Walk Right In, Tsitsipas Right Down, Stefanos Let Your Game Roll On!

abmk said:
nope, not possible.

https://live-tennis.eu/en/atp-race

The cross mark in front of a player's name indicates that player can't qualify mathematically.
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nop

Delpo is out.
Rafa's knee hurt (as always).
Kei has exceeded his maximum 3 month injure-free period.
Fog would not even bother to appear.
Kevin will eventually hurt his wrist from excessive fist pumping.
Isner will have to stay home to take care of his kid flu, it's winter time.

Congrats to Stef for his 1st Nitto appearance!!
 
Good to see he lost in doubles. He can't possibly have much energy to spare considering he's playing his 5th week in a row and is playing Paris next week.

Luckily Paris is a 48 draw, which means he'll start off with a bye
 
Pure conjecture here...will mdvdv become the Nalbandian of fedr’s early days, stymieing Apollopas but then to be pushed aside???
 
tennisenthusiast said:
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Great shout out to Antetokuonmpo by Tsits when a fan called him Greek Freak during his on court post match interview with JC. The Real Greek Freak had a 31/15 dub-dub today to help Milwaukee defeat Dallas so Greek flags are flying high!
 
It was nice to hear Nadal being complimentary about some of the younger players after his victory over Frances Tiafoe in the qfs of the Australian Open on Tuesday. The Spaniard even said that Stefanos Tsitsipas, his next opponent, has been improving month by month. Which is not to say that Nadal won't want to beat him when they meet in the semi-finals tomorrow, but still...
 
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Joseph_K said:
Is such a thread really necessary? In any case, congratulations to Stefanos Tsitsipas on his second singles title of the year. He's now up to no. 11 in the world rankings, but will no doubt soon be in the Top 10.
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Yes, yes it is.

Correction tho - 2nd title, first of 19. Previously won in 18, iirc also an indoor HC. Should win on all surfaces this year.

Top 10 wil happen after Miami at the latest, when jisner loses points. But maybe at IW.
 
What do you guys make of Stefanos' game so far?

Seems to me the defence and movement is good, with resourcful lobs and slices from defensive position after showing spritely quickness, though he's too predictable with the CC FH squash slice and doesn't respond often enough with topspin nor line. On the backhand side he's adept at buying himself time with the floated crosscourt slice - part of his great general court sense, further evidenced by his very keen sense for the approach which is backed up by more than serviceable volleying.

The serve is a weapon and not easy to read and generally his game is variable enough to keep opponents on their toes. His rhythm CC from both wings is impressive, and yet he's capable of flattening it out with easy power with his long levers and producing assassin like killer winners out of nowhere. He's willing to switch it up and redirect the ball, however, and demonstrated that his BH line is a weapon to reckoned with in the SF of Marseille, though the shot abandoned him in the final. But that didn't cause him to stop going for it, and that appears to me to be a very strong part of his game. He believes in his tactics, his aggressive play and the percentages, not afraid to get passed at the net nor to pull the trigger early and win points efficiently, and yet he combines this with impressive patience. In short, he has a variable yet well measured and cerebral tempo to his play, and perhaps that's the most impressive aspect of his game.

Finally, the return showed signs of improvement compared to what I've generally seen from him. There was a particular sustained patch vs Goffin in which he was stringing together many deep, aggressive returns and there's a sense of efficiency in his tactics on the return, as it appears that he amps it up toward the business end of sets, which again is indicative of the cerebral and measured tempo with which he plays,

Overall he's got pretty much all bases covered but none mastered. He just needs to keep doing what he's doing and turn all those B standard aspects into A standard, and to find consistency from tournament to tournament.
 
-NN- said:
What do you guys make of Stefanos' game so far?

Seems to me the defence and movement is good, with resourcful lobs and slices from defensive position after showing spritely quickness, though he's too predictable with the CC FH squash slice and doesn't respond often enough with topspin nor line. On the backhand side he's adept at buying himself time with the floated crosscourt slice - part of his great general court sense, further evidenced by his very keen sense for the approach which is backed up by more than serviceable volleying.

The serve is a weapon and not easy to read and generally his game is variable enough to keep opponents on their toes. His rhythm CC from both wings is impressive, and yet he's capable of flattening it out with easy power with his long levers and producing assassin like killer winners out of nowhere. He's willing to switch it up and redirect the ball, however, and demonstrated that his BH line is a weapon to reckoned with in the SF of Marseille, though the shot abandoned him in the final. But that didn't cause him to stop going for it, and that appears to me to be a very strong part of his game. He believes in his tactics, his aggressive play and the percentages, not afraid to get passed at the net nor to pull the trigger early and win points efficiently, and yet he combines this with impressive patience. In short, he has a variable yet well measured and cerebral tempo to his play, and perhaps that's the most impressive aspect of his game.

Finally, the return showed signs of improvement compared to what I've generally seen from him. There was a particular sustained patch vs Goffin in which he was stringing together many deep, aggressive returns and there's a sense of efficiency in his tactics on the return, as it appears that he amps it up toward the business end of sets, which again is indicative of the cerebral and measured tempo with which he plays,

Overall he's got pretty much all bases covered but none mastered. He just needs to keep doing what he's doing and turn all those B standard aspects into A standard, and to find consistency from tournament to tournament.
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Pretty good summation of his game. I like his all court game. He was a bit off today TBH, especially compared to yesterday, but good enough. I was impressed that he hung in there after the break in the 2nd set. At that point he was struggling a bit.
 
EllieK said:
Pretty good summation of his game. I like his all court game. He was a bit off today TBH, especially compared to yesterday, but good enough. I was impressed that he hung in there after the break in the 2nd set. At that point he was struggling a bit.
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He was good at cracking on with a vengeance after getting broken and at the business end of sets in Marseille. He's got a strut about him.
 
-NN- said:
What do you guys make of Stefanos' game so far?

Seems to me the defence and movement is good, with resourcful lobs and slices from defensive position after showing spritely quickness, though he's too predictable with the CC FH squash slice and doesn't respond often enough with topspin nor line. On the backhand side he's adept at buying himself time with the floated crosscourt slice - part of his great general court sense, further evidenced by his very keen sense for the approach which is backed up by more than serviceable volleying.

The serve is a weapon and not easy to read and generally his game is variable enough to keep opponents on their toes. His rhythm CC from both wings is impressive, and yet he's capable of flattening it out with easy power with his long levers and producing assassin like killer winners out of nowhere. He's willing to switch it up and redirect the ball, however, and demonstrated that his BH line is a weapon to reckoned with in the SF of Marseille, though the shot abandoned him in the final. But that didn't cause him to stop going for it, and that appears to me to be a very strong part of his game. He believes in his tactics, his aggressive play and the percentages, not afraid to get passed at the net nor to pull the trigger early and win points efficiently, and yet he combines this with impressive patience. In short, he has a variable yet well measured and cerebral tempo to his play, and perhaps that's the most impressive aspect of his game.

Finally, the return showed signs of improvement compared to what I've generally seen from him. There was a particular sustained patch vs Goffin in which he was stringing together many deep, aggressive returns and there's a sense of efficiency in his tactics on the return, as it appears that he amps it up toward the business end of sets, which again is indicative of the cerebral and measured tempo with which he plays,

Overall he's got pretty much all bases covered but none mastered. He just needs to keep doing what he's doing and turn all those B standard aspects into A standard, and to find consistency from tournament to tournament.
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Good serve, forehand and transition game. Very good point construction

Average backhand. Crosscourt backhand is always loopy.

Slice is bad.

Return is also bad.

Not sure the bad things can be fixed cause I believe the backhand is a technical issue
 
Occurred to me that what's most impressive about Tsitsipas's 2nd title is how routine it feels. Of course he's at this level, of course he's going to beat lower ranked players, usually if not always.
 
Red Rick said:
Good serve, forehand and transition game. Very good point construction

Average backhand. Crosscourt backhand is always loopy.

Slice is bad.

Return is also bad.

Not sure the bad things can be fixed cause I believe the backhand is a technical issue
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He creates no offence with his slice, but has smart enough game sense to use it as a neutraliser when stretched and knows when to chip, but his response is too predictable, especially on the forehand side on the stretch.

His return is the weakest major part of his game. I saw good signs in that area in Marseille but dunno if the figures would really back that up.
 
Tsitsipas playing Dubai now.

That's one week off so far this year, he's played 8 out of 9 weeks this year, heading into IW/Miami which he'll both play.

He's trying his best to burn himself the **** out before we get to the main stretches of big tournaments.
 
He also played doubles in Marseille, entering on a HC with his little brother Petros. However, given that, it's probably a one time occasion.

Stefanos is really reaching the point in his career/in the rankings he needs to start taking care of his scheduling.
 
Red Rick said:
He also played doubles in Marseille, entering on a HC with his little brother Petros. However, given that, it's probably a one time occasion.

Stefanos is really reaching the point in his career/in the rankings he needs to start taking care of his scheduling.
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I think he just got greedy - read somewhere that he was going to pull out of Marseille but they upped his fee + gave little brother the doubles WC.

Actually maybe not personally greedy but papa said you gotta?
 
EloQuent said:
I think he just got greedy - read somewhere that he was going to pull out of Marseille but they upped his fee + gave little brother the doubles WC.

Actually maybe not personally greedy but papa said you gotta?
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Not hirnig another coach than papi seems greedy too.

Will be interesting to see what he does in Dubai. It's his 18th singles match of the year already, and I imagine he wants some rest before IW/Miami. He also needs a semi final if he wants to gain points in the rankings. Would not be surprised a semi tank
 
Red Rick said:
Not hirnig another coach than papi seems greedy too.

Will be interesting to see what he does in Dubai. It's his 18th singles match of the year already, and I imagine he wants some rest before IW/Miami. He also needs a semi final if he wants to gain points in the rankings. Would not be surprised a semi tank
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Would be a good idea tbh. He has titles, now aim for the masters.
 
Red Rick said:
Not hirnig another coach than papi seems greedy too.

Will be interesting to see what he does in Dubai. It's his 18th singles match of the year already, and I imagine he wants some rest before IW/Miami. He also needs a semi final if he wants to gain points in the rankings. Would not be surprised a semi tank
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Patrick Mouratoglou doesn’t travel to every tournament with Stefanos but his input is still very strong. I’m sure Team M members Tsitsipas and Popyrin are getting support on the road with sub-coaches/hitting partners/physios handpicked by Patrick. I’m also sure there are checks written by the two youngsters for services rendered.
 
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