Hkw do you decribe the Felix AA play style?
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anhtuanngo
Semi-Pro
From his results, he seems to favor clay.
His groundstrokes seems to be his best assets, pretty weak at the net.
His service motion keeps changing, but mixes it up well.
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His groundstrokes seems to be his best assets, pretty weak at the net.
His service motion keeps changing, but mixes it up well.
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Sysyphus
Talk Tennis Guru
He should become a great allround player, suited both for hard courts and clay.
What sort of makes him an especially enticing prospect, at least to me, is that he doesn't just have one upside but lots of them. He could potentially become a solid server, his forehand is a weapon, but his backhand isn't shabby either, he has shown some signs of competence at the net, and on top of all that he is a marvelous athlete in a great physical frame. If you ask me, that's at least the needed foundation of a player who could become very, very good.
What sort of makes him an especially enticing prospect, at least to me, is that he doesn't just have one upside but lots of them. He could potentially become a solid server, his forehand is a weapon, but his backhand isn't shabby either, he has shown some signs of competence at the net, and on top of all that he is a marvelous athlete in a great physical frame. If you ask me, that's at least the needed foundation of a player who could become very, very good.
Deon Sanders
Legend
The complete opposite of a servebot
Djokodalerer31
Hall of Fame
Maybe let the dude grow the heck up and then we'll see? LOL
MeatTornado
Talk Tennis Guru
What a unique young fella
Deon Sanders
Legend
This is not how hype trains work
Mark-Touch
Legend
WhiskeyEE
G.O.A.T.
He also reminded me of Novak. Poor man's version like a lot of players. He'll probably be better than the vast majority of them.
George Turner
Hall of Fame
Another Di Minaur, with a bit more natural talent. Whether that will translate into slam winning is highly debatable. Biggest concern for me is health issues that forced him to quit on his major debut last year, will that be a chronic thing?
Already seeing "Baby Djokovic" comments, what a surprise!
Already seeing "Baby Djokovic" comments, what a surprise!
ghostofMecir
Legend
I see similarities in the way they come at the ball, but Felix, by virtue of his height alone, has a higher ceiling (no pun) sinc eh csn conteol his serve games peobsbly rather strongly as he matures. Di Minajr will never have thet luxury.
helterskelter
G.O.A.T.
Nobody will emulate their achievements at a young age. Nobody. Even Nadal did not. It is just not possible for a 17-year-old boy to win majors in today’s men’s game. We have to adopt different standards.
EloQuent
Legend
EloQuent
Legend
The window of 17 year old slam winners was very narrow, all in the 80s. Combination of the previous generation not being able to adapt to the new technology.
helterskelter
G.O.A.T.
Yeah, agreed. Won’t happen again. Even 18 is very unlikely, and I don’t think 19 is all that likely. Nadal is the only teen slam finalist since the start of 1991. It’s even an open question whether we’re likely to see many 20 or 21 year olds go deep in majors in the near future, though I think we will. 20 seems to be the youngest age at which a man can realistically hope to compete for big titles today.
Benben245
Banned
There is a height concern with Felix, most professional athletes his age have calcified their grow plates but if for instance he grows beyond 6'3 movement could be affected. Overall, I really like his game, hope he plays on some faster surfaces to see the benefit of swing weight and he starts swinging a hammer
EloQuent
Legend
Currently things are trending older. But there's no way of knowing what is next - in the early 70s slam winners were eben older than now.
metsman
Talk Tennis Guru
His athleticism definitely stands out big time compared to his peers. He hasn't impressed me a ton visually since last Rotterdam or so, but this is always a tough age for a tennis player as they have to adapt to many things and the results have been good (and he's also playing a lot of clay so obviously he won't be doing as much shotmaking on it)
vernonbc
Legend
His favourite surface is hard court - it's what he grew up on. His coaches made a decision that early in his pro career he should play a lot of clay because clay develops a players game so much more. Obviously it was a good call because he's gotten quite good on a surface he had had very little experience on. Last year they purposely skipped the grass season so he could concentrate on clay but this year they plan to have him play as much grass as possible to round out his tennis game.
BeatlesFan
Bionic Poster
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I don't know that things are trending older so much as the same players keep winning....and they get older each year. As soon as Djokovic stops winning the trend ends.
EloQuent
Legend
A few factoids: Isner and Anderson in top 10, at career highs in their 30s. A ton of 33-5+ in the top 100/50. Seppi, Jaziri, Kohli, I'm sure there are others - 35+ dudes playing their bedt best, hitting career highs.
And on the other side, there's like 2 teens in the top 100. Used to be much more.
accidental
Hall of Fame
“Millennial”
tennisfan2015
Hall of Fame
Mate, get back to me in 3 years if he is still around.
There's also an indicator it's going the other way: top 30 players aged 23 or under:
31/12/17: 2
25/02/19: 7.
Young players haven't broken through to the top, but they're much more prominent now than for a long time.
Red Rick
Bionic Poster
His volleying is really bad though.
Should have the basis for a top level game, although his serve isn't reliable and he's prone to spraying. Those are downsides that are hard to iron out. To me it seems his talent is more phyiscal than technical, and given that he was playing challengers at 14, he's definitely a physical early bloomer.
helterskelter
G.O.A.T.
True, it could swing back in the other direction at some point. I don't see it happening for a while, though. At least not to the extent of having teens challenge. But we'll see.
Mark-Touch
Legend
Nah, you had both ends of the spectrum proving it's possible:
A S/V'er and a pusher.
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BrokenGears
Guest
Pretty good FH with good amounts of topspin. Would want more penetration tho
helterskelter
G.O.A.T.
30+ years ago, yes. May happen again but rather unlikely. Much more likely we’ll get 35 year old gs winners than 17.
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