Hmmm, maybe not
Surely he has that already? If you can convince him to retire at 19 you have half a chance of not being comically wrong
Several years of punishment ahead then.
What was the time for the match? An hour?
Considering the gleeful trolling I’ve watched you do of late, that’s a bit like the pot calling the kettle black.
Good Federer fans must move on now. This met gala stuff is not enough as a tennis fan. Where are the matches for Federer. On no, he is retired
I picked Alcaraz but gave Z a decent chance provided his serve was on fire and he played super aggressive.
He was injured vs Norrie. He breaks serve 41 % of the time on clay pre Z this year. Those are Rafa like numbers
And again you turn a match thread into a Sinner-Alca US Open debate.....
Even you cannot seriosly believe that
All joking aside (and a serious question): when was the last time Zverev's serve was on fire? It would have to be 2020. I've never seen him play super aggressive, that's Becker/Edberg/Mac style. Zverev plants himself on the baseline and when he ventures forward, it's to shake hands or bury a volley into the net. It's impossible to be super aggressive when you never follow your serve to the net and volley about as well as a blind pensioner. Of course, I am extremely biased, being ABZ to the core.
I may remember it wrong, but I remember him not being a pusher in their RG match last year. Don't mean he should rush the net with those horrible hands of his.All joking aside (and a serious question): when was the last time Zverev's serve was on fire? It would have to be 2020. I've never seen him play super aggressive, that's Becker/Edberg/Mac style. Zverev plants himself on the baseline and when he ventures forward, it's to shake hands or bury a volley into the net. It's impossible to be super aggressive when you never follow your serve to the net and volley about as well as a blind pensioner. Of course, I am extremely biased, being ABZ to the core.
And yet in this very thread you predict that Alcaraz will have a Michael Chang like career
People tend to forget that even Federer had to get his creativity/shot selection under control first, it took him quite a while to sort things out. This was the reason he was a relative late bloomer. He was nowhere near the level of Carlitos at just 19 years of age.
I wasn't in this forum for almost a year, so how is this impressive? Can we get back to tennis talk please instead of snarky remarks? One of the reasons I wasn't here for so long in the first place.
Zverev’s 2022 season could’ve been one of the biggest what ifs in tennis. Don’t think he would’ve won RG even if he was in a position to serve out a match against Nadal, don’t see him doing it. Probably last years USO Could’ve been a great chance. If Sinner was able to generate a Mp with poor serving, I’m sure Zverev would’ve beaten Raz
just need to monitor the injuries. he is pretty injury prone, so i will limit the natural slam count to 10 slams at this stage.
He's on big 3 trajectory- level overall. He's 19 and has a very developed ground game with no weaknesses. On the ground definitely, off both wings, just the serve is a bit subpar but if you look at Rafa he's big 3 with a mediocre serve, so the serve is less relevant in modern tennis surfaces which are fairly slow.
luckily his injuries have been minor/niggles. at this stage of development, 19, is still not a concern.
It's not like it's a save thing, Alcaraz would have beaten Djokovic there but I would have liked his chances and at least this would have been a highly interesting matchup!
He almost got beaten by Ruus. He has weaknesses i,e. he can have an off day. His peak level though, is trending towards big 3 prime level, which is a good sign for Alcaraz fans.
Zverev is a shadow of his former self now. post the surgery.
"Almost got beaten" is a bit of a stretch, I'd say. It's still one thing to challenge him for a set and a few games, because a player finds his very best tennis - and another thing to then maintain that level, keep your focus and don't loose believe, if Alcaraz immediately punishes you, if your level just dips for a moment. He's just one of those players who is resilient til the end, can come up with his best tennis in important moments and he has that kind of extra gear, if he needs to.
Everybody can have an off day, the thing is that this guy has only lost 2 matches this season and had phisical problems in both, ruud almost beat him? When did i miss that?
He mean Ruusuvuori, not Ruud
