Top Fun vs Boring players to watch play tennis

AllDownTheLine

AllDownTheLine

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I know everyone has favorite players to watch and that could be due to other factors besides just their play. If you take away these factors such as personality, reputation, drama, etc, I want to know who you all enjoy watching just for their tennis. The way they play, hit the ball, construct points, react to pressure should be the only factor. In other words you can hate the player but love their game.
My Top 8 Favorites at the moment (in no special order) are Federer, Kolschreiber, Sharapova, Safin, Dementieva., Nadal, Amer Delic, Gisella Dulko
My Top 8 Boring Players are Blake, Fish, Murray, Kutzenova,either William's sister, Djokovic, Marion Bartoli

Please note that there is no right or wrong answers and it is only your opinion.
Also I am not saying a player is boring or exciting for life. I could even see a player jumping from one list to another depending on what type of tennis I'm in the mood for. Because Federer is on the fav list and Nadal isn't doesn't mean I'm a *******. I almost put Nadal on the good list but I've seen enough of him for the moment. Please don't take any of this personally, I just want to talk about tennis. If this has been discussed before I apologize as I did do a search.
 
Only for their play, I'd say:

Federer, Haas, Tsonga, Gonzales, Nadal, Djokovic, Nalbandian, Hewitt

Boring:

Murray (no offence)
 
I know people think Murray is boring, but his play at Queen's and Wimbledon has been pretty awe-inspiring. I'd say Murray is only boring to watch half the time, and that the trouble is you never know when he'll be exciting or boring. LOL. I think Fish is always boring to watch, and am rethinking my sock choices seeing how silly he looks on the court.

As for entertaining players, there's always Larcher de Brito and the decibel meter (kidding). In all seriousness, I had loads of fun watching Kohlschreiber and Federer play, especially when Kohlschreiber played that phenomenal 3rd set. I like watching Lleyton Hewitt counterpunch. Tommy Haas is fun to watch at the moment, because I like to see old, oft-injured guys do well and his game interests me. Djokovic has a very aesthetic game, and I enjoy watching him, though he is like Murray, half the time boring and the other half exciting.

Boring - Fish, most of women's tennis

Exciting - Murray (50/50), Djokovic (55/45), Federer, Kohlschreiber, Hewitt, Haas
 
Fun:

Federer, Tsonga, Gulbis, Safin, Roddick, Kendrick, Dimitrov, Ivanovic/Sharapova/Kirilenko/etc.

Boring:

Simon, Murray, Karlovic, Blake, Bartoli, Venus, Serena, A. Radwanska
 
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Exciting-Roger,Safin,Dimitrov,Djokovic,Murray when he isnt backboarding which is rare these days,Verdasco,JMDP,Tsonga and anybody else with a one handed BH

Boring-Nadal(great guy but his style aint my cup of tea),Murray when he's backboarding which is pretty frequent these days,Simon,Monfils,Jankovic(most boring of all the WTA players),Dementieva.
 
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AllDownTheLine said:
I know everyone has favorite players to watch and that could be due to other factors besides just their play. If you take away these factors such as personality, reputation, drama, etc, I want to know who you all enjoy watching just for their tennis. The way they play, hit the ball, construct points, react to pressure should be the only factor. In other words you can hate the player but love their game.
My Top 8 Favorites at the moment (in no special order) are Federer, Kolschreiber, Sharapova, Safin, Dementieva., Nadal, Amer Delic, Gisella Dulko
My Top 8 Boring Players are Blake, Fish, Murray, Kutzenova,either William's sister, Djokovic, Marion Bartoli

Please note that there is no right or wrong answers and it is only your opinion.
Also I am not saying a player is boring or exciting for life. I could even see a player jumping from one list to another depending on what type of tennis I'm in the mood for. Because Federer is on the fav list and Nadal isn't doesn't mean I'm a *******. I almost put Nadal on the good list but I've seen enough of him for the moment. Please don't take any of this personally, I just want to talk about tennis. If this has been discussed before I apologize as I did do a search.
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Your right Delic is super fun to watch.
Has he been playing any big tourneys lately?
 
Exciting
Hewitt
Berdych
Almagro
Gasquet
Tsonga
Nalbandian
Guccione
Murray
Moya
Del Potro
Coria
Ferrero
Gonzalez
Baghdatis
Safin
 
dincuss said:
Your right Delic is super fun to watch.
Has he been playing any big tourneys lately?
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Not that I'm aware of. I saw him play up close in March at the Delray Beach tourney here in South Florida.
My son was ball boying his match and it was a qualifier match (if I remember correctly). His game really stood out amongst most other players as
super smooth, especially his one handed backhand slice. I had no idea who he was but he was really special to watch.

That reminds me about Max Mirni, 2 years ago at the same Delray Tourney. His match was my son's first as a ball boy and Max almost got him removed. My son had to hold an umbrella over Max's head to block the sun during changeovers. Well my son (Alex) was 11 at the time and Max is like 6'6" and no way could Alex hold the umbrella in the correct position. Max kept grabbing the umbrella over Alex's hand to position it and of course Alex would move it. So after wrestling over the umbrella for over half of the first set Max finally gave up and told Alex to go away and put a towel over his head. Max was cool though as he had every right to get Alex removed and didn't.
Alex 1, Max Mirni 0
I was surprised to see max qualifying for the main Draw. Cool local tourney
Haas, Hewitt, Odeznik were there.
 
gj011 said:
Boring: Boredo, Roddick, Federer.
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I was trying not to respond, but why is this necessary? Seriously.. Everyone is trying to rate players ONLY for their game, not anything else. Yet you have to rant about guys that you just dislike because of their personality.
 
Exciting:

Federer
Djokovic
Nalbandian
Gonzalez
Safin
Santoro
Monfils
Dimitrov
Gaudio
Nadal (only on clay)
Tsonga
Baghdatis
Haas
Stepanek
Mayer
Delpotro
Verdasco
Davydenko
Gasquet
Wawrinka
Kohlschreiber
Ancic
Monaco
Gulbis


Boring:

Roddick
Murray(only when he is being ultra defensive)
Karlovic
Simon
Andreev
Schuettler
Querrey
Troicki
Canas
 
But he has a pronounced, innane hatred for all 3 guys mentioned, and mentioned no other players as boring. All I see is hate, and not boring.
 
Exciting:
Nalbandian
Gonzalez
Stepanek
Federer
Tipsarevic
Moya
Gasquet
Tsonga
Verdasco
Monaco
Monfils
Tursunov
Melzer
Haas
Mathieu
Santoro
Phau
Baghdatis

Boring:
Roddick
Simon
Del Potro
Karlovic
Cilic
Robredo
90% of the WTA Tour
 
Exciting:
Federer - no comment needed
Djokovic - his aggressive style is very inspiring
Hewitt - I just enjoy watching him play, especially when pumped up :)
Haas - great All-around game.
Kohlschreiber
Tsonga
Dimitrov (hope he recovers from his injury)
Santoro
Davydenko - although he sometimes self-destructs
and Nadal to some extent

Boring:
Murray when being too defensive,
Simon
 
exciting : Federer, Gonzalez, Nalbandian, Gasquet, Nadal, Dimitrov, Haas

Boring : Simon, Blake , Monfils the regular clay-courters and big serve freaks
 
Fun- Murray, Gasquet, Tsonga, Wawrinka, Gulbis, Hewitt, Monfils, Haas, Safin

Boring- Karlovic, Robredo, Cilic
 
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joeri888 said:
Only for their play, I'd say:

Federer, Haas, Tsonga, Gonzales, Nadal, Djokovic, Nalbandian, Hewitt

Boring:

Murray (no offence)
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Same for me, except Murray would be (no offense). Actually, Hewitt too. But they're fun when matched up against good attacking players.
 
Leublu tennis said:
Can't you resist comments like this? And how does your comment classify you? Think about it.
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Because gj011 constantly trolls, like always.

Both Federer and Djokovic have aggressive playing styles.

The fact that some people find one boring and not the other is very questionable.
 
Some observations:
Murray, Bartoli and Blake are on a lot of peoples boring list (must be)
Tsonga, Safin, abd Fed are on a lot of peoples exciting list (must be)
Dimitrov was a surprise (to me) frequent exciting list member
Murray can be found exciting on some lists as well as boring, he gets
mentioned a lot.
Bartoli......forget about it.:(
 
Fun - Federer, Tsonga, Berdych(monster forehand), Verdasco, Kohli, Gasquet, Djokovic

Boring - Nadal, Murray, Simon, Karlovic, Roddick
 
wow, most people here think murray, simon and nadal are boring. maybe guys on this board are old and that's why they don't appreciate athleticism. for me, running down balls and showing your athleticism on court are more fun than hitting winners. i prefer thick legs over shot maker. btw, i think murray is a shot maker too. how could you not like murray's game when he has thick legs and shot making ability?
 
Mansewerz said:
Because gj011 constantly trolls, like always.
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Takes two to troll, doesn't it? So the guy makes a post that *******s don't like and they immediately accuse him of trolling. Thats ridiculous.

Both Federer and Djokovic have aggressive playing styles.

The fact that some people find one boring and not the other is very questionable.
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O.K. Go ahead and question me. I find the matches where Federer plays boring and the ones with Djokovic interesting. And I'll tell you why. Federer has a boring personality. I don't enjoy watching him play. Period. Djokovic is an interesting guy. He is expressive of his feeling so that, when I watch him play, I get to vicariously enjoy, or suffer, his experiences.

I used to play a fair amount of tennis but now I mainly watch tennis being played and enjoy it if the player, to me, presents some sort of personality. Djokovic does that, so does Safin, Baghdatis, Gonzalez, and many others. Not Federer. As far as I am concerned, if he plays, I can read the outcome the next day and don't really care whether he wins or loses.

LT
 
Leublu tennis said:
Takes two to troll, doesn't it? So the guy makes a post that *******s don't like and they immediately accuse him of trolling. Thats ridiculous.

O.K. Go ahead and question me. I find the matches where Federer plays boring and the ones with Djokovic interesting. And I'll tell you why. Federer has a boring personality. I don't enjoy watching him play. Period. Djokovic is an interesting guy. He is expressive of his feeling so that, when I watch him play, I get to vicariously enjoy, or suffer, his experiences.

I used to play a fair amount of tennis but now I mainly watch tennis being played and enjoy it if the player, to me, presents some sort of personality. Djokovic does that, so does Safin, Baghdatis, Gonzalez, and many others. Not Federer. As far as I am concerned, if he plays, I can read the outcome the next day and don't really care whether he wins or loses.

LT
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Ok fair enough. But here's another thing:
All players he cited are players he has shown hatred for. Blatantly. Furthermore, if he pulls out the personality card, as you have, how can you call Roddick boring who also plays with plenty of pizazz?
 
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