Friend of mine who has just turned pro. What do you think of his game?

[tenniswriter]

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

[Jack Romeo]

backhand could be better.

[Nitish]

Originally Posted by tenniswriter

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

The video was uploaded 4 years ago

[tenniswriter]

Originally Posted by Nitish

The video was uploaded 4 years ago

Yes, and he's just made it

[heninfan99]

I gotta like a player that rocks a Wilson and a one hander.

[Nitish]

Originally Posted by tenniswriter

Yes, and he's just made it

Oh ok.....Nice to see a one handed backhand

[velvel95]

Your friend has a fine game. Tell us, he turned pro at what?

[Pickle9]

Don't worry, LeeD, Dozu, and the rest of the seven dwarfs will be in here soon enough to dissect his game and offer their highly respected opinions of what he can do better and colorful descriptions of how to do it.

[Sumo]

Originally Posted by Pickle9

Don't worry, LeeD, Dozu, and the rest of the seven dwarfs will be in here soon enough to dissect his game and offer their highly respected opinions of what he can do better and colorful descriptions of how to do it.

I don't think LeeD ventures into the General Pro Player section, so that's one less claiming this guy is a strong 3.5.

[cluckcluck]

Seems a bit old to be just making it pro. Saw he's made a few main draw futures appearances but not making past first round.
He's going to have to put in a lot of work and play many tournaments to get that ranking out of the 1000's.

[tennisplayer1993]

Originally Posted by cluckcluck

Seems a bit old to be just making it pro. Saw he's made a few main draw futures appearances but not making past first round.
He's going to have to put in a lot of work and play many tournaments to get that ranking out of the 1000's.

Yeah I looked him a couple minutes ago too. He has got out of the first round only a few times. he definitely has a lot to improve on

[RodSmooth]

As much as I would like to see him make it, being a minority.

If he's playing like that, he won't make it past futures.

I'm surprise someone said he made a main draw.

Must've been somewhere like turkey or something.


Wish em good luck though. Serious

[The Bawss]

Ih hommage of ...well we all know who does this.

3.5, possibly 4.0 on a good day.

[kishnabe]

2-9 Match Record in Futures...Ranked 1525...probably equivalent to a College Lever player.

He should have taken a Somdev approach...and play for NCAA....and get a degree/diploma through it.
Don't seeing him even wining bread in tennis career.

[tennisplayer1993]

Originally Posted by kishnabe

2-9 Match Record in Futures...Ranked 1525...probably equivalent to a College Lever player.

He should have taken a Somdev approach...and play for NCAA....and get a degree/diploma through it.
Don't seeing him even wining bread in tennis career.

+1 I agree with this. I know a guy whose coach said he could go pro and possibly crack the top 1000 but instead he went to a top 20 tennis school to major in biophysics while being able to play tennis on a day to day basis.

[Power Player]

The scary thing is that this guy looks pretty darn good to me. D1 level player good and maybe more..who knows.

[rufus_smith]

Thanks for the video. He would beat the legendary LeeD 6-1 but Kimiko Date-Krum would be a favorite against him.

[RFRF]

if he made it he gives us all hope!

[tennis_pr0]

Ranked 1500 in the world and a few futures first round wins is very good. When you are talking about him as a player in general, I would say strong 5.5 for sure, would be playing top division one tennis.

Now, as far as making it pro, making it up the ranks and making money, at 1500 in the world it is a very, very long shot. His game looks good, but when you get inside the top 1000, then 500, the levels get ridiculous.

Like I said, a very good player. It is very easy to see.

[TonyB]

A couple of problems:

1) He's blind. Couldn't see the return of serve was out by about 6 inches at 1:04. He'd get crushed by the challenge system.

2) His name is too long. It'll never sell as a touring pro.


Honestly, I don't see a whole lot of "pro" game in his strokes. A decent player, no doubt, but nowhere near top 500 or lower. Can he make a living out of it? Doubtful.