Now the tour is littered with technically perfect players who are mentally fragile and lose in spite of their lack of exploitable weaknesses.
Apart from the Big 3, who are the young players that are technically perfect? I’ve been bemoaning along with other coaches I know that none of the young players are technically perfect very unlike the Big 3. Thiem is probably the one getting closer to that definition now that he has shortened his strokes.
Technical problems
Zverev - 2nd serve and toss consistency. Otherwise pretty good game for all surfaces. Can be passive mentally and play too defensively from the baseline
Tsitsipas - long-take back strokes unsuitable for fast courts, bad DTL-BH and general inability to flatten out BH without making errors on fast courts, bad BH slice, poor BH returns, falls away to the left on slice making it difficult to hit effective serve+1 shots or approach the net on fast court, does not like low contact point which makes him unsuitable for grass
Medvedev - awkward technique without much topspin (lower 10% for rpm in top 100) which makes him dependant on hitting deep or near the lines all the time which is difficult to do consistently on slow surfaces, does not like high contact point like on clay, rhythm can be disrupted by use of slice shots, still weak at finishing at net, slice is not great.
Shapovalov - every shot has a lot of variance in terms of body position/swing depending on opponent‘s shot leading to wildly inconsistent game under pressure
Berrettini - weak topspin BH, movement not great
Rublev - no finesse or change of pace in rallies. Hits only a hard ball and that’s a tough strategy to win a lot on slow courts
Sinner - weak serve. Seems to be improving this and has good potential
Alacaraz - weak serve. Footwork seems bad on defense as he doesn’t seem to anticipate well on fast courts. Can he improve his serve and anticipation?
Hurkacz and Rudd seem to have somewhat decent technique without huge flaws and might have significant upside. Lloyd Harris is a wildcard who might improve a lot too.
Do you also see any players who are technically proficient enough to hit the ball on the rise from close to the baseline and put pressure on their opponents constantly like Federer and Djokovic? Also, how many of them slide well on hard courts and clay like Djokovic which is a big part of why he plays outstanding defense from close to the baseline and makes the court smaller. I have the exact opposite opinion that all these players struggle to win close matches against strong opponents across all surfaces because they have technical flaws that can be exploited or which fall apart under stress.