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Interesting discussion on Kyrgios. Maybe because I’m getting older, but my thoughts are that him getting a highly sought after commentating gig was a horrible decision given the embarrassment and joke he has been throughout his career. Why reward that behavior? Networks are a complete sellout with no moral integrity. I really don’t get that. Entertaining or not, he is not a good representative of tennis. Thoughts?
As a player, he was a modern-day McEnroe and we've seen how that worked out. And really, he's never done anything trashy as a commentator or during his interview segments; he just needs to rein himself in on social media. No worse than a lot of takes coming from ESPN on-air talent.
@@HeavyTopspin respectfully disagree. He was only “a modern day McEnroe” in the bad temper category. John McEnroe has won 7 Slams in addition to other top tournaments. How does Clown Kyrios even come close? Also, McEnroe didn’t spend his off-court time obsessively trying to damage other players. He got on with his life. They are different enough in the ways that count and similar enough in the ways that don’t.
I agree that kyrgios is genuine... Genuinely egomaniac. I've hated how it made the on court interviews also about himself (see Djokovic interview). Also the task of any journalist should be observing and reporting not trying (unsuccessfully) to disturb the real actors on socials.
I agre in everything, I Hope rispect Is not and issue for old people, seems tò me Kyrgios has Always ben a terribile guy and treated people in a brutal way while playing, in social media Is so irrispecful and what he wrote about His ex girlfriend Is violenze, I round all of the se really out of order, I Hope he Will Hey in court for that, Sorry for my errors in english.
Nobody asked Kyrgios to express his totally unnecessary opinion and nobody cares about him. He likes to be argumentative. He is everything but professional. He calls for Sinner to be banned. Well, he, as a commentator should have definitely been fired (and he wasn't) for attacking Kalynskaya and not just for that. Lucky he wasn't sued for what he wrote.
Many other tennis players share his sentiment. Freedom of speech/ideas is critical for any healthy society. Fact is that Sinner is now the golden goose and is protected with special treatment and privileges. PS. Nothing about his story and special treatment make sense. You’re telling me a world class physio was dumb enough to use clobestol spray, and was even dumber to to massage Sinner without gloves when he has an open wound and Sinner has scratches/sores/openings too? This is basic medical code a common nurse knows, let alone a works class physio. He would have learned this in his first day medical class. This is serious medical malpractice, complete negligence. Don’t believe he was really this stupid.
If he's professional on the air, why should it matter what he says on social media? If every employee can be fired because of what they say on social we'd be looking at a massive restriction on free speech and a very bland corporate culture indeed.
@@JB-im5ktTurn the page. Get over it. What goes around comes around. The more you call for an innocent to be regarded as guilty the more life will take its toll on you.
I’m sorry folks but this just has to be said. People do NOT watch tennis because of Nick Kyrios. They watch it despite of Nick Kyrios. Record breaking crowds at the US Open are not due to Nick Kyrios. They may be due to a couple of other players, but he is not one of them. Not even close. Media coverage corresponds with this fact. If Nick Kyrios went on to sell suits, the game would go on to the growing cheers of enthusiastic fans without a single thought about the guy. He would soon be forgotten except to the trolls on social media.
@@marissssss11111 the guy has been charged with assault to which he pleaded guilty. The only reason he got off is because of mental health reasons. He made vulgar insulting remarks about Donna Vekic, a well-respected top tier player, and went on to do the same thing to Kalinskaya while he was covering the tournament she was playing. How is this okay on any level? It’s unacceptable. I am certain the non-English speaking fans of these players are well aware of the things he gets a pass on. If these were female players from Anglo countries, he would have been thrown out long ago.
@@Aliceteacup i despise Kyrgios trust me and I think he should be removed from any platform. But at least non-Anglo countries do not have to listen to him commentating. As far as his social presence is concerned, I removed X and he is out of my life.
@@Aliceteacupthank you for naming his domestic abuse issues. This is too easily discarded (the say what Zverev’s is). Like Gil said, we as tennis fans don’t get to choose who our commentators are but whenever it’s Nick, I mute it
Imo Sinner AO was a bigger achievement. Beating djokovic in Melbourne and coming back against medvdev. The Sabalenka forehand apparently lacks the rpm the atp forehands have.
I think Sinner’s easy hard ct run is more because of his dominance and consistency on hc. TBH, you can switch him with any other top 4 seeds and will still come back claiming his draw is easier. His US Open draw was the hardest on paper. T Paul, Meddy, Carlos, Djoker/zevrev. Also Sinner fans, don’t get too upset. If you feel Gill is biased against Sinner, consider it as a blessing in disguise. Lmao😂
I personally think the debate for player of the season is practically over because till today, sinner has been clearly the best and I don't see alcaraz doing better than sinner on fast HC
If he had played Alcaraz in the semis and Djoker/Zverev in the final it would be a tough draw. But the draw fell apart. Wasn't his fsult but ultimately it was the easiest draw this year
@@Julian_orwellWell Gill interpreted it as who they actually played against, as in strength of competition at the slam. Which is a far more interesting debate than just looking at “hur durr who got luckier” lol
Rafa has the 6 Kings Slam event coming up in Riyadh this October. Maybe that commitment is occupying his time. There is an awful lot of money involved. Regarding Kyrios, you are being far too generous. He was covering WTA players professionally. Kalinskaya being one of them. He would have been fired in any other job and with good reason. Full stop. There are many players just as capable as he to provide coverage. Kyrios is mediocre at best in addition to being an undisciplined, impulsive and lazy player who repeatedly and continuously displays appallingly vulgar behaviour, bad sportsmanship and poor character. He sets a dreadful example for youth. He is terrible for tennis and brings zero value to the sport.
Can you tell me who are these 'many players just as capable'? He brings zero value to you, but certainly has for a lot of people. Like it or not, that's the truth.
@@vijayla21 hmmm 🤔 this is a head scratcher. How about any player with a few brain cells to spare who does not mumble and sound unintelligible. But let’s just start with the obvious two players Jim Courier and Andy Roddick. Both have actually won slams and reached world #1 unlike said clown. Both are already successful commentators in their own right unlike said clown. I hope that answers your question sufficiently.
Agree about everything you said about Rafa except one. I dont think the match against Zverev was so bad. Zverev had just won italy and easily the best player on clay at that point. Also, he played his best match of the tournaments against Rafa.yet Rafa was a break up in the 2nd and 3rd sets.
The fast court that suites Sinner less is Indian Wells. Alcaraz is stronger there because it is slower and easyer for him to give more shape to the ball
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Around 54:05, Gill said that the player of the year is not over yet, he is technically correct as there is still the indoor season coming up. However, unless Sinner doesn’t win another match and/or Alcaraz does really well in the indoor season, I don’t see Sinner not being player of the year.
Sinner's "worst" loss was to Tsitsipas, ranked 12th at the time and on his best surface. Carlos has non-top-20 losses to BVDZ (74), Monfils (46), and Draper (31), while winning half as many titles overall. There's no contest, and even if he somehow won both remaining 1000s and the ATP finals he'd still be unable to catch Sinner for #1 (and let's face it, this is when Carlos usually fades and Sinner gets strong).
Federer always hated when a defensive player managed to outmatch his offense. I feel like seeing balls come back repeatedly made him upset and his goal was to just take the racket out of his opponent’s hands and show that no one can withstand his offense. Sinner? I think similarly to Nadal and Djokovic it would be making too many errors. He will at least try to take some off the ball and keep the ball in play
Considering only the opponents I could agree with your ranking about sinner and alcaraz slam’s difficulty, but if you consider also that Australian was the first slam for sinner and alcaraz was the Wimbledon 2023 champion, I think that Australian open was more difficult than Wimbledon this year
29:02 being genuine does not mean no ulterior motives. I don’t think we can view those two comments in isolation because I think him calling out Sinner on the doping thing has something to do with the fact that he is now dating Kyrgios’s ex. Especially given he was willing to be so publicly petty and slut shaming her which indicates he is still on some level upset about the end of their relationship
Can ESPN, who summarily fired Doug Adler after a vile and defamatory story Ben Rothenberg wrote about him, be expected to fire Nick Kyrgios? I highly doubt it. In addition, Adler's ESPN colleagues chose silence over truth and/or moral responsibility. Money rules, and ethics and morels might follow. It's like Gill said, different standards and rules apply, depending ... it kinda sucks. Thanks Gill!
Im gonna say it now and say this again. Jannik will win everything till IW next year. If its a humid Miami open above 80 humidity constantly, then Alcaraz may get the Sunshine double. Which is pretty much equivalent to winning a GS in prestige and status.
Sabalenka is achieving this fh average speed against wta competition. I doubt that she would be able to do the same against atp competition. If Sinner, Alcaraz etc had to face wta players they would easily crush forehands all the time. In addition , it's not only about speed but about heaviness as well.
He didn't but its not his fault he didn't have to play Carlos in the semis or Djoker/Zverev ij the final. It would've been a tough draw if everyone fulfilled their seeds
One time when I was watching the US Open on TV, I saw you with your headphones and laptop sitting right by the court, smiling! I didn't know you did commentary, very cool.
Thank you for talking about Rafa pulling out of the Laver Cup. A lot of us bought tickets to see him play, and for him to pull out the week before is extremely disappointing.
Paul Pierce got fired from ESPN for going on IG Live with strippers and smoking a cigar, so there is a level of professionalism required. Kyrgios should be held to that standard and tbh insulting a current player who happens to be your ex with open misogyny falls under that umbrella. Kyrgios shouldn’t be a commentator
I have a question: could you explain how is the draw taking place? I’m trying to understand…is like a loto that they put all the names in or they dived them according to their rankings? Help please
Nick is about as phoney and non genuine as they come, I mean he's spent his whole career claiming the system and media are against him and now he works for ESPN...
Kyrgios is such a disgrace to the sport of tennis. I'm glad he's not a part of it anymore. He cannot hold a candle next to someone like Sinner, let alone greats like Nadal, Djokovic and Federer.
Sinner should get one of his behind the scenes guy to just say to the television networks televising the slams that Sinner availability will be lessened unless that fool (Kyrigos) is outta the coverage.
Hey, one type of video that I’ve always wanted to see is an in depth analysis on how different player’s games change across all three surfaces. I’d be interested to see the statistics on how their tactics shift and what their shotmaking preferences are. Namely Djokovic, Nadal, Federer, Alcaraz, and Sinner. (So the biggies) I wonder if there’s any clear preferences outside of the natural tactic shifts from surface to surface for these players :)
so your argument for Sinner’s runs being easier than Alcaraz’s is pretty much that Carlos let his opponents play well against him but Sinner got it easy because he was too dominant, got it lol
For Wimbledon yes, but for RG it's because Carlos had higher ranked opponents. It's clear that the U.S. open run was the easiest, but in my opinion AO was more difficult than Wimbledon and RG was the hardest to win.
@@tijgertjekonijnwordopgegeten if you’re going to bring up the rankings then at least check the facts first. official ranking of Alcaraz’s opponents at RG qf/sf/f: 9, 2, 4. ranking of Sinner’s opponents at AO qf/sf/f: 5, 1, 3. Just looking at the rankings is pointless, but if we consider their opponents’ form/their history on the surface and other variables then I personally think AO and RG runs were comparable
Regarding the two first serves tactic: when you're serving a second serve, especially if you know you're gonna hit it hard, you're under more pressure, which is gonna cause your in-stats to drop. Case closed, 1st-serves-in stats would not carry over intact to second serves.
I think about the ranking of difficulty of draws at slams there has been some mixing of method of doing this. One thing is who you are faving in the draw by rank and another how they played the actual match. Djokovic and Medvedev at the AO by ranking would be similar to Zverev and Sinner at the French. Last year people said Sinner had an easy draw for the semi at Wimbledon but that was based on ranking of the opponent not how well they played. Safin was playing very well then but that was not taken into account. Tiafoe at Wimbledon played well but for ranking he was not in the top 20 so should be an easy draw for Alcataz by the same thinking. Ranking before play starts or quality of tennis after they have played creates different rankings.
I'm not sure there are stats on it but in the 90's when the Australian open surface was compound of crushed car tires it seemed to be a slower higher bouncing surface. There were many stories of dreadfully hot days; or was it just the sun coverage due to the lack of roofs?
I didn't notice this with Pegula this year but I remember a couple of years ago it being a problem for me at some tournament that it sounded like the let beep was going off on every serve.
I feel like double faults are so mentally taxing bc it stands out to the mass of points you play during a match which typically includes rallies. In terms of memory, it is a clear outlier to other points and is why I think it lingers in minds longer. Along with that, when you double fault - it is 100% your fault lol.
Here's why Davis Cup finals isn't the excitement you refer to. First, if you played on Davis Cup team in finals your opinion would be totally different. The excitement level is much higher playing for your country and lifting up teammate who didn't do good or some teammate lifting you up and Second... Davis Cup seems lame to you cuz the woke media doesn't promote it like US Open. Nobody even knows it's going on except the countries that are playing in it. Media needs to promote Davis Cup same as US Open, Wimbledon, etc.
Well, your initial take on Sinner was as misinformed as Kyrgios', and the fact that you believe he was being genuine is rather naive, not to use a different word.
Not sure we'll see Rafa on the match court again, he seems to be drifting into retirement, which is fine. Not everyone wants or needs a definitive celebratory retirement match.
Nick has already been fired from ESPN and wasn’t anywhere near the men’s finals. He is a goner from what I hear. Hope Craig Tiley is listening and keeps that clown away from the AO and brings in a multi slam champion like Ash Barty.
Let's all remember that the guy who dominated the HC season (and the season, overall) and now (to avoid embarrassment) features as the highest ranked HC player in this video, was ranked 3rd (third!) in the pre-US Open power rankings. But yeah, he's not biased lol.
@@vijayla21 that's not the point. Power rankings are not predictions. He makes separate videos for those. Power rankings should simply reflect someone's level, regardless of personal preferences or gut-feelings. How can you rank someone 3rd for the UO and then say he's the undisputable best HC player?! And one can't certainly say he was struggling before the UO. He had just won Cincinnati, unlike the other two he ranked higher. It's bias, pure and simple.
It seems like Rafa got tired of people asking when he is going to retire and given how Federer left, plus the expectations of a retirement announcement, that the focus at Laver would be all on that. Looks like he doesn’t want everyone shipping him off and making it about him when he’s unsure what he wants.
So Gill you are claiming Sinner won the AO because Djokovic played badly and Medvedev didn't have his legs and that Sinner won the US Open because he had an"easy" draw ((I didn't know Djokovic and Alcaraz weren't in the draw). There is always an excuse to take credit away from Sinner. For as good as a tennis commentator that you are, you are definitely biased in your statements and in my mind not credible enough.
I was asked to rank the difficulty of the runs and I ranked them. Sinner has been the best player in the world this year and that’s why he’s won two slams. Hope that helps.
How is Alcaraz's RG's draw tougher than Sinner's AO?! This is really bizarre. He had an easy draw up to SF (yes, Tsitsipas this year was unremarkable, even on clay), where he faced a non-clay specialist who was struggling physically (but this time the "context" doesn't seem to matter) and then he went to beat the biggest choker in today's tennis in the final. Medvedev still played very well in the final and fought till the end. But somehow it's a miracle he won two sets. He might have had to be tired, but he certainly didn't collapse on court. The way you justify pre-conceived assumptions using selective logic is baffling.
medvedev is also one of the biggest chokers in tennis .also medvedev broke the record for most time spent on court in a slam that AO. saying he was tired is an understatement. he was running on fumes. its very surely a miracle he won 2 sets . Also tsitsipas on clay is way harder than rublev on hard. Tsitsipas also won monte carlo this year only weeks before rg
He also asked the umpire for something to do with an extra ice towel. Can't remember exactly but it was along those lines. He seemed in a bit of a state before the match even started. He maybe eaten or drank too much from anxiety too, hence the sickness on-court. I'm surprised he was competitive in the match at all. I hope he works this all out.
One of the reasons Sabalenka hits that hard is also because she is getting slower balls towards her and therefore has more time to load the shot than the men, as it were.
On Sabalenka's FH speed, it's been said a few times that Madison Keys's flat FH lands about as hard as anyone's, on either tour. (Also she's one of the cool humans, lol.)
Regarding Draper, I have a serious issue with the umpire allowing them to play on after just a brief toweling-off of the surface. Vomit is a biohazard, and yes it was nerves but there was no way to be sure at the time it wasn't flu or something contagious, and although you could say "who does it affect aside from Jack?", there's the possibility of a ball bouncing in it, and at the point the ballkids and his opponent are at risk. Even moreso when play was allowed to go on during the tiebreak, where the players switch sides. You know they wouldn't have allowed the same if it had been blood on the court.
@@TheEmmiebear She allowed them to overrule her. I mean of COURSE Sinner is not going to mind keeping things going against an obviously ailing opponent.
It's astounding how you downplay Sinner's dominance on HC and on tour in general this year. You said his record is so impressive compared to Alcaraz this year only because he went on a tear last year after the US Open. But that's just not true. He had early exits at both remaining Masters 1000 tournaments. Even simply looking at the race this year, he has 50% more ranking points than Alcaraz, 9000 against 6000! I'm not sure that's small. When asked about the fact he only had marginal losses, stretching matches to the maximum number of sets even when defeated, you come up with stats from Alcaraz or Federer never losing in straight sets to make I'm not sure what point. Sinner's stats was not about not losing in straight sets. Federer lost in 4 to Nadal at RG in 2005, not in 5. Not wanting to take anything away from Federer's greatness (and anyone would have lost in straight sets to Nadal at RG back then), but that wasn't the point of the question. Alcaraz in 2022 did only lose in straight sets in October to Goffin, but he had lost in 4 to Zverev at RG and to Sinner at Wimbledon that year. So that doesn't apply either. The same can be said about the question regarding the Slam draws this year. Somehow, Sinner's had the least tough run/path. But the question was about the draw, and you seemed to misinterpret it again. Sinner as the top seed drew #3 and #5 in two consecutive Slams! If that's not a tough draw, I don't know what that is. I'm not even sure this has even any precedents in history. I have the feeling that somehow Alcaraz's losses or inferior accomplishments this year are always "circumstantial", whereas little is said about Sinner's mental struggle due to the ongoing investigation possibly affecting his clay+grass season. That wasn't circumstantial, I suppose.
How in the world can you have watched the intro to Monday Match Analysis this week and think I downplay Sinner's hardcourt dominance? I am literally beating the drum as loudly as I possibly can on it..... the question I was asked was if the player of the year race is over because Sinner is up so many points in the rankings- my point is that we should at least see what happens this fall. Obviously, Sinner has a hefty lead right now and it would be shocking if Alcaraz made up ground in this part of the season.
I have never seen No1 seed drawn to play No 3 and No5 seed it happened in 2 consecutive slams is very surprising and it also happened in cinci and Montreal even in Cinci and Montreal Jannik had the toughest draw .
@@GillGross You do, or you misunderstood questions twice: the one on draws and especially the one on Sinner's stats this year, where you tried to bring up precedents that didn't apply. Plus, having him as the third in power rankings before US Open says it all. P.S. I've noticed a shift in the way you talk about him after the doping case, where you, alongside other American pundits, contributed to mispread misinformation on the case. And as of now still you haven't formally apologized or acknowledged your poor take on him allegedly receiving preferential treatment. You know this well.
The runs of Alcaraz in the Slams in 2024 were more difficult because he had to face Sinner in RG and Medvedev in Wimbledon. The runs of Sinner were easier because Alcaraz got eliminated earlier than he should have in Australia and NYC.
@@GillGross I see, thank you for doing these mailbags and for answering my question on Swiatek. Right now I'm trying to learn more about the game and having a lot of questions, so these mailbags are a very valuable way for me to have someone knowledgeable answer my questions.
@@FabioSangiorgi-vu5eg when he said Djokovic played really badly against Jannik in AO, but in Wimbledon final lost 6-2 6-2 7-6 (straight set lost in a final). Djokovic 10 times AO champion, but no Alcaraz run in Wimbledon more impressive. (?) Not only that, Jannik won against Medvedev in the final of AO. (One of the hard court “specialists “. Meddy’s words not mine). He won without dropping any sets until the semis, saving a tiebreaker 5-1 down against Rublev. Alcaraz 5 sets against Tiafoe in Wimbi (tiafoe horrible season up until that moment), Medvedev on grass good but he is having massive problems with his serve and almost lost again Jannik in the quarter (and tired AS WELL after 5 sets). Alcaraz played T Paul and Humbert and he thinks this is a tough challenge? BUT funnily enough Jannik played TPaul in his home slam and no, Jannik very easy path in US open. I can carry on even more, but you got the gist of it. Mamma Mia. Also dear Gill, if the opponent plays badly or better, it is also based on what the other one does at the other side of the net. But you do know this very well. Ciao 👋🏻
@@federicaaaIt's the same old story. Gill is in love with Alcaraz's game and would say anything to undermine Sinner's deserved slam victories. With that being said of course Alcaraz has still got 4 slam titles under his belt so credit to him.
Very well said that was really biased . Alcaraz didn't play the best sinner either in rg and didn't play the best djokovic in Wimbledon but he discounts all these points pretty pathetic . Khachanov is last yr's ao semi finalist he completely ignores him Khachanov played his heart out against Sinner . Sinner played 3 top 5 opponents to win ao and don't forget he played Alcaraz's conquerer Botic in the first round .
@@FabioSangiorgi-vu5eghmm that’s strange during Roland Garros all the comments were that I was a total Sinner fanboy and I was biased against Alcaraz. So interesting.
USO and AO play identically nowadays. I’ve been complaining about this for a while. One of them needs to change up court speed/bounce to make some diversity. I thought we wanted “surface versatility,” not just make everything faster
No USO and AO don't play identically. The AO speed index is 50 compared with USO 43. Plus the AO has a much lower bounce compared with USO. AO also uses heavier dunlop balls than the wilson USO balls which slows things down a tad. If taking into account balls, USO would have a court speed index of about 45 and AO would be about 48.
@@tonyh4807I think we’re going by different metrics, but the one I’ve seen showed USO and AO basically identical in court speed. Bounce isn’t that different either from what I see
On US open vs AO wrt Sinner ...u need to account for Scheduling of the events ..while AO is in starting and USO comes later in season ...so AO becomes more easier specially for Sinner
“Alcaraz has not made a non-Indian wells final on a hard court since Cincinnati 2023.” This feels like just a bad faith argument. For one, he made a USO SF where he lost to Medvedev (top 5 hard court player) and an AO QF where he lost to Zverev (top 5 hard court player). In both cases, if he had a better draw like Djokovic did at USO, he would’ve made finals or semis, he just played the difficult opponents earlier. So setting the bar at finals is already arbitrary. We can also look at Turin SF where he got blitzed by Djokovic, but Djokovic also gave Sinner a beating right after. Had Alcaraz played, say, Medvedev instead, he makes the final at Turin, the fastest hard court on tour. So again, luck of the draw. Then we discount Indian Wells entirely, where he’s the 2x defending champion? It’s just an argument that requires you to ignore a lot of context.
@@SJ-di5zu What? If you think winning an atp500 changes the whole point then,,, deMinaur and Humbert are also fast court atp500 champions this seasom….
@@vijayla21They didn’t beat Sinner on the way to winning theirs lol so now we’re not counting Alcaraz’s Beijing title, 2 Indian Wells titles, Cincinnati F, USO SF as results? What are we counting? Y’all are way too analytical with how you ignore certain results to prove a point.
@@SJ-di5zu What exactly is your point? I'm not ignoring anything. Since Cincinatti last year Sinner won both the hc slams, Miami, Cincy, Rotterdam. Are you seriously disputing the claim that Sinner generally better on hcs? Are you saying 2 slams, 2 masters on hc are worse than a master and a 500?
Nadal would have definitely played Laver Cup if they were held on clay courts. 😂😂 The problem with this impromptu withdrawal is only hurting those who bought tickets at extravagant prices believing it to be farewell tournament for Nadal. By holding his decision till the last minute, Nadal has clearly betrayed them and fleeced out their money. It goes to prove what a self centred personality he is where there is always a tremendous disconnect between his words and actions.
Very good considered answer on Kyrgios. Also loved Gill asking fans to not be immature re: him ranking Alcaraz' and Sinner's slams - I can answer the question but can y'all behave like grown-ups😂.
Right or wrong, don’t you think Kyrgios’s controversial statements improve the allure of the broadcast? It’s the excitement of “what will he say next?”
Is he that controversial on air? Most of his controversies come when he’s behind a keyboard. He’s pretty flat as an interviewer, but I like his live commentary.
Ok that was very childish...so feel free to delete it😊....I do appreciate the effort Gill is putting analyzing the sport of tennis. He is the most thorough than any other tennis pundits online that i have seen at least.
Gill is wrong about Kyrgios. If every employee can lose their job because of what they say on social media, that's a massive restriction on free speech (in the tennis world and beyond) and the recipe for a bland corporate culture writ large. As Gill says, Nick was good on the broadcasts, and to me that is the evidence of his professionalism. In addition, there's no way to police what people say on social media, except ad-hoc, which is also bad for the culture and any expectation that we are governed by stable norms.
He can say whatever he wants as long as he is not covering that tournament. It was disgusting and unprofessional. He was not commenting on tennis or doping. He was gratuitously slut-shaming a WTA player while covering the tournament she was playing in. In no other work environment would this fly under the radar. It has nothing to do with “free speech”. It was egregiously inappropriate and unprofessional.
While I disagree with Sinner being let off easy, Gill never had any issue with Kyrgios's statement there. It was only with the Anna Kalinskaya comment, which is obviously a terrible thing to say and completely indefensible. Nothing Sinner did was a part of this, it was an unnecessary attack on her which was pretty misogynistic and deserves some form of punishment
It was about the Kalynskaia post. The man has an history of demeaning women. Do you remember the wavrinka incident? Also he pleaded guilty in his own trial for assaulting his gf and was cleared with a laughable verdict... And now he preaches about double standards for superstars 😂.
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Thanks so much for watching all the US Open coverage these last three weeks!
For all his excellent analysis in these last 3 hardworking weeks, how much did Gill gross?
Whatever we decide I am sure will be a gross underestimate
How much good could a Gill Gross gross if a Gill Gross could gross Good?
And, just want to say, I’m happy there was no gross oversight.
This is an excellent comment thread. Thanks for this
Nice. How much much did a Gill Gross gross?
Gill, the quantity AND quality of your work is impressive and very very much appreciated. So enjoyable an instructive. We learn so much. Thank you again.❤❤❤❤
Interesting discussion on Kyrgios. Maybe because I’m getting older, but my thoughts are that him getting a highly sought after commentating gig was a horrible decision given the embarrassment and joke he has been throughout his career. Why reward that behavior? Networks are a complete sellout with no moral integrity. I really don’t get that. Entertaining or not, he is not a good representative of tennis. Thoughts?
You are absolutely 100% correct. 👍
As a player, he was a modern-day McEnroe and we've seen how that worked out. And really, he's never done anything trashy as a commentator or during his interview segments; he just needs to rein himself in on social media. No worse than a lot of takes coming from ESPN on-air talent.
@@HeavyTopspin respectfully disagree. He was only “a modern day McEnroe” in the bad temper category. John McEnroe has won 7 Slams in addition to other top tournaments. How does Clown Kyrios even come close? Also, McEnroe didn’t spend his off-court time obsessively trying to damage other players. He got on with his life. They are different enough in the ways that count and similar enough in the ways that don’t.
I agree that kyrgios is genuine... Genuinely egomaniac. I've hated how it made the on court interviews also about himself (see Djokovic interview). Also the task of any journalist should be observing and reporting not trying (unsuccessfully) to disturb the real actors on socials.
I agre in everything, I Hope rispect Is not and issue for old people, seems tò me Kyrgios has Always ben a terribile guy and treated people in a brutal way while playing, in social media Is so irrispecful and what he wrote about His ex girlfriend Is violenze, I round all of the se really out of order, I Hope he Will Hey in court for that, Sorry for my errors in english.
Nobody asked Kyrgios to express his totally unnecessary opinion and nobody cares about him. He likes to be argumentative. He is everything but professional. He calls for Sinner to be banned. Well, he, as a commentator should have definitely been fired (and he wasn't) for attacking Kalynskaya and not just for that. Lucky he wasn't sued for what he wrote.
Many other tennis players share his sentiment. Freedom of speech/ideas is critical for any healthy society. Fact is that Sinner is now the golden goose and is protected with special treatment and privileges.
PS. Nothing about his story and special treatment make sense. You’re telling me a world class physio was dumb enough to use clobestol spray, and was even dumber to to massage Sinner without gloves when he has an open wound and Sinner has scratches/sores/openings too? This is basic medical code a common nurse knows, let alone a works class physio. He would have learned this in his first day medical class. This is serious medical malpractice, complete negligence. Don’t believe he was really this stupid.
If he's professional on the air, why should it matter what he says on social media? If every employee can be fired because of what they say on social we'd be looking at a massive restriction on free speech and a very bland corporate culture indeed.
@@MegaGo68In most companies Kyrgios comments on the the net would be more than enough to fire him. Freedom ends when respect for others end.
@@FabioSangiorgi-vu5eg my god, people are such cry babies these days. Cancel culture is a disease. So weak. Grow a pair.
@@JB-im5ktTurn the page. Get over it. What goes around comes around. The more you call for an innocent to be regarded as guilty the more life will take its toll on you.
I’m sorry folks but this just has to be said. People do NOT watch tennis because of Nick Kyrios. They watch it despite of Nick Kyrios. Record breaking crowds at the US Open are not due to Nick Kyrios. They may be due to a couple of other players, but he is not one of them. Not even close. Media coverage corresponds with this fact. If Nick Kyrios went on to sell suits, the game would go on to the growing cheers of enthusiastic fans without a single thought about the guy. He would soon be forgotten except to the trolls on social media.
You might forget him, but many won't.
Also, people who live in non-speaking english countries do not even HEAR him lol
@@marissssss11111 the guy has been charged with assault to which he pleaded guilty. The only reason he got off is because of mental health reasons. He made vulgar insulting remarks about Donna Vekic, a well-respected top tier player, and went on to do the same thing to Kalinskaya while he was covering the tournament she was playing. How is this okay on any level? It’s unacceptable. I am certain the non-English speaking fans of these players are well aware of the things he gets a pass on. If these were female players from Anglo countries, he would have been thrown out long ago.
@@Aliceteacup i despise Kyrgios trust me and I think he should be removed from any platform. But at least non-Anglo countries do not have to listen to him commentating. As far as his social presence is concerned, I removed X and he is out of my life.
@@Aliceteacupthank you for naming his domestic abuse issues. This is too easily discarded (the say what Zverev’s is). Like Gil said, we as tennis fans don’t get to choose who our commentators are but whenever it’s Nick, I mute it
Imo Sinner AO was a bigger achievement. Beating djokovic in Melbourne and coming back against medvdev.
The Sabalenka forehand apparently lacks the rpm the atp forehands have.
36:02 "[...] I hate Jannik Sinner" -Gill Gross
Well, this is a bad look :/
(No need to check what he said right before this)
My GOAT finally showed his bias 😔😔
Kyriogs is just disgusting. No wonder he is an Andrew Tate fanboy.
I think Sinner’s easy hard ct run is more because of his dominance and consistency on hc. TBH, you can switch him with any other top 4 seeds and will still come back claiming his draw is easier. His US Open draw was the hardest on paper. T Paul, Meddy, Carlos, Djoker/zevrev. Also Sinner fans, don’t get too upset. If you feel Gill is biased against Sinner, consider it as a blessing in disguise. Lmao😂
I personally think the debate for player of the season is practically over because till today, sinner has been clearly the best and I don't see alcaraz doing better than sinner on fast HC
Yeah, 4R Paul, QF Medvedev and SF Alcaraz on HC is a pretty comfortable draw.
He didn’t end up playing Alcaraz lol
@@SJ-di5zu The question was about the draw, not the path. Not Sinner's fault if Alcaraz lost.
If he had played Alcaraz in the semis and Djoker/Zverev in the final it would be a tough draw. But the draw fell apart. Wasn't his fsult but ultimately it was the easiest draw this year
@@Julian_orwellWell Gill interpreted it as who they actually played against, as in strength of competition at the slam. Which is a far more interesting debate than just looking at “hur durr who got luckier” lol
Rafa has the 6 Kings Slam event coming up in Riyadh this October. Maybe that commitment is occupying his time. There is an awful lot of money involved.
Regarding Kyrios, you are being far too generous. He was covering WTA players professionally. Kalinskaya being one of them. He would have been fired in any other job and with good reason. Full stop. There are many players just as capable as he to provide coverage. Kyrios is mediocre at best in addition to being an undisciplined, impulsive and lazy player who repeatedly and continuously displays appallingly vulgar behaviour, bad sportsmanship and poor character. He sets a dreadful example for youth. He is terrible for tennis and brings zero value to the sport.
Can you tell me who are these 'many players just as capable'? He brings zero value to you, but certainly has for a lot of people. Like it or not, that's the truth.
@@vijayla21 hmmm 🤔 this is a head scratcher. How about any player with a few brain cells to spare who does not mumble and sound unintelligible. But let’s just start with the obvious two players Jim Courier and Andy Roddick. Both have actually won slams and reached world #1 unlike said clown. Both are already successful commentators in their own right unlike said clown. I hope that answers your question sufficiently.
Agree about everything you said about Rafa except one. I dont think the match against Zverev was so bad. Zverev had just won italy and easily the best player on clay at that point. Also, he played his best match of the tournaments against Rafa.yet Rafa was a break up in the 2nd and 3rd sets.
Yeah Rafa played really well after the 1st set. It's true.
The fast court that suites Sinner less is Indian Wells. Alcaraz is stronger there because it is slower and easyer for him to give more shape to the ball
Have been shopping around tennis youtube and have settled on your channel as my go to source for tennis news and analysis. You're knowledgeable and objective and i learn so much through watching your videos. Thank you and keep going!
Around 54:05, Gill said that the player of the year is not over yet, he is technically correct as there is still the indoor season coming up. However, unless Sinner doesn’t win another match and/or Alcaraz does really well in the indoor season, I don’t see Sinner not being player of the year.
new category.. Cheater if the year!
Sinner's "worst" loss was to Tsitsipas, ranked 12th at the time and on his best surface. Carlos has non-top-20 losses to BVDZ (74), Monfils (46), and Draper (31), while winning half as many titles overall. There's no contest, and even if he somehow won both remaining 1000s and the ATP finals he'd still be unable to catch Sinner for #1 (and let's face it, this is when Carlos usually fades and Sinner gets strong).
@@HeavyTopspin Cheaters don’t get to be player of the year.
Good show. Thanks Gill.😊
New York is humid, Melbourne is definitely not as humid
Sinner has very easy runs just because he is so much better than everybody.
also I don’t think his australian open run was that easy
@@lailaaaa2466it wasn’t easy at all. I was asked to rank them.
@@GillGross thanks for the reply Gill!! keep up the good work 😊
@@GillGross Good job Gilly Bob i agree with your unbiased ranking .
Handled the Kyrgios topic with class as always. Bravo Gill
Agreed!
Your reasoning on Alcara vs Djokovic/Nadal mentality was enlightening. What would keep sinner or Federer awake at night?
Federer always hated when a defensive player managed to outmatch his offense. I feel like seeing balls come back repeatedly made him upset and his goal was to just take the racket out of his opponent’s hands and show that no one can withstand his offense.
Sinner? I think similarly to Nadal and Djokovic it would be making too many errors. He will at least try to take some off the ball and keep the ball in play
Considering only the opponents I could agree with your ranking about sinner and alcaraz slam’s difficulty, but if you consider also that Australian was the first slam for sinner and alcaraz was the Wimbledon 2023 champion, I think that Australian open was more difficult than Wimbledon this year
But we are talking about 2024. You Sinner fans are so insecure.
29:02 being genuine does not mean no ulterior motives. I don’t think we can view those two comments in isolation because I think him calling out Sinner on the doping thing has something to do with the fact that he is now dating Kyrgios’s ex. Especially given he was willing to be so publicly petty and slut shaming her which indicates he is still on some level upset about the end of their relationship
You’ve just jinxed a 5 day heatwave of about 40° now at this years AO thanks Gill 😂
@nibloe4104 followed by rain, dust storm, heat and cold, all in one day.
Can ESPN, who summarily fired Doug Adler after a vile and defamatory story Ben Rothenberg wrote about him, be expected to fire Nick Kyrgios? I highly doubt it. In addition, Adler's ESPN colleagues chose silence over truth and/or moral responsibility. Money rules, and ethics and morels might follow. It's like Gill said, different standards and rules apply, depending ... it kinda sucks. Thanks Gill!
Im gonna say it now and say this again. Jannik will win everything till IW next year. If its a humid Miami open above 80 humidity constantly, then Alcaraz may get the Sunshine double. Which is pretty much equivalent to winning a GS in prestige and status.
Medvedev is 3 in hard courts. Records speak . Medvedev had deep runs than Carlos in hard court
Sabalenka is achieving this fh average speed against wta competition. I doubt that she would be able to do the same against atp competition.
If Sinner, Alcaraz etc had to face wta players they would easily crush forehands all the time.
In addition , it's not only about speed but about heaviness as well.
👍…and spin.
Sinner had a tough draw its easier cos its him
He didn't but its not his fault he didn't have to play Carlos in the semis or Djoker/Zverev ij the final. It would've been a tough draw if everyone fulfilled their seeds
Us open cmon gill
I noticed the JPEG let thing TOO!! It was driving me nuts!
One time when I was watching the US Open on TV, I saw you with your headphones and laptop sitting right by the court, smiling! I didn't know you did commentary, very cool.
Thank you for talking about Rafa pulling out of the Laver Cup. A lot of us bought tickets to see him play, and for him to pull out the week before is extremely disappointing.
FRITZ-ZVEREV MATCH WAS INCREDIBLE TOO! 🎾
Paul Pierce got fired from ESPN for going on IG Live with strippers and smoking a cigar, so there is a level of professionalism required. Kyrgios should be held to that standard and tbh insulting a current player who happens to be your ex with open misogyny falls under that umbrella. Kyrgios shouldn’t be a commentator
Basketball is a lot bigger, they are not missing manpower with shaq and barkley.
I have a question: could you explain how is the draw taking place? I’m trying to understand…is like a loto that they put all the names in or they dived them according to their rankings? Help please
Nick is about as phoney and non genuine as they come, I mean he's spent his whole career claiming the system and media are against him and now he works for ESPN...
on the Pegula thing I am nearly 100% sure it's the foot stomping; the sound matches, and the video matches.
yo wtf meep watches gill gross too what a legend
@@steelce didn't expect you here
Kyrgios is such a disgrace to the sport of tennis. I'm glad he's not a part of it anymore. He cannot hold a candle next to someone like Sinner, let alone greats like Nadal, Djokovic and Federer.
Sinner should get one of his behind the scenes guy to just say to the television networks televising the slams that Sinner availability will be lessened unless that fool (Kyrigos) is outta the coverage.
Excellent take on Kyrgs.
Hey, one type of video that I’ve always wanted to see is an in depth analysis on how different player’s games change across all three surfaces. I’d be interested to see the statistics on how their tactics shift and what their shotmaking preferences are. Namely Djokovic, Nadal, Federer, Alcaraz, and Sinner. (So the biggies) I wonder if there’s any clear preferences outside of the natural tactic shifts from surface to surface for these players :)
so your argument for Sinner’s runs being easier than Alcaraz’s is pretty much that Carlos let his opponents play well against him but Sinner got it easy because he was too dominant, got it lol
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 finally. I was searching for this comment.
For Wimbledon yes, but for RG it's because Carlos had higher ranked opponents. It's clear that the U.S. open run was the easiest, but in my opinion AO was more difficult than Wimbledon and RG was the hardest to win.
@@tijgertjekonijnwordopgegeten if you’re going to bring up the rankings then at least check the facts first. official ranking of Alcaraz’s opponents at RG qf/sf/f: 9, 2, 4. ranking of Sinner’s opponents at AO qf/sf/f: 5, 1, 3.
Just looking at the rankings is pointless, but if we consider their opponents’ form/their history on the surface and other variables then I personally think AO and RG runs were comparable
Djokovic played terrible and Medvedev was exhausted. It doesn't say anything negative about Sinner. Why are people so worked up about this?
@@vijayla21 Good point similarly Sinner was exhausted in rg and zverev ran out of gas after the 4th set in rg final .
Regarding the two first serves tactic: when you're serving a second serve, especially if you know you're gonna hit it hard, you're under more pressure, which is gonna cause your in-stats to drop. Case closed, 1st-serves-in stats would not carry over intact to second serves.
I never understood Nick's "second serve" comment. Cab somebody explain it to me?
36:05 - 😂😂😂 so true
Keep your perspective real, GG
I think about the ranking of difficulty of draws at slams there has been some mixing of method of doing this. One thing is who you are faving in the draw by rank and another how they played the actual match. Djokovic and Medvedev at the AO by ranking would be similar to Zverev and Sinner at the French. Last year people said Sinner had an easy draw for the semi at Wimbledon but that was based on ranking of the opponent not how well they played. Safin was playing very well then but that was not taken into account. Tiafoe at Wimbledon played well but for ranking he was not in the top 20 so should be an easy draw for Alcataz by the same thinking. Ranking before play starts or quality of tennis after they have played creates different rankings.
I'm not sure there are stats on it but in the 90's when the Australian open surface was compound of crushed car tires it seemed to be a slower higher bouncing surface. There were many stories of dreadfully hot days; or was it just the sun coverage due to the lack of roofs?
I didn't notice this with Pegula this year but I remember a couple of years ago it being a problem for me at some tournament that it sounded like the let beep was going off on every serve.
Thank Gill I like your análisis 😊
I feel like double faults are so mentally taxing bc it stands out to the mass of points you play during a match which typically includes rallies. In terms of memory, it is a clear outlier to other points and is why I think it lingers in minds longer. Along with that, when you double fault - it is 100% your fault lol.
Here's why Davis Cup finals isn't the excitement you refer to. First, if you played on Davis Cup team in finals your opinion would be totally different. The excitement level is much higher playing for your country and lifting up teammate who didn't do good or some teammate lifting you up and Second... Davis Cup seems lame to you cuz the woke media doesn't promote it like US Open. Nobody even knows it's going on except the countries that are playing in it. Media needs to promote Davis Cup same as US Open, Wimbledon, etc.
Well, your initial take on Sinner was as misinformed as Kyrgios', and the fact that you believe he was being genuine is rather naive, not to use a different word.
Thanks for answering my question Gill.How did you know I was a conspiracy theorist….lol? Jessica Pegula and the mystery 🎾 🛸🎪🤣
Melbourne is brutally hot during the day, that's why Novak likes to play at night.
Who wouldn't?
I was wondering the same thing about Pegula, but they never call it. I have heard a similar sound when Naomi Osaka served too!
#gill amazing mail bag again! Cheers.. 80K views seems not fair..
Not sure we'll see Rafa on the match court again, he seems to be drifting into retirement, which is fine. Not everyone wants or needs a definitive celebratory retirement match.
Nick has already been fired from ESPN and wasn’t anywhere near the men’s finals. He is a goner from what I hear. Hope Craig Tiley is listening and keeps that clown away from the AO and brings in a multi slam champion like Ash Barty.
Ash Barty is good at commentating.
Let's all remember that the guy who dominated the HC season (and the season, overall) and now (to avoid embarrassment) features as the highest ranked HC player in this video, was ranked 3rd (third!) in the pre-US Open power rankings.
But yeah, he's not biased lol.
He didn't make the right prediction. Shocking, I know.
@@vijayla21 that's not the point. Power rankings are not predictions. He makes separate videos for those. Power rankings should simply reflect someone's level, regardless of personal preferences or gut-feelings. How can you rank someone 3rd for the UO and then say he's the undisputable best HC player?!
And one can't certainly say he was struggling before the UO. He had just won Cincinnati, unlike the other two he ranked higher.
It's bias, pure and simple.
@@Julian_orwell What was his power ranking for Fritz? Is he biased there as well?
@@vijayla21 No, because he had just lost badly at Cinci. Still, he had him relatively high.
It seems like Rafa got tired of people asking when he is going to retire and given how Federer left, plus the expectations of a retirement announcement, that the focus at Laver would be all on that. Looks like he doesn’t want everyone shipping him off and making it about him when he’s unsure what he wants.
So Gill you are claiming Sinner won the AO because Djokovic played badly and Medvedev didn't have his legs and that Sinner won the US Open because he had an"easy" draw ((I didn't know Djokovic and Alcaraz weren't in the draw).
There is always an excuse to take credit away from Sinner.
For as good as a tennis commentator that you are, you are definitely biased in your statements and in my mind not credible enough.
I was asked to rank the difficulty of the runs and I ranked them. Sinner has been the best player in the world this year and that’s why he’s won two slams. Hope that helps.
@@GillGrossThanks Gill.
It isn't an excuse, it's simply what it is.
Come on guys relax!!!!
How is Alcaraz's RG's draw tougher than Sinner's AO?! This is really bizarre. He had an easy draw up to SF (yes, Tsitsipas this year was unremarkable, even on clay), where he faced a non-clay specialist who was struggling physically (but this time the "context" doesn't seem to matter) and then he went to beat the biggest choker in today's tennis in the final. Medvedev still played very well in the final and fought till the end. But somehow it's a miracle he won two sets. He might have had to be tired, but he certainly didn't collapse on court. The way you justify pre-conceived assumptions using selective logic is baffling.
Sinner and Zverev are better than Draper and Fritz. Maybe stop being a fanboy?
medvedev is also one of the biggest chokers in tennis .also medvedev broke the record for most time spent on court in a slam that AO. saying he was tired is an understatement. he was running on fumes. its very surely a miracle he won 2 sets . Also tsitsipas on clay is way harder than rublev on hard. Tsitsipas also won monte carlo this year only weeks before rg
Why are you always crying the moment someone doesn't lick your idol' boots?
@@NamTran-xc2ip Did I say that? Again, selectively picking.
The question was about the draw, not the path. Not Sinner's fault if Alcaraz lost.
@@Fraudkovic No, Medvedev won a HC Slam final against the best HC player ever.
Did you notice btw that Draper was already sweating profusely during the pre-match interview? I noted it immediately.
He also asked the umpire for something to do with an extra ice towel. Can't remember exactly but it was along those lines. He seemed in a bit of a state before the match even started. He maybe eaten or drank too much from anxiety too, hence the sickness on-court. I'm surprised he was competitive in the match at all. I hope he works this all out.
One of the reasons Sabalenka hits that hard is also because she is getting slower balls towards her and therefore has more time to load the shot than the men, as it were.
It always seems like it’s hotter in Australia but they’re always having some kind of Australian summer. I don’t know what you’re talking about.
When they have heat waves in Melbourne it's definitely hotter!
Gil fabulous Iga comment you are right she needs a little more time and kees has always been a cripe remember stans comment he made Iga move back
On Sabalenka's FH speed, it's been said a few times that Madison Keys's flat FH lands about as hard as anyone's, on either tour. (Also she's one of the cool humans, lol.)
Thanks Gill!
Regarding Draper, I have a serious issue with the umpire allowing them to play on after just a brief toweling-off of the surface. Vomit is a biohazard, and yes it was nerves but there was no way to be sure at the time it wasn't flu or something contagious, and although you could say "who does it affect aside from Jack?", there's the possibility of a ball bouncing in it, and at the point the ballkids and his opponent are at risk. Even moreso when play was allowed to go on during the tiebreak, where the players switch sides. You know they wouldn't have allowed the same if it had been blood on the court.
She really tried to stop play both times, but the guys weren't having it and overruled her!
@@TheEmmiebear She allowed them to overrule her. I mean of COURSE Sinner is not going to mind keeping things going against an obviously ailing opponent.
Gil never talks a both the business side and underbelly of tennis.
It's astounding how you downplay Sinner's dominance on HC and on tour in general this year.
You said his record is so impressive compared to Alcaraz this year only because he went on a tear last year after the US Open. But that's just not true. He had early exits at both remaining Masters 1000 tournaments. Even simply looking at the race this year, he has 50% more ranking points than Alcaraz, 9000 against 6000! I'm not sure that's small.
When asked about the fact he only had marginal losses, stretching matches to the maximum number of sets even when defeated, you come up with stats from Alcaraz or Federer never losing in straight sets to make I'm not sure what point. Sinner's stats was not about not losing in straight sets. Federer lost in 4 to Nadal at RG in 2005, not in 5. Not wanting to take anything away from Federer's greatness (and anyone would have lost in straight sets to Nadal at RG back then), but that wasn't the point of the question. Alcaraz in 2022 did only lose in straight sets in October to Goffin, but he had lost in 4 to Zverev at RG and to Sinner at Wimbledon that year. So that doesn't apply either.
The same can be said about the question regarding the Slam draws this year. Somehow, Sinner's had the least tough run/path. But the question was about the draw, and you seemed to misinterpret it again. Sinner as the top seed drew #3 and #5 in two consecutive Slams! If that's not a tough draw, I don't know what that is. I'm not even sure this has even any precedents in history.
I have the feeling that somehow Alcaraz's losses or inferior accomplishments this year are always "circumstantial", whereas little is said about Sinner's mental struggle due to the ongoing investigation possibly affecting his clay+grass season. That wasn't circumstantial, I suppose.
How in the world can you have watched the intro to Monday Match Analysis this week and think I downplay Sinner's hardcourt dominance? I am literally beating the drum as loudly as I possibly can on it..... the question I was asked was if the player of the year race is over because Sinner is up so many points in the rankings- my point is that we should at least see what happens this fall. Obviously, Sinner has a hefty lead right now and it would be shocking if Alcaraz made up ground in this part of the season.
I have never seen No1 seed drawn to play No 3 and No5 seed it happened in 2 consecutive slams is very surprising and it also happened in cinci and Montreal even in Cinci and Montreal Jannik had the toughest draw .
@@GillGross You do, or you misunderstood questions twice: the one on draws and especially the one on Sinner's stats this year, where you tried to bring up precedents that didn't apply. Plus, having him as the third in power rankings before US Open says it all.
P.S. I've noticed a shift in the way you talk about him after the doping case, where you, alongside other American pundits, contributed to mispread misinformation on the case. And as of now still you haven't formally apologized or acknowledged your poor take on him allegedly receiving preferential treatment.
You know this well.
The runs of Alcaraz in the Slams in 2024 were more difficult because he had to face Sinner in RG and Medvedev in Wimbledon. The runs of Sinner were easier because Alcaraz got eliminated earlier than he should have in Australia and NYC.
Don't all the top players work with a "mental coach?"
Definitely not all
@@GillGross ok--most? many? a few?
@@mariepelletier3020 Most if we're talking highly ranked.
@@GillGross ok that's what I thought. Change from the old days.
There is none evidence to think that you hare any player. That makes nooooo sense. It is sad that some "fans" perceive Gill like this
Week ending off right with a Friday mailbag!
YAYYYY GILL POSTED A MAILBAG
Btw Gill, what do you think is the longest you can go on a mailbag? 3 hours?
@@anonymoustennisfollower6038 haha great question. At an hour and a half I’m usually starting to feel fried. It’s more tiring than commentary.
@@GillGross I see, thank you for doing these mailbags and for answering my question on Swiatek. Right now I'm trying to learn more about the game and having a lot of questions, so these mailbags are a very valuable way for me to have someone knowledgeable answer my questions.
Your ranking of slams is just ridiculous. So biased.
I totally agree with you. He us very biased. It's crystal clear.
@@FabioSangiorgi-vu5eg when he said Djokovic played really badly against Jannik in AO, but in Wimbledon final lost 6-2 6-2 7-6 (straight set lost in a final). Djokovic 10 times AO champion, but no Alcaraz run in Wimbledon more impressive. (?) Not only that, Jannik won against Medvedev in the final of AO. (One of the hard court “specialists “. Meddy’s words not mine). He won without dropping any sets until the semis, saving a tiebreaker 5-1 down against Rublev. Alcaraz 5 sets against Tiafoe in Wimbi (tiafoe horrible season up until that moment), Medvedev on grass good but he is having massive problems with his serve and almost lost again Jannik in the quarter (and tired AS WELL after 5 sets). Alcaraz played T Paul and Humbert and he thinks this is a tough challenge? BUT funnily enough Jannik played TPaul in his home slam and no, Jannik very easy path in US open. I can carry on even more, but you got the gist of it. Mamma Mia. Also dear Gill, if the opponent plays badly or better, it is also based on what the other one does at the other side of the net. But you do know this very well.
Ciao 👋🏻
@@federicaaaIt's the same old story. Gill is in love with Alcaraz's game and would say anything to undermine Sinner's deserved slam victories. With that being said of course Alcaraz has still got 4 slam titles under his belt so credit to him.
Very well said that was really biased . Alcaraz didn't play the best sinner either in rg and didn't play the best djokovic in Wimbledon but he discounts all these points pretty pathetic . Khachanov is last yr's ao semi finalist he completely ignores him Khachanov played his heart out against Sinner . Sinner played 3 top 5 opponents to win ao and don't forget he played Alcaraz's conquerer Botic in the first round .
@@FabioSangiorgi-vu5eghmm that’s strange during Roland Garros all the comments were that I was a total Sinner fanboy and I was biased against Alcaraz. So interesting.
USO and AO play identically nowadays. I’ve been complaining about this for a while. One of them needs to change up court speed/bounce to make some diversity. I thought we wanted “surface versatility,” not just make everything faster
I would love an indoor slam.
No USO and AO don't play identically. The AO speed index is 50 compared with USO 43. Plus the AO has a much lower bounce compared with USO. AO also uses heavier dunlop balls than the wilson USO balls which slows things down a tad. If taking into account balls, USO would have a court speed index of about 45 and AO would be about 48.
@@tonyh4807I think we’re going by different metrics, but the one I’ve seen showed USO and AO basically identical in court speed. Bounce isn’t that different either from what I see
Alcaraz won IW 2023 so the asker forgot a final.
This whole vid in a nutshell:
Q: "Is Sinner amazing?"
Gill: "Yes, but Alcaraz...."
On US open vs AO wrt Sinner ...u need to account for Scheduling of the events ..while AO is in starting and USO comes later in season ...so AO becomes more easier specially for Sinner
noice
“Alcaraz has not made a non-Indian wells final on a hard court since Cincinnati 2023.” This feels like just a bad faith argument. For one, he made a USO SF where he lost to Medvedev (top 5 hard court player) and an AO QF where he lost to Zverev (top 5 hard court player). In both cases, if he had a better draw like Djokovic did at USO, he would’ve made finals or semis, he just played the difficult opponents earlier. So setting the bar at finals is already arbitrary. We can also look at Turin SF where he got blitzed by Djokovic, but Djokovic also gave Sinner a beating right after. Had Alcaraz played, say, Medvedev instead, he makes the final at Turin, the fastest hard court on tour. So again, luck of the draw.
Then we discount Indian Wells entirely, where he’s the 2x defending champion? It’s just an argument that requires you to ignore a lot of context.
It might be bad faith, but the point still stands. He' not as good on hc and doesn't separate himself from the pack compared to grass and clay.
@@vijayla21What now?
@@SJ-di5zu What? If you think winning an atp500 changes the whole point then,,, deMinaur and Humbert are also fast court atp500 champions this seasom….
@@vijayla21They didn’t beat Sinner on the way to winning theirs lol so now we’re not counting Alcaraz’s Beijing title, 2 Indian Wells titles, Cincinnati F, USO SF as results? What are we counting? Y’all are way too analytical with how you ignore certain results to prove a point.
@@SJ-di5zu What exactly is your point? I'm not ignoring anything. Since Cincinatti last year Sinner won both the hc slams, Miami, Cincy, Rotterdam.
Are you seriously disputing the claim that Sinner generally better on hcs? Are you saying 2 slams, 2 masters on hc are worse than a master and a 500?
Sinner hardest drsw us cmon gill but ib the end no zverev djokovic or alcaraz byt played paul and meddy
He was clearly ranking by the 7 matches played, not the hypothetical draw where everyobe fulfills their seeds
Rafa is going to milk another year. as his corporate handlers insist. Tease the fans and then with draw!
Novak will not go out that way.
Nadal would have definitely played Laver Cup if they were held on clay courts. 😂😂
The problem with this impromptu withdrawal is only hurting those who bought tickets at extravagant prices believing it to be farewell tournament for Nadal. By holding his decision till the last minute, Nadal has clearly betrayed them and fleeced out their money. It goes to prove what a self centred personality he is where there is always a tremendous disconnect between his words and actions.
The one who lied to the Australian government, taking questionable bathroom breaks isn't any better, don't worry.
Very good considered answer on Kyrgios. Also loved Gill asking fans to not be immature re: him ranking Alcaraz' and Sinner's slams - I can answer the question but can y'all behave like grown-ups😂.
Who do you think had a tougher path Jannik at AO or Alcaraz at RG .
@@sanjay-ul8lch probably Alcaraz. Obviously Sinner had Djokovic at the AO but Djokovic wasn't great in that match.
Stick to tennis analysis where you excel, better leave cultural political stuff (Zverev, Kyrgios etc) aside.
Right or wrong, don’t you think Kyrgios’s controversial statements improve the allure of the broadcast? It’s the excitement of “what will he say next?”
Is he that controversial on air? Most of his controversies come when he’s behind a keyboard. He’s pretty flat as an interviewer, but I like his live commentary.
@@Max_Cherry His commentary is exciting and knowledgeable.
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Ok that was very childish...so feel free to delete it😊....I do appreciate the effort Gill is putting analyzing the sport of tennis. He is the most thorough than any other tennis pundits online that i have seen at least.
Gill is wrong about Kyrgios. If every employee can lose their job because of what they say on social media, that's a massive restriction on free speech (in the tennis world and beyond) and the recipe for a bland corporate culture writ large. As Gill says, Nick was good on the broadcasts, and to me that is the evidence of his professionalism. In addition, there's no way to police what people say on social media, except ad-hoc, which is also bad for the culture and any expectation that we are governed by stable norms.
Many others have been fired for much less.
He can say whatever he wants as long as he is not covering that tournament. It was disgusting and unprofessional. He was not commenting on tennis or doping. He was gratuitously slut-shaming a WTA player while covering the tournament she was playing in. In no other work environment would this fly under the radar. It has nothing to do with “free speech”. It was egregiously inappropriate and unprofessional.
Rafa dont give a shit about his fan base.
Kyrios is about the only honest tennis commentator left. the others trying to make a name for themselves. Kyrios already made it!
I agree with you. He is very honest. He portrays himself as a clown because he's a clown 🤡
oh.. gil.. you are being offensive by judging Nick to be offensive..
We love him out here!
Man up!!
AND Sinner was let off easy!!
While I disagree with Sinner being let off easy, Gill never had any issue with Kyrgios's statement there. It was only with the Anna Kalinskaya comment, which is obviously a terrible thing to say and completely indefensible. Nothing Sinner did was a part of this, it was an unnecessary attack on her which was pretty misogynistic and deserves some form of punishment
It was about the Kalynskaia post. The man has an history of demeaning women. Do you remember the wavrinka incident? Also he pleaded guilty in his own trial for assaulting his gf and was cleared with a laughable verdict... And now he preaches about double standards for superstars 😂.
@@alexmacdiarmid4704 I am a woman and it was not misonygust. a stupid word. and quit telling people what they can and cannot say .
@@Pfaz001 I’m a woman and he does NOT have a history of demeaning women. quit slandering him!
@@alexmacdiarmid4704 you should be punished for making such an idiotic statement.
I love king kyrigos😘