Serena, who was something like mid 500s in the rankings a few weeks ago could be up to 19th after Sunday (she's 114 at the moment).
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The contrast between men's and women's are really sharp watching the 2 matches back to back. It's not just strength or speed/agility either. The women's hitting technique is just awful.
Its generally player specific. There are a good number of mens and womens players who are not particularly fun to watch.
It's the helmet hair. I'm sure if he used some product they'd be willing to let people go and watch him on CC.
ALSO, will this be Kiki Bertens year(no, it won't)? She's in the quarters..
I don't mean entertainment, just skill. Someone like Raonic for example is a boring servebot by consensus but there isn't much wrong with the way he hits a shot, but the way you see the women losing balance or drop their body lower than necessary, thus generating way less power and shanking the ball every so often is just plain lack of training/technique.
That's just a subjective opinion though. Unless you yourself are a player or coach who knows the technical aspects of hitting a ball, there isn't really much to criticize.
That's like saying no one who hasn't played football at a good level is capable of differentiating between good/bad players.
Not at all. You can have an opinion on a player being good or bad, but you can't make some sort of professional assessment on their mechanics as if you're some sort of qualified coach who has the credibility to make such an assessment. Sure you can say "x female player has terrible technique" but as a (presumably) non-player it will carry little credible weight.
Tournament has been average so far. Definitely not as good as the French was in terms of the quality of the matches even though we knew who’d win it eventually.
Second Monday usually delivers one classic match and I’m still waiting so far.
Second Monday usually delivers one classic match and I’m still waiting so far.
I do think that on the women's side there are more players that emphasize raw power over technique. Most of the current top players are hard hitters. Look at Serena Williams. She's a great player, but arguably her biggest assets is that she's about 7 times as strong as most of her opponents. This makes her the GOAT, not her immaculate technique, which isn't that special imho.
A player like Justine Henin / Steffi Graf / Hingis where more focussed on technique. From the current slam regulars only Radwanska comes to mind as someone who does more than just hit the ball as hard as she can.
Not saying woman are technically inferior, I just think the focus is less on technique and more on being stronger than the person across the net.
Gulbis v Nishikori has some potential. One set each and 5-5 in the third atm
Who does Federer have in the QF? Monfils or Anderson?
Yes, the winner of Monfils v Anderson. They are still in progress.
Sportsfans all over the world make judgement about players technique all the time. You are making a point that invalidate the viewing experience itself. I don't need to go to a football academy from age 7 to see Phil Jones cant take a decent corner, or in this case, both of the players on the court shank balls that any ATP next gen players would not, at least with the same regularity, which has nothing to do with how strong or quick they are.
Anderson leads 1-0 at the moment.
Gulbis is on one leg. I'm guessing he's hoping the painkiller he presumably took during his MTO will kick in soon. Even though he's somehow gotten a set point after being 5-2 down before the MTO.
This is not what you'd call smart tennis from Nishikori.
Anderson would probably the better match, but a fairly straight forward opponent for Fed.
The tie break in the Kei match is mad.
The only semi excitement coming from Wimbledon is from the bottom half of the draw. Otherwise it's about as boring as last years tournament.
Nadal a set and a break up.
Kei through to face the winner of Djoko and Khach.
Nadal a set and a break up.
Kei through to face the winner of Djoko and Khach.
Nadal is playing very well
Read on the ATP site last year that Nadal was the one with the highest point winning percentage on his 2nd serve in 2017. Wouldn't be surprised to know it continues to be the case this year, and he is the best returner on tour at the moment. Some of the cross court returns he hit this match are orgasmic.
Nadal's improved CC Backhand over the last 18 months or so is such a potent weapon. Even when his forehand isn't firing, like in this tournament, it's a good alternative.
What's his return position been like? Still standing far back?
Yeah but it's not really an issue this match since Vesely doesn't quite go for the net. The few times he does, he got burned.
Always will be
Very very very happy with Nadal's tournament whatever happens now. QF is far more than I expected.
Hahahah. They moved a mixed doubles match to CC before even waiting to see what happens in the Monfils/Andersen match. Yet no Djoko on CC
Anderson through, won 3 tbs.
Was a pretty good match.
Was a pretty good match.
Monfils might have actually given Federer a bit of a match. He seems to cause Federer some trouble usually.
How many years ago though? I think if Monfils went through he'd crumble. Anderson will probably lose in straight sets, but he could serve really well.
Fed likes playing against big servers though. H2H is 9-4 Monfils (although never lost at Slams) and 4-0 Anderson.
Don't worry, they'll let him on CC to lose to Fed.Hahahah. They moved a mixed doubles match to CC before even waiting to see what happens in the Monfils/Andersen match. Yet no Djoko on CC
So Fed started off with a 5-0 against Monfils so essentially their last 10 matches have been split 5-5. Anderson is a pretty hopeless player if his first serve isn't firing so at most he's going to take one set to a TB.
These wins were 2015 or before, I think Monfils isn't what he used to be hence not being seeded and he's flakey when it matters.
I just think Anderson is a bigger threat (not a big one) as he can serve big. Federer's opponents so far have had no serious weapons to even worry about.
Fed said last year he doesn't like playing big servers because there is too much pressure to take the very few break point chances that come.
One of the pairs is Jamie Murray and Azarenka randomly enough.Hahahah. They moved a mixed doubles match to CC before even waiting to see what happens in the Monfils/Andersen match. Yet no Djoko on CC
Loving Djokovic’s new ‘I’m always pissed off’ persona
Simon just pulled a set back. Looks like this will resume tomorrow at 2-1 against Del Potro. Think Nadal will be happy with that.
Great performance from Novak against a tough opponent. Looking every bit as good as Fed and Rafa so far.
For me currently it's Fed followed by Djoko and then there's Del Po and Nadal at a similar level. Federer and Nadal have played pretty poor opposition though as opposed to the other two.
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