

Aug 21

LessAspin

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4. Maria Sharapova

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Mon Aug 25, 2025, 07:35 AM

Aug 25

Another cool thing in the lead up to the US Open was Maria Sharapova getting inducted into the Tennis 🎾 Hall of Fame

We were watching the Miami Open earlier this year and I went down a rabbit hole looking for Countries of origin for some players.

Maria Sharapova some how came to mind and it's incredible what she has done with all her good work.

Congrats to Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame by Serena Williams in Newport, R.I., on Saturday.
— USA TODAY (@usatoday.com) 2025-08-24T06:30:14Z

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LessAspin

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5. Cliff Drysdale and CoCo

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Tue Aug 26, 2025, 09:05 PM

Aug 26

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Cliff Drysdale and CoCo Vandeweghe just called the Naomi Osaka match with Mary Jo Fernandez courtside.

Speaking of old timers Cliff Drysdale is the only commentator who has been with ESPN since it's inception.

ESPN does such a great job covering tennis 🎾

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