Where is Ríos now?

[Bambooman]

I said his serve is a talent and a way more useful one than any stand-alone talent Rios had. Ivo is incredibly weak in other very relevant aspects of the game like movement and backhand therefore he couldn’t reach number one. But in the serve department he is extremely talented, yet nobody praises him for that.

That's all he was praised for.

 

[BorgTheGOAT]

That's all he was praised for.

Not in the sense that he is talented. It is mostly credited to his height. Like people who say Shaq was not talented but simply strong and tall.

 

[LeftyMagic]

Imagine him playing doubles with Fognini.

Both ambling around on court, chest out, all bored.

id watch hours of that, and it would be torture but for the moments they cared it would be worth it lol

 

[LeftyMagic]

Is there any reliable source on that or is this anywhere proven? Maybe he didn’t start to play it regularly or full-time before 11, but I would doubt that he never had a racquet in his hands until then. About Stich it is also said that he only started playing tennis as his number one sport at 15, but he had played tennis nevertheless since he was 5/6.

shelton started at 12. source: his dad.
he messed around and swung a racquet
im sure but he didnt take it seriously till then supposedly.

 

[hoodjem]

Miloslav Mecir never even had a coach while he was on tour, yet he could make all the best players look silly at some point.

Yep.
Wilander used to complain that he hated playing Mecir, because Mecir would go off fishing on the morning of a match while Mats was practicing, practicing, practicing.

Then Mecir would come back, cool as a cucumber, and beat him easily.

 

[PDJ]

Kyrigos needs tennis to live.
Rios didn't.

 

[Drob]

Marcelo Rios was one of the most talented players of all time, but also one of the most mysterious. We didn’t know much about him and we definitely never knew what went on in his head. After a short career, he seems to have settled back into retirement as a bodybuilder. Does anyone have any other information on this?

Tattoos and a bodybuilders' lifestyle: Marcelo Ríos has nothing to do with the player of the 90's

“Man, look at you! You’re huge, you look like a bodybuilder.” Chilean TV host Martín Cárcamo was very surprised when he met Marcelo Ríos again after a while, in a gym in Sarasota. The interviewer of the show “De Tú a Tú” on Chile’s Canal 13 travelled last year to see the new life of the former...

www.claytenis.com

thanks for article

 

[Drob]

Simple, he’s a short version of Kyrgios. Does his day job and calls it a day. Last time I checked he briefly coached Shang “Jerry” Juncheng, the talented young lefty from China

when was Kyrgios World No. 1?

 

[Drob]

Unlike you I saw him play in person several times. The tale about his GOAT level talent is among the most beloved and persistent myths in tennis.

Not sure what you are saying: he did not possess tennis talent level = Nole, Rocket, Gorgo, Tilden and a few others?

Okay, agreed.

Or are you saying his talent/potential level not = consensus ATGs like Becker, Borotra, Agassi, Connors?

Can't agree.

 

[FriedlyNurse]

he was a phenomenon, a talented mover, a person who could have created incredible things if it hadn't been for his madness