2018 ATP General News

[isabelle]

It sounds awful all this.....

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/...-organisers-claims-julien-benneteau-lnv5vtgbn

old news

 

[Carol]

old news

I know but it seems that nobody likes to talk about it around here...B-)

 

[Moxie]

I know but it seems that nobody likes to talk about it around here...B-)

No, we did have a whole conversation about it. Here's the thread:

https://www.tennisfrontier.com/tenn...-unfair-advantage-at-majors.6248/#post-361142

 

[isabelle]

Mauresmo's new Pouille coach

 

[Carol]

Muzz continues his preparation, it’s not bad at all

 

[Front242]

^ I wish him well even if I can't stand him but all these fancy videos he's posting have absolutely nothing to do with how he'll actually fare once he resumes play and starts bending to retrieve low balls at the net, twisting while serving and hitting overheads, etc, stretching out wide returning serve and running down forehands and backhands hit to the far sides and corners of the court, moving fast laterally and then side to side in quick succession during long rallies, etc. And of course he'll have to be able to do this for hours at a time, day in, day out and in best of 5 at the slams. There's no substitute for actual match play so he won't know how his body holds up (and neither will we) till after a few weeks/months of constant hard battles on court.

 

[El Dude]

I've gone on record predicting that Andy will never win another Slam, probably not another big title. Even with today's medical technologies I am skeptical that a player as physical as Andy can come back after hip surgery to anything close to peak form. Couple that with that I think the tour is starting to pass him by. He hasn't played much over the last year and a half and the NextGen have improved significantly since then. He won't be able to touch Rafa or Novak, probably not Roger, and will probably struggle against Zverev, Tsitsipas, Thiem, even guys like Coric and Khachanov.

 

[Carol]

Agassi is taking very serious his roll as a coach

 

[britbox]

Becker to drop bankruptcy immunity claim.

if you remember, he assumed a role as an ambassador for the Central African Republic and claimed it gave him immunity as a diplomat against bankruptcy.

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<a class="embedly-card" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-46429054">Boris Becker drops bankruptcy immunity claim</a>

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[Carol]

Do you recognize Petra’s opponent? B-)

 

[Carol]

Each player has his own training.......ones in the mountains, others jumping like a frog, other under the water like De Minaur....

 

[isabelle]

great news : according to l'Equipe, Juanito's back on a tennis court, hope he can have a great 2019

 

[Carol]

Why Delpo is training on clay, maybe he is expecting to start in that season?

 

[herios]

Why Delpo is training on clay, maybe he is expecting to start in that season?

He is aiming to win RG next year.

 

[Carol]

Will he really can help Kyrgios?

https://sport360.com/article/tennis...-mental-health-and-well-being-through-fitness

 

[Moxie]

Stan Wawrinka talks about his injury and comeback here. https://tennishead.net/stan-wawrinka-opens-up-about-his-painful-disappointing-comeback/

 

[lob]

QUOTE="Carol, post: 363135, member: 82"]Will he really can help Kyrgios?

https://sport360.com/article/tennis...-mental-health-and-well-being-through-fitness[/QUOTE]

Time is running out for Kyrgios. I don't know if he really enjoys competing on the tour. He expects it to be fun and games which it is not.

To make it to the elite, you need very high levels a) Talent b) Discipline c) Hard Work c) Advice/Decision-Making e) Burning Hunger to win

In Nick's case, so far all he has shown is _a_. Now, take Zverev: he has shown each of a, b, c, d, e . It's not easy.

 

[Ricardo]

QUOTE="Carol, post: 363135, member: 82"]Will he really can help Kyrgios?

https://sport360.com/article/tennis...-mental-health-and-well-being-through-fitness

Time is running out for Kyrgios. I don't know if he really enjoys competing on the tour. He expects it to be fun and games which it is not.

To make it to the elite, you need very high levels a) Talent b) Discipline c) Hard Work c) Advice/Decision-Making e) Burning Hunger to win

In Nick's case, so far all he has shown is _a_. Now, take Zverev: he has shown each of a, b, c, d, e . It's not easy.[/QUOTE]
I think he has hunger, but only again big players. Seems like he can’t get adrenaline or game going when he has to go through ‘routine’ players, just his personality.

 

[Moxie]

Time is running out for Kyrgios. I don't know if he really enjoys competing on the tour. He expects it to be fun and games which it is not.

To make it to the elite, you need very high levels a) Talent b) Discipline c) Hard Work c) Advice/Decision-Making e) Burning Hunger to win

In Nick's case, so far all he has shown is _a_. Now, take Zverev: he has shown each of a, b, c, d, e . It's not easy.
I think he has hunger, but only again big players. Seems like he can’t get adrenaline or game going when he has to go through ‘routine’ players, just his personality.

All good points, and I agree, but the idea is that Nick is working on it. We'll see if it bears fruit. I definitely agree that he's running out of time, even at 23. There are a raft of young players coming up who seem both hungrier and more disciplined. Personally, I thought Roger Rasheed was going to help kick Dimitrov's lazy ass to the next level, but it didn't happen. The ATP tour road is strewn with the corpses of promising young players who couldn't get their acts together (for various reasons,) and Nick had better find his mojo soon, because I don't see him sticking around to win a late-career major, or to be a middling also-ran.

 

[El Dude]

If Kyrgios ever gets his shit together, look out. His future is so unpredictable - he could win several Slams and dominate for a couple years, or he could never win a single big title. My gut says he's going to have a good year in 2019, win something big.