[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Rod Laver’s style of “serve-and-volley” will never return to major tennis and we are all diminished by that.

My “younger-day heroes” of (chronologically) Newcombe, Laver, Conners, McEnroe and R.Tanner will never again be repeated (nor truly recognized!) for their contribution to the game: hard serves, ^exceptional^ footwork and full-on attack of the advantage (AKA: owning the net.)

McEnroe should be especially revered for his hard-charge to the net and then “delicate-hands” once he established his advantage.

Take the game back to laminated wood rackets? Hmmmm..

[PapaNew]

I don’t know. I think between two guys of equal firepower on the baseline, I think the better serve-and-volley guy might have the edge.

I agree that serve and volley is probably a more exciting form of tennis. It remains for someone to step up and beat these baseline-only guys.

[raybbr]

My “younger-day heroes” of (chronologically) Newcombe, Laver, Conners, McEnroe and R.Tanner will never again be repeated (nor truly recognized!) for their contribution to the game: hard serves, ^exceptional^ footwork and full-on attack of the advantage (AKA: owning the net.)

Becker, Rafter, Edberg, Stich, et al. I really miss the serve and volley game.