Fun to watch yes, but compared to the others of his gen, he doesn't move well, even for his size. Medvedev, Zverev, Tsitsipas, Berrettini are all big players and they move better than he does frankly.
@@pauljohnson6019I feel it was more of Musetti’s baseliner style; didn’t have the tools to trouble the Djokovic service game ie Alcaraz’s variety/Sinner’s power
He’s just the best I’ve ever seen. Preternaturally gifted. The big 3 all bought out his best, and truly when he was focussed he was on another level. It’s almost like Kyrgios was too good for his own good
I’m quite sure Shelton and Opelka were playing with an actual tennis ball all the time. It’s unfortunate that we only got to see it popping in and out of existence randomly.
Kinda sad how Fokina lost his mojo. I think he lost some of his passion for the game; when I first saw him he chased all balls with amazing intensity, slid and dived all around...
Musetti is lowkey Federer lite. Love watching him play. If he can add some more power on that FH and serve, he may shed some of that "lite" qualifier. Also, damn, Opelka can SERVE! If he had a half-decent return game, he might have actually won some Big Titles just on his servebot ability. Unfortunately, his return game is probably bottom-quarter on the tour...but glad he's back. Always fun to see an NBA center serve 😂
dont insult federer like that lol. Just because he has a one handed backhand lol. The guy is very passive and is content to grind from the back of the court, not federer like at all. To me a poor mans Gaudio.
No, he's not. His game is not even similar to Federer's. The same for Shapovalov mentioned by malekat8539. Shapovalov is high risk shooter with no gameplan behind, Musetti is passive compared to Fed. He's got a beautiful backhand but the gameplay is different to Fed's allcourt attacking game. Only guy with similar game is Grigor Dimitrov, not at the same level of course.
@@Teeeeooo This is like Opelka's 3rd tournament since he came back from a 2 years injury and he is 7 foot tall. It's already extroairdnary what he is doing currently.
Very good highlights. Shelton seems more subdue in his attitude? But just wondering, are we going back to the ballboys handing towels over to the players? I thought this era was over?!
Fritz is so one dimensional on the court. He thinks he can just blast someone away from the back of the court. Any opponent who makes him move forward or takes him out of his comfort zone on the baseline will trouble him.
His game isn't that 'one dimensional', in fact, he uses the angles a lot more than most players, has a great backhand (can take the ball early) and a solid forehand (especially when he is in control of the point) with decent handskills. His problem, although it's much better compared to his younger days, is the footwork, he is relatively quick (for someone of his morphology), but not precise with it, as well as the reluctance to sometimes put pressure on the opponent by coming to the net. When i think about one dimensional games, i think a lot more about Rublev for example than Fritz.
Opelka is on his comeback from long term injury and Shelton asked him how he felt today and Opelka says he feels good, Shelton was just checking in on him as a friend
opelka to me looks more mobile than isner ever did. if he stays healthy i bet he wins some masters 1000 events. slams no cuz his weaknesses are too glaring.
@@gregorsamsa555 Yes, but it's not the only difference in their game. Btw, you can have people with one handers having similar game to people with two handers.
Whats up with us tennis? Thompson breaking and seems like only his parents and friends cheered for him...half empty stands...well at least it got full later on
Im happy to see they slowed down this court considerably. I was getting tired of the quick offensive points all the time. I enjoy some solid baseline tennis.
@@malekat8539 Good, I work hard everyday to put bread on the table, so my wife and 8 children dont have to get jobs., I come home after working 18 hours a day, and i enjoy some baseline tennis.
This is basically like saying you don't like tennis. What is great about tennis is the variety of play styles and surfaces, both stuff are more and more missing in tennis due to the sport's uniformization of surfaces and being a gifted athlete rather than a gifted tennis player
@@tennisfan599 Well, that's your opinion and i strongly disagree with it. What i like about tennis is variety (as any tennis fan should, or fans or any sports frankly, because fast surfaces has always been part of the sport, may i say, it started on it), i like slow courts, but i like fast courts as well, i like low bouncing and high bouncing surfaces, i love surfaces where you can play with your handskills (grass and clay),... i love every one of them. Take away this, you take away half of the fun and variety of play, on top of favoring only a certain type of players.
Nakashima smack down Fritz once again just like the match on Oahu where they played for the first time and where Fritz learned if he doesn't get his act together Nakashima will beat him down later again.
It would seem that few male players, especially the young ones, enjoy winning a point, or even the match these days: shaking their fists, angry shouts, rarely a smile. Nishikori would be an exception!
@@SwanTech6061 That's what i was about to say, if anything, he is living up to the expectations given his average (i mean 'average' in the sense of what he does on an average basis, not that he is an average player) level over the past 3 years.
It’s mostly because many matches are filmed counter lighting, thus catching only most of the non illuminated part of the ball and reducing its contrast against the background.
This era really bad..its basically Alcaraz and Sinner thats it...other players just random bums that can loose to anyone...really worst era in tennis history....
@@saami9606 He is not wrong. The density of the TOP 100 is better compared to the past (arguably), but the general level of tennis proposed by the current and younger generation is genuinely concerning if we exclude Alcaraz, Djokovic and Sinner. To top this, we have so little variety of play style (admittedly, yes, it has to do with surface's conformation).
Nice to see nakashima working his way back up
I bet he's gonna lose next round, this guy is just too random to be consistent
Lmao
Hater….go work
@@ponce1741 factx lol
unreal to think he won Next Gen
I love Jarry's game. For his size he moves very well and goes to the net very often and with quality volleys. Fun to watch.
Same here. I still wonder how he'd lost this match.
Fun to watch yes, but compared to the others of his gen, he doesn't move well, even for his size.
Medvedev, Zverev, Tsitsipas, Berrettini are all big players and they move better than he does frankly.
@@quentinhirschfeld9382 You got a point there. Everyone is so big these days tho hah
could watch Musetti backhand longline all day long…❤
whoa. new contender for prettiest backhand on tour i think.
Great Musetti, he's really on fire, we all want to see him reaching the top10, tough to get but possible
6:44 Jarry says: "I can't believe you (this)!". Yep, Musetti's one hander was amazing.
No te creo
Wasn't consistent enough at Wimbledon though, or he'd have beat Djokovic in the semi's.
@@pauljohnson6019I feel it was more of Musetti’s baseliner style; didn’t have the tools to trouble the Djokovic service game ie Alcaraz’s variety/Sinner’s power
@@pauljohnson6019wasn’t enough for Alcaraz either in that Olympic final
lol, he meant the mishit return, not the simple passing shot.
Opelka serve is crazy, big serve
yeah, people were calling Shelton a serve bot last year 😅 his serve is not close to real serve bots like Opelka
How did this tournament go from the best camera angle then in 2018 they decided to have the worst one?
all tournaments are fighting for the worst camera angle possible
The sponsors want to be in the frame, the larger the better unfortunatly
Exchange between Shelton and Opelka at the net is awesome. Love the comradery on the ATP, especially between countrymen.
Love watching Musetti!!!
Foe and Fokina i thought looked like video game characters at first hahahaha
Haha well spotted. Same. It’s the position of the shadows and contrasting color of the court.
They sounds like video game characters as well
LOL ya
Nice to see Foe winning a match. Tough out there.
He’s just the best I’ve ever seen. Preternaturally gifted. The big 3 all bought out his best, and truly when he was focussed he was on another level. It’s almost like Kyrgios was too good for his own good
Ngl nakashima is actually pretty decent, him and popyrin are ones to look out for in the us open
Unlike Popyrin he's not going to be seeded. Could be out rd1
Nakashima will beat one notable player then completely tumble out in the next round he’s not a us open threat
So good to see Thompson win after getting trounced the past month.
Yeah decent win!
He was in a final recently.
Musetti very good player ! Good luck ! 🦏
Que bueno que haya ganado Shelton. Ver a Opelka es como tomarse un somnífero
Nakashima has big potential. Dialing it in now, beautiful to see.
I an watch Musetti play all day, so exciting and smooth
Tiafoe❤ love him so much☺️
Nakashimsa has a well rounded game, just needs an extra something to get to the next level.
Nice win from Brandon.👍
Opelka has come back to play. A couple of tournaments in and he is already scaring Top 15 players at 1000 events.
Let’s go Shelton 🔥
Big upset by Thompson. Close between Shelton and Opelka. Loving the Tiafoe self taught forehand technique lol
Partidazo. 👏🏻 🇦🇷
totally forgot about Opelka! Glad he is back!
I’m quite sure Shelton and Opelka were playing with an actual tennis ball all the time.
It’s unfortunate that we only got to see it popping in and out of existence randomly.
Video quality is awful, can barely see the ball.
It is worse in European tournaments
You can change video quality in settings. (clicking on the cogwheel)
While Ben is really tall, Reilly is just a monster. He makes his side of the court look like table tennis lol.
Kinda sad how Fokina lost his mojo. I think he lost some of his passion for the game; when I first saw him he chased all balls with amazing intensity, slid and dived all around...
Aches and pains take away that naive passion.
I can hear music playing in background at grandstand.
Musetti the king of comeback
Musetti on fire🎉🎉
Musetti is lowkey Federer lite. Love watching him play. If he can add some more power on that FH and serve, he may shed some of that "lite" qualifier. Also, damn, Opelka can SERVE! If he had a half-decent return game, he might have actually won some Big Titles just on his servebot ability. Unfortunately, his return game is probably bottom-quarter on the tour...but glad he's back. Always fun to see an NBA center serve 😂
dont insult federer like that lol. Just because he has a one handed backhand lol. The guy is very passive and is content to grind from the back of the court, not federer like at all. To me a poor mans Gaudio.
I'd say that Shapovalov plays more like Federer than Musetti does
No, he's not. His game is not even similar to Federer's. The same for Shapovalov mentioned by malekat8539. Shapovalov is high risk shooter with no gameplan behind, Musetti is passive compared to Fed. He's got a beautiful backhand but the gameplay is different to Fed's allcourt attacking game.
Only guy with similar game is Grigor Dimitrov, not at the same level of course.
closest to fed on tour is dimitrov.
What are you talking about? Musetti play’s nothing like fed. Closest one to fed is dimitrov
they tried taylor fritz on a point in 3rd set shit was crazy
There wasn’t a larger shirt for Davidovich Fokina to wear?? Lol 😂
Let's go Brandon🔥
Nakashima barely getting any support like he is not american
I can see that too
Opelka absolutely plows the ball!
Opelka is a serve merchant - has nothing else to his game.
I was watching the game and I was shocked at how bad he was at everything else except for serve 😭
@@Teeeeooo
This is like Opelka's 3rd tournament since he came back from a 2 years injury and he is 7 foot tall.
It's already extroairdnary what he is doing currently.
Fritz flickered again.😅
hey look, Brandon's back!
Camera angle for Shelton vs. Opelka sucked. Too high, and made the court look more like a square than a rectangle.
How come no one applauds the stunning return winners lol
Let's go Brandon!😅
🤣
what happened to this surface, you can see the dots all over the place.... is this a new way to confirm the ball placement..
I wanted Opelka to win.
Fritz and TP have peaked and heading south
For sure
agree for fritz but TP isn’t declining just struggling to readjust to hard courts after olympics
@@SwanTech6061 you might want to look at his results for the past 2 seasons
@@hitthurdeaux what about it
TP?
Very good highlights. Shelton seems more subdue in his attitude? But just wondering, are we going back to the ballboys handing towels over to the players? I thought this era was over?!
Fritz is so one dimensional on the court. He thinks he can just blast someone away from the back of the court. Any opponent who makes him move forward or takes him out of his comfort zone on the baseline will trouble him.
His game isn't that 'one dimensional', in fact, he uses the angles a lot more than most players, has a great backhand (can take the ball early) and a solid forehand (especially when he is in control of the point) with decent handskills.
His problem, although it's much better compared to his younger days, is the footwork, he is relatively quick (for someone of his morphology), but not precise with it, as well as the reluctance to sometimes put pressure on the opponent by coming to the net.
When i think about one dimensional games, i think a lot more about Rublev for example than Fritz.
Who else thinks the North American Hardcourt session in the summer is the best phase of the tour
Ben 'Sleeveless' Shelton.
Another disappointing summer from Fritz
what was about between Shelton and Opelka at the end of the game? Firstly, it looks like friendly exchange but it's not?
Honestly just looked like they were chopping it up at the end I don’t think it wasn’t friendly
It was friendly. Shelton asked Opelka how he felt. It was all in good spirits.
It’s not that deep bro
Opelka is on his comeback from long term injury and Shelton asked him how he felt today and Opelka says he feels good, Shelton was just checking in on him as a friend
hawk eye is off
Very happy for Brandon maybe more than him
WKRP in Cincinnati......🎾
Fritz somehow doesnt have to have rapid footwork guy is able to move like a giant while having some flexibility with shots.
renzo❤
opelka to me looks more mobile than isner ever did. if he stays healthy i bet he wins some masters 1000 events. slams no cuz his weaknesses are too glaring.
Jawohl Tiafoe 😊👍
Кинг Конг проиграл жаль...и где он там и тай брейк..Опелка и тай-брейк слова синонимы!
Nakashima reminds me on a guy called Paradorn Srichaphan...
You mean his face, not his game, right?
@@quentinhirschfeld9382 Obviously, Paradorn had one-handed backhand
@@gregorsamsa555
Yes, but it's not the only difference in their game.
Btw, you can have people with one handers having similar game to people with two handers.
@@quentinhirschfeld9382 Yeah, if they rely on good serve/net game... Players nowdays avoid going very often to net
Miss players like Santoro, Llodra, Karlović, M.Zverev...
Who came up with the idea of a square tennis court?
Moose! Moose! Moose!
Spoiler Blocker!
Opelkaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Nishioka？？？？？？？
박빙이네
taylor fritz becoming dogwater on his prefered ground
Whats up with us tennis? Thompson breaking and seems like only his parents and friends cheered for him...half empty stands...well at least it got full later on
Im happy to see they slowed down this court considerably. I was getting tired of the quick offensive points all the time. I enjoy some solid baseline tennis.
Every court is the same now with how slowed down everything is
@@malekat8539 Good, I work hard everyday to put bread on the table, so my wife and 8 children dont have to get jobs., I come home after working 18 hours a day, and i enjoy some baseline tennis.
This is basically like saying you don't like tennis.
What is great about tennis is the variety of play styles and surfaces, both stuff are more and more missing in tennis due to the sport's uniformization of surfaces and being a gifted athlete rather than a gifted tennis player
@quentinhirschfeld9382 it's better slower. Cincinnati was too fast, unwatchable now it is a proper hard court.
@@tennisfan599
Well, that's your opinion and i strongly disagree with it.
What i like about tennis is variety (as any tennis fan should, or fans or any sports frankly, because fast surfaces has always been part of the sport, may i say, it started on it), i like slow courts, but i like fast courts as well, i like low bouncing and high bouncing surfaces, i love surfaces where you can play with your handskills (grass and clay),... i love every one of them.
Take away this, you take away half of the fun and variety of play, on top of favoring only a certain type of players.
ナカシマとフリッツの試合は八百長？
ナカシマは強いのか弱いのか分からない。
genial
Nakashima smack down Fritz once again just like the match on Oahu where they played for the first time and where Fritz learned if he doesn't get his act together Nakashima will beat him down later again.
Bye Fritz
This ATP 1000 is way better than the Montreal one, and this is only Day 2.
Where is the rage of winning for Humbert ? 😢
who thought that having a moving camera was a good idea?
Spoiler blocker
aaaahhh, fuck my life
Jarry fell off
He's had some bad luck with draws since losing to Sascha in the Rome Finals.
It would seem that few male players, especially the young ones, enjoy winning a point, or even the match these days: shaking their fists, angry shouts, rarely a smile. Nishikori would be an exception!
Top players getting beat by tour players
fritz is washed
Maybe bc he just played on clay at the Olympics and needed some time to adjust to hard court?
Something in his game is not quite working
Fritz such a fraud
Lost a bet?
He has been a turd all year.
Fritz having a shit year so far.
how?
@t-bone7988 one tournament win so far isn't that impressive considering it's was a 250 event.
he’s 10th in the live race to the atp finals so for his standards it’s actually a pretty average season
@@SwanTech6061
That's what i was about to say, if anything, he is living up to the expectations given his average (i mean 'average' in the sense of what he does on an average basis, not that he is an average player) level over the past 3 years.
@SwanTech6061 the way he's playing lately he may miss the atp finals.
Screw shelton
It's always nice to watch Fritz losing again😂
Humbert is such a fraud
cininnati has one of the shitiest colours on the hard court to watch the ball in ease
It’s mostly because many matches are filmed counter lighting, thus catching only most of the non illuminated part of the ball and reducing its contrast against the background.
@@l-_-lShadowCat yeah well still if they are aware of that, why choose this colour :D
Have a safe flight home Taylor.. 😂😂
OMG How I love seeing Humbert losing :D one of the most overrated on tour.
He looked pretty salty in the post-match handshake.
so what 🫥
someone please end mr overrated yelling after every point won college bust's run already
Cope harfer😂
Nakashima's forehand is very weak. Terrible.
This era really bad..its basically Alcaraz and Sinner thats it...other players just random bums that can loose to anyone...really worst era in tennis history....
Sure bud you believe that
@@saami9606
He is not wrong.
The density of the TOP 100 is better compared to the past (arguably), but the general level of tennis proposed by the current and younger generation is genuinely concerning if we exclude Alcaraz, Djokovic and Sinner.
To top this, we have so little variety of play style (admittedly, yes, it has to do with surface's conformation).
Musetti is a nice player, there's others who are good but not consistent.@@quentinhirschfeld9382