Can we now officially say that Filip Peliwo's tennis career has been a failure?

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TheCanadian

Semi-Pro
...and is over?

He's a case study of how a promising junior just couldn't t make the transition to professional tennis. His case should be kept in mind the next time Thiem, Dimitrov, or Tomic gets called an underachiever by some ignoramuses on this forum. He had money and the best coaching available. Tennis Canada did everything to help him and things still didn't pan out. It's a tragedy.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/pe/f/filip-peliwo.aspx
 
Algo

Algo

Hall of Fame
Thought he was already 30.

He still has time, won't be a GOAT contender, but could have a decent career.
 
Algo

Algo

Hall of Fame
But his ranking was only moving up before, he could turn it around.
Also his way up was faster than his, let's say decline.
 
Mainad

Mainad

Bionic Poster
He's still only 21 so he's still got time to try and turn things round. I wonder if it is his game that is deficient or just his mentality and confidence?

I enjoyed listening to his replies when he used to correspond with us a couple of years back. He seemed such a nice, well-balanced and mature guy!
 
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merwy

G.O.A.T.
It's a shame, I've heard him say his goal was to be #1 but it looks like he has to readjust those aspirations.
There are just so many good guys in the top 100. You need to bring something special to the table to get in.
 
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Mac33

Professional
Had a discussion today with my friend about golf.

So many top state players never even got close to pro level.

If you look at Jordan Speith who won the Masters,what separates him from the others is his precision. His very high percentage execution of the shot.

Same in tennis. There were many players in Australia who could hit the ball bigger than Hewitt--- but half the time the ball would not go in the court.

You can be relatively slow around the court like Tomic--- so long as you have outstanding control of that ball.
 
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Praetorian

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El Diablo

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Some say the word "tragedy" is overused. Yes it is. Gee, he might even wind up doing something worthwhile with his life!!
 
JustBob

JustBob

Hall of Fame
One, it's much harder to break through on the men's side than on the women's side. Two, Peliwo is 5'11", 157 lbs, and he doesn't have a dominant weapon. He's a solid player but there are hundreds of other guys like him who are solid, but nothing special.
 
Russeljones

Russeljones

Talk Tennis Guru
Algo said:
Thought he was already 30.

He still has time, won't be a GOAT contender, but could have a decent career.
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You still don't understand the TW reality, do you? If a player has not won multiple majors and Masters tournaments by age 23, they are failures. Poor Filip, he never stood a chance.
 
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Russeljones said:
You still don't understand the TW reality, do you? If a player has not won multiple majors and Masters tournaments by age 23, they are failures. Poor Filip, he never stood a chance.
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LOL, very true.
 
v-verb

v-verb

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He can do it but he needs to muscle up in a big way and get an excellent coach who is good at strategy and assisting in mental toughness. He is 2" taller than Ferrer and 1-2"taller than Kei.

If he puts the work in he can break top 100
 
Russeljones

Russeljones

Talk Tennis Guru
v-verb said:
He can do it but he needs to muscle up in a big way and get an excellent coach who is good at strategy and assisting in mental toughness. He is 2" taller than Ferrer and 1-2"taller than Kei.

If he puts the work in he can break top 100
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I think you're talking about a lot of money. Does he have it?
 
atatu

atatu

Legend
A friend of mine played a pro-am with Butorac the other day and asked him how he made it on the tour coming from a D3 school, he said he went to Europe and played club tennis and made a lot of money, got better and gained some confidence. Maybe Peliwo should give that a shot, he's still pretty young.
 
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JanowiczJ

Professional
Tennis changed, people. The game is so hard nowadays that unless you have a big weapon, it'll take time and patience to get into the top100. 25/26 is the new 20/21 and 34 is the new 28.

It's not a game of youngsters anymore. You need maturity, physically and emotionally, to play the game at the highest level.
 
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spinovic

Hall of Fame
The difference between his career high ranking of #223 and his current ranking of #432 is a whopping 122 points.
 
mule250

mule250

Professional
Nathaniel_Near said:
Who would win currently out of Peliwo and Aliassime.
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Close call, Peliwo is currently struggling at the futures level and Aliassime must be high on confidence. You would think Peliwo would win from having more experience but I'll give it to Aliassime due to confidence! I know this probably wasn't a real question but felt like answering anyway! :)
 
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Nathaniel_Near

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It totally was a real question. My money is on Aliassime. :lol:
 
Beacon Hill

Beacon Hill

Hall of Fame
TheCanadian said:
...and is over?

He's a case study of how a promising junior just couldn't t make the transition to professional tennis. His case should be kept in mind the next time Thiem, Dimitrov, or Tomic gets called an underachiever by some ignoramuses on this forum. He had money and the best coaching available. Tennis Canada did everything to help him and things still didn't pan out. It's a tragedy.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/pe/f/filip-peliwo.aspx
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Yes. If he knew a few years ago what he does now, I can't imagine he would consider devoting his life to tennis. Sure, he's traveling around the world, doing something he loves, and meeting a lot of interesting people. But let's face it, even if he quit now, he's already 21 and it's too late to pursue anything else in life. We can't feel sorry for him, though. Playing tennis was his decision, and he should have known he would be a complete failure.
 
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TheCanadian

Semi-Pro
JustBob said:
One, it's much harder to break through on the men's side than on the women's side. Two, Peliwo is 5'11", 157 lbs, and he doesn't have a dominant weapon. He's a solid player but there are hundreds of other guys like him who are solid, but nothing special.
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Perhaps in his high heels?
 
atatu

atatu

Legend
Beacon Hill said:
Yes. If he knew a few years ago what he does now, I can't imagine he would consider devoting his life to tennis. Sure, he's traveling around the world, doing something he loves, and meeting a lot of interesting people. But let's face it, even if he quit now, he's already 21 and it's too late to pursue anything else in life. We can't feel sorry for him, though. Playing tennis was his decision, and he should have known he would be a complete failure.
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What are you talking about ? He has his entire life to pursue other opportunities in life, go back to school, become a doctor, at least he can always say he gave it a shot !
 
Beacon Hill

Beacon Hill

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atatu said:
What are you talking about ? He has his entire life to pursue other opportunities in life, go back to school, become a doctor, at least he can always say he gave it a shot !
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No, I don't think so. All the positive things that tennis has given him mean nothing now that he has to endure the life-long shame of an anonymous poster on this forum considering him to be a failure.
 
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TheCanadian

Semi-Pro
Beacon Hill said:
No, I don't think so. All the positive things that tennis has given him mean nothing now that he has to endure the life-long shame of an anonymous poster on this forum considering him to be a failure.
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I asked a question.

An anonymous poster slams another anonymous poster for...being an anonymous poster.
 
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