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lol. I mean, Mats was a great player, but come on. Mats was like the Medvedev of the 80s. Steady player that was like a wall. Didn't exactly set off fireworks. Mac's level was much higher. If this was a video game and we could lock in their peak level, Mats wouldn't win a single match unless it...

Don't care, but I'm feeling Grigor for semis.

He's and amazing tennis player, but every top zoomer player thinks they're the greatest thing ever. I have top juniors that i teach at my club that think if they could go back in time they'd win 20 slams and clown on guys like Mac and Borg. I'm not even joking. These kids are great players, but...

Would love to see Nick and Carlos with an 85 sq" racquet, gut/syngut on 80s grass, 80s balls, 80s shoes, etc. They'd be shanking every second shot, hitting everything out or in the net, and sliding on their asses trying to play off the baseline. Becker would clown them both

His highlights consist of 40 ball rallies where his opponents end up making an error after being exhausted and Novak fist pumps. If that's your idea of the best tennis player of all time, good for you. To me, that's interpreting tennis skill as being really fit and athletic instead of having a...

Jim had devastating ground strokes with an 85 racquet and synthetic gut lol. With a Pure Aero and full poly his game would be ridiculous. There are few players from the 90s that would benefit from modern tech and surfaces as Jim would. He'd be racking up slams in this era

I want Grigor to win, but Novak in 2. Match up for him is terrible

His skill level is no different than it used to be. Difference is that it seems like in 2023, he transitioned from a boy to a man. His mental game, his shot selection, his attitude on court is what is making him a winner. I'd love for him to win Paris. Bad news is that Novak is the worst match...

Fed was good on the surfaces Rafa was best on and Rafa was terrible on the surfaces Fed was good on during Fed's prime so they rarely met on Grass and Hard and often met on Clay, giving Rafa a nice H2H advantage. This isn't quantum mechanics.

Get that, "New Gen" grinding crap out of here!

RF 97 is not heavy. 1/2 oz is not a massive amount of weight difference for people to swing around. Lighter racquets compromise technique not heavier ones. Heavier racquets teach you timing and how to hit the ball early and use technique over strength. Lighter racquets teach poor technique that...

RF97 is a completely milktoast racquet. It's not like you're swinging around Pete's 85sq" 14oz bat strung at 75lbs. If you're having trouble with an RF97, the problem is your game, not the racquet. Obviously no single racquet is for everyone, but to suggest a beginner should not be using an RF97...

Should have been over in 2 if Grigor didn't choke his break advantage in the first. Fed would have dismantled Raz

Brutal. Did someone get paid money to come up with that? Also love how perfectly tailored those are on him, then when you try them on in a store they're boxy and baggy in all the wrong places.

Even in their primes it wouldnt be a good match. They're not doubles players

Sure, Fed's retired, but why not pick up a racquet for a couple of exo games at the Laver cup? His knee can't be THAT bad.

Small courts and athletic players leads to games where 99% of the points end in an error because it's impossible to play an aggressive game based on hitting winners. Tennis is the only sport out of all of these where you can actually have different playing styles. Everyone in these other games...

Nobody wants to watch 50 ball pusher rallies for 5 sets where at the end the players have to be carted out on stretchers.

Watch Grigor Steffi his way to a title

How many wins does Alcaraz have over Fed?

That alone, in fact, does.

If you're looking for inspiration, Andre is mosdef one of the ATG that used an oversized racquet. Nobody else comes close in the current era comes close.

Recency bias. Every single player in the year end top 10 in 1992 won a Slam. Nothing like that has come close. 1991-1992 is the correct answer

I've seen better tennis from 13 year olds. Brutal

lame

LOL as in, it's so obviously true you'd have to know nothing about tennis to deny it?

Skill, power and tactics can be gained with age. What's lost with age is physicality and movement. Tennis, over the years has gone from a skill based sport to a physical contest. Advancements in tech such as light/stiff raquets and poly strings, make it almost impossible to miss a shot if you...

Eubanks is ranked around 30 now, how wasn't he automatically getting into the Canadian open regardless?

Doesn't even matter. Inflation Era. imagine thinking Nole is equally as good as Petros on grass because they both have 7 Wimbledon titles, or if he wins one more he's better than Petros. That's just stupid talk.

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