Jessica Pegula's progress in Wimbledon 2022

[ALF]

It's over , Swiatek is  ranked #1  nice Polish girl

[Gugny]

4 minutes ago, ALF said:

It's over , Swiatek is  ranked #1  nice Polish girl

 

Nice run.  Making it to the quarters of a major is pretty damn impressive.

[Dr. Who]

12 minutes ago, Gugny said:

 

Nice run.  Making it to the quarters of a major is pretty damn impressive.

I watched for a while. Then I tried not watching because I have the sports' fan superstition that the gods are perverse and go out of their way to thwart my affections. If I don't watch, they can't mess with the team or person I am rooting for . . . alas, Swiatek was just too good, but Jessica has definitely improved her game. Too bad, because the path was wide open after Swiatek.

[muppy]

Good for her! I had to google Jessica because other than knowing she was the kid of Terry and Kim that is all I knew. Coming from money means squat on the tennis court. Dads millions aren't helping her she has an athletic Gift.  Its a WNY girl we can all root for her INDEED.

 

To be at her level has taken a Lot of dedication and work. Again Good for her! Props Jessica you go girl!!  Making WNY proud.

 

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[Gugny]

1 hour ago, muppy said:

Good for her! I had to google Jessica because other than knowing she was the kid of Terry and Kim that is all I knew. Coming from money means squat on the tennis court. Dads millions aren't helping her she has an athletic Gift.  Its a WNY girl we can all root for her INDEED.

 

To be at her level has taken a Lot of dedication and work. Again Good for her! Props Jessica you go girl!!  Making WNY proud.

 

m

 

I'm pretty sure the vast majority of top U.S. professional tennis players have come from money, which gives them access to the best coaching available.

 

I DO, however, totally agree that the talent has to be there and any pro player is athletically gifted.

 

[CowgirlsFan]

Nice run.  Another step to winning a title one day.

[Fan in Chicago]

10 hours ago, Gugny said:

 

Nice run.  Making it to the quarters of a major is pretty damn impressive.

Agreed. She has maximized her potential. 

[LeGOATski]

16 hours ago, Gugny said:

 

I'm pretty sure the vast majority of top U.S. professional tennis players have come from money, which gives them access to the best coaching available.

 

I DO, however, totally agree that the talent has to be there and any pro player is athletically gifted.

 

To add to this, I don't think tennis has actively recruited the top athletes to play in the sport. In other sports like football and basketball, the top athletes are recruited and actually paid by the best high schools and colleges. I often hear about an NFL player's rough upbringing, but then see that he went to a super rich prep school with the best football team in the state. It wasn't paid for by his parents, that's for sure. I could be wrong, but I don't think that occurs as much within tennis, so it tends to remain more accessible to the rich.

[ALF]

Jessica is still in the Doubles semi final Friday

[Saxum]

On 5/31/2022 at 11:24 PM, Warcodered said:

 

 

She looks so much like her mother in that picture.

[Saxum]

22 hours ago, muppy said:

Good for her! I had to google Jessica because other than knowing she was the kid of Terry and Kim that is all I knew. Coming from money means squat on the tennis court. Dads millions aren't helping her she has an athletic Gift.  Its a WNY girl we can all root for her INDEED.

 

To be at her level has taken a Lot of dedication and work. Again Good for her! Props Jessica you go girl!!  Making WNY proud.

 

m

 

Money does matter.  People without resources need to spend time doing other things whether it is just shopping even if they do not need to work a job.

 

Knew an athlete in college who was top of the game with leased new car every year, private dorm room, assistant to take notes in classes, private tutors, meals delivered to him and private trainers.

His father lost his job and then had to pay large amount of money cashing assets despite insurance.

Next year he lost all of the advantages and could not spend as much time training, etc. and his athletic performance plummeted. 

At one point he needed to sell his second hand car.  He still had the drive but not means of both going to college (pre law like his father) and athletics.

 

Money can make it a lot easier to be able to put in the dedication and work but either way you need to do it.  You also need good genes.  

[muppy]

1 minute ago, Limeaid said:

 

Money does matter.  People without resources need to spend time doing other things whether it is just shopping even if they do not need to work a job.

 

Knew an athlete in college who was top of the game with leased new car every year, private dorm room, assistant to take notes in classes, private tutors, meals delivered to him and private trainers.

His father lost his job and then had to pay large amount of money cashing assets despite insurance.

Next year he lost all of the advantages and could not spend as much time training, etc. and his athletic performance plummeted. 

At one point he needed to sell his second hand car.  He still had the drive but not means of both going to college (pre law like his father) and athletics.

 

Money can make it a lot easier to be able to put in the dedication and work but either way you need to do it.  You also need good genes.  

yes. my original point was regarding her genes as well as the hard work required to achieve her level of success. Clearly money matters in regards to coaching and her access to the best money can offer. It is Both. I think she  having supportive parents helps kids achieve in life as well achieve top athlete status. Financially supported by wealthy folks didnt guarantee her success but it surely helped.

[Saxum]

30 minutes ago, muppy said:

yes. my original point was regarding her genes as well as the hard work required to achieve her level of success. Clearly money matters in regards to coaching and her access to the best money can offer. It is Both. I think she  having supportive parents helps kids achieve in life as well achieve top athlete status. Financially supported by wealthy folks didnt guarantee her success but it surely helped.

 

I generally find spoiled rich kids do best in solo sports but not as well in team sports not that I think she is spoiled.

[muppy]

3 hours ago, Limeaid said:

 

I generally find spoiled rich kids do best in solo sports but not as well in team sports not that I think she is spoiled.

I think she is privileged  but Im not going to label her spoiled. I don't know her that well to judge that..

[ALF]

Pegula/Gauff won the semi final doubles today. Gauff will play Swiatek Saturday in the Singles Final.

[ALF]

C. Garcia                             J. Pegula           Women's Doubles Final
K. Mladenovic   French      C. Gauff   US     Sunday  5:30 am

 

[RoyBatty is alive]

Jessica Pegula had incredible success thus far at the French Open.  She made it to the quarter finals where she lost to #1 tennis player but in the Womens Double, her and Coco Guaf are in the finals.

 

This as far as Jessica has ever made in a major it and she is close to a top 10 in the world.

 

There was a thread a few years ago about Jessica, boy would I love to have that revisited.  So many gratuitous Jason Croom comments and many accused her of being a rich girl playing with her parents money on a lark.....a lot of class envy, misogyny and jealousy in the thread.

[DJB]

Ralph is cheap

[gobills404]

2 minutes ago, RoyBatty is alive said:

a lot of class envy, misogyny and jealousy in the thread.

Hope she sees this bro 🙏

[El Guapo]

23 minutes ago, RoyBatty is alive said:

...a lot of class envy, misogyny and jealousy in the thread.

Ok, I can agree with the other two, but you threw this out there just because she is a woman?  People do view tennis as a privileged sport of the rich. That does breed a lot of jealousy. However, bringing her sex into this has no bearing. If it was their son, those types of criticisms would be way harsher.

 

sorry, I’m not buying it. Who cares what sex she is.  Go back to your safe space. 

And, I hope she advances to #1 in the world. Would love to see it.