Marseille 1st round: Janowicz VS Rosol

[Onehandedbackhand]

Rosol, Kamke, and Dustin Brown are three brothers from other mothers when it comes to their style.

They obliterate the ball, only show shot diversity once in a while, and go all out, no matter what. This is nice when the shots are going in...but it rarely happens, and they lose more often than not.

Rosol had his day against Nadal...but remember what happened against Kohlschreiber.

[sdont]

Originally Posted by augustobt

Open 13 is worth the same points that Viña and São Paulo...

And with 5 top ten players in the draw, it's probably more competitive than either Viña del Mar or São Paulo.

[DunlopDood]

Originally Posted by 6-1 6-3 6-0

Two challenger level nobodies meeting in a tournament that's actually worth something?

I don't really understand why some people choose to be so negative towards up and coming players. Instead of supporting and encouraging young players, there seem to be a lot of bitter people out there keen on putting them down.

[cc0509]

Originally Posted by DunlopDood

I don't really understand why some people choose to be so negative towards up and coming players. Instead of supporting and encouraging young players, there seem to be a lot of bitter people out there keen on putting them down.

That is because 6-1 6-3 6-0 fears younger players coming up and beating Nadal. He thinks that Nadal will stay in his prime until Nadal is 40 years old. Can you say delusional? You have to ignore his posts (and he has about 10 accounts) so you have to do a lot of ignoring.

[spinovic]

I'll go with JJ. I think he's got more weapons.

Expectations for Janowicz sky-rocketed based on his run to the finals in Paris, but I think people need to remember that this will be his first real season playing tour level competition. He's a talent, but nothing comes easy in today's tennis. He's going to have some ups and downs as he adjusts to the big leagues and the step up in competition. Hard not to like his potential though...huge serve, great touch, moves exceptionally well for a guy his size. Of all the young guys touted as the next slam winners, I think he's got the highest ceiling.