Right now, I have to say Fabio! He is just plain more talented then Sock and can beat any and all players, if he can control his emotions during the match. Sock is just one dimensional, with his forehand weapon and 1st serve! Fabio has the ability to use tactics to win where Sock does not!Who is more talented?
Sock won a Masters also and made the semifinals of the ATP Finals, so its not as bad a comparison as you made it seem. Plus Jack's monumental doubles skills.How is this even a question? Sock cant even hit BHs while Fabio can generate winners from every angle from every position.
Um... Fabster also won a Masters at Monte Carlo where he destroyed Rata in the semis. And MC is a hell of a lot more prestigious than crappy Paris that mug Sock won beating a bunch of nobodies.Sock won a Masters also.
Yup. Sock way ahead on net play, Fabs way ahead on backhand and court coverage.Singles Fabio, doubles Sock
poster you replied to never said he didn'tUm... Fabster also won a Masters at Monte Carlo where he destroyed Rata in the semis. And MC is a hell of a lot more prestigious than crappy Paris that mug Sock won beating a bunch of nobodies.
Sock won a Masters also
97 Martinka would beat all of them anyway.Fognini is just a dime a dozen baseline bot. Yeah he can hit a nice groundstroke but he uses a WTA shovel backhand. Would be nothing without poly and slow courts, etc etc etc.
Sock is a real attacking player with amazing hands and volleying. Plus plays DOUBLES.
should be an easy choice for the purists of TTW, right?
(Or, are baseline bots only untalented when it’s Murray, Djokovic or a NextGen player )
Fognini has achieved all his success with that atrocious serve, which says a lot about his talent (off the ground anyway) and he is a solid doubles player as well (after all, he won a Major in Australia). Now, if you consider having a big serve a talent, fair enough - it's not a bad comparison. But I would still rate Fog higher (talent-wise) due to his ball-striking abilities. The guy is (or can be when he's on) one of the cleanest ballstriker on today's Tour and that requires enormous talent and hand-eye coordination as well.Sock won a Masters also and made the semifinals of the ATP Finals, so its not as bad a comparison as you made it seem. Plus Jack's monumental doubles skills.
Fabio is an underachiever. Especially at Slams. He should have had way more Slam Quarters and Masters Semis.
Sock pretty well maximized his career.
I think Jack could have done better tbh
He had a freak injury to his thumb while training. Dude was a top-10 player once, people seem to think he just stopped caring. He didn't; he was injured.
Yeah and Dimitrov was a YE #3, shiz so was Raonic.
Sock in actuality was a Top 20 player for one season, that can be said of a lot of players historically. Yes the injury contributed to his decline but he wasn't exactly a prime contender. The lone Masters title is consistently brought up as one of the weakest in history since the tour level integration (he got Krajinovic because of a Nadal withdraw and an upset over Isner). The WTF follow-up saw him beating 20 year old Zverev and Cilic in tight 3 setters and he should get credit for that, but yeah....
He had a freak injury to his thumb while training. Dude was a top-10 player once, people seem to think he just stopped caring. He didn't; he was injured.
These guys are both freakish ballstrikers but I think Foggo is a bit more of an artist?
Sock isn't even in Velvet Fog's league. This thread is surely some kind of trollBoth are mercurial players who can be very good at their best. Who is more talented?
Dude. Fognini has beaten Nadal from 2 sets down.I think it's basically a wash. They both have one area where they really shine – Fognini's a pretty great ballstriker when he's actually moving his feet and Sock has pretty deft hands for volleys, slices, and other touch shots – but the rest of their games are pretty unremarkable. (Well, I guess the amount of spin Sock creates is pretty remarkable, but what he actually does with it isn't.)
Yeah, "Nadal." Fognini dropped serve like four consecutive times in that fifth set, he just got lucky Nadal dropped serve five consecutive times. There's no way two top male pros play a set like that (off clay) if they're even playing average, let alone well. A fun match all-around with a great highlight reel, but hardly irrefutable proof of Fognini's prowess.Dude. Fognini has beaten Nadal from 2 sets down.
Plz stop posting.
I don't rate Sock's serve for singles, he didn't get many easy service games and didn't have a big flat serve, there was always an element of kick. Great hands though, arguably top 10 doubles player of all time despite often staying back on serve to unleash his forehand which was so hard to volley against.Net game and serve: Jack.
Rest: Fog.
Jack Sock and talented. Is that an oxymoron?
Net game and serve: Jack.
Rest: Fog.
He asked about raw talent, not career resume. Ferrer and Nalbandian had arguably equal achievements but any eye test could determine that Nalbandian was a massively underrated talent.My immediate reaction was that Fabio's shotmaking and speed passes the eye test for someone that is more talented. However, the results don't quite add up. Sock is 5 years younger and if you asked me to choose which career I'd rather have based on the results, I'd probably choose Sock's resume because of the multiple doubles Slam titles (2 Wimbledons, 2 US Open - men's + mixed) and the Olympic gold medal. Here's a comparison:
Fabio: Career high #9 in singles, #7 in doubles. 9 career singles titles (1 M1000, 1 500, and 7 250s) and 5 career doubles titles (Australian Open and 4 250s). Best singles slam performance was one QF at the French Open. Fabio has 15 career victories against top 10 ranked players, including 4 wins over Nadal.
Sock: Career high #8 in singles, #2 in doubles. 4 career singles titles (1 M1000 and 3 250s), 15 career men's doubles titles (2 Wimbledons, 1 US Open, 1 ATP WTF, 3 M1000, 2 500s, and 6 250s), and 2 mixed doubles titles (US Open and Olympic Gold Medal). Sock also has an Olympic Bronze medal in doubles and was the US Open junior singles champion. Best singles slam performance was a 4th round at the French Open and at the US Open. Sock has 9 career wins over top 10 ranked players, with the best probably being over Thiem, Cilic, and Zverev.
Who's resume would you rather have?
wtf lol, you ok?Since the world was created only Bahrami could match Fog in level of talent.
Sock's forehand is more inefficient than Goku's super saiyan 3 form.
burns through stamina like Great Ape form, all for hairstyle points lolSS3 is epic lol
He asked about raw talent, not career resume. Ferrer and Nalbandian had arguably equal achievements but any eye test could determine that Nalbandian was a massively underrated talent.
Sock is obviously better in doubles, though.
burns through stamina like Great Ape form, all for hairstyle points lol