Another brilliant article of the great Simon Reed: 'Men's game showing cracks'

[lawrence]

Originally Posted by Xenakis

But let's not play down how well Cilic played at the US Open in beating Murray and I must reiterate that I think he really could be the player to watch out for in 2010. (Simon Reed Dec2009)

Kiss of death.

hahaha, i literally laughed at this for some reason
probably because its so true

[Omega_7000]

I think Simon Reed should be credited with bringing all [insertplayer]***** to agree on something ie. that he's an idiot.

[jones101]

So he is basically saying because mens matches are more competitive at the top that there are cracks at the top of the game??? WTF kind of logic is that? Mens matches are usually won, rather than lost, unlike on the WTA so how can that be a bad thing for the mens game, fans and critic's alike like to see tough, competitive matches, and the quality in the mens side has been pretty strong for a while now.

I am a really big fan of the WTA and will always watch it, but the level this year has been pretty bad, and whilst I agree somewhat that it will improve for the women in 2010, the mens general level of play IMO doesn't actually need to improve, because the top players are all playing well, and CONSISTENLY.

And it not just the top 6 either, the top 20 on the mens side are a quality group of players

I lost all respect for Reedy boy anyways because-

1. He called Murray the 'real no1' - LMAO when there are 2 slam winners this year RANKED HIGHER.
2. Said Federer was 'handed/gifted' his grand slams this year - even though he reached all slam finals in single year for the 3rd time in his career.
3. Wrote an article praising the Williams, saying they are the best 2 in the world etc, then slated then only two articles later - inconsistency is his forte.


Simon Reed, please please tell me who your dealer is, whatever your smoking, I want some, it seems like some good S&%t. It obvioulsy keeps you out of reality

[David_Is_Right]

Originally Posted by TheMusicLover

Simon Reed, always willing to provide the tennis fans with some good laughs.

So now Cilic is the next big thing. Funny how he fails to even mention Del Potro... LOL.

See here...

Originally Posted by Augustus

I don't think there is a big gap between the top players and the rest AT ALL anymore, and I see new players coming through like Juan Martin del Potro (which is of course easy to say in hindsight) and challenging consistently.

Reed gets a lot of stick on here, but this article is easily more insightful than the insessant drivel I see in here General Pro Player Discussion.