SaintClaires
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Djokovic has a very awkward slice....he hits it extremely tentatively.
Coming from a guy with Graeme Smith in his avatar K.P owns Graeme Smith.
Sampras was extremely boring to watch...not a bit of emotion or interpay with the crowd. Yet poeple loved to watch him play, and loved to watch Federer. Boring, boring IMO. Give me some fire , excitement, and unpredictablity any time.
That is, unless you're a person who likes boring and predictable tennis.
+1 on agreeing with the OP.
I was happy Murray came on the scene to add to the small group of players that could potentially challenge Fed...but after watching the match today, I see why people have called him a pusher. Not the 4.5 version of a pusher of course but the pro version. Boring. One of the announcers called him this generation's version of Brad Gilbert. I'm not quite sure about that but he does seem to "win ugly". He also has a suprisingly weak serve for such a big guy. Strange player to watch.
Too bad Djoker was in "heat mode" again today but that's a whole different story.
being exciting isn't murray's job, winning tennis matches is murray's job. he plays smart- he takes exactly as many risks as he needs to take to get the win and no more.
More or less that's correct. I'm no fan of Murry cus of the way he plays, the negative vibes, etc. Basically as much as I hate watching him play his boring game, he deserves credit for getting so much better then some his peers.
Djoker is a real joy to watch provided he plays well but with his talent he SHOULD try harder to actually get better not just try to get more attention.
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Djoker is much more excited to watch than Murray he goes after his shots takes risks comes to net whilst Murray just pushes the ball back and avoids the net like the plague its a myth that he has variaty whether or not Murray overtakes Djoker I will always prefer to watch Djoker than Murray.
I would much rather watch Murray than Federer -
1. Aimless bashing versus a plan, touch and variety
2. I am more likely to see an actual match played out - rather than weezing, complaining, and retirement
His flat serve regularly breaks 130mph and he has served over 140mph. I don't see how that is a weak serve.
Djoker is much more excited to watch than Murray he goes after his shots takes risks comes to net whilst Murray just pushes the ball back and avoids the net like the plague its a myth that he has variaty whether or not Murray overtakes Djoker I will always prefer to watch Djoker than Murray.
I disagree.... Djokovic is fun to watch when he's playing well but he too often has metal lapses and plays like crap.
On the other hand there's Murray who always plays at a high level and although his game doesn't include lots of winners... i alway love watching him scramble from the baseline and win the point. Although he doesn't hit winners he is more fun to watch as he works hard for each point and mentally weak players (such as Joker) get fustrated and loose the match.
Overall much prefer watching Murray as Djoko is boring (ie. the same old thing... rally...rallyy..rally.. winner... rally..
Love the fact that murray never misses... Admire him alot..
Djoker is much more excited to watch than Murray he goes after his shots takes risks comes to net whilst Murray just pushes the ball back and avoids the net like the plague its a myth that he has variaty whether or not Murray overtakes Djoker I will always prefer to watch Djoker than Murray.
I'll watch a lot of others before I watch Murray. I don't like to watch pushers even though they have excellent results. Pushers are not someone I like to watch. When Murray wins, people say he's so talented, so smart, etc. but when he loses, man the guy is just a jerk as anyone. He's way overrated, until he wins a slam, I don't think he's that great. I don't think he'll win a slam though, you can't push your way to a slam. At least I haven't seen a pusher win a slam yet anyway. Is there a pusher that won a slam? Anyone knows?
true. but he isn't winning at the moment.
Fed is also more exciting to watch, but also not playing well.
The dull players like Murray and Nadal are dominating now.
Sigh.
So many tropes and cliches.
OK, if all Murray is doing is pushing the ball back, crossing his fingers and wishing real hard (which seems to be what you're implying), how come you, me or Uncle Tom Cobbleigh aren't in the top 4 in the world with 3 MS shields, 11 titles and a slam final before turning 22?
Rafa and his Uncle call Murray 'a complete player', but you'll know best.
Djoker is much more excited to watch than Murray he goes after his shots takes risks comes to net whilst Murray just pushes the ball back and avoids the net like the plague its a myth that he has variaty whether or not Murray overtakes Djoker I will always prefer to watch Djoker than Murray.