My Lord does Rios Suck!!!

[Jonnyf]

Rios is YOUNGER than henman,although i was hoping to see him in the final yesterday as i'd seen haarhuis last year

[spadesss]

Rios is very talented, which I think most people would agreed upon. Just that he has mental issues and no gut as some people refered to him. I was blown away years ago when he played Agassi down in Florida (Forgot the Tournament name) many years ago. He make shots effortless like Federer. And the winners are incredible. He won the Final against Agassi. I was impressed with him. We can all agreed that no one will respect him in the game of tennis and I don't think he cares. Lets leave it at that.

[slice bh compliment]

Originally Posted by spadesss

Rios is very talented, which I think most people would agreed upon. Just that he has mental issues and no gut as some people refered to him. I was blown away years ago when he played Agassi down in Florida (Forgot the Tournament name) many years ago. He make shots effortless like Federer. And the winners are incredible. He won the Final against Agassi. I was impressed with him. We can all agreed that no one will respect him in the game of tennis and I don't think he cares. Lets leave it at that.

I think that was 98. Finals of the Oz Open, won Indian Wells and Key Biscayne. So quick. Powerful, takes it early. Has great feel for the ball and even better feel for the court. Totally out Agassi-ed the Agassi out of Agassi.

Saw him on an outside court at Roland Garros three years later. Spotty five setter against Ferreira.

[spadesss]

So much talent, so wasted. What a shame.
He can't be helped as he doens't want help.
Its like he doesn't belong on the main or senior tour.

[FH2FH]

Federer used to act like a child on the court. Then he grew up. Some people never do unfortunately. If Rios hasn't by now, he probably never will. I think most people feel sorry for him, but unless he's a moron he just doesn't give a ***** at times and doesn't mind showing it (we all have our moments).

Yes, there is wasted talent, but who knows why he's the way he is or was on tour. Maybe he his life was more difficult than we realized??

[drakulie]

Originally Posted by peluzon

and you are very disappointing in this forum , you are the classic sucker that loves players like Tim Henman and Alex Corretja

They both had better all-around careers than Rios.

[Moose Malloy]

Maybe he his life was more difficult than we realized??

Rios was from a rich family. I have trouble believing any pro tennis players had difficult lives. They aren't exactly like boxers or basketball players, many who came from poverty, broken homes etc.

[superman1]

If you grow up with a tennis racquet in your hand, you have all the opportunities in the world. A person can either grow up poor and become a bum, grow up rich and become a spoiled brat, or grow up under any circumstances and become a role model.

[oscar_2424]

where is Rios the genius???

[spadesss]

Look at Agassi.
He was not the role model growing up but we all knew how well he turned out.
Agassi's family isn't rich and luckily Agassi turned himself into more then a great tennis player.
Rios will always be a tennis underacheiver. Unless he does something good for mankind or society away from the tennis scene, he will be the bad boy who will always have himself.

[mctennis]

Originally Posted by kissmyace

Just watched the Paul Haarhuis/Rios match live at the Albert Hall and it was not far off disgraceful.
Rios was shameful in is effort levels. He just went through the motions for most of the match, and then would suddenly reel off 5 or 6 clean winners from nowhere and the shut down again.
In one service game he made 1 attempt at a serve return and even walked to the duece side from the ad side as Harrhuuis went through his service action.
Haarhuis was clearly unnerved by all this and gave him some cheap junk but thankfully pulled the match out.
I was really excited about seeing Rios play as i'd never had the chance before and was looking forward to seeing some of his exceptional shot making, and there were a few, but for all that talent you'd think he make an effort and FIND a way to at least compete. That is the mark of a great player, one who can have a c*@p day but still dig deep and find a way to compete.
Very very dissapointing.

I agree Rios is a headcase.

[oscar_2424]

Originally Posted by mctennis

I agree Rios is a headcase.

BUt he plays awesome

[bribeiro]

rios, a genius that never won a grandslam ROFL, genius my ***, hes a choker and an overachiever

[drakulie]

Originally Posted by bribeiro

rios, a genius that never won a grandslam ROFL, genius my ***, hes a choker and an overachiever

Completely agree. The guys claim to fame remains having a winning record against AA.

[superman1]

2-1. Yeah, wow. He really owned Agassi. And those wins were in 1998 no less, when Agassi was still digging himself out of the ditch of being 141 in the world.

[Cavallino]

Guys...rios come back to the ATP PRO Circuit the next year on Viña del Mar with a WildCard...

http://noml.blogspot.com/search/label/ATP

Check more info in google, there's a lot info in spanish if you can read it

[Bjorn99]

Some days Rios just isn't into playing. His game obviously takes a lot out of him, and when he is depleted, he just mails it in. Again, probably why he isn't out on the tour grinding away. He could grind out a million or two a year still, but maybe his wives are taking most of it anyways. Does he have any kids?

[jmsx521]

In the last 15 years that I've followed live pro tennis and have watched many pros' matches and practices, I haven't seen anyone with better hands on the court; Rios had great feel for the ball and could win points with such ease, like no other player could do. The best practice session I've ever seen was between Rios and Ivanisevic at the end of the 90s, when Ivanisevic was still very good; Rios was toying with him on the court! As for his personality, I also agree it was problematic.

[The Beautiful Game]

Does he suck? No. Does he do blow? Probably.

[Eli_Ace]

Originally Posted by peluzon

I disagree, he is clearly *choosing* to be there.

If he is choosing to be there, doesnt means that he feel really confortable and motivated playing there. He just want to play tennis, and he can not play tennis in the real circuit. But he knows that he is just 30 years old and is not big deal defeat the old man, but is a big shame when he lost.


Well that's up to you, but we live in a mostly free world, most people are not constrained by the opinions of their country-people...

thats true , i just want to share that is not a proud for us that he is the number one in the world in seniors tour, no body talk about that in news.


Tennis is tennis if it's played on a tennis court with racquets and balls in accordance with the rules. I play tennis. Federer plays tennis. Tennis is played on the senior's tour. 4 year-olds can play tennis

Im just talking about the circuit, the real competence for people like Marcelo Rios is there. He should not been playing in seniors tour , when he win is not a big deal for me like Marcelo Rios fans, just dont care for me (personal opinion)

he just plays because he can dominate....