Who is the purest natural talent ever to swing a racquet?
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Kevin Patrick
Hall of Fame
Remove Safin & put in McEnroe.
Safin is just a pure power player.
There is no artistry/feel in his game like the other names mentioned.
Safin is just a pure power player.
There is no artistry/feel in his game like the other names mentioned.
Kevin Patrick
Hall of Fame
Mac won 7 majors & was #1 for 4 years. Not bad for a 'headcase.'
He's no Rios or Nastase(who won 2 majors, I believe)
He's no Rios or Nastase(who won 2 majors, I believe)
Dedans Penthouse
Legend
Rickson. . .
Match Point
Rookie
Grinder said:
He let some girl kick him around and off the tour! :mrgreen:
Kevin Patrick
Hall of Fame
GotGame?,
Rios was a tanker. Mac was a jerk who had tantrums, but always tried hard. Rios just gave up many, many times. I remember when Rios was starting to play well, many compared him to Mac. You could tell Mac was insulted by the comparison.
It's hard to say with nastase, he was a bit before my time. From what I've read, his tantrums weren't as deliberate as mac's(which always ringed of gamesmanship, plus mac played better angry)
Nastase just lost it many times & didn't play better as a result of a tantrum. Just couldn't keep it together.
Rios was a tanker. Mac was a jerk who had tantrums, but always tried hard. Rios just gave up many, many times. I remember when Rios was starting to play well, many compared him to Mac. You could tell Mac was insulted by the comparison.
It's hard to say with nastase, he was a bit before my time. From what I've read, his tantrums weren't as deliberate as mac's(which always ringed of gamesmanship, plus mac played better angry)
Nastase just lost it many times & didn't play better as a result of a tantrum. Just couldn't keep it together.
GotGame?
Rookie
Kevin Patrick said:
That's what I thought about Rios. Not known for giving his best, but giving up. I guess he's sort of on Mauresmo's end of the mental toughness pool.
Didn't Mac's tantrums subside as his career went on? I remember reading about one match when Nastase and Mac dueled, with Nastase being ejected for firing up a well liquored crowd then reinstated, with Mac coming out as the good guy. I get the impression that Nastase did it deliberately.
I don't understand why I read these posts from some of you older guys who think we juniors don't care about these 'glory' days of tennis. The more info I find out about the past history of the sport, the more my love for tennis grows.
Men: Agassi- although a wild man in the beginning, he sure knows hit the ball damn well
Federer- need I explain more?
Women: Henin-Hardenne- knows how to move so well
Hingis- awsome ball striker, knows how to play the game. I don't know if this has to do with talent, but I think she was a jerk when she started hitting the spotlight.
Federer- need I explain more?
Women: Henin-Hardenne- knows how to move so well
Hingis- awsome ball striker, knows how to play the game. I don't know if this has to do with talent, but I think she was a jerk when she started hitting the spotlight.
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armand
Banned
I haven't seen Johnny Mac play only on film and his groundstrokes looked pretty busted. I know his talent was at net, but can't we locate "the purest natural talent ever to swing a racquet" that was splendid from all areas of the tennis court?
I can't believe no one has said Sampras' name. Maybe he's too obvious a choice but he still mastered the game. He's got my vote
I can't believe no one has said Sampras' name. Maybe he's too obvious a choice but he still mastered the game. He's got my vote
Down_the_line
Legend
For purest natural talent, I'd definately have to say Andre Agassi. I remember reading somewhere that when he was a young boy, his father, Mike, would tell him to hit it "earlier, earlier, earlier". He basically learned to play by consistently taking the ball on the rise like that. Now that's talent.
Kevin Patrick
Hall of Fame
Were you joking about Emerson, Dan? Pretty funking looking serve, kinda like Karsteen Braasch.
"The trend between these players (Safin, Rios, McEnroe etc) is a shame. All were headcases at one time or another. Luckily, Federer is passed that part of his career."
It willl be interesting to see Federer's tennis now that he has an agent and isn't running his own show.
An agent might be good for endorsements, but having an agency over his head might not be so great for his tennis, Will be interesting.
It willl be interesting to see Federer's tennis now that he has an agent and isn't running his own show.
An agent might be good for endorsements, but having an agency over his head might not be so great for his tennis, Will be interesting.
DashaandSafin
Hall of Fame
Disregarding my psuedonym...i honestly belive Safin is in one of the top 5 natural talents to ever swing a racquet. Many of you are callilng him a headcase as well as Rios...whom i belived was also an amazing talent. Safin never practices, he drinks before matches, sleeps with women before matches, he hated tennis when he was smaller. Yet he is still one of the best in the world. Imagine if he actually had work ethic and trained. The same goes with Rios. Although many of you might be turned off by the "power" player Safin, he creates angles, can play extremly well on clay, and is one of the cleanest hitters in history. He made Pete look like an amateur at the 2000 USO. We caught a glimpse of his talent but his head brought him down.
RiosTheGenius
Hall of Fame
We're on about natural talent, not mental toughness or anything else. pure talentpound cat said:
RiosTheGenius
Hall of Fame
That's inaccurate. Rios started playing tennis at age 9Grinder said:
http://www.marcelorios.cl/bio_esp.html
i must say that safins pure talent is amazing, i think its due to his physic, and ball striking, i mean hes motion is more of a solid and powerful motion compared to say federer's which is smooth and gracefull, but safin's purest basline talent id say. hed look good playing any sport. id also say mcenroe and federer to my list.
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