Re: Interesting Nadal statistic

On Aug 24, 6:17 pm, Patrick Kehoe <pke...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Aug 24, 10:06 am, CloudsRest <spartan-warrio...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



On Aug 24, 9:27 am, Patrick Kehoe <pke...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Aug 24, 7:25 am, wenquan lee <wenquanten...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Aug 24, 2:25 pm, drew <d...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Aug 24, 8:17 am, RahimAsif <rahima...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Aug 24, 2:49 am, CloudsRest <spartan-warrio...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On the contrary, if Nadal beats Fed again in slams, what excuse will
be used?

There is no excuse required.  I think that everybody recognizes how
difficult it is to play a guy like Nadal when he is fit and ready and
playing his best surface especially.  Nadal has to answer his own
questions.  The new 'teenager's game' of tennis that is being
popularized by guys like Murray and Nadal, where you run like a rabbit
for the duration of a match is one that doesn't square with the idea
of an athletic career that lasts more than 5 years.  The next
generation of players has to decide if it is to be a game of running
or whether there is a better way.

 I like Nadal and his energy but it's becoming clear to me that this
style of tennis is not sustainable over many years.  It is both
physically and mentally draining to have to play every point flat out
forever.

good points. but is there a way back, given the players with "longer-
term" views might still be swamped by successive [tennis] generations
(or even only overlaps of generations) of players with the "teenager's
style", i.e. he will pick up scraps from 1 five year period, only to
then to face more "scrambling monsters", at least for another year or
three before his own decline?

i hope there is another way...

all the best,

wenquan lee- Hide quoted text -

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++ One thing that might open the door way would be the increased
emphasis on speed conditioning earlier MANAGED more appropriately than
Nadal has, Murray being a better template... and Murray also almost
represents a transitional figure taking the teen-speeders ethic with
the 'mastodonic effect' of 6'4" and taller players... the proverbial
'super-player' sized guys that might reconfigure the base field of
men's tennis in the future... like Lennox Lewis in boxing a quick
moving 6'5" fighter, which was thought to be antithetical to top
performance capability in boxing until then... the future of the super-
big player who can move as the sort of ultimate paradigm in men's
tennis of the future... though even the idea of 'futuristics' is old
fashioned :)))

P

Remember my vision of 25 players with Karlovic's size and skill?
Imagine just adding 2 more of him in any draw.  That alone would be
enough to alter the landscape quite a bit, denying titles and ranking
points.  He's an awkward matchup for all players - now think of the
prospects of beating him multiple times.  You win first round against
one, 2R you play a 'normal opponent', then R16 and QF you get two
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++ Right... guys ala Del Potro, super sized with skills... when they
come in bunches, then the landscape shift might come...

P



good points by you both here.

all the best,

wenquan lee
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