Re: Federer serve speed question...

> > Pathetic excuses..... how about showing some impartiality & giving Graf
> > consideration for all her problems?  Never happened?  ; )
>
> You are right on this.  Graf did have the shithead old man and that
> must have been difficult on her.  Different than being knifed in the
> back, but certainly something that could and would affect a player.
> Finally, you make a valid point-- I assume this is what you are
> referring to?

Remember, Graf had 'troubles' with her dad on two occasions - in 1990 over
the sex scandal and in 1995 over the tax scandal. Of the two, the latter was
arguably the more severe because while the former was 'merely' embarrassing,
the latter actually threatened to put dad (and for a while there, possibly
Graf herself) in jail.

Those who claim that the former scandal 'distracted' Graf, caused her to
'slump', and thereby caused her not to win all those slams Seles won between
90-93 have never been able to explain a) how a sex scandal that was
essentially over by late 1990 managed to impact her play all the way into
1993, and b) how Graf somehow managed to win *6 straight* slams that she
played during 1995-1996 with that huge daddy tax-scandal hanging over her
family...

They never have, and they never will...


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