Simon vs Monfils - 71 Shot Rally

[Cup8489]

Oh, right.

I hate modern tennis. I hate monfils. "I'm capable of some of the best shotmaking ever, but i'll just push the ball"

[ledwix]

There should be a rule requiring someone to come to net in the first 50 strokes of a rally. If nobody does, they're both disqualified.

[Al Czervik]

I literally laughed out loud at this. You can't even blame slow courts. At least Nadal and Novak were gunning the ball in the final last year and their defense is unreal. This is the worst pusher garbage ever.

[TheF1Bob]

Such a shame Simon wasn't able to reproduce this productive tennis against Murray.

[mattennis]

As someone just said, one long rally out of, say, every 20 points is OK, because it is unexpected. But when you have many long rallies in the same match...you start to get bored quickly.

Even in the fastest indoor carpets in the 90s, sometimes there were some long rallies (look at Sampras-Becker 1996 WTF final), and they were "great" because they were "rare".

[Onehandedbackhand]

Originally Posted by mattennis

As someone just said, one long rally out of, say, every 20 points is OK, because it is unexpected. But when you have many long rallies in the same match...you start to get bored quickly.

Even in the fastest indoor carpets in the 90s, sometimes there were some long rallies (look at Sampras-Becker 1996 WTF final), and they were "great" because they were "rare".

They were great because they absolutely covered the whole court, and had variety, not "I hit at you, you hit at me".

[Surecatch]

That was pathetic. No aggression whatsoever.

[The Bawss]

Originally Posted by krz

I'd almost rather watch Wozniaki play Wozniaki.

Good one hehehhe.

[90's Clay]

Lack of ability to put the point away.. There is NO REASON for a 70 shot rally.. Even today. These guys need to adopt a different strategy for gosh sakes

[Pwned]

On the 7th shot Simon should have taken charge of the rally and ripped it. A low paced slice that didn't bite through the court. He still took it inside the baseline but rolled a softy back across the net. 2 shots later he had a backhand nearly at the service line and did nothing with it. That match was horrible to watch. I fell asleep right quick.

[Numenor]

Summarizes everything wrong with the game today.

[Laurie]

Originally Posted by Numenor

Summarizes everything wrong with the game today.

We need more rallies like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TUP27yZMcQ

[The Bawss]

Oops, wrong thread.

[MindoverMatter]

Since nobody is actually paying attention, I'm just going to repeat my last post word for word

I'm pretty sure they were both dead tired at this point. I think Monfils had blisters on his hands and Simon's legs and knees were shot

[jamesblakefan#1]

Originally Posted by bjk

Monfils is the Javale McGee of tennis.

Hahaha that is the PERFECT comparison. Just check the Gael Monclown thread for emphasis.

For those who don't know the work of Javale.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f69IDWEyBek

[Zildite]

Originally Posted by MindoverMatter

Since nobody is actually paying attention, I'm just going to repeat my last post word for word

I'm pretty sure they were both dead tired at this point. I think Monfils had blisters on his hands and Simon's legs and knees were shot

That point was at 6-4, 4-4. Anyway, why prolong the pain?

[Numenor]

Originally Posted by Laurie

We need more rallies like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TUP27yZMcQ

That winner by Sampras to get the point was amazing. It also somewhat reminds me of this Nike ad from the 90's:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGgXoJopIGk

[90's Clay]

IF you need a 70 plus shot rally to win a damn point, you aren't ever good

[doobiedoodoo]

I don't think speeding up the courts will help in this case...

[West Coast Ace]

Originally Posted by doobiedoodoo

I don't think speeding up the courts will help in this case...

True. They would just choke up on their racquets...