ghostofMecir
Legend
Obviously, “aesthetic” is subjective, but I feel especially his forehand, which has more power on it, and is more compact with less flailing looks just a lot more aesthetic. The same for his serve and of course ball toss — it used to be a little bit all over the place but now it’s just a lot smoother and he can serve to all directions with that same toss like Fedr could. Lastly, his movements at net and his volley technique look a lot smoother as well.
I still personally wouldn’t say that his game is aesthetic (e.g., the overhead, still some of the volleying, movents seem robotic), but it just seems a lot smoother than it used to be even if he’s less explosive and less athletic.
Every other player I can think of seemed more aesthetically pleasing in their younger days, e.g., Sampras, Becker, Edberg, Fedr (serve got smoother though), Rafito, and so on.
I still personally wouldn’t say that his game is aesthetic (e.g., the overhead, still some of the volleying, movents seem robotic), but it just seems a lot smoother than it used to be even if he’s less explosive and less athletic.
Every other player I can think of seemed more aesthetically pleasing in their younger days, e.g., Sampras, Becker, Edberg, Fedr (serve got smoother though), Rafito, and so on.