To me, he will have a similar success level to Kafelnikov. May win a couple of GS, but will probably be outclassed by Alcaraz. He most likely will not be constantly challenging for slams (my definition of a big GS threat)
I like Rune’s gritty attitude and belief in himself. His backhand is great and he is a willing net player. However, these attributes cannot overcome his forehand. The FH technique is just bad, and usually at this stage of a career it doesn’t change much. IDK exactly what it is, but something about his wrist on the forehand is completely off, and that issue doesn’t allow him to hit it well except for when he purposefully ups the racket head speed to levels that are unsustainable over a whole match.
If we look at Fed and Djokovic, two of the best ball strikers of all time, they both have fairly fundamentally sound strokes. Agassi is the same. Because Nadal wants to produce as much spin as possible for clay, his FH isn’t as fundamentally sound as the other 3, which is why he has struggled to play a style of tennis that is conducive to consistent results on HC and grass (However, the clay results compensate for this.)
Alcaraz and Sinner have far better FH technique than Rune. Alcaraz’ technique has shown in his results, whereas Sinner’s hasn’t because of outside reasons (mainly mentality issues and fitness).
No hate towards Rune intended btw, just feel that his FH limits his ceiling and he isn’t going to be a consistent slam threat going forward, unless he completely changes his FH technique.
I like Rune’s gritty attitude and belief in himself. His backhand is great and he is a willing net player. However, these attributes cannot overcome his forehand. The FH technique is just bad, and usually at this stage of a career it doesn’t change much. IDK exactly what it is, but something about his wrist on the forehand is completely off, and that issue doesn’t allow him to hit it well except for when he purposefully ups the racket head speed to levels that are unsustainable over a whole match.
If we look at Fed and Djokovic, two of the best ball strikers of all time, they both have fairly fundamentally sound strokes. Agassi is the same. Because Nadal wants to produce as much spin as possible for clay, his FH isn’t as fundamentally sound as the other 3, which is why he has struggled to play a style of tennis that is conducive to consistent results on HC and grass (However, the clay results compensate for this.)
Alcaraz and Sinner have far better FH technique than Rune. Alcaraz’ technique has shown in his results, whereas Sinner’s hasn’t because of outside reasons (mainly mentality issues and fitness).
No hate towards Rune intended btw, just feel that his FH limits his ceiling and he isn’t going to be a consistent slam threat going forward, unless he completely changes his FH technique.
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