Yep, very Cilic like. Theres no doubt that Tomic is a natural tennis player. His touch is absolutely amazing and has amazing hands at the net. Incredible. He's only 15, but has a tennis brain of seasoned professionals. His court sense, anticipation, court awareness and tactics are first class. Footwork is very good as well, gets into position so quickly it's not funny. The thing I like about him though is he is so relaxed with his shots. He doesn't seem to be trying to hit with much power but he can generate it with ease... he looks like he isn't trying. He also seems to have so so so much time on his hands which is very Federer like in that sense. Not many people have this attribute in the world. One thing he nees to work on is probably is speed. He isn't that quick. However, you don't really notice it on the court since his anticipation is so good and his footwork is so good as well. He has a solid serve, solid groundstrokes and pretty good volleys. At the moment his game is as counter-puncher. He is like a brick wall, you can't pass him. The more pace you pice to him, the faster it comes back. He absorbs power so well. The faster you hit it, the faster Tomic hits it back. He doesn't really have that much power yet, he is still physically imature and isn't fully grown up. I have no doubt he will get much more power once he grows up. He is still 15... he has ages til he physically matures. At the moment he stands too far behind the baseline. Drop shots are very effective on him since he isn't the greatest mover going forward. He isn't really an attacking player, he's just a conter-puncher. I think he plays that game because he struggles to hit winners since he isn't really that physically mature at the moment. Compared to the other top juniors, he isn't as powerful as them. However, he is ultra-consistant. The game he plays (counter-punching), no wonder he wins so many matches. He is just so darn consistant. He gets back every single ball. I think he should spend at least 1 more year if not more in juniors before making the transition to seniors. Once his body develops I have no doubt he will be a superstar of tennis. Yeah, I know juniors mean jack all sometimes but this guy is seriously a natural tennis player. Once he gets power into his game he should be able to do well on the pro tour. He shouldn't have a probably with that- he's 15 now and after a few years he should fill out nicely.
His groundies- His forhand as some know, has that technique where you accelerate the racquet head just before the ball reaches the racquet. He doesn't have massive top spin but just enough to dip it back in court. His backhand is a tad better but has a bit of topspin to help it in. IMO at the moment his backhand seems to be his weapon... it generates more power than his forhand. His serve is alright, his 2nd serve isn't overly fast though, might need to add a bit of pace to it but it is solid. His serve is solid at the moment, chips in with a few aces but isn't overly massive. However, it should get bigger as he gets older. His net play is just very veyr good. His drop volleying is awwsome. As I said, his hands at the net is brilliant. Overall, he still needs to physically mature. He should grow to be pretty tall. Once he develops power he should move onto the pro tour but until then, he should stay in juniors because he lacks power in his groundies. However, he is 15 and he will devlelop that as he gets older. I have no doubt he will become a very successful player. He has the natural tennis game that lots of people don't have. He won in a tight 3 setter in the junior Aussie Open today 8-6 in the 3rd I think it was. He's the 5 or 6 seed there I think, I didn't watch his match today but watched a set of his last match. Finally, we will have a good Aussie coming through.
