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I’m just so confused! I’ve heard higher tension improves feel and even arm fatigue and then I’ve heard the exact opposite. Range seems to b 40-55bls - most opting for about 52bls Poly’s but only for 20hrs max Basically need to buy a restring machine For feel, durability is that about...

When will somebody serve 175 mph, for reference the fastest ever is 163 mph at a challenger match, the fastest ATP serve ever is 157 by John Isner and Giovanni Mpteshi Perricard hit one 153 mph at Wimbledon this year. I think its never happening.

Who will it be

I got both of em reaching 20

Carlos Alcaraz beat Jannik Sinner 5-0 retired in the Cincinnati final, 2025 on hard court It was Alcaraz’ first title at the event. Sinner had been the defending champion. The two had recently played the Wimbledon final (Sinner winning) and would soon after play the US Open final (Alcaraz...

As we know, we’ve just seen a guy put in a slam performance which - at least on paper - is one for the ages, featuring the following Complete domination of the world number 1, the reigning AO, USO, ATP finals and Wimbledon champion Limited Sinner to 69% 1st serve points won, 44% overall points...

Today's USO final wasn't the closest match ever, and indeed, there were no real tight sets among the four. No tiebreakers, no fifth set. And I'm not about to predict how many slams they will win individually or collectively. What I will say is that when I watch them head-to-head, I know that...

Who’s more impressive, Sinner or Alcaraz? Sinner using young Nole as the benchmark, or Alcaraz using young Rafa as the benchmark? Closer below, or further above, is considered more impressive. Please set bias aside and do the research if you’re a true tennis fan.

A pretty straightforward question, now that the draws have been posted. Which has a greater chance of happening: Sinner v Alcaraz or Sabalenka v Swiatek? Do you think both will happen, neither will happen, or one or the other? I almost never do polls, but I'll break that "policy" here.

Hoping to keep this positive with no arguments. Right now, who do you consider to be your five favorite players...for whatever reason(s) -- stated or unstated? Keep this a judgment-free and survey-free thread. As it strikes me right now, mine would probably be: ATP: Carlitos Novak Fonseca...

Current players like Alcaraz and De Minaur certainly deserve a mention but I'd say Monfils is the fastest ever. Do we have any official data on this?

Novak really dominated Jannik early on, so despite losing so many sets and matches in a row he still has a positive dominance ratio against his best student. Against Alcaraz he won more matches but the DR also has been close. Despite Charlie having had recently a 5-0 streak against Jannni...

Dimitrov was the only player to take more than one set against Sinner in 2025 and had to retire with bad injury. Jannik was obviously hampered by the fall, dropping his fh by 10mph and the quality of serve and forhand to levels unseen in recent memory. However the old prince has become over the...

Let's go. I'm still undecided, I'll come back you soon and edit.

Thanks for the data to Tennis Abstract. Alcaraz has broke a lot more often, despite Jannik winning a slightly higher percentage of points. In the serve department Fritz is quite close, in the return Alcaraz even more so. RkPlayer SPW 1Jannik Sinner [ITA] 70.5% 5Taylor Fritz [USA] 70.3%...

Carlos Alcaraz beat Jannik Sinner 4-6, 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-6(10-2) in the French Open final, 2025 on clay Alcaraz was the defending champion and he’d won Monte Carlo and Rome (beating Sinner in the final) leading into the event. Sinner was playing his first final at the event and had won...

H2H - Alcaraz leads 4-2 Slam H2H - Alcaraz leads 1-0 Grass court H2H - N/A, this will be their first encounter. Last match - 2023 Rio open (Clay) ATP 500 Final, Norrie def. Alcaraz 57 64 75 Last slam match - 2021 US Open (Hard) R1 - Alcaraz def. Norrie 64 64 63 Last round at this tournament...

Rafael Nadal beat Carlos Alcaraz 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in the Indian Wells semi-final, 2022 on hard court Nadal would go onto lose the final to Taylor Fritz. Alcaraz would shortly after win his maiden masters title in Miami. Nadal had recently won the Australian Open. Alcaraz would go onto win his...

Carlos Alcaraz beat Jannik Sinner 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the Indian Wells semi-final, 2024 on hard court Alcaraz, the defending champion, would go onto win the title, beating Daniil Medvedev in the final. Sinner had recently won his maiden Slam at the Australian Open and would immediately after win...

H2H: 1-1 Grass H2H: Alcaraz leads 1-0 Last meeting - 2025 Doha open ATP 500 QF, Lehechka def. Alcaraz 63 36 64 En route to this clash, both have dropped one set, Alcaraz in the R16 against Munar 2 days ago & Lehechka against Draper in the SF yesterday. Alcaraz v/s Munar was one of the longest...

Simple question. As far as I know the last 5 matches Alcaraz has won and Sinner lost. What are the dynamics that made this happen? Why is Sinner having trouble defeating Alcaraz?

Ladies and gentlemen, tennis was, is and will continue to be in good hands! :) The final highlights, blocked on this website:

Now, I'm not saying that the rest of his career will be a total disaster like Coria's was after losing that infamous RG 2004 final from 2-0 sets up & multiple chances to close out 3-0 or 3-1. Sinner is younger than Coria was & probably not as mentally fragile, but this is still a bad look on him...

More than a year ago Heavy Topspin featured this excellent investigation of this specific tactic by this particular player. A timely read with lots of stats and a nice graphic: Maybe one should sent this article to Simone Vagnozzi, which had a fantastic forehand drop shot ;)

Carlos Alcaraz beat Jannik Sinner 7-6(5), 6-1 in the Rome final, 2025 on clay It was Alcaraz’ first title at the event and with the result, he completed full set of clay court masters titles. He had recently won Monte Carlo for the first time also. It was Sinner’s first final at the event or at...

Alright folks, here we go, this is the match of this tournament so far (atleast on paper) H2H - Alcaraz leads 3-2 Clay H2H - N/A, this'll be their first match Last match - Indian wells 2025 SF, Draper def. Alcaraz 6-1 0-6 6-4 (Alca was the two times defending champion) Recent success - Alca has...

Carlos Alcaraz beat Lorenzo Musetti 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 in the Monte Carlo final, 2025 on clay It was Alcaraz’ first title at the event and Musetti’s first Masters final Alcaraz won 84 points, Musetti 62 Serve Stats Alcaraz... - 1st serve percentage (56/78) 72% - 1st serve points won (39/56) 70% -...

So whether you go live rankings or live race or something else (other than wishful thinking), who do you regard as the Top 5 right now per ATP and WTA -- in 1-5 order? Try not to put too much stock in the past or in your projection of the future, although I may have? My own: MEN: Sinner...