Is Fiatoe's game a Crime against Tennis?
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Aabye5
G.O.A.T.
Smoothness can't buy a thing today. Just ask the fellow in my avatar.
Gazelle
G.O.A.T.
He's got smoothness but nothing else that stands out.
Bhagi Katbamna
Legend
His forehand is a crime against aesthetics.
Aabye5
G.O.A.T.
They used to say the same thing about Rafa.
Bhagi Katbamna
Legend
Sampras used to do the buggy whip forehand as well. But Tiafoe's is much, much worse looking.
MiamiWeekendWarrior
Hall of Fame
I guess you've never seen Medvedev play. It's like watching a baby giraffe on ice skates.
The Green Mile
Bionic Poster
Makes up for it with a crafty game, I enjoy his creativeness, especially what he does off the backhand side, great little short slice he often uses to weave a point together.
RSJfan
Professional
No they didn’t.
Better_Call_Raul
Hall of Fame
Tiafoe's forehand did start SPRAYING very very badly late in the fourth set.
But not clear if SPRAYING was primarily due to fatigue or due to his rather unorthodox forehand technique.
In any case do not ever see Tiafoe beating Sinner in a five set slam.
Tiafoe's forehand simply does not have the shot tolerance of Sinner's forehand. It will eventually break down. Sinner will always own him.
But not clear if SPRAYING was primarily due to fatigue or due to his rather unorthodox forehand technique.
In any case do not ever see Tiafoe beating Sinner in a five set slam.
Tiafoe's forehand simply does not have the shot tolerance of Sinner's forehand. It will eventually break down. Sinner will always own him.
Gazelle
G.O.A.T.
I get cramps
Semi-Pro
I marvel at the serene and elegantly balanced aspects of Tiafoe's forehand and serve, evoking the harmony of the Christ of Benvenuto Cellini.
Vincent-C
Legend
I was thinking something by Arcimboldo, but will defer.
mmk
Hall of Fame
Vincent-C
Legend
BlueB
Legend
When I play Foe FH, I get cramps.
Right, I heard AI is bad to humanity, because their English is perfect
BenC
Hall of Fame
i'd say both factors combined to make things worse
Rattler
Hall of Fame
News flash, the JTCC place didn’t teach him his strokes. Look at them, they are very self-taught. He was ignored there, he was the janitor’s kid playing around with a racquet and ball. At least that’s what they mostly thought of him. Until the one coach gave him some pointers. He started to play tournaments and winning, first USTA events and then ITF, that’s when they started to take notice.
Imagine an alien sees a Djokosmash montage. What image of tennis would they have?
This is sort of unfair, but nevertheless very amusing. I assume the alien would conclude that the object of the game is to whack the ball into the net.
This is sort of unfair, but nevertheless very amusing. I assume the alien would conclude that the object of the game is to whack the ball into the net.
Maybe we can provide the alien with some context:
"This is the Greatest Of All Time but unfortunately he was never able to master one of the simplest shots in tennis."
My coach always said that the smash is the hardest shot in tennis... opinions, right?
Your Serbian coach?
Romanain, close enough.
Must be a Balkan thing
Probably, especially Romania being in the Carpathian space, not Balkan. But here live dragons...
Slice'n'dice
Hall of Fame
No it's not.
He would've made today a better final that's for almost certain. He's shown he can compete with the best in grand slams. Taylor Frtiz has not, not really.
He would've made today a better final that's for almost certain. He's shown he can compete with the best in grand slams. Taylor Frtiz has not, not really.
tennis24x7
Hall of Fame
I think his FH has some bite, can get a GS win if he screws his head on right
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