Thats for drying the sweat from the hand, It helps the racket not to slide when you hit with itJannik has a tic/habit : blowing air at his racket hand, racket in hand. See more players doing that these days.
I hear ya!Nice to see Roanic go through. I didn't like his game when he was at his peak, but by now he's kind of a sentimental favorite for me.
I watched the highlights and Raonic definitely has slimmed down and lost at least 20 pounds, so credit to him. Bublik looked a bit hampered though with his leg bandaged.Nice to see Roanic go through. I didn't like his game when he was at his peak, but by now he's kind of a sentimental favorite for me.
I saw only the brief highlights also, but it looked to me like Bublik was only wearing that calf brace (or whatever it is--maybe someone knows?) that he seems always to wear on his left leg. My guess is that his typically weak return of serve was the real issue. That's where he needs to do some work--along with the psychological work, that isI watched the highlights and Raonic definitely has slimmed down and lost at least 20 pounds, so credit to him. Bublik looked a bit hampered though with his leg bandaged.
He botched that easy volley and threw away that service game. Let's see if he shows up mentally in the second set.Holger screwing up. Going to lose first set.
His grunting is fairly oppressive.Holger breaks to open the set. Shevchenko is kind've irritating, who is that coach of his with 600 tats?
He even took the world's advice and banished his mom from tournaments. Nothing's worked so far.Disappointing loss for Holger. Beginning to worry about the kid.
Remember he has a ton of clay points to defend this spring. Finalist in MC/Rome, winner in Munich and QF at the French Open. He'll fall out of the top 10 by May if he can't get it together.Holger is out of the top 10 at the end of this year if he doesn't work on that return of serve.
We get spoiled by others early success that's for sure.I think Rune has what it takes to be a champion. It’s a difficult phase for sure but it will make him stronger. He needs to figure it out. It takes a while.
He did take the huge step of banishing mommy, which is necessary but probably extremely difficult for him. It's on to Mexico now to play a 250, then Acapulco. He has almost no points to defend during the Sunshine double either.I think Rune has what it takes to be a champion. It’s a difficult phase for sure but it will make him stronger. He needs to figure it out. It takes a while.
Nice work!Grieksrich having a good run this week. Takes out Hurkacz in 3 tiebreak sets.
To me Shevchenko can look great against the best players. He gave Sinner a heck of a test last year. Then he'll just vanish for months.Just checked some highlights of Rune - Shevchenko. First time seeing Shevchenko and must say I like his tennis. From the highlights he looked to go after the ball off both wings and his bh technique looks sound and efficient hitting some very clean winners. He also looked to have good variaton on his fh with angles and depth and not only going for pace. Rune otoh looked to play very tentatively and made some baffling unforced errors. That half-volley at 30-40.. ?? It is seldom you see pros miss the ball entirely.
For those who saw the match - was it a roughly fair impression given by the highlights?
To me Shevchenko can look great against the best players. He gave Sinner a heck of a test last year. Then he'll just vanish for months.
Yeah you never know with Monfils but I tend to agree it could be a clobberinLooking forward to Monfils - Sinner starting soon although I predict it's going to be a quite one-sided affair.
Yeah you never know with Monfils but I tend to agree it could be a clobberin
I agree and hope you are right. When the score gets close he right now is wayyyyy too nervous in his body language and i guess he's overthinking big pointsI think Rune has what it takes to be a champion. It’s a difficult phase for sure but it will make him stronger. He needs to figure it out. It takes a while.
Sinner so smart I love watching him because he helps my game. That point he pulled monfils to the forehand corner, got a weak reply, Monfils takes off to the backhand corner, so Sinner hits it down the middle rather than going for the open court winner. He knows monfils wants to run and hit a circus winner. Hitting it down the middle forces monfils to stop, hit a shot out of position, giving Sinner an even easier ball to put away. I think most players take the bait and get Monfils on the run where he's dangerous.
Takes us old guys a while to warm upMonf looked to be sound asleep for the first two games