Eubanks to Clijsters; (grass is so slow it's hurting my game)

[Devilito]

Imagine showing a pro in the 80s and 90s this conversion. Watched Stef / Andy and it looked like a Borg / Vilas clay court match from 40 years ago. 40 ball rallies with shots hitting 30mph and slice forehands. Unreal how bad tennis has become due the the constant effort to slow down surfaces and turn tennis from a game of skill into a physical fitness competition. BTW, Eubanks is awesome, love how he's asking Kim for advice lol. Hope he wins the entire thing. He's one of the last remaining players that actually tries to hit big shots and make aggressive plays. Everyone else makes it look like we're just replaying the FO all over again, only with worse movement because nobody knows how to move on grass anymore.

 

[ey039524]

Max Cressy and Eubanks would've faired much better three decades ago.

 

[TennisHound]

Imagine showing a pro in the 80s and 90s this conversion. Watched Stef / Andy and it looked like a Borg / Vilas clay court match from 40 years ago. 40 ball rallies with shots hitting 30mph and slice forehands. Unreal how bad tennis has become due the the constant effort to slow down surfaces and turn tennis from a game of skill into a physical fitness competition. BTW, Eubanks is awesome, love how he's asking Kim for advice lol. Hope he wins the entire thing. He's one of the last remaining players that actually tries to hit big shots and make aggressive plays. Everyone else makes it look like we're just replaying the FO all over again, only with worse movement because nobody knows how to move on grass anymore.

I like the back and forth. Clijsters is giving good pointers and Chris seems to have a good tone.

 

[jmacdaununder2]

Us older players can only laugh at conditions that allow Nogold to be counted amongst the best grasscourters.

 

[NicoMK]

Us older players can only laugh at conditions that allow Nogold to be counted amongst the best grasscourters.

Personally, I can't say nothing negative against a guy who won 23 GS but I agree with you on that point. Lendl would also have won 6 Wimbledon on that grass. And it's the same with Nadal: he would have never won Wimbledon on the old grass. I miss the old grass game too.

 

[Boubi]

This Eubanks is very good
I put my money on him against Tsitsipas

 

[curtstead]

This Eubanks is very good
I put my money on him against Tsitsipas

Nice payday today?

 

[Boubi]

Nice payday today?

I did not bet ....
Next match is Medvedev who seemed very fit to me
So I'll bet on the Russian

 

[Hit 'em clean]

I don't like the homogenization of the court surfaces and balls to make them all play as a like as possible. They are supposed to be different. That's why we had clay court, grass and hard court specialists. Gave more players a chance to win because it was so difficult to master them all. Lendl, Wilander, Becker and McEnroe had a great conversation on YT about this. Part of what they said was Fed, Nadal and Djokovic have benefited from this greatly. Wilander felt he had a chance to beat a top ten player on clay because that wan't their specialty. Young players used to have more of a chance and you could gain serious confidence by having a chance to beat a top player if they weren't on the surface they liked.

I still think the holy trinity still would've won most of them, but maybe a few more would've been in the mix and it wouldn't have been so all encompassing. Nadal beating Federer on grass... although fun to watch... always felt wrong to me.

 

[oldmanyellingatcloud]

I don't like the homogenization of the court surfaces and balls to make them all play as a like as possible. They are supposed to be different. That's why we had clay court, grass and hard court specialists. Gave more players a chance to win because it was so difficult to master them all. Lendl, Wilander, Becker and McEnroe had a great conversation on YT about this. Part of what they said was Fed, Nadal and Djokovic have benefited from this greatly. Wilander felt he had a chance to beat a top ten player on clay because that wan't their specialty. Young players used to have more of a chance and you could gain serious confidence by having a chance to beat a top player if they weren't on the surface they liked.

I still think the holy trinity still would've won most of them, but maybe a few more would've been in the mix and it wouldn't have been so all encompassing. Nadal beating Federer on grass... although fun to watch... always felt wrong to me.

thanks for sharing!

the Nadal vs Federer final at Wimbledon 2008 is arguably the greatest match of all time and you're saying it felt wrong? come on man

 

[aus89]

why is this in the racquets section?

 

[jmacdaununder2]

Wondered that too but just went with it

 

[WYK]

Geez, hope Clijsters doesn't share all those pics I sent her with the world...

 

[Hit 'em clean]

thanks for sharing!

the Nadal vs Federer final at Wimbledon 2008 is arguably the greatest match of all time and you're saying it felt wrong? come on man

Yeah... a clay court King shouldn't beat the grass court King. It's a great match, yes, but the quest to create longer rallies and slow down the game leveled the playing field quite a bit for Nadal. Maybe he still would've beat Fed... I always rooted for Nadal over Fed... but as much as I enjoyed the match a part still didn't think Nadal should be winning on grass.