MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Who showed the most potential then fizzled? (this is not for someone like Sock, who has been completely MIA since injury)
2019 TTW Awards-Biggest Letdown Player
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Who showed the most potential then fizzled? (this is not for someone like Sock, who has been completely MIA since injury)
Aussie Darcy
Bionic Poster
Kyrgios for me. The guy won Acapulco beating Nadal, Stan, Isner and Zverev in a row. Did nothing for 5 months and then won Washington beating Tsitsipas and Medvedev and then nothing for the rest of the year.
Kyrgios is a reasonable pick, but I didn't come into this season thinking he'd behave any differently than before. To be honest he slightly exceeded my expectations by winning a couple 500s.
I voted for Khachanov, who went from 46 match wins last year (including, most notably, the Paris Masters championship) to only 26 this year. This is a player I expected to, at the very least, make a serious run at the USO this year, but he ends up losing in the first round to Pospisil. Hope he can turn things around next year.
As an aside, it's laughable that FAA is an option in the poll. He was 18 years old for most of the season and cracked the top 20. If anything, he's a most-improved candidate, not a letdown. He's well ahead of schedule.
I voted for Khachanov, who went from 46 match wins last year (including, most notably, the Paris Masters championship) to only 26 this year. This is a player I expected to, at the very least, make a serious run at the USO this year, but he ends up losing in the first round to Pospisil. Hope he can turn things around next year.
As an aside, it's laughable that FAA is an option in the poll. He was 18 years old for most of the season and cracked the top 20. If anything, he's a most-improved candidate, not a letdown. He's well ahead of schedule.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Khachanov definitely has the game, idk what's keeping him from putting it together. He reminds me of Janowicz
The Green Mile
Bionic Poster
Probably would have been Shapo if not for his pretty solid fall season. Vote goes for Karen, dude spent most of the year just out or inside the top ten, yet only made two SFs in 2019.
TripleATeam
Legend
Honestly Zverev. With a WTF title last year, I expected some good runs from him. I got nothing. He just disappointed time after time.
Shaolin
G.O.A.T.
Zverev losing is never disappointing.
HetTheGreaterer
G.O.A.T.
Movement
Mid-match lapses & drops (like against Diego paris 2019)
Too predictable
Ball bashing only
Bender
G.O.A.T.
Yes, in that regard I hope he lives up to his potential
HetTheGreaterer
G.O.A.T.
Karen Khachanov
duaneeo
Hall of Fame
Easily Zverev. After he won two Masters (beating Djokovic and Federer in the finals) in 2017, and won a different Masters/the WTFs (beating Federer in the semis and Djokovic in the final), and made his first slam quarterfinal in 2018, it seemed almost a given that 2019 would be his official slam breakout season.
Whoa, I had totally forgotten about this supposed future of mens tennis. Yet another LostGen.
Third Serve
Legend
Delete avatar plz
Soul_Evisceration
Hall of Fame
Raonic is my every year vote for that award since 2016 but I would say Khachanov was really disappointing this year.
The Blond Blur
Hall of Fame
Timmy for me. RAFA had his worst clay season since the Moyafication of his game, and Timmy still hasn't nabbed a MS1000 on clay.
Still a fan Timmy, but you frustrate meh so much
Still a fan Timmy, but you frustrate meh so much
BeatlesFan
Talk Tennis Guru
duaneeo
Hall of Fame
You want us to believe that you weren't happy when Zverev beat Djokovic in the 2017 Rome/2018 WTF finals?
BeatlesFan
Talk Tennis Guru
@duaneeo You can dig out the match threads for both matches-- I was rooting for Novak both times, especially in Rome. I will never root for Zverev unless it's in a match which denies Nadal his 20th slam. Under those circumstances then yes, I would root for him.
duaneeo
Hall of Fame
I'll take your word for it. But wow, you would've preferred an overload of Nole-is-God threads (had he won a 6th WTF title) over a Zverev win? Wow, you really hate the guy!
Red Rick
Talk Tennis Guru
Timmy be like "I only do clay in Bo5, I only do HC in Bo3"Timmy for me. RAFA had his worst clay season since the Moyafication of his game, and Timmy still hasn't nabbed a MS1000 on clay.
Still a fan Timmy, but you frustrate meh so much
DerekNoleFam1
Hall of Fame
A Zverev.
Despite his loud claims that "this is my #### time", he has failed to deliver, esp at the Slams.
Despite his loud claims that "this is my #### time", he has failed to deliver, esp at the Slams.
The Blond Blur
Hall of Fame
Hoping he still can't get the job done at RG least 2 mores times
Red Rick
Talk Tennis Guru
I want Djok to win AO, then Thiem to win RG, see Fraud policia rejoice and believe again and then I want Rafi to sweep Wimbledon/USO.Hoping he still can't get the job done at RG least 2 mores times
Meanwhile, Djoko or Andeh picks up the OG
megamind
Hall of Fame
he had delivered many 5 setters, against lesser opponents
The Blond Blur
Hall of Fame
megamind
Hall of Fame
i’d be down for that
travlerajm
G.O.A.T.
I was thinking this as I looked over the list. I vote other: None of the Above’
TheGhostOfAgassi
Talk Tennis Guru
Zverev.
Hope 2020 he will do much better.
Hope 2020 he will do much better.
mike danny
Bionic Poster
Tsitsipas. He started the year well, but after the AO went 3-3 in slams.
And Federer too. For obvious reasons. All that good form completely wasted.
And Federer too. For obvious reasons. All that good form completely wasted.
tennisaddict
Bionic Poster
Andy Murray will not even win a 500 for the rest of his career. LMAO.
upchuck
Professional
1. Khachanov - He was horrible this year after a strong finish to 2018. Unforgivable regression.
2. Zverev - At least he made the season ending championships, huh?
3. Kyrgios - All hype, no bite
4. FAA - Possibly still A LOT of upside but an underwhelming final quarter raises the question: how much of his success and hype owes to the fact that he matured faster than his peers who are now catching up to him physically?
2. Zverev - At least he made the season ending championships, huh?
3. Kyrgios - All hype, no bite
4. FAA - Possibly still A LOT of upside but an underwhelming final quarter raises the question: how much of his success and hype owes to the fact that he matured faster than his peers who are now catching up to him physically?
StANDAA
Legend
Red Rick
Talk Tennis Guru
You are disappoinging indeedyou sure it’s not me?
I left you, only to come back again
StANDAA
Legend
how can I turn this around and become an appoinging deed?
Red Rick
Talk Tennis Guru
I'm sorry I enjoyed Murray winning Antwerp more than the whole 40/15 saga
TheGhostOfAgassi
Talk Tennis Guru
Couldn’t make a better scenario myself
TheGhostOfAgassi
Talk Tennis Guru
Tsitsipas won his first ATP title in Stockholm, 250, last October. 2019 been a great year for him.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Close poll, I like it
Edhead-Fedhead
Hall of Fame
And lucky us gets to see 10 more years of this sh-t with his shirt 100 times a match.
Almost as revolting as Rafa's butt-picking!
BeatlesFan
Talk Tennis Guru
I have almost all the people who post "Nole is God" threads on ignore, so I see very little of that. I don't actually hate Zverev as a person, I just detest several of his qualities which uniquely bug me: conceit and entitlement. I hate both those traits in people and I perceive that Zverev exhibits both of those traits.
Keizer
Professional
He also has notable flaws in his game which he has not addressed at all in the last two seasons. Plays too far behind and expects people to miss and his forehand has been trash lately. You could see how easy it is for shotmakers to pounce on his forehand in the recent match against Shapo in Paris. Since the match was televised at court level, you could see how his ball was sitting up with no action whatsoever for Shapo to just tee off on.
duaneeo
Hall of Fame
His flaws have been addressed very often on this board.
MeatTornado
Legend
Can confirm. I remember this.