aman92
Legend
Reading some of the match threads leads one to believe that the new crop of players are the worst ones to ever emerge in tennis. I know even I got sucked into the rhetoric in the past but what are we really judging them on?
I know it's disappointing that the way Musetti collapsed after winning the first 2 sets but did we really expect a newcomer playing in his first ever main draw to do any better against the World No 1?
Coming to Sinner, people expected a lot of him and he probably should have closed out the first set but c'mon he is playing against the greatest clay court player in the history of tennis on his favourite arena. It's only normal to be overawed by the challenge you face on the other side of the net. Federer and Djokovic at their peaks couldn't touch Nadal here and we expect a teenager to do any better?
Just saying the parameters for judging the new gen are a bit harsh. Tennis has become an older man's game and they are unlucky to still come up against 2 people who are as determined as ever to break the slam record. Just give them a couple of years to fully mature.
I know it's disappointing that the way Musetti collapsed after winning the first 2 sets but did we really expect a newcomer playing in his first ever main draw to do any better against the World No 1?
Coming to Sinner, people expected a lot of him and he probably should have closed out the first set but c'mon he is playing against the greatest clay court player in the history of tennis on his favourite arena. It's only normal to be overawed by the challenge you face on the other side of the net. Federer and Djokovic at their peaks couldn't touch Nadal here and we expect a teenager to do any better?
Just saying the parameters for judging the new gen are a bit harsh. Tennis has become an older man's game and they are unlucky to still come up against 2 people who are as determined as ever to break the slam record. Just give them a couple of years to fully mature.