Tho you do attack the net more often.
I don't need a radar gun to see that he is not getting much legs/hips into his serve.
Not everyone is interested in putting in the time to develop a big serve.
Ask Jolly how many hours he has invested in his 5.0 serve
So my impression about Djokovic was good
Did you have alot of coaching throughout your 15 year tennis career? Or played alot simply? Always played tons of tennis every week or had ups and downs?
Anyway cool videos and good quality, videos like this are always cool, post more in the future if you have the time and desire!
That's great, I am an autodidact myself, too, and can mimic. -- That's why I always struggle answering when people ask me where I learnt tennis from (as if it is a one time thing) - and how long have I been playing tennis.
Thanks, I'll take the Borna comparison, ha!
Thanks, you post some great videos as well.
Well, we are in different continents, but if I ever be in America, and also Toronto in Canada by a chance, sure!
Nice game.
Thanks! He's definitely a guy who wants to push you back with his topspin (helped by his Steam 99S) and I try to maintain my position on the baseline as much as possible with the goal of ending the point at net. Given his athleticism and ability to hit those loopy shots, he gets many balls back.
No prob. I got it
High quality hitting from both guys & thanks for sharing.
It looked to me a bit phlegmatic on previous video, and like you didn't need much to win, but here I like your balanced and patient style, working out points with quality but safe shots and then taking real opportunities to develop the preassure and capitalize on weaker balls. Your opponent looks aggressive, and he's evidently good, but so many times you kept him on steady diet of heavy balls and he decided to approach from not-so-good opportunities and therefore got passed at net.
Really enjoyed this one. It also felt better matched.
Totally agree with this post.
Playing him can be frustrating if you're off your game because he rarely misses and his loopy, heavy ball can force you behind the baseline more than you like to be.
I'd say judging from this video that he doesn't move as smooth as you'd think but he's quick and retrieves many balls nonetheless.
This guy is definitely more challenging to play and requires me to be on my game. I felt like he approached the net carelessly which led to my relatively easy passes but he has mentioned before how staying on the baseline is a losing tactic against me so he'd like to approach the net as much as possible. I think he could be more selective though.
I agree, my serve looks funny and I'd like to improve it as much as possible but I feel that in actual match-play, it's much more effective than it looks. Even if I'm constantly broken, I'm very confident in my returning that I could always get it back on serve.
I did break a sweat but not too much.
Thanks man, Safin and Nalbandian inspired, ha!
Think your measuring from old school format when tennis didn't use ground, it may be 5.5 actually
In the 5.0 rankings for Canada, I'm top 10. That said, saying country or Canada is funny since it's not like tennis is popular beyond a few of the big cities.
I live in Toronto, Canada's largest city, and the tennis here is very healthy so it's not hard to find people to play with. When you look at the rankings, the majority are from Toronto as well so the tournaments are pretty good (I've only played 3 though; they use your best three results for your point tally in case you were wondering my high ranking).
