Pisolino227
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What's your vote? Personally TIM HENMAN has to be the most boring tennis player that has ever lived!
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Vitaly Evchenkov
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Henman v Ljubicic = total yawner
Tennis_Nickmo
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How is Tim the most boring player to ever live? At least his games have rallies, in comparison to players such as Roddick, Rusedski and Ljubicic, when aces are pounded constantly, and they average rallies of around 3 strokes.
stormholloway
Legend
Oh my god, what a sad state of affairs. Henman may be the only serve/volleyer in the top 100 and you call him boring. That's just disgraceful. His game is great to watch. His strokes are pure and his reflexes are wonderful.
Boring? Robby Ginepri. This guy should be selling life insurance but his parents made him a tennis player. He has no interesting style whatsoever. Total blah.
Can't believe you'd call Henman, who has probably the most different style of play on tour, boring.
Boring? Robby Ginepri. This guy should be selling life insurance but his parents made him a tennis player. He has no interesting style whatsoever. Total blah.
Can't believe you'd call Henman, who has probably the most different style of play on tour, boring.
FitzRoy
Professional
stormholloway said:
I fully agree with this post, though of late Henman hasn't been as fun to watch just because he's playing well below his top level. But guys like him and Patrick Rafter were great to watch because they used the serve so deliberately (as opposed to trying to pound high-speed serves and aces) and constructed points so well - exactly the opposite of what you see from a lot of tour players.
storm, I know we disagreed in another thread about Monfils' outfit, but in that thread you also said that his game was generic, and I'm with you on that. Players like him and Ginepri have games that look like they came off an assembly line. I should say, though, that Ginepri has at times played with a more impressive level of variety and strategy (like in some of his matches during his run at the USO last year). But his performance against Murray in Cincinatti the other week is more typical of what he does as a tennis player.
Overall, in answer to the OP, I'd say that the most boring player is actually a long list of players who, like Ginepri, go for a lot on the forehand without intending it to set up the next shot, have a two-handed backhand that they tend to roll crosscourt, and try to hit every first serve flat down the T. To me, Henman is nowhere near this list.
Winner_DownTheLine
Semi-Pro
I agree with the above. Tim Henman is one of the only few players I like to watch on TV, compared to Boring players like Roddick, Ginepri Tim is very crafty.stormholloway said:
stormholloway
Legend
Ginepri impressed me with his shotmaking at last year's USO, but overall I find him to have generic game with improvements over the rest of the field in power and the occasional running winner. Mostly I just don't find the man interesting.
Monfils however is interesting to watch for obvious reasons: just look at the guy. He's freakish and he screams all the time, but Monfils needs to get to net. His body won't be able to hang with the rest of the clay courters from so far back in the court and his game from back there is nothing particularly special. He kinda comes off as a pusher with a long reach.
Henman is class all around in my opinion. He has a classic style and I appreciate that. You know he's thinking out there.
I agree Fitzroy, there are too many "assembly line" players. Big forehand (when there's time to prepare), mediocre backhand, and big, aimless serve. Thankfully no such player has won a grand slam since Roddick in '03.
Monfils however is interesting to watch for obvious reasons: just look at the guy. He's freakish and he screams all the time, but Monfils needs to get to net. His body won't be able to hang with the rest of the clay courters from so far back in the court and his game from back there is nothing particularly special. He kinda comes off as a pusher with a long reach.
Henman is class all around in my opinion. He has a classic style and I appreciate that. You know he's thinking out there.
I agree Fitzroy, there are too many "assembly line" players. Big forehand (when there's time to prepare), mediocre backhand, and big, aimless serve. Thankfully no such player has won a grand slam since Roddick in '03.
Ginepri is not just the most boring, but the most uninspiring, too. No court smarts, no imagination. Looks like he's just working on his tan out there. Two other drool-inducers are Davydenko and Ferrer. Ljubicic and Roddick have unappealing styles, though Roddick seems to be trying some new things since Connors got in his corner.
vive le beau jeu !
Talk Tennis Guru
definitely nadal !
stormholloway
Legend
Davy is pretty much a snoozer. Roddick may not be the most inspiring, but he's not that boring, especially since his volleying has improved. His antics can be entertaining as well.
Kat_GonzoFan
New User
Tennis_Nickmo said:
I Agree with U!
Phillip=Tennis guy
Rookie
Henman. Sometimes Ljubicic. Ginepri sometimes.
Rhino
Legend
Henman and Mirnyi are actually fun to watch because you get to see a bit of serve and volley. Stephanek isn't that bad he's just ugly. I think a lot of people in this thread just pick people who look ugly and they think that means boring.35ft6 said:
For me, when I actually think of the tennis itself, I usually avoid Roddick matches when I'm at tournaments.
Haasquet
Rookie
Yeah, I also think that Stepanek is merely an unattractive individual. I think his game is fun to watch, given the variety of shots he has to use in order to be able to actually compete with some of the guys who have way better baseline games. I find it amusing when someone can repeatedly draw an opponent to the net with a drop only to lob the player once he's there (and pull it off consistently). It's fun tennis.
Phillip=Tennis guy
Rookie
Stepaneks lips are huge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats what makes him jacked up looking.
My sister said he looks like a real ugly fish. Lol. Pretty bad.
My sister said he looks like a real ugly fish. Lol. Pretty bad.
siber222000
Semi-Pro
actually, now days roddick games are more fun to watch =) his forehand is much better and backhand is still bad but its OK
Tennis_Nickmo said:
Feña14
G.O.A.T.
Roddick is. He has such an ugly game, his forehand is very mechanical, his backhand has to be the ugliest stroke in the game, his serve isn't pretty at all but he just smacks it and wins matches that way. I like to see people who play well rewarded and Roddick just blasting serves isn't my idea of fun. The sooner he gets defeated in tournamnets the better as far as i'm concerned.
siber222000
Semi-Pro
trust me though bud, when he was playing baghdatis in aussie open.... man.... that was a ugliest game ever :-|Feña14 said:
stormholloway said:
I also agree that along with nadal and his yells, henman is very fun to watch. What I couldn't let go was the fact that you called Roddick's serve aimless. Have you watched one of his matches lately? Don't just listen to the hype, his serve isn't just an ultra powerful blast. Sure it's the fastest on tour but don't forget his unreal kick serve, and next time you watch a match of his, look where his serve goes in relation to where the returner is standing. His is the best serve of all time.
superman1
Legend
Most boring on the women's side is easy: Davenport.
On the ATP, usually the guys that really bore me are the big servers who take 10 seconds to complete their motion. Ljubicic can be quite boring if he's not playing a top player. The most boring...maybe Goldstein. Davydenko is quite dull as well.
On the ATP, usually the guys that really bore me are the big servers who take 10 seconds to complete their motion. Ljubicic can be quite boring if he's not playing a top player. The most boring...maybe Goldstein. Davydenko is quite dull as well.
supersmash
Semi-Pro
fishuuuuu said:
Dead-on.
Brooklyn_bum
New User
stormholloway said:
I totally agree with you
35ft6
Legend
Seriously, I could care less what their face looks like. Nadal looks like one of the cavemen from the Geico commercials, and I don't mind it. Mirnyi is boring to me. Just consider the possibility that some people don't enjoy the same type of tennis that you do and it has nothing to do with the player's mug. I like Henin's game and she's a world champ in the sport of being ugly.Rhino said:
RadekStepanekTheKing
Hall of Fame
35ft6 said:
Radek Stepanek is not boring.
croatian sensation
Professional
Tennis_Nickmo said:
Which is really boring...unlike watching 30+ strokes rallies on clay and green clay a.k.a. Wimby '06.
I don't see anything boring in hitting a good 1st serve, and then making a point out of it with your next stroke (preferably a down the line bh
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tennisfreak
Semi-Pro
Most Boring Personality : Federer
Most Boring Player: Nadal
However, Federer has an interesting game and Nadal has an interesting personality!
Most Boring Player: Nadal
However, Federer has an interesting game and Nadal has an interesting personality!
Feña14
G.O.A.T.
tennisfreak said:
What makes you think that? From what I can see Federer's personality is 10 times better than Nadal.
Federer's interviews are often classy and you regularly see him laughing and joking in interviews with foreign press. Have you seen him commentating at the Tsunami relief? He's a very funny guy. There's a reason why all the players in the locker room love Federer, in the Bryan's blog at Wimbledon they were talking about how down to earth and funny he is in the locker room.
Nadal I find to be pretty immature, the way he jumps around like an idiot pumping his fist once he has stood at the back of the court and hit everything back like a brick wall. Nadal off the court too seems very boring, I know English isn't his strongest language so i'm sure that's part of it but his interviews aren't amusing or particularly classy. To be honest I find him very dull.
Breaker
Legend
I think people find Tim boring mainly because he doesn't have any charisma, when you see someone go up and hit an amazing angled volley you want to see some form of emotion, but you see nothing..
IMO Rusedski is the most boring tied with Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo. But clay court matches without marquee players that go on crosscourt rallies for 20-30 shots really puts me to sleep also. In fact, on clay right now the only players I love watching are Guille, Nadal, Hewitt, Nalby, and sometimes Fed. I feel like I'm being stabbed watching the "typical" clay court match.
IMO Rusedski is the most boring tied with Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo. But clay court matches without marquee players that go on crosscourt rallies for 20-30 shots really puts me to sleep also. In fact, on clay right now the only players I love watching are Guille, Nadal, Hewitt, Nalby, and sometimes Fed. I feel like I'm being stabbed watching the "typical" clay court match.
i agree with tennis freak nadal is boring to watch mainly when he is not being agressive and waiting for his oppontent to make a mistake
the one thing i cant stand to watch really is most womens tennis and i dont know why that is but it just puts me to sleep especially davenport and also coria does too.
the one thing i cant stand to watch really is most womens tennis and i dont know why that is but it just puts me to sleep especially davenport and also coria does too.
vive le beau jeu !
Talk Tennis Guru
i'm obviously far from being the only one who thinks that...Tu Madre said:
mr.fitch
Rookie
On occasion some of Fed's matches can be pretty boring. Not because he's a boring player, but in early rounds his opponents usually stand no chance and it's like target practice for him. Don't get me wrong - he will always hit some kind of insane, ego-demolishing kind of shot - but the outcome is just too predictable. Later rounds, however, is a totally different story.
And I totally agree with the other posters about Davenport. Her matches are probably the most boring events in sports. Even Nascar is more exciting (the crashes). But you know what sucks? Since she is a top-ranked American, her matches keep being shown on TV.
And I totally agree with the other posters about Davenport. Her matches are probably the most boring events in sports. Even Nascar is more exciting (the crashes). But you know what sucks? Since she is a top-ranked American, her matches keep being shown on TV.
Roger is Boring
Rookie
mr arrogant no personality rogah federer of course
Henman is good to watch because you can watch him set up his shots. The ball "hangs" for Henman as it does for Fed and it was interesting to watch the latest Fed vs. Henman for that reason as compared to the slug- fests in the Agassi / Bagdadis / Roddick scope. I also think his net play is a little more elegant than Sampras...
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