Today I returned to play tennis after 4 years of inactivity, I tried the serve and volley style of Takao-pro and it worked better than I expected 😍 a very beatiful way of play
Insane that he had such a good serve at 5'9" If nishikori had a serve like that, then he probably would have won a grand slam and several masters 1000's by now.
One good thing that will come from the big 3 era ending, like once the dust has settled and its truly the past, is that we'll stop suffering from recency bias with these legends and just appreciate how great they were in their respective best periods.
They'd be in for a treat in the coming years lol Federer-Safin 2005 Tsonga-Djokovic 2008 (believe me it's a classic) Fedal- 2009 Nadal- Verdasco, sf 2009 Federer- davydenko 2010 Djokovic-Nadal 2012 and the list goes on
My recollection from the time... So don't quote me on that one. Was that club tennis was a pretty good option in Japan and effectively a viable alternative to the tour. Lot of risk in going on the ATP tour. Solid pay cheque with the clubs. I remember a few people I knew around that time who weren't that flash but went and made attractive money in German club tennis. So may be some truth to my shady recollection. Mightnt be a terrible way to go for tennis really. Solid club/domestic comps. Get support and a paycheque..the best represent on the world stage. Not a nice life trying to make it in tennis.
Courts slowed a down a lot by this time and he had awful groundstrokes. Plus because of his height, his serve was never the weapon needed to play this style.
@@Vipa567 Suzuki's serve was great. How he used it, not so much. Edberg made a living off the 110 mph kick to the backhand and his own backhand volley.
Even though Fed won in straight sets, this entire match was a highlight reel…for both players! By the beginning of third set, Federer already had 40 winners to only 22 errors while Suzuki has 25 winners to 10 errors….which is insane for a straight sets match. Really miss when the courts were this fast and the balls weren’t so heavy. Guys are literally injuring themselves these days trying to hit winners with heavier balls and really slow courts. Makes you really appreciate Alcaraz’s ability to hit winners at Mach-10 speed in this era of slow courts and heavier balls. They need to bring back these fast courts. So enjoyable to watch!!
Who's here after watching the 10 point tiebreak between Nishioka and Suziki
Today I returned to play tennis after 4 years of inactivity, I tried the serve and volley style of Takao-pro and it worked better than I expected 😍 a very beatiful way of play
Me right now! :)
Haha yes! Suziki’s play style is very intriguing, super fun to watch, especially against young fed. 🤩
Me hahah
yep, mee too !!! Suzuki san !!
Love this. Such high quality volleying. Here from the Japanese Star Tennis Academy channel where Susuki features.
Insane that he had such a good serve at 5'9"
If nishikori had a serve like that, then he probably would have won a grand slam and several masters 1000's by now.
One good thing that will come from the big 3 era ending, like once the dust has settled and its truly the past, is that we'll stop suffering from recency bias with these legends and just appreciate how great they were in their respective best periods.
whoever thought a yellowy green court would be a good idea to contrast a yellow ball doesnt watch tennis lol
Serve & Volley Suzuki is a warrior!!
i miss past time tennis, battle of various style of players
Wow, Soloutly for Mr Suzuki, he is great player, No Fear !!!
Absolutely love watching players like Suzuki. The strings have made pro tennis very one dimensional
A rare tennis style
Serve & voley
8:26
"... 2005 Australian Open will struggle to find a better match than that!"
and then the Federer-Safin Semifinal happened
They'd be in for a treat in the coming years lol
Federer-Safin 2005
Tsonga-Djokovic 2008 (believe me it's a classic)
Fedal- 2009
Nadal- Verdasco, sf 2009
Federer- davydenko 2010
Djokovic-Nadal 2012 and the list goes on
Best Asian serve and volley player in the world earning 11 games from the number 1.
One of the highest quality 'easy' straight sets matches
1:13 inspiration for the SABR
Hard to believe Susuki was never ranked in the top 100.
My recollection from the time... So don't quote me on that one. Was that club tennis was a pretty good option in Japan and effectively a viable alternative to the tour.
Lot of risk in going on the ATP tour. Solid pay cheque with the clubs. I remember a few people I knew around that time who weren't that flash but went and made attractive money in German club tennis. So may be some truth to my shady recollection.
Mightnt be a terrible way to go for tennis really. Solid club/domestic comps. Get support and a paycheque..the best represent on the world stage. Not a nice life trying to make it in tennis.
Courts slowed a down a lot by this time and he had awful groundstrokes. Plus because of his height, his serve was never the weapon needed to play this style.
He keep using the same strategy against fed even the strategy is not working obviously …
@@Vipa567 Suzuki's serve was great. How he used it, not so much.
Edberg made a living off the 110 mph kick to the backhand and his own backhand volley.
Even though Fed won in straight sets, this entire match was a highlight reel…for both players!
By the beginning of third set, Federer already had 40 winners to only 22 errors while Suzuki has 25 winners to 10 errors….which is insane for a straight sets match.
Really miss when the courts were this fast and the balls weren’t so heavy.
Guys are literally injuring themselves these days trying to hit winners with heavier balls and really slow courts.
Makes you really appreciate Alcaraz’s ability to hit winners at Mach-10 speed in this era of slow courts and heavier balls.
They need to bring back these fast courts.
So enjoyable to watch!!
8:26 the iconic point.
Just passing through on my journey to watch every Federer match.
no one cares......😳
@@otism4347 Cool.
highlights don't count lmao
Don't listen to these losers man. Do you what you like, keep it up
@@gungeternal4119 Really appreciate it, man.
Legendary example of playing up to the level of your competition
Prime Federer was absolutely filthy.
Foot Speed & Forehand were incredible
Ya he started getting slow around 2010
Greatest Forehand ever.
Suzuki plays almost like Patrick Rafter ! rushing to the net on the serve and the return !
Federers movement 😌 this fed is gone
Takao was no joke
Wonderful bout!
Prime Roger not even breaking a sweat
13:40 even in this quality, you can see that ball was CLEARLY out.
I watched this in 0.1 of regular speed and it looks in. Don't know if you can get this slow motion on your video. But try and see for yourself.
@@twinwankel i agree, looks in to me as well
That’s what happens when you have a green court ☹️
I can barely see the ball thank god they changed the color of the court
The keys to modern Big 3 tennis is movement efficiency, skill and pressure on the opponent. Percentage tennis is for chumps.
Nadal pretty much is percentage tennis
Takao would've been so much better if he had a good backhand.
Just passing through on my journey to find every "Just passing through on my journey to watch every Federer match" comment
Courts were so fast then
It was very different then!
Takao-pro is that you?
Suzuki es rapido
There’s no way bro is 5’9. Can someone confirm that I’m not crazy ?
This dude is that guy that fist pumps and celebrates after every single point lol
I'd be celebrating too if I had got a point against Federer.
身長、体格差が不利なのかな…
STA
誰か分からなくて笑う
善戦してますけど、フェデラーはすべてにおいて上です。
Suzuki had the same tecnique as pat rafter