Tennis Forever

[JamesDap]

Anderson has a huge serve. But earlier he used to stay right behind after serving even though he doesn't have the baseline depth to beat guys like Wawrinka from the back of the court. In this match (and I don't know if he has been doing that in his 3 other wins over Wawrinka too), he serve-and-volleyed a lot. In fact the highlights package looked more like a 90s match, because players only use S&V occasionally these days, not so very often as Anderson seemed to be. He pulled off some surprisingly good volleys too. Queens looks kickass this year, hopefully a good indication of how Wimbledon will play as well.

[omega]

It looks lot like 2014. After winning his first grandslam (AO) he lost to Anderson in Indianwells (4R).
Here again coming from his second grandslam (FO) he has lost his 2R match to Anderson @ Queens.
After winning their first 3 encounters he has lost 4 in a row to Anderson 3 coming last year.

Like his coach Norman said Wawrinka remains unpredictable from week to week.

[omega]

Whoa!!. How did i miss this?. When did this happen?.

You sure missed lot of comedy by Humble Bull as the Vice President of Player council while Federer served as the President.
Humble Bull was advocating for the following,

1) 2 year ranking instead of 1 year ranking as it would help top players to prolong their careers by not chasing points playing all tournaments (No one was on his side)
2) Remove second serve completely (targeting big servers)
3) Reduce the mandatory tournaments in a season
4) Have more clay tournaments which is good for players overall health
5) Rotate the WTF across all surfaces (so that he could win when it is on clay)

Looking at the list one can see how concerned Humble Bull was for the next generation of players. None of it was self serving. Such an ambassador for the game of tennis.

[JamesDap]

The serve is the only aspect of Wawrinka's game that really suits grass, else his preparation for groundies is too elaborate for that surface. His slice is also surprisingly mediocre for a OBH guy. If he does well on grass, it will be in spite of these weaknesses and thanks to the sheer power of his hitting. But he is not made for grass the way Fed is.

[Arvind Srinivasan]

Seeing how things have unfolded over the last few days, I would put my money on Djokovic and Murray to be prime candidates for Wimbledon followed by Federer at a good distance. Djokovic has to get over the mental block of losing his best chance (arguably) for an RG crown , Murray hasn't quite transitioned to clay yet imho and will need to work on his ground game and Federer's being playing poorly, barely got through Kohlschreiber, isn't serving that great. This may turn out to be a very open tournament....And I also sort of believe that the big servers will have a bigger role to play in the tournament. Troicky, Muller, Raonic can all be dangerous if they can serve and volley well. A good example is Troicky. His serve is working well and it would really help him put a dent on the draws, if he could work a little more with his serve and volleying technique and his return.

[JamesDap]

Have to back Murray and Djoko by default as the best on current form from within the big four. But yeah this looks like an open tournament. Since 2012, power hitters have gradually made a comeback in Wimbledon and they could go even further this year. Rosol showed in 2012 that grass still rewards high percentage tennis. Janowicz went deep in 2013 and so did Raonic and Kyrgios to some extent in 2014. If these guys actually start making decent volleys, they will be difficult to beat. Watch out for Isner too. His volleying has improved a lot lately and he already has a monster serve. None of them may perhaps go on to win the tournament but they could consume some of the big fish and upset the draw.

[ajithfederer]

I knew number 3 and 4. Rest is new(s) to me.

You sure missed lot of comedy by Humble Bull as the Vice President of Player council while Federer served as the President.
Humble Bull was advocating for the following,

1) 2 year ranking instead of 1 year ranking as it would help top players to prolong their careers by not chasing points playing all tournaments (No one was on his side)
2) Remove second serve completely (targeting big servers)
3) Reduce the mandatory tournaments in a season
4) Have more clay tournaments which is good for players overall health
5) Rotate the WTF across all surfaces (so that he could win when it is on clay)

Looking at the list one can see how concerned Humble Bull was for the next generation of players. None of it was self serving. Such an ambassador for the game of tennis.

[ajithfederer]

The ATP Website has been redesigned.....Kandraviaa irukku

Comes in 3 language versions - Inglis, espanyol and mandarin..

http://www.atpworldtour.com/

[VinodKumar's]

We will be used to it .. FB comments section ah kanom so site is boring .

[omega]

The serve is the only aspect of Wawrinka's game that really suits grass, else his preparation for groundies is too elaborate for that surface. His slice is also surprisingly mediocre for a OBH guy. If he does well on grass, it will be in spite of these weaknesses and thanks to the sheer power of his hitting. But he is not made for grass the way Fed is.

Right but if Stan survives the first week then he will be somewhat entering his favorite territory when the slickness evens out and behaves much like clay.

But I am not sure if Stan himself is that much keen to do well @ Wimbledon.