Nicolas Mahut has got game!

[edberg505]

Ok, I saw this guy play in person last year at the Montréal's Masters qualifying when he made it into the main draw. I felt that he was a pretty good player just missing some pieces. If I'm not mistaken he was taken out in the first round by Olivier Rochus. But this year he has improved by leaps and bounds. As a former junior Wimbledon champ he hasn't exactly lived up to expectations but he appears to be on track right now. But being a serve and volleyer nowadays is not exactly easy. After seeing him play Roger and Wimby and playing Blake right now it seems he will be a very dangerous floater and will be a forced to be reckoned with on all fast courts. I think I have found a new player to root for in Taylor's absence.

[BreakPoint]

You gotta love his racquet (a paintjobbed PS 6.0 95). LOL

Perfect for his serve and volley game.

[edberg505]

Originally Posted by BreakPoint

You gotta love his racquet (a paintjobbed PS 6.0 95). LOL

Perfect for his serve and volley game.

LOL, is it really? I saw it in person and it looks like the tour 90 unless he has changed it.

[BreakPoint]

Originally Posted by edberg505

LOL, is it really? I saw it in person and it looks like the tour 90 unless he has changed it.

Yes, it's a PS 6.0 95 with a nCode 90/95 red and white paintjob. Just take a look at this pic at the throat - no cutouts in the two upper corners like on the nCodes but flat like on the PS 6.0. Also, the string pattern is 16x18 like on the PS 6.0, not 16x19 like on the nCode 90.

http://editorial.gettyimages.com/sou...71244934&cdi=0

[Jonny S&V]

Yes, another S&V that I can root for in Taylor's absence. Yes yes yes yes yes!!!!!!!!!

[tennisprofl]

mahut is good but i watched him play blake in the rca tourny and he became too upset and his game went really downhill in the 1st set tiebreak

[arosen]

For a S&V player he gets all upset way too easily. It's a risky game in a first place, plenty of times being passed and all that, he needs to phucking chill and keep hacking at it.

[fastdunn]

Originally Posted by BreakPoint

Yes, it's a PS 6.0 95 with a nCode 90/95 red and white paintjob. Just take a look at this pic at the throat - no cutouts in the two upper corners like on the nCodes but flat like on the PS 6.0. Also, the string pattern is 16x18 like on the PS 6.0, not 16x19 like on the nCode 90.

http://editorial.gettyimages.com/sou...71244934&cdi=0

Hmm... what if this is nCode 90 with a custom string pattern ?

[TennisProPaul]

Originally Posted by edberg505

Ok, I saw this guy play in person last year at the Montréal's Masters qualifying when he made it into the main draw. I felt that he was a pretty good player just missing some pieces. If I'm not mistaken he was taken out in the first round by Olivier Rochus. But this year he has improved by leaps and bounds. As a former junior Wimbledon champ he hasn't exactly lived up to expectations but he appears to be on track right now. But being a serve and volleyer nowadays is not exactly easy. After seeing him play Roger and Wimby and playing Blake right now it seems he will be a very dangerous floater and will be a forced to be reckoned with on all fast courts. I think I have found a new player to root for in Taylor's absence.

Paul Goldstein is better

[Breaker]

Originally Posted by TennisProPaul

Paul Goldstein is better

Goldstein isn't a serve and volleyer he's a pretty consistent baseliner when he's not playing doubles.

[edberg505]

Originally Posted by Breaker

Goldstein isn't a serve and volleyer he's a pretty consistent baseliner when he's not playing doubles.

He's also the 2nd greatest pusher behind the fighting Fin, Jarkko Nieminen.

[TennisProPaul]

Originally Posted by edberg505

He's also the 2nd greatest pusher behind the fighting Fin, Jarkko Nieminen.

well that pusher just chargd the net a ton of time s to beat hewitt

goldstein goes to the net more then you think, and pushers dont go to the net

another win for the pusher that is much better then mahut who?

[edberg505]

Originally Posted by TennisProPaul

well that pusher just chargd the net a ton of time s to beat hewitt

goldstein goes to the net more then you think, and pushers dont go to the net

another win for the pusher that is much better then mahut who?

Well not according to the rankings! No he is not much better.

[Shamo]

Mahut has got a serve nothing more....(especialy the second serve)

if he had the volleys to back it up he could be in the top 40

[TennisProPaul]

Originally Posted by edberg505

Well not according to the rankings! No he is not much better.

If you compare both pros, noting that Goldstein has 1-2 years more on tour, I would def take The cash and wins and overall career for sure.

Note: Most of Mahut's cash has come from doubles

Nicolas Mahut and Goldstein are def play at the top of thier games right now, but the edge certainly goes to the scientist

Mahut
Singles Record:
17 - 37

Goldstein
Singles Record:
73 - 95

The facts
http://wwo.atptennis.com/3/en/player...&player2=mahut

Mahut
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
1999 - Earned first ATP point at France F5…Reached QF at France F8…Teamed with Julien Cassaigne to win title at France F8…2000 - Reached main draw at Roland Garros as wild card, losing to Hipfl in straight sets…Also received wild card into ATP circuit event in Toulouse, but lost to Tillstrom in three sets in 1st RD…Reached QF at Cherbourg Challenger…Improved year-end ranking 673 positions over previous year…Reached final in doubles at Cherbourg Challenger (w/Benneteau)…2001 - Made debut at Australian Open, losing to Medvedev in five sets…Won titles at Futures level in Luxembourg F1 and France F15…Defeated Godwin in Marseille for first ATP level victory, but lost to Kafelnikov in next round…Played at Roland Garros for second straight year, but dropped to Michael Russell in 1st RD…Made TMS debut in Paris, losing to Philippoussis is straight sets…2002 - Played qualifying at ATP level four times, but was unsuccessful in each effort…Won title at France F17 and reached final in France F21…Played only tour level event at Marseille, losing in 1st RD to Gicquel.

Goldstein
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
1994-Received wild card into US Open draw and lost to Agenor in 1st RD...1995-Lost in 1st RD at Washington ATP event and Binghamton Challenger...1996-Reached first Challenger SF at Urbana...1997-Reached 2nd RD at San Antonio Challenger and first Challenger doubles final in Las Vegas (w/Thomas) ...1998-In August, won first Challenger title in Lexington (d. H. Lee)...Reached SF in Dallas and San Antonio followed by final in San Diego (l. to Liukko)...Won first Challenger doubles title in San Diego (w/Peterson) ...Also reached doubles final at Lexington Challenger (w/Thomas)...1999-Qualified at Australian Open and upset No. 8 Rusedski en route to Grand Slam-best 3rd RD (l. to Pavel in five sets)...Advanced to 3rd RD at Wimbledon...Became first American to win singles gold medal at Pan American Games in Winnipeg since Greg Homes in 1983 (d. Mamiit)...Advanced to first ATP QF in Washington (d. No. 8 Corretja)…2000--Won career-best 20 ATP matches...Won Challenger title at Waikoloa (d. Sa)...Reached first ATP SF in Delray Beach defeating Rafter in QF... Advanced to 3rd RD at Wimbledon (l. to Gambill)...Back-to-back QFs in Newport and Los Angeles...In doubles, reached first ATP final at Brighton (w/ Thomas...Earned career-high $258,043…2001 – Won at least one match at each of first four ATP events…Won only one match the rest of the year…Won Lexington Challenger (d. Brasington)…Claimed Futures title in Malibu (d. Boeker)…Was 16-7 in Challengers…Won doubles titles at Challengers at Waikoloa (w/Thomas) and Bermuda (w/Roddick)…Was 3-13 in ATP doubles and 11-5 in Challengers…2002 – Played three ATP events, reaching 2nd RD at Memphis (d. Arthrus, l. to Gambill)…Challenger winner in Tyler (d. Fish) and runner-up in Lexington (l. to Draper)…Compiled a 15-15 Challenger record…Won doubles title at Binghampton Challenger (w/Humphries)…Finalist at Calabasas (w/Gimelstob)…Went 11-10 in Challengers…2003 – Reached 2nd RD at four of five ATP events he played…In June, claimed Tallahassee Challenger (d. A. Kim)…Closed year by reaching three straight Challenger finals…Runner-up at Waco (l. to G. Lapentti)…Won back-to-back titles in Austin (d. Kendrick) and Champaign (d. Vahaly)…Was 36-14 in Challengers…Reached ATP doubles final at San Jose w/Kendrick (l. to Lee-Voltchkov)…Also w/Kendrick, reached SF at Delray Beach…5-4 in ATP doubles…Reached at least the SF in nine events going 21-13 in Challenger doubles…Won title in San Antonio (w/Morrison)…Reached three other finals…2004 – Reached 2nd RD at four of the six ATP events he played, including as a qualifier at US Open…Won Covington Challenger (d. Sa)…Was 16-11 in Challengers…Won back-to-back Challenger doubles titles in Covington (w/Hippensteel) and College Station (w/Vahaly)…Was 11-4 in Challenger doubles.

[Marat Safinator]

goldstein is a pusher, then I dont knoww what the stupid term "pusher" means.

[TennisProPaul]

Originally Posted by Marat Safinator

goldstein is a pusher, then I dont knoww what the stupid term "pusher" means.

He is more of a grinder

But hey more power to Goldstein if he is a pusher to have made the most out of very little power on the pro tour

To see Goldstein make it on the tour gives hope to all the little guys out there.

[edberg505]

Originally Posted by TennisProPaul

If you compare both pros, noting that Goldstein has 1-2 years more on tour, I would def take The cash and wins and overall career for sure.

Note: Most of Mahut's cash has come from doubles

Nicolas Mahut and Goldstein are def play at the top of thier games right now, but the edge certainly goes to the scientist.

Well, we will see just how he does against Haas tomorrow. The last time they played Tommy cleaned his clock proper like. And we all know how hard it is to serve and volley on tour nowadays and Mahut is sticking to his guns and you gotta admire him for that.

[edberg505]

Bump

Thought I would bump this thread up in light of Mahut's recent results.

[Andres]

Originally Posted by Shamo

Mahut has got a serve nothing more....(especialy the second serve)

if he had the volleys to back it up he could be in the top 40

Nothing further from the truth.