Forehand_Slice
Semi-Pro
That serve for a guy nearly 6'3 is why Seppi doesn't have a better career.
2019 ATP250 Sydney - General Discussion
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Shank Volley
Hall of Fame
Literally the only way I can get you to picture what it's like here at the moment is to get you to imagine being followed at all times by two overexcited people who, every two minutes, say some variation of "Oh my god how's that from [name of player you dislike]", "What a fighter", "Such incredible relentless spirit", "A brave, wily defender".
The Green Mile
Bionic Poster
Focus Seppi, this lapse at the start of the 2nd is disheartening. First serve % is still crap.
It's interesting seeing Seppi looking clearly flustured out there...
It's interesting seeing Seppi looking clearly flustured out there...
Red Rick
Bionic Poster
I think he's easy to overrate cause he suddenly got good results last year, but for me he's not particularly exciting, the foundation for a top player isn't there, and I think he totally has the making of a perennial top 15 player and pidgeon to Slam champions.
I don't understand the hype, and I don't really care for the mannerisms.
Shank Volley
Hall of Fame
He's literally just a reskin of Borna Coric. Complete with zero weapons and a propensity to celebrate opponent mistakes. At least Borna had some quality wins to his name.
Red Rick
Bionic Poster
Coric has a decent serve though.
Shank Volley
Hall of Fame
A Coric-lite, then. Even worse. Best thing you can say for De Minaur is that he's going to make a lot of top players happy in the future when they see that he's the seed they drew.
Red Rick
Bionic Poster
Pretty much.
Any player who can both grind and clobber the ball when they need to should never lose to him. Zverev should go like 15-0 vs ADM over the course of his career.
sredna42
Hall of Fame
His strength is his speed obviously, but he lacks power and gets blasted off the court by Nadal etc.
But if he puts on weight to gain some power, he's going to lose that speed.
Just cannot stand the commentators fingering their belly buttons while making animal noises over him
The Green Mile
Bionic Poster
Seppi, those slice backhands have been dreadful...
Shank Volley
Hall of Fame
It just blows my mind that someone as talented and hardworking as Julian Benneteau can go his whole career without winning a title but De Minaur can grab one facing at best the world no. 31, and Simon didn't even want to be on the court.
Shank Volley
Hall of Fame
Absolutely appalling double fault there.
Shank Volley
Hall of Fame
This is unbelievably bad from Seppi. So bad that even the commentators aren't trying to attribute it to De Minaur.
The Green Mile
Bionic Poster
This TB though lol...
ADM has CP. Huge contrast in these two sets played today.
ADM has CP. Huge contrast in these two sets played today.
Shank Volley
Hall of Fame
Gifted. Absolutely gifted.
The Green Mile
Bionic Poster
Two debut winners today, congrats ADM.
The Green Mile
Bionic Poster
Hurry up already sheesh...
Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil
Talk Tennis Guru
I think that double fault from Seppi was the moment when he finally cracked under De Minaur's pressure.
Yoneyama
Hall of Fame
accidental
Hall of Fame
Never beaten someone ranked inside top 20 yet has an ATP title
that has to be a first
You can only beat the players you come up against though, so he is a deserving winner in syd
Surprised the organisers were saying 'see you next year'. I was under the impression this would be the last? In this form at least
that has to be a first
You can only beat the players you come up against though, so he is a deserving winner in syd
Surprised the organisers were saying 'see you next year'. I was under the impression this would be the last? In this form at least
Enceladus
Legend
Alex with legendary Ken Rosewall.
mental midget
Hall of Fame
agree. full stop, have to give credit here. speed is a real weapon both in defense and the subsequent over-thinking it causes on the other side of the net. one of the reasons djokovic does so well against nadal is his defense makes nadal press and takes him outsides his comfort zone. how many times have we seen players bail after 10-15 shots against nadal and try something crazy? djokovic gives nadal that taste of his own medicine. takes skill to do it of course, and i'm not suggesting novak is mostly passive against him. but he does take away a lot of those easy error points nadal generates against most of the tour.
albertobra
Hall of Fame
Crazy.
Umpire with no clue of what is a momentum in a tennis match. Crowd making noise, Seppi just saved 2 set points, and ref calls time violation warning. What's up with this umpy?
Meles
Bionic Poster
Meles
Bionic Poster
Is that why Laver calls him the "Gift"?
Meles
Bionic Poster
The Demon has a new weapon especially on these Australian surfaces that take flat shots so well; the walk through forehand. Already hitting close to 150kph the great thing about it is he doesn't have to hit a winner. His quick timing gets the ball heading back to the opponent early so even a hard one down the middle will often open up the point rushing the opponent into a bad shot.
Three weapons now:
1. Speed
2. Tenacity
3. Forehand
Close enough to Hewitt to start thinking about slams as the Demon is now a very fine player off clay.
Three weapons now:
1. Speed
2. Tenacity
3. Forehand
Close enough to Hewitt to start thinking about slams as the Demon is now a very fine player off clay.
The Green Mile
Bionic Poster
He's getting a little more out of his 1st serve and his average forehand rally ball. I remember him talking about these aspects in some interview not so long ago, looking for improvements in those two areas specifically.
Meles
Bionic Poster
He's doing well enough; have to keep up with the Shapo's of the world.
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