Seven Diamond Age Slam Winning Heavies

[Meles]

Spoiler: Diamond Age Refresher

Diamond Age is Thiem plus Big 3 with Next Gen Players, but eventually big 3 retire early in the Diamond Age which continues until roughly 2030.

The List Has Gone From the Original 4 with three more in spots 5-7:
1. Zverev - age 22
2. Tsitsipas -21
3. Shapovalov -20
4. Felix Auger Aliassime -19
5. Medvedev -23
6. Alex De Minaur -20
7. Jannik Sinner -18

All 7 players who have the capability to beat or exceed Andy Murray's slam totals. Most are familiar with the top 5. De Minaur has been added because of huge jump in his serving numbers (something that seemed like it would be his major weakness). Sinner has been added for ranking trajectory, also 52.9% points won at age 18 on hard courts (much of this Challengers), beat Monfils and De Minaur in the last month. Sinner easily best talent by age since Nadal.

More than likely 3 of 4 players in WTF semi-finals will be Next Gen.

 

[Lleytonstation]

Spoiler: Diamond Age Refresher

Diamond Age is Thiem plus Big 3 with Next Gen Players, but eventually big 3 retire early in the Diamond Age which continues until roughly 2030.

The List Has Gone From the Original 4 with three more in spots 5-7:
1. Zverev - age 22
2. Tsitsipas -21
3. Shapovalov -20
4. Felix Auger Aliassime -19
5. Medvedev -23
6. Alex De Minaur -20
7. Jannik Sinner -18

All 7 players who have the capability to beat or exceed Andy Murray's slam totals. Most are familiar with the top 5. De Minaur has been added because of huge jump in his serving numbers (something that seemed like it would be his major weakness). Sinner has been added for ranking trajectory, also 52.9% points won at age 18 on hard courts (much of this Challengers), beat Monfils and De Minaur in the last month. Sinner easily best talent by age since Nadal.

More than likely 3 of 4 players in WTF semi-finals will be Next Gen.

Opportunities and trend is going in the right direction. Still need for it to all come together as a group, or at the very least, one or two to take over like Med Bear did.

Unfortunately Med had come back to reality.

 

[Meles]

Opportunities and trend is going in the right direction. Still need for it to all come together as a group, or at the very least, one or two to take over like Med Bear did.

Unfortunately Med had come back to reality.

Yeah my take is that he's simply not a great low bouncing court player. His shots are simply too flat and he just can't hit enough winners and play consistently on grass, auz open, and indoor hard. Game also not great for clay. I'm hoping I'm dead wrong on Australian Open where flatter hitting players will have success as the flat shot is very penetrating on that surface. I've also had Wimbledon hopes for him, but he was just toothless against Goffin and Simon on grass.

The problem for Next Gen before Medvedev started getting results is Zverev. As the leading player and getting fairly old he's had a horrible 2019. If he flounders in 2020 one really has to question his long term aspirations for greatness. I also just found out the suffers from Type 1 Diabetes so that may hold him back at majors.

 

[tennisaddict]

Where is our favorite Berretini ??

 

[Meles]

Where is our favorite Berretini ??

Well TA Berre has a Recent Elo of 7 which looks good, but I put Melesian Science Laborties on him and they show his points won around 37 so in my combined average he's 22. If you have some love of Italy, worship the Sinner rather than the Demon.