Big Al

‘What’s so exciting about attacking tennis when your opponents couldn’t even played decently to counter the attack?’

Drivel. Fed is one of the best attacking player in history , end of story. He never got to […]

Really.A player can only play whose in front of them .By saying opposition was weak and you even stopped watching tennis – not exactly flattering to Feds achievements – of course I wouldn’t suggest u were biased […]

Hmm not sure I agree about the speed of the court at the AO. Rafa himself says he prefers fast hardcourts where the ball reacts to his spin. You can have high bouncing and low bouncing fast hardcourts.The indoor […]

We could also state our favourite players as code word.
For example,if I say Rafa there’s a fair chance I’m being impersonated ..

And I really hope Alcaraz is going to be his own unique player than a Rafa clone.

In spite of all that Nadal never adapted very well to low bouncing courts.Compared to the other three.Dubai could be the exception as it’s lively due to the desert air .
It’s speculation to say ‘ they would have […]

I think u do Feds opposition ‘couldnt play decently’ a disservice. Nadal and co happen to be the three best defensive players ever.

And also the surfaces got slower which helped the defensive players.
I could make exactly the same point about Nadal and Djoko not having to contend with attacking players on really fast surfaces.
It all comes […]

What was boring it? Like doing the Wimby-Us open double four times.Fantastic.And giving Nadal a fair match in 2006 7 RG finals. He played attacking tennis on clay what could be more exciting

Or match the boredom factor
How often was the result even in question on clay ?
At least on grass the points are shorter

I’d agree with that.If he serves as well as Fed that would be really something. At age 19 plenty of time .

I’ll not mention the fact that they slowed the grass down and that led to more competition..

It depends what you mean by ‘ no competition’ .Why would Fed dominating at Wimby or over Roddick anywhere be more boring than Rafa at the French or Novak at the AO? I didn’t get your point .Most people who were […]

It might have something to do with the quality of opposition to Tsitsi, Zverev ie each other – not to mention the other obvious

Its a decent article by Cheryl though I thought the title let it down a bit.
Comparison with Nadal is natural for obvious reasons apart from the fact that he also has quite big elements of Fed and Nole’s game […]

Sinner in stellar form? But he got hammered 61 62 by FAA

A really in form Zverev would have won that by serving well and not being too defensive which he tends to.
I se Charlie has withdrawn from Rome, which makes a joke of the brackets which had to be in before this […]

Neither Nadal or Djoko at their best here but its still a stunning achievement.
But has he enough for Zverev who plays well in Madrid and could serve his way to the title

Well done 19 yr old Charles, and also his coach John-Charles, who out-did his opponents coach who also is called Charles.

Hope all injuries heal soon …

As the best player on clay ever shouldnt he cope with these high altitude conditions ?
Its still clay . Indian Wells has very similar conditions which suit him well enough .
But listening to the commies I […]