Nole or Nadal, unlikely anyone else.Nole"ll probably win AO 2019
Gruelling rallies in the Djokovic match.
Nole or Nadal, unlikely anyone else.
K Nishikori has given him problems before. How many 5 setters has the Japanese played this tournament?Djokovic playing his next two matches against his career pigeons should warm him up nicely for the final
K Nishikori has given him problems before. How many 5 setters has the Japanese played this tournament?
Zverev is a clown. I watched the first two sets and felt like puking. He started the match by breaking Milos followed by a loud "come on" then proceeded to implode.
He's still young. We don't want to be too harsh on these players because he'll have at least 8 more seasons of potential high level play before he declines (and he could have more the way things are going now for athletes in their 30's) so I'm not writing his obituary or anything. He has plenty of time to turn things around but he's been stagnant for a while, and his mental toughness is just all over the place.
Most worryingly, I don't think you can do it at the highest level with a mediocre forehand. If the backhand is your weaker shot, you can shield it in many ways, hit it with spin and loopy to get maybe some depth, use the slice a lot, construct points in a way to run around it (sort of like the early Nadal), etc... you just can't protect a bad forehand.
Largely agree with this, I would just refine regarding your comment about forehands at the highest level.... very important to state that this is in reference to this era. After all, Edberg got on perfectly fine with virtually no forehand to speak ofZverev is a clown. I watched the first two sets and felt like puking. He started the match by breaking Milos followed by a loud "come on" then proceeded to implode.
He's still young. We don't want to be too harsh on these players because he'll have at least 8 more seasons of potential high level play before he declines (and he could have more the way things are going now for athletes in their 30's) so I'm not writing his obituary or anything. He has plenty of time to turn things around but he's been stagnant for a while, and his mental toughness is just all over the place.
Most worryingly, I don't think you can do it at the highest level with a mediocre forehand. If the backhand is your weaker shot, you can shield it in many ways, hit it with spin and loopy to get maybe some depth, use the slice a lot, construct points in a way to run around it (sort of like the early Nadal), etc... you just can't protect a bad forehand.
Largely agree with this, I would just refine regarding your comment about forehands at the highest level.... very important to state that this is in reference to this era. After all, Edberg got on perfectly fine with virtually no forehand to speak of
Thank you Miss Carol..How are things with you...yes it has been a while since I've been here..My goodness, I haven’t seen you around for long time but then I read the comment of another poster responding to you
Welcome!!!
Hey BB..Good to come back and have an opportunity to engage in some competitive banter..Roger is truly the tennis verison of Beethoven combined with DeVinci 's artistic genius..That being said..he is nobody's fool , playing in clay events at this stage is not in his best interests.Hey @the AntiPusher , good to see you back. I think if we see Roger playing a clay swing then we're probably seeing his last year on the tour. I don't really see him doing it other than for one last time.
Largely agree with this, I would just refine regarding your comment about forehands at the highest level.... very important to state that this is in reference to this era. After all, Edberg got on perfectly fine with virtually no forehand to speak of
I see. Nishikori San is toast then.After starting 2-1 against Djokovic, Nishikori has lost 14 matches in a row winning only 5 sets in them(only the Rome 2016 SF was close).
Raonics record is even worse.
Had won only 2 sets in 9 matches.
Also,Service games won(Raonics weapon) against each other-
Raonic-75/100
Djokovic-95/102
Nishikori in this tournament against,
Majchrzak 3-6 6-7(6) 6-0 6-2 3-0
Karlovic 6-3 7-6(6) 5-7 5-7 7-6(7)
Sousa 7-6(6) 6-1 6-2
Carreno Busta 6-7(8) 4-6 7-6(4) 6-4 7-6(8)
Total time on court 13 hours 1 minute
I see. Nishikori San is toast then.
Agreed. it does look like all the hype about him being the next great champion has gotten to his head.He acts like he believes that he's tennis's next big thing, but when rubber meets the road, he falls apart. Taking nothing away from Milos, who was very good today, but Zverev is falling way short of expectations.