Why Aren't the young women taking over the WTA Tour and winning slams?

[Amelie Mauresmo]

Very sad that the younger women on the WTA Tour haven't started to dominate. Petra Kvitova is still the only woman born in the 1990s to have won a grand slam.

Kvitova looks unhealthy she's not fat but she certainly isn't physically fit. I agree with Lindsay Davenport's comment Kvitova always has an excuse saying she's sick or has a medical problem. Petra needs to be hitting the gym if she got more physically fit and had the discipline she would be feeling better on the court her body would be stronger. But that spare tire Kvitova has isn't going to help her win more slams.

People keep on saying Laura Robson is the next big thing, but from what I heard Jo Durie and Simon Reed say she's lazy and doesn't like working out at the gym. How does Robson expect to become a top pro with the excess baby fat? Robson is not overweight but she's not that fit. Robson fired her last coach because he wanted her to go to the gym more often. Robson needs to get a clue if she wants to be a top player she needs to do the hard work off the court. Laura is too slow, she's just not fast enough if she lost the weight and got more fit her game would improve a lot.

Sloane Stephens is good she's got a lot of talent but she needs to dial back the attitude and start winning WTA events. Stephens hasn't even reached a WTA Tour final yet.

Madison Keys is too young to be taken seriously she's too one dimensional, overweight, and she has no variety in her game.

Only Jamie Hampton seems to me to be the young woman that can win a grand slam at the moment.

 

[MichaelNadal]

 

[tennisoh]

Why aren't the young men taking over the ATP Tour and winning slams?

Very sad that the younger men on the ATP Tour haven't started to dominate. No one born in the 1990s have won a grand slam.

 

[MichaelNadal]

Why aren't the young men taking over the ATP Tour and winning slams?

Very sad that the younger men on the ATP Tour haven't started to dominate. No one born in the 1990s have won a grand slam.

Glad to see the ATP players representing for my 80's generation

 

[rafafan20]

hahahah nice one

 

[egn]

Azarenka not count? She has easily been the second past player over the past 24 months. Fast hardcourts are coming up and hopefully she is over that injury she sustained in Wimby. If that's the case the race is on to the top as Canada/Cincy/US Open roles around. I mean Pova isn't that old either. You also have a handful of other younger women doing well. If anything the 20-23 year old crowd is doing way better on the WTA than the ATP.

 

[thejackal]

Very sad that the younger women on the WTA Tour haven't started to dominate. Petra Kvitova is still the only woman born in the 1990s to have won a grand slam.

Kvitova looks unhealthy she's not fat but she certainly isn't physically fit. I agree with Lindsay Davenport's comment Kvitova always has an excuse saying she's sick or has a medical problem. Petra needs to be hitting the gym if she got more physically fit and had the discipline she would be feeling better on the court her body would be stronger. But that spare tire Kvitova has isn't going to help her win more slams.

People keep on saying Laura Robson is the next big thing, but from what I heard Jo Durie and Simon Reed say she's lazy and doesn't like working out at the gym. How does Robson expect to become a top pro with the excess baby fat? Robson is not overweight but she's not that fit. Robson fired her last coach because he wanted her to go to the gym more often. Robson needs to get a clue if she wants to be a top player she needs to do the hard work off the court. Laura is too slow, she's just not fast enough if she lost the weight and got more fit her game would improve a lot.

Sloane Stephens is good she's got a lot of talent but she needs to dial back the attitude and start winning WTA events. Stephens hasn't even reached a WTA Tour final yet.

Madison Keys is too young to be taken seriously she's too one dimensional, overweight, and she has no variety in her game.

Only Jamie Hampton seems to me to be the young woman that can win a grand slam at the moment.

funny that you're the one calling pro athletes fat

regarding robson, if you're playing tennis 3 hrs a day and working out 2 more hours a day, you'd hate the gym too

regarding keys, she is one of the best players in her age category right now. no ifs ands or buts about it.

the only person not worth being taking seriously is you, when you talk about WTA pros in those terms.

 

[Phoenix1983]

Why aren't the young men taking over the ATP Tour and winning slams?

Very sad that the younger men on the ATP Tour haven't started to dominate. No one born in the 1990s have won a grand slam.

Janowicz is the only man born in the 1990s to have reached a slam semi-final!

 

[newpball]

It is just a matter of time before Belinda Bencic will break through. She just won the junior channel slam:

 

[THUNDERVOLLEY]

Well, she's one reason, but shes not winning every major, so Azarenka and others are also preventing the younger generation from winning. This new group is not as talented as originally believed (or sold). Time will tell if they can elevate their game--turning into another type of player.

 

[THE FIGHTER]

lol, wta. billy jean king wouldn't have fought for equal rights as hard as she did if she knew this was what she was getting.

 

[Manus Domini]

So true

 

[Brian11785]

It is just a matter of time before Belinda Bencic will break through. She just won the junior channel slam:

Hadn't heard of her until now. Watched the highlights of her Wimbledon win and a little bit of her beating Vandeghwe at a Challenger earlier this year. She looks good. Her groundstrokes remind me of Zvonareva's. Nice backhand. Seems to have good court sense and be relatively comfortable anywhere (she's a Hingis protege, right?) Hope it works out for her.

 

[Harry_Wild]

Marion Bartoli - 29 years old - first Grand Slam title!

 

[Harry_Wild]

She just won the junior channel slam:

What is a "junior channel" slam?

 

[newpball]

What is a "junior channel" slam?

Winning Rolland Garros and Wimbledon in the same year as a junior.

 

[NLBwell]

Because they spend too much time in the gym and not enough time hitting tennis balls. Same as the ATP young guys. Even with that, almost none of them are in top shape (women or men). Harry Hopman would be ashamed.

They don't spend enough time on volleys, approach shots, overheads (I'm tired of seeing pros miss so many overheads). They don't spend enough time learning an aggressive game and when to be aggressive (instead of walking into the cannon fire at random times). Most of them have weaknesses that never are improved (a weaker backhand, a serve that isn't top level, etc.), and many of them have no real strengths that can hurt another player. We end up with grinders, so fitness becomes of great importance. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

(If a player spends 10 hrs/week in the gym instead of playing tennis for 50 wks/year for 10 years, that is 5000 hours of tennis practice that they are forgoing. If 10,000 hrs. is the minimum needed to make a top pro, forgoing 5,000 hrs of tennis practice is just stupid. That's a lot of hours out of a 20 yr old's tennis career.)

 

[newpball]

Because they spend too much time in the gym and not enough time hitting tennis balls. Same as the ATP young guys. Even with that, almost none of them are in top shape (women or men). Harry Hopman would be ashamed.

They don't spend enough time on volleys, approach shots, overheads (I'm tired of seeing pros miss so many overheads). They don't spend enough time learning an aggressive game and when to be aggressive (instead of walking into the cannon fire at random times). Most of them have weaknesses that never are improved (a weaker backhand, a serve that isn't top level, etc.), and many of them have no real strengths that can hurt another player. We end up with grinders, so fitness becomes of great importance. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

(If a player spends 10 hrs/week in the gym instead of playing tennis for 50 wks/year for 10 years, that is 5000 hours of tennis practice that they are forgoing. If 10,000 hrs. is the minimum needed to make a top pro, forgoing 5,000 hrs of tennis practice is just stupid. That's a lot of hours out of a 20 yr old's tennis career.)

I think you are underestimating the fitness level you need for pro tennis.

You can have a great technique but if you cannot make explosive moves with your legs you will not be able to make it to the ball. Also you do not want to run out of breath after a few games.

So yes, I think you need a lot of gym both for endurance and explosive leg power.

 

[NLBwell]

If you are sprinting after balls for 5 hours a day, you will be able to make it to the ball and you won't run out of breath after a few games. You will also be practicing the actual moves you make on a tennis court, not simulations of them for particular muscles. You will move more efficiently and be in better tennis shape.