Here it may take on Next-Gen, what is wrong with them in generally and which one have the best chances:
Before i start with the names i think the main problem with them is they absolute lacks vision and how one(they) should play on the court, as well as style and so. Also their training and whole idea is to just smash the ball as hard as possible, until you either hit a winner or UE. Zero thinking on court how to open your opponent, how to play angles and put him on the run, and how to build the point in generally.
They obviously also lack the right preparation before tough matches against opponents like Djokovic, Nadal and so. Mentality is one thing, but there is a think called the right preparation, and the right attitude to go on the court and have the right belief you can win. Their team is also to blame for that, because they obviously are not prepared for that.
It's so long so i will make 2-3 post with it.
Karen Khachanov - when he was a hot topic back in the 2018(where i lost hope in him and most of the next-gen), there was a match between him and Nadal i think it was at USO. Khachanov showed that he have a very solid game, strong serve, good return, good forehand/backhand, and he also move great for his height. But in that match that was very close, at one point Nadal injured himself(or whatever happen) and started moving at around 30-40% of his usual. This happen in the 3rd set i think, and the result was 1-1 at that time. And what Khachanov did to capitalize on that? The braindead Russian continue to smash the ball as hard as possible mainly at the center of the court, where Nadal is, and guess what happen ? He somehow managed to lose the 3rd set, and then Nadal started moving better in the 4th and beat him. This was the moment i totally give on that mug. He is all power. Smash as hard, and thats it, no angle, no idea how to conducts/build/construct the rally, not thinking for a moment at the court, just smash the ball and play it all mechanical.
I was screaming like mad at that point, just take some power away, and just put him into rallies and make him run, it was so so obvious what it needed to be done to win that set, and also the match.
But no this guys are build/trained to just not use their brain on the court, but all of their play/training is to smash the ball as hard as possible. Not using angle, not varying their shots, nothing else than just smash as possible.
Another thing this mugs are doing when serving is to just hit it as hard as possible, without even thinking. Nadal is next to the linesman, and yet no one of this youngster did not find a solution how to make him suffer for returning so far deep on the court. The word angles for them doesn't exist.
He is an absolutely waste. His game didn't move an inch since 2018. Its actually getting worst.
Jannik Sinner - pretty much he is build the same. And while he is very young and very promising, he doesn't visualize his game. Not looking for weakness on his opponent, just smash it left-right and choke on every opportunities. He chocked last year against Nadal in the first set, he did it this year as well.
He is playing great to a moment, where opportunities come to win a set/match/so, and instead to be calm and to understand that the pressure should be on his opponent, he start chocking big time. And the moment he miss a big opportunities and lose the set, he just gives up.
Lorenzo Musetti - another very young lad with great potential and shots on paper. The thing i like with him is that he actually thinks on the court, and it's a smart kid, and see the opening and reading the game and how to play in certain moments. He also have great variety in his game, and its not just mindless smasher. Maybe sometimes he is giving way too much fantasy to his game, and goes for way harder shots, than he should have, but this is fixable. He is a f***** speedster as well.
Still he is lacks physicality and this will absolutely hurts him. His frame is kinda narrow and will be hard to build functional muscle without hurting himself in the process. His forehand is also a weakness, which is massive.
Alexander Zverev - just insane how he managed to f******* everything with his s**** attitude and to not win big titles of yet. He was insane for his age at 19-20 in 2016-2017, and instead to upgrade on that, and work harder and on the right components, he totally hit a plateau and pretty much not moved an inch. I blame his attitude and his devotion to training and get better. I got no problem with his ego, but he obviously can't back it up, and not put the work to make it happen.
Also for a huge guy like him, he is totally play the wrong game/style. Most of the time he is playing defensively, rally with the opponent, waiting for an error, and constantly rally till ****. He have solid shots all around, he should look for openings, and go for winners. Again the same problem, instead of just rally and let your opponent outsmart you, you should dictate the pace of the rally, and look for a winners. You are a huge dude, you should command the point, not running like a ***** left to right, and try to play a game, that absolutely is not good for you.
His mentality, match preparation and i would say his tactics is all bad.
I don't know what he is waiting and not get a sport-psychologist. He should have done that long time ago.
Andrey Rublev - another mindless smasher. He is just trying to kill the ball with every shots, and he runs out of energy so so often. He have insane explosiveness, and he swing so fast it's unreal.
Still i think he could be much more with the overall game he have. He again is zero thinking, and just all mechanical smash, smash, smash it. His serve is also a big weakness, cause he is 1.88.
He also should have used sport-psychologist, cause his mentality is not great. He works very hard, but obviously also have zero visibility where his game should be, and how exactly to play the rally, and not just smash it left-right. Yeah he is dangerous when he have a day, but he is so much hit and miss.
Denis Shapovalov - another mindless smasher, but even more. He absolutely lacks any brain and thinking on court. He also have one of the worst shot selection of all. And as we see, even when he have a perfect day, like the match with Djokovic, he is still able to f***** up all. His mentality is pure china in boxing terms.
I also see zero improvements in him. To be fair his mentality was probably better back in 2018, where he shine when he beats Nadal at some Master1000. Back then he was still playing all in, and put zero thinking on court. He is a bit different than the ones above, cause he actually know how to rally and to open the court, and to make himself a good opportunities to land a winner. But just like we see with Djokovic, he so often have empty court, and the mug still managed to ****** up. He is build that way, hit as hard as possible, no matter if the court is open or not.
Million UE and million winners. Instead of stabilizing his game, still be aggressive, but lower the UE by huge margin, he is just going to be a wonder when he have a good day, and its still not sure, cause his mentality will drag him back.
Instead of constantly changing coaches, he need sport-psychologist big time.
Hubert Hurkacz - while i don't follow him closely i think he is living to his potential. I don't expect much more of him, but be a 1-2 hit wonder with a great tournaments, but nothing more. A solid top 15-20 player.
Alex De Minaur - pretty much not worth of our time. A great speedster, with garbage style, just put the ball in play. Just not worth our time. I expect nothing from him.
Matteo Berrettini - mug of the mugs. The guy has 1 big serve, and that's it all. Worst Backhand in the history. I was thinking his Forehand is good, but its quite average. He is producing more UE than winners, when someone bring back the ball in play. He also is very breakable when put on pressure. The guy is almost 100kg., and should have hit winners from both side, yet he is putting half of his backhand in the net, and the other half short as hell. His passing shot is probably one of the worst i even seen. He is like 10x worst than the guys with OHBH. His serve is going to carry him, but don't expect much from him.
Felix Auger-Aliassime - another player that hits plateau and his game is in stagnation. On paper he have the shots, great head acceleration, good speed on the court, but again he have poor shot selections, lacks visualization of his game, and need someone else to told him how to play the game. Also he is way too fast and too easy to give up when things are not going his way.
Before i start with the names i think the main problem with them is they absolute lacks vision and how one(they) should play on the court, as well as style and so. Also their training and whole idea is to just smash the ball as hard as possible, until you either hit a winner or UE. Zero thinking on court how to open your opponent, how to play angles and put him on the run, and how to build the point in generally.
They obviously also lack the right preparation before tough matches against opponents like Djokovic, Nadal and so. Mentality is one thing, but there is a think called the right preparation, and the right attitude to go on the court and have the right belief you can win. Their team is also to blame for that, because they obviously are not prepared for that.
It's so long so i will make 2-3 post with it.
Karen Khachanov - when he was a hot topic back in the 2018(where i lost hope in him and most of the next-gen), there was a match between him and Nadal i think it was at USO. Khachanov showed that he have a very solid game, strong serve, good return, good forehand/backhand, and he also move great for his height. But in that match that was very close, at one point Nadal injured himself(or whatever happen) and started moving at around 30-40% of his usual. This happen in the 3rd set i think, and the result was 1-1 at that time. And what Khachanov did to capitalize on that? The braindead Russian continue to smash the ball as hard as possible mainly at the center of the court, where Nadal is, and guess what happen ? He somehow managed to lose the 3rd set, and then Nadal started moving better in the 4th and beat him. This was the moment i totally give on that mug. He is all power. Smash as hard, and thats it, no angle, no idea how to conducts/build/construct the rally, not thinking for a moment at the court, just smash the ball and play it all mechanical.
I was screaming like mad at that point, just take some power away, and just put him into rallies and make him run, it was so so obvious what it needed to be done to win that set, and also the match.
But no this guys are build/trained to just not use their brain on the court, but all of their play/training is to smash the ball as hard as possible. Not using angle, not varying their shots, nothing else than just smash as possible.
Another thing this mugs are doing when serving is to just hit it as hard as possible, without even thinking. Nadal is next to the linesman, and yet no one of this youngster did not find a solution how to make him suffer for returning so far deep on the court. The word angles for them doesn't exist.
He is an absolutely waste. His game didn't move an inch since 2018. Its actually getting worst.
Jannik Sinner - pretty much he is build the same. And while he is very young and very promising, he doesn't visualize his game. Not looking for weakness on his opponent, just smash it left-right and choke on every opportunities. He chocked last year against Nadal in the first set, he did it this year as well.
He is playing great to a moment, where opportunities come to win a set/match/so, and instead to be calm and to understand that the pressure should be on his opponent, he start chocking big time. And the moment he miss a big opportunities and lose the set, he just gives up.
Lorenzo Musetti - another very young lad with great potential and shots on paper. The thing i like with him is that he actually thinks on the court, and it's a smart kid, and see the opening and reading the game and how to play in certain moments. He also have great variety in his game, and its not just mindless smasher. Maybe sometimes he is giving way too much fantasy to his game, and goes for way harder shots, than he should have, but this is fixable. He is a f***** speedster as well.
Still he is lacks physicality and this will absolutely hurts him. His frame is kinda narrow and will be hard to build functional muscle without hurting himself in the process. His forehand is also a weakness, which is massive.
Alexander Zverev - just insane how he managed to f******* everything with his s**** attitude and to not win big titles of yet. He was insane for his age at 19-20 in 2016-2017, and instead to upgrade on that, and work harder and on the right components, he totally hit a plateau and pretty much not moved an inch. I blame his attitude and his devotion to training and get better. I got no problem with his ego, but he obviously can't back it up, and not put the work to make it happen.
Also for a huge guy like him, he is totally play the wrong game/style. Most of the time he is playing defensively, rally with the opponent, waiting for an error, and constantly rally till ****. He have solid shots all around, he should look for openings, and go for winners. Again the same problem, instead of just rally and let your opponent outsmart you, you should dictate the pace of the rally, and look for a winners. You are a huge dude, you should command the point, not running like a ***** left to right, and try to play a game, that absolutely is not good for you.
His mentality, match preparation and i would say his tactics is all bad.
I don't know what he is waiting and not get a sport-psychologist. He should have done that long time ago.
Andrey Rublev - another mindless smasher. He is just trying to kill the ball with every shots, and he runs out of energy so so often. He have insane explosiveness, and he swing so fast it's unreal.
Still i think he could be much more with the overall game he have. He again is zero thinking, and just all mechanical smash, smash, smash it. His serve is also a big weakness, cause he is 1.88.
He also should have used sport-psychologist, cause his mentality is not great. He works very hard, but obviously also have zero visibility where his game should be, and how exactly to play the rally, and not just smash it left-right. Yeah he is dangerous when he have a day, but he is so much hit and miss.
Denis Shapovalov - another mindless smasher, but even more. He absolutely lacks any brain and thinking on court. He also have one of the worst shot selection of all. And as we see, even when he have a perfect day, like the match with Djokovic, he is still able to f***** up all. His mentality is pure china in boxing terms.
I also see zero improvements in him. To be fair his mentality was probably better back in 2018, where he shine when he beats Nadal at some Master1000. Back then he was still playing all in, and put zero thinking on court. He is a bit different than the ones above, cause he actually know how to rally and to open the court, and to make himself a good opportunities to land a winner. But just like we see with Djokovic, he so often have empty court, and the mug still managed to ****** up. He is build that way, hit as hard as possible, no matter if the court is open or not.
Million UE and million winners. Instead of stabilizing his game, still be aggressive, but lower the UE by huge margin, he is just going to be a wonder when he have a good day, and its still not sure, cause his mentality will drag him back.
Instead of constantly changing coaches, he need sport-psychologist big time.
Hubert Hurkacz - while i don't follow him closely i think he is living to his potential. I don't expect much more of him, but be a 1-2 hit wonder with a great tournaments, but nothing more. A solid top 15-20 player.
Alex De Minaur - pretty much not worth of our time. A great speedster, with garbage style, just put the ball in play. Just not worth our time. I expect nothing from him.
Matteo Berrettini - mug of the mugs. The guy has 1 big serve, and that's it all. Worst Backhand in the history. I was thinking his Forehand is good, but its quite average. He is producing more UE than winners, when someone bring back the ball in play. He also is very breakable when put on pressure. The guy is almost 100kg., and should have hit winners from both side, yet he is putting half of his backhand in the net, and the other half short as hell. His passing shot is probably one of the worst i even seen. He is like 10x worst than the guys with OHBH. His serve is going to carry him, but don't expect much from him.
Felix Auger-Aliassime - another player that hits plateau and his game is in stagnation. On paper he have the shots, great head acceleration, good speed on the court, but again he have poor shot selections, lacks visualization of his game, and need someone else to told him how to play the game. Also he is way too fast and too easy to give up when things are not going his way.