AUSTRALIAN OPEN, Melbourne, ATP GRAND SLAM

[Tennis Fan]

Totally agreed!

Of course it's true. I'm not going to go back and forth picking any player apart and their strengths and weaknesses. To what end goal? At the conclusion each person will continue to hold their same opinion and the booby prize will be time wasted on nonsense. No player is perfect, and never will be. Period.

 

[Vince Evert]

in case anyone's interested, i found full match of -
Australian Open 2017 R64 WC Denis Istomin v 2 Novak Djokovic

 

[Vince Evert]

bye bye djokovic, bye bye

 

[Vince Evert]

And this ...

 

[Carol]

Yep, I can't understand why Roger having so good serve like he has then doesn't go too often to the net, maybe he doesn't have too much confidence to do it

 

[Vince Evert]

The Biggest Boilover in the tournaments history (this one's in english but missing the first set) -

 

[Vince Evert]

And one from THE KING !

 

[britbox]

Yep, I can't understand why Roger having so good serve like he has then doesn't go too often to the net, maybe he doesn't have too much confidence to do it

Roger goes to the net more than most.

 

[Vince Evert]

Roger goes to the net more than most.

It will be interesting to see if he does just that in his remaining matches.

 

[Vince Evert]

Hey what about Nadal or Djokovic when they've reached the mid-30's. Their games involve a lot more physicality and retrieving. But when they've aged will they be able to play that same game or will they adapt to shorter points?

 

[Federberg]

^I think the problem is that many people have a confused understanding of top level tennis. There's volleying as a tactic, something Rafa does quite a bit, and Novak has been working on doing. And then there's serve and volleying as a strategy. Something that Zverev did effectively against Murray, and Federer does regularly during matches. Federer is unusual because he really is that player who could serve and volley all the time, but is complete enough and has the tennis IQ to mix and match during match play. I think Murray could do that as well, but as much as people say he has a high tennis IQ, he seriously under-utilises his toolkit

 

[brokenshoelace]

Everyone has deficiencies. Period. There is no perfect player.

Nobody said Roger's game is perfect. We said it's the most complete.

 

[Moxie]

Good morning, people. Anything happen in tennis while I was in DC for the women's march?

 

[Moxie]

Nadal v. Monfils...let's go. More mature Monfils these days, but also a better Rafa. I think Gael will challenge for 2 sets.

 

[britbox]

Good morning, people. Anything happen in tennis while I was in DC for the women's march?

The name Zverev has been bandied around a bit.

 

[Moxie]

Nadal had chances to put Monfils away before he woke up in this set. He'd better be more cutthroat and careful here on out.

 

[britbox]

I think Rafa will take this in straights.

 

[Moxie]

The name Zverev has been bandied around a bit.

:lulz2: Ok, I've followed the scores enough to get that. And the thread to know something about what's going on. But Misha Z...wtf? Happy Rafa beat the other one, though.

 

[britbox]

Monfils is way too passive as a player to threaten any of these top guys with any consistency.

 

[Moxie]

I think Rafa will take this in straights.

It's looking like that. I really didn't think think Monfils would be a trouble for Rafa, even with the new maturity in his approach, but he doesn't appear to have any strategy.