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Red Rick said:I guess he thinks that a little more consistent match play will help his chances for Wimbledon.
His entire baseline game and return game is in shambles. The last few years that he played clay his return stats were already lower than on HC, which is a very rare thing, so the adaptation he made to stay relevant as he gets slower translates terribly to clay.
Federer is super serve dependent nowadays. His hold game is still great, but he just can't break serve when his forehand is misfiring.
I don't expect Federer to do well on clay, especially as he's entering some of the tougher tournaments. He'll barely gain points there, and frankly I would be very surprised if he qualifies for the WTF this year.
I'd be surprised if he made the 4th round at RG to be honest.movingtarget said:Red Rick said:I guess he thinks that a little more consistent match play will help his chances for Wimbledon.
His entire baseline game and return game is in shambles. The last few years that he played clay his return stats were already lower than on HC, which is a very rare thing, so the adaptation he made to stay relevant as he gets slower translates terribly to clay.
Federer is super serve dependent nowadays. His hold game is still great, but he just can't break serve when his forehand is misfiring.
I don't expect Federer to do well on clay, especially as he's entering some of the tougher tournaments. He'll barely gain points there, and frankly I would be very surprised if he qualifies for the WTF this year.
Old bones and clay are not a good mix especially when he gets into some long matches. I doubt he makes it to the semis. Still better off with the lighter prep I think with the grass court matches before Wimbledon. It's worked for him so far and extended his career.
Red Rick said:I'd be surprised if he made the 4th round at RG to be honest.movingtarget said:Red Rick said:I guess he thinks that a little more consistent match play will help his chances for Wimbledon.
His entire baseline game and return game is in shambles. The last few years that he played clay his return stats were already lower than on HC, which is a very rare thing, so the adaptation he made to stay relevant as he gets slower translates terribly to clay.
Federer is super serve dependent nowadays. His hold game is still great, but he just can't break serve when his forehand is misfiring.
I don't expect Federer to do well on clay, especially as he's entering some of the tougher tournaments. He'll barely gain points there, and frankly I would be very surprised if he qualifies for the WTF this year.
Old bones and clay are not a good mix especially when he gets into some long matches. I doubt he makes it to the semis. Still better off with the lighter prep I think with the grass court matches before Wimbledon. It's worked for him so far and extended his career.
Zverev with another catastrophical performance at a Grand Slam. I'm not sure that meme will ever die.
I'm sorry, but if there's one thing I'm a bigger elitist at than at route design, it's racket breaking.movingtarget said:Red Rick said:I'd be surprised if he made the 4th round at RG to be honest.movingtarget said:Red Rick said:I guess he thinks that a little more consistent match play will help his chances for Wimbledon.
His entire baseline game and return game is in shambles. The last few years that he played clay his return stats were already lower than on HC, which is a very rare thing, so the adaptation he made to stay relevant as he gets slower translates terribly to clay.
Federer is super serve dependent nowadays. His hold game is still great, but he just can't break serve when his forehand is misfiring.
I don't expect Federer to do well on clay, especially as he's entering some of the tougher tournaments. He'll barely gain points there, and frankly I would be very surprised if he qualifies for the WTF this year.
Old bones and clay are not a good mix especially when he gets into some long matches. I doubt he makes it to the semis. Still better off with the lighter prep I think with the grass court matches before Wimbledon. It's worked for him so far and extended his career.
Zverev with another catastrophical performance at a Grand Slam. I'm not sure that meme will ever die.
The racquet smashing was impressive...........
I don't think that's a great ideakingjr said:I remember Youzhny using his own head to try and break his racket. Maybe Zverev should give that a go.
From the rules I've seen, it shouldn't happen, but it's a stupidass loophole in the rule.movingtarget said:
It's not an easy task to comprehend the fact it's you who's the next big thing.Red Rick said:It's honestly so sad to see young players nowadays. Tsitsipas, the new, superhyped young talent is playing the old champion who's coming back from injury and it looks to be a complete never in doubt match.
Tsitsipas actually said that his 4 goals this year included winning an ATP1000 but to semifinal a Slam. Like they want to beat the best in the world but are okay if it doesn't happen at the biggest stage. Add to that that it's just unfunny how far after their prime the Big 3 are.
Imagine this in 2011/2012. Big 4 at their peak. Guys like Tsitsipas wouldn't be top 20 in those days.
Red Rick said:It's honestly so sad to see young players nowadays. Tsitsipas, the new, superhyped young talent is playing the old champion who's coming back from injury and it looks to be a complete never in doubt match.
Tsitsipas actually said that his 4 goals this year included winning an ATP1000 but to semifinal a Slam. Like they want to beat the best in the world but are okay if it doesn't happen at the biggest stage. Add to that that it's just unfunny how far after their prime the Big 3 are.
Imagine this in 2011/2012. Big 4 at their peak. Guys like Tsitsipas wouldn't be top 20 in those days.
Red Rick said:I'm hardly the only one thinking this. There's a lot of things that changed the landscape, and frankly the sport is desperate for fresh blood. It's lucky the Slam race still adds excitement even though we've seen the same players clash a million times.
The bar was raised to unprecedented heights, and now it's slowly coming down. The big 4 raised the bar, and they made each other better, more so than others. Tennis got a lot more emphasis on physicality, and many young players breaking through are physically very gifted but somehow they came on tour with pretty obvious technical flaws in their games that are very hard to fix. The last one is an observation that's very hard to explain if you assume that methods for training and developing young players have gotten better.
Red Rick said:Djokovic d. Pouille 6-0 6-2 6-2
This final better be good.