He reminds me a little bit of Sinner in style and mentality, he's skinny a little but he's an incredibly hard hitter, strong baseliner, and he has the spirit to win. His tools are also incredibly underrated just because he's not that flashy.
Could be very true!
Do you really want us to take you seriously when you call yourself… that?
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The Big BLOCK is a total wall!
Good call. You had him on your Jodar - I mean Radar!! Haven't had the chance to see Blockx yet but will be watching him in a moment!! He must be doing something right this week too!!
It isn't only Tio Toni. It's the Spanish style to get lots of balls back - Bautista Agut, Munar, Carreño Busta. Nadal just happened to be the best at it and have a huge forehand. in the ol' days, Sanchez Vicario.
I dont think he stands a chance VS Tien but still a good run from JódarJodar gets through vs. Arnaldi in a tight match! Jodar was not without fault but managed to persevere against a tough opponent and Italian crowd!
Next up Lerner Tien in the Round of 16 !! Should be a fun match to watch !
On clay my money is on the Spaniard
It has nothing to do with being Spanish. Tien IS for the moment a better player
he’s going to be a pretty strong favorite versus tien. I’m rooting for Tien but won’t be upset with a Jodar win. A Jodar — Zverev matchup would be interesting.
@ErnestoVillanuevaCagliate Lerner is really playing well right now so it will be a good test for Jodar. I think Jodar can keep it going if he has any gas left in the tank.
Jodar almost lost today he was down a break in the THIRD.
I mean only Munar is a true grinder out of those (and even he has a pretty decent serve). Bautista is an eastern forehand grass semi-specialist that likes dictating with the FH, and Busta was cast from the Temu Djoko/Nishikori balanced baseliner mold.
On clay where Jodar is vastly supriour player? Jodar in straights
Jodar a massive favorite (-485 to -495). Jodar now easily getting the most respect from books and bettors of any player outside Sinnercraz and Djoko and maybe recent Fils (on clay).
This is what some of the ATP stats say about Jodar after Madrid ! That's pretty good company!!
Still a work in progress, but has the makings of a varsity athlete !
Oh and he's through to the next round in Rome!
Called it
I purposely didn't use the word grinder because like you said, only Munar is a grinder, meaning a player whose entire strategy is getting lots of balls back. But most Spanish guys get a lot of balls back and don't beat themselves by going for too many winners. Only Spanish player I can think of that isn't like that Fokina Davidovich but that may be credit to his Russian roots.
Verdasco used to beat himself all the time (and Alcaraz too to a lesser extent)
You're right. In fact, Verdasco's whole game is pretty un-Spanish like. Alcaraz is certainly a different mold as well.
It was clay, it is clear than in faster conditions Tien should prevail.
@ErnestoVillanuevaCagliate you're absolutely right Jodar can't beat Zverev .... because Zverev already crashed out !!
Zvewho?
I don’t know if I would say it is clear because at this point the easiest way to beat jodar is to have more weapons and that’s not Tien‘s game. I have a feeling it will be pretty competitive.
Clay's most likely not Tien's game but it clearly is Jodar's. Just wait for the hard court seaon to resume and Tien will have another better crack at this Rafa.
Tien not having weapons is a huge misanalysis that has been flooding the tennis world for far too long. Potent backhand, a not necessarily powerful but incredibly stable forehand, excellent lateral movement. If he was weaponless he wouldn't be 6-5 against top 10! Tien also faced Sinner twice so excluding the Big Man he's 6-3 against the rest! Fonseca allegedly has a brutal weapon of a forehand, but why is he 1-6 against top 10 then, 1-5 if we exclude SinMan?
@4UTRMoutet I have to agree with you, but most people think that since his BH and FH don't explode that they are not weapons. Tien is an excellent and improving player, but I think that Jodar is on a faster track right now. His length let's him generate easier power not quite Sinner-esque, but impressive for such slight stature. I don't think Sinner was at Jodar's level at a similar stage of development.
Everything about Jodar screams a fundamentally good player. He has no weaknesses, his serving is meh but it's not a liability and he has weapons on both wings. He also has some 3 dimensionality, decent amounts of net play and a very strong forehand drop shot, something that I've seen common to most nextgen players (Tien Landaluce Jodar and Fonseca all have a very good fh dropshot). His mental is very strong so far, though it's a little too early to make a definitive statement on that.@4UTRMoutet I have to agree with you, but most people think that since his BH and FH don't explode that they are not weapons. Tien is an excellent and improving player, but I think that Jodar is on a faster track right now. His length let's him generate easier power not quite Sinner-esque, but impressive for such slight stature. I don't think Sinner was at Jodar's level at a similar stage of development.
The encouraging part is that Jodar has seemingly been building on his success. His mentality is also very Sinner like, hard working, dedicated not looking to become an entertainer just improve his craft.
Sinner and Alcaraz had a lot of help from a great teams. I hope that Jodar starts to add to his to accelerate his growth. Fitness, nutrition and coaching.
He has been building his game quickly since Indian Wells.
