mrzz
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hmmm... currently, yes, Raonic would not make the cut, but when he was "in his prime", he routinely served above 120 MPH on his second serve, that's why I had him so high. Not coherent with that, though, when I thought of Federer, I thought of "current" Federer. He surely served better in other parts of his career and those "versions" could be right up there with Kyrgios at #1.
I am pretty sure Muller at least deserves to be in the list. His has a lot of variety in his serve, and his placement is very good. Even if he can serve 135 MPH bombs, he varies a lot. I checked Muller's serve stats and they are good -- but not that good. Probably he got better in the last part of his career, which is exactly when I saw him (occasionally) play. In those opportunities, his percentage of landed first serves was extremely high, and that is maybe the most important indicator of how well one guy would fare in this new rule.
So, yes, for Muller and for Raonic I considered the best that they can do, while maybe for others I didn't...
Ah, just remembered: one guy who could do quite well in such a situation would be Dolgopolov. He has an unorthodox serve (his toss is a bit lateral), so I always had the impression that his first and second serves were almost the same..
I am pretty sure Muller at least deserves to be in the list. His has a lot of variety in his serve, and his placement is very good. Even if he can serve 135 MPH bombs, he varies a lot. I checked Muller's serve stats and they are good -- but not that good. Probably he got better in the last part of his career, which is exactly when I saw him (occasionally) play. In those opportunities, his percentage of landed first serves was extremely high, and that is maybe the most important indicator of how well one guy would fare in this new rule.
So, yes, for Muller and for Raonic I considered the best that they can do, while maybe for others I didn't...
Ah, just remembered: one guy who could do quite well in such a situation would be Dolgopolov. He has an unorthodox serve (his toss is a bit lateral), so I always had the impression that his first and second serves were almost the same..