Most Boring Players To Watch...
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hewittfan3
Rookie
yeah i partially agree...i loved watching Kim Clijsters though..She was fun to watch
Tempest344
Professional
haha that what I thought
when i first saw her play......which was Wimby 04 I think
I just saw these massive shoulders and a small head
i concur, but i just watched ivanovic at the pacific life open live, and she never bored me to death watching her. Lots of winners.
Leelord337
Hall of Fame
the whole wta is boring now that Martina Hingis left. Actually I would throw Justine Henin in the fun to watch group as well though (and although she's very ugly I think Francesca Schiavone on clay is fun to watch), but jankovic, sharapova, ivanovic, vaidisova, et al are boring.
lotusvale80
New User
hahaha..that's funny. i'd have to agree with the exception of henin and probably 1-2 other players. i love seeing henin smashing those balls especially her backhand seems quite powerful
lotusvale80
New User
oh i think mauresmo is the other player that i sometimes find quite interesting
lotusvale80
New User
speaking of hewitt, how does he do his lawnmower thingy? what is it? is that when he does his hand thingy( like a duck sorta thing? )
RoddickistheMan
Professional
roddick circa 2005-early 2008. He was basically a pusher with a big serve. Now hes a lot more aggressive.
spiritdragon
Rookie
i find ljubicic and davydenko boring to watch. not much personality and there games look kinda ugly.
flyer
Hall of Fame
Maria looks great some days and others its like "hmm ewww?" she ranges from like a solid 8 to a 5
MEAC_ALLAMERICAN
Legend
Exactly, I love watching clay court matches because you can study the some of the strokes and point construction. Personally, I don't like playing on it, but would watch a clay court match anyday.
venusandserenafreak
New User
how do you say she is boring she may not be a track star out there but she hits the most cleanest struck serves,FH and BH i have ever seen
veroniquem
Bionic Poster
I would never have dared initiate a post like yours because everybody seems to be in awe of him but I kind of agree with you. Sampras was also a guy whom everybody praised and for good reasons but the guy made me yawn, I generally fell asleep before the end of the match
Hewitt's actually quite fun to watch against big hitters becasue of the way he can counterpunch their shots and really frustrate them. He might be an a** but his fighting spirit is really admirable.
Murray_Maniac
Banned
Berdych and Ljubicic. No personality/uniqueness. Boorrrinngggggg...
I find Roddick and Davydenko semi-exciting because they hit w/ power. Davydenko's strokes and footwork are very solid.
I find Roddick and Davydenko semi-exciting because they hit w/ power. Davydenko's strokes and footwork are very solid.
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After watching Ferrer Vs Monfils I am adding Monfils to my list of most boring players. He just pitches his tent 20feet behind the baseline and almost never takes a ball on the rise and just relies 100% on his quickness till the other player gets frustrated and loses the match.
flyer
Hall of Fame
maybe the hewitt of 5 years ago, the 2008 may be the absolute most boring player because he completely sucks and trys to be agressive and dictate play, be he does not have the pace to do so, and hes neither quick nor consistent anymore so all we see is a slow small player trying to dictate play without the power to do so....basically a whole mess of errors
carlos djackal
Professional
Monfils Has Just Rocketed To No.1 Spot....
He has an interesting strategy. I kind of like it really. Disrupting the rhythm of your opponent is one of the keys to winning a match.
TheTruth
G.O.A.T.
Gotta go with you on that one!
Bhagi Katbamna
Legend
Chang, Wilander. Pretty much any clay courter except Nadal and Kuerten.
TheTruth
G.O.A.T.
Andre Agassi, oh my goodness you could leave the room, make a sandwich and he'd still be hitting from corner to corner, sort of like Pong. Yech!
Mauresmo, she doesn't seem to use any power and always looks like it's going to take her forever to get to the ball. She just plays like she's off balance all the time.
Leublu tennis
Legend
Federer. In between sparks of brilliance is a tedium of a natuarally boring personality. Yaaaahn.
CityHeightsTennis
Rookie
true...very true...but BUT! Justine Henin was the only wta player i thought was worth watching...
CityHeightsTennis
Rookie
now that she's retired i believe the whole wta tour is a joke...2 watch
I meant the Hewitt of old. But you're right the Hewitt of new is a shadow of his former self.
nextfederer
Rookie
the most boring player is easily james blake i cant stand watching him play..especially on clay its like watching an error machine.
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Deleted member 21996
Guest
it's times like these i wonder what are the guys at Eli Lilly and Company doing...
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bhallic24
Guest
Yea androddick tries way way too hard to be funny and I mean its cute for the first interview, but he trys this **** every single postgame interview and it just gets old. After a while people don't laugh at his jokes and just see him as rude and selfconceited instead of witty. BTW his game absolutely blows goats. I just don' t understand why the US promotes him so much instead of James Blake. He has no game outside the serve period. The guy's whole purpose in life is to be a whipping boy for Roger Federer. Pathetic.
Murray_Maniac
Banned
Wha!? Have you ever seen him hit a winner?:shock: If so, then I'd understand
TheTruth
G.O.A.T.
Murray_Maniac
Banned
Actually, I like watching both.
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bhallic24
Guest
I dunno, I gotta agree wit skier here. I'm a S+V player because I lack the patience to just sit back there 20 ft away from the net bombing it all day. Well actually that, and I don't trust my backhand. So i come in a lot.
and when I watch tennis, I just can't stand those baseliners either. I feel that that sort of thing translates for many other people too.
Atherton2003
Hall of Fame
I always thought Sampras was boring to watch, followed by Roddick, Federer, and Maria Sharapova.
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bhallic24
Guest
sucks for you. you must have hated the past 20 years of tennis then.
Atherton2003
Hall of Fame
Well, I always thought Sampras and Roddick were boring cause all they did was depend on their serve to get points..they had no creativity and if their serve wasn't working, they wouldn't win matches. Federer just seems to have no emotion, just very boring to watch...and Sharapova's screeching and boring style of play make me put her on mute and turn the channel soon after....I liked watching the players from the 1970's and 1980;s much better.
Atherton2003
Hall of Fame
There are lots of players that I like to watch today....besides Federer, Roddick, Sharapova....I like to watch Nadal, Tsonga, Blake, Djokovic, Ferrer, and Justine Henin before she retired.....so I do enjoy lots of tennis players from today's game....
You don't need talent or a brain to win in an era that weak, especially when every court favors your style of play.
Medved
Rookie
If you see repetitive as boring, you're probably not going to like very many of the good players. Winning tournaments is about hitting the same boring winner time after time.
I have yet to see a player use a variety of styles to consistently win matches. The closest thing I think we ever saw to that was maybe Sampras or Becker. Federer could do it as well, but the problem is that attacking the net even for great net players simply doesn't work.
I still think Federer can be the most fun to watch. He has every shot in the book, but sadly even he seems to have decided that winning is really built on just a few shots.
Yeah Roddick is boring, but it just goes to show that having a top 5 serve in the world and a top 20 but reliable forehand can get you into the top 5 even if other aspects of your game rank down in the 100s. Considering these facts, I think Andy's done quite well for some time.
I have yet to see a player use a variety of styles to consistently win matches. The closest thing I think we ever saw to that was maybe Sampras or Becker. Federer could do it as well, but the problem is that attacking the net even for great net players simply doesn't work.
I still think Federer can be the most fun to watch. He has every shot in the book, but sadly even he seems to have decided that winning is really built on just a few shots.
Yeah Roddick is boring, but it just goes to show that having a top 5 serve in the world and a top 20 but reliable forehand can get you into the top 5 even if other aspects of your game rank down in the 100s. Considering these facts, I think Andy's done quite well for some time.
Legend of Borg
G.O.A.T.
Vice versa for me. I find watching skilled volleying to be interesting.
aceroberts13
Professional
I would never have dared initiate a post like yours because everybody seems to be in awe of him but I kind of agree with you. Sampras was also a guy whom everybody praised and for good reasons but the guy made me yawn, I generally fell asleep before the end of the match
Exactly, If he was struggling to go into deeper rounds in tournaments he would be in the same boat as Davydenko IMHO. He's not marketable at all beyond being a computer/android of a tennis player.
CityHeightsTennis
Rookie
sampras was a great player but not a great player to watch...i found him very boring to watch...agassi amused with his great groundstrokes and fundamentals...sampras had no groundies...
crawl4
Rookie
you should be bashed for that call, really insultive
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