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Post Info TOPIC: Who is your favourite foreign former player? Mens Semifinal, Group A
Vote for your favourite player below [24 vote(s)]

John Newcombe
20.8%
Fernando Gonzalez
0.0%
Jimmy Connors
16.7%
Stefan Edberg
16.7%
Henri Leconte
12.5%
Pat Rafter
8.3%
Chris Lewis
0.0%
Nicola Pietrangelli
0.0%
Yannick Noah
12.5%
Ilie Nastase
12.5%


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Who is your favourite foreign former player? Mens Semifinal, Group A


Mens semifinal, group of 10 players.

Poll will close at c 1 pm Friday, ie in around 24 hours. 

Top 3 qualify for the final. 

As per previous rounds, there will be a play off to determine ties for qualification places!

Players from previous groups kept apart and players topping their first round groups also spread through the draw



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I was so close to voting for Yannick Noah here, I recall his Wembley Final versus Jonas Svensson so clearly! But Jimmy Connors had so many formative memories for me, Wimbledon finals, Wembley finals, Pepsi Grand Slams etc , I voted for Jimmy

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For me, got to be Henri Leconte again.

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Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi (American Spanish: [fenando onsales];[a] born 29 July 1980) is a former professional tennis player from Chile. During his career he made it to the quarterfinal round of all four Grand Slam tournaments. He played his only major final at the 2007 Australian Open, losing to top-seeded Roger Federer. He is the fourth male tennis player in history to have won each Olympic medal (gold in doubles and bronze in singles at Athens 2004, and silver in singles at Beijing 2008). The gold medal González won together with Nicolás Massú in the 2004 Olympic doubles competition was the first ever gold medal won by Chile at the Olympics.

Throughout his career, González defeated many past and present top players, including Lleyton Hewitt, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer (all while they held the top spot), Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Carlos Moyá, Gustavo Kuerten, Marat Safin, Pete Sampras, and Andy Murray. González qualified twice for the year-end Masters Cup event and was runner-up at two Masters Series tournaments.

González was known for having one of the hardest forehands on the tour.[1] In Spanish he is called El Bombardero de La Reina ("The La Reina Bomber") and Mano de Piedra ("Stone Hand").

Taken above from Wiki - I share his birthday (not year!) so share some affinity. I remember that forehand though, to die for, and Chile with him and Marcelo Rios had some real quality, and Massu of course, for a while, sadly not so strong just now.

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Strong start 6 hours in Connors and Newcombe take the lead and then a few tied in 3rd (Edberg, Noah and Nasty)

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Connors, Newcombe and Nastase in the lead. Suspect they will have head to head records versus each other in excess!

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I used to get taken by my folks to a big annual tournament at Huddersfield Cemetery Lane, probably late 70s. Grass and shale courts, luck of draw. A massive group from Texas came each year, with a logo on their shirts of a moustache. Turns out it was from newks tennis academy there, hed presumably settled there when he stopped playing.

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Noah getting into the battle now.

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And Leconte now as well. Is CD voting?!

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This is becoming a real mash up now. 6 players one vote apart.

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COME ON ILIE! Need some of that world-beating flair once more from the most talented player...ever!

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Newcombe, Connors and Edberg lead, leconte, noah and nastase just a vote down. .
Closes in just over 12 hours at 1 pm tomorrow.

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No action yet this morning, current standings are:

Newcombe, Connors, Edberg 4 votes - heading through as it stands

Leconte, Noah, Nastase - 3 votes

Rafter - 2 votes

Gonzalez, Lewis, Pietrangelli - 0 votes

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Just two hours left, everyone must be in bed still !!!

Any final votes could well influence the outcome here, so dont be shy!

1 pm close!

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1 hour to go! No action at all since last night but lets see what happens in the next hour!

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