Amelie Mauresmo
Banned
Despite the rhetoric of the western media the ATP Tour is VERY BORING at the moment. It just isn't exciting watching the same guys winning the slams. It would be GOOD for the game for one or more of the young guys under the age of 24 to move up the rankings and succeed.
The ATP Tour needs it, I know people love Nadal, Djokovic, Murray, Federer, but those guys are about as exciting as burnt toast. The ATP needs a guy like Ernest Gulbis to continue to get consistent and improve. The ATP Tour needs more colorful characters not people that just follow the script and tell the media what they want to hear.
I think Grigor Dimtrov is going to be the guy that has the breakthrough out of the young players first. Dimitrov seems to have gotten serious about tennis he had a very good consistent year last year. Yes, Grigor hasn't had a breakthrough at the slam but I feel he's closer to it.
Milos Raonic, I like the guy he's a fellow Canadian, but I feel like this year he either has a breakthrough at a grand slam or the media in Canada need to DIAL DOWN the HYPE. The Canadian Press gave Raonic the male athlete of the year award. Yes, Raonic reached the top ten BUT for only one week. Also, Raonic results at the slams were satisfactory, he did reach two fourth rounds at the AO and US OPEN. However, it is shocking that Raonic unlike Bernard Tomic or Kei Nishikori has not even reached a grand slam quarterfinal!
The Canadian media keep on saying Raonic is the guy to breakthrough YET he hasn't done it. I still feel like Milos return of serve is the real problem in his game. How is Raonic going to challenge the best players when he hardly breaks serve? The big serve is NOT ENOUGH. Milos really needs to work on his fitness getting fitter, quicker, fix the backhand and the return of serve.
Kei Nishikori was a disappointment in the second half of the year he just didn't bring it after the French Open which was sad. I hope Kei steps it up this year he was very close to the top ten making it to a career high of number eleven.
Nether has Raonic won a ATP tour 500 event or a Masters event.
Jerzy Janowicz, I am uncertain about this guy on this board people say he's the real deal. Yes, Janowicz reached the Wimbledon semifinals this year but he also had a soft draw. After Wimbledon the media expectation and hype seemed to get to Janowicz and he fizzled.
I am hopeful that Vasek Pospisil fulfills his promise and serious moves up the ATP Tour rankings he's got a lot of talent and hopefully he will take his opportunity and move up the rankings.
The WTA does have Serena at the top but she's 32 years old and eventually someone is going to take over. Serena isn't winning the 4 slams this year I just don't see it happening. Serena can also be taken out like Sabine Lisicki did this year against Serena at Wimbledon this year.
The ATP Tour needs it, I know people love Nadal, Djokovic, Murray, Federer, but those guys are about as exciting as burnt toast. The ATP needs a guy like Ernest Gulbis to continue to get consistent and improve. The ATP Tour needs more colorful characters not people that just follow the script and tell the media what they want to hear.
I think Grigor Dimtrov is going to be the guy that has the breakthrough out of the young players first. Dimitrov seems to have gotten serious about tennis he had a very good consistent year last year. Yes, Grigor hasn't had a breakthrough at the slam but I feel he's closer to it.
Milos Raonic, I like the guy he's a fellow Canadian, but I feel like this year he either has a breakthrough at a grand slam or the media in Canada need to DIAL DOWN the HYPE. The Canadian Press gave Raonic the male athlete of the year award. Yes, Raonic reached the top ten BUT for only one week. Also, Raonic results at the slams were satisfactory, he did reach two fourth rounds at the AO and US OPEN. However, it is shocking that Raonic unlike Bernard Tomic or Kei Nishikori has not even reached a grand slam quarterfinal!
The Canadian media keep on saying Raonic is the guy to breakthrough YET he hasn't done it. I still feel like Milos return of serve is the real problem in his game. How is Raonic going to challenge the best players when he hardly breaks serve? The big serve is NOT ENOUGH. Milos really needs to work on his fitness getting fitter, quicker, fix the backhand and the return of serve.
Kei Nishikori was a disappointment in the second half of the year he just didn't bring it after the French Open which was sad. I hope Kei steps it up this year he was very close to the top ten making it to a career high of number eleven.
Nether has Raonic won a ATP tour 500 event or a Masters event.
Jerzy Janowicz, I am uncertain about this guy on this board people say he's the real deal. Yes, Janowicz reached the Wimbledon semifinals this year but he also had a soft draw. After Wimbledon the media expectation and hype seemed to get to Janowicz and he fizzled.
I am hopeful that Vasek Pospisil fulfills his promise and serious moves up the ATP Tour rankings he's got a lot of talent and hopefully he will take his opportunity and move up the rankings.
The WTA does have Serena at the top but she's 32 years old and eventually someone is going to take over. Serena isn't winning the 4 slams this year I just don't see it happening. Serena can also be taken out like Sabine Lisicki did this year against Serena at Wimbledon this year.
