How could Djokovic beat the big servers of the 90s?

[speedysteve]

faster courts but primitive rackets. Lendl said groundstrokes are quicker today, players hit harder.

Yes agree,
What strokes though.
This video was up recently on another thread - poetry in motion

 

[Subway Tennis]

The closest comparison point we have for modelling Djokovic in the nineties is to picture an amalgam of Agassi/Spadea/Courier with a better serve.

Djokovic would get better value for his attacking shots on 90s HC, but it would also be far harder for him to defend the court and extend points on the 90s ice rinks.

I know for some people there is a question about Djokovic's ability to adapt to faster hardcourts and older frames. This is a fair question, particularly as it relates to bounce heights and how old the tech is that he playing with.

 

[The Big Foe fan]

Totally EXPOSED by a strong, powerful big server who can take the racquet out of his hands like Vesely.

0-2 vs. Jiri, Kyrgios, Safin. 1-2 vs. Karlovic. Lost in '12-13 to Isner in late rounds of Masters. Got completely flummoxed by Medvedev's big serve in the USO final, lost his rhythm and his mind. Big serving Zverev has taken huge Olympics and WTF wins off of him.

He even has a losing record to that MUG Andy Roddick

Yeah he can win if you give him rhythm like that Majorcan Moonballer or choke 40-15 like the Swiss Fraud, but try getting away with that against real POWER players.

He still gets aced by retired Ivanisevic and Becker in practice, imagine them in their prime. Add Rosset, Krajicek, Rusedski, Rafter, and of course PETE to the equation and he's going home with a plate at best.

Bruhhhh