Tsitsipas Faces Opelka; Medvedev and Isner Meet Again | Toronto 2021 Semi-Final Highlights
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I love Medvedev's motion so much, the guy is playing golf everytime he hits the ball 😂
LMFAO
🤣🤣🤣🤣
💀
yup, it's so unique. I kinda like it
The kind of strokes that work incredibly well for him, but you wouldn't dream of trying to teach them to a junior lol
Opelka looks a lot like John Krasinski and he has a great all court game. Really great net skills and moves extremely well for his height
Lmao I like how you say him looking like John Krasinski adds to his tennis. The transition is so smooth
@@helios859 😉😂
And a modest fella too.
@@JohnSmith-qp4bt Oh yeah, I love his temperament.
Opelka looks like Ryan Reynolds lol
Probably the biggest win of Opelka's career. He's in his own lane now. His ability to put away ground strokes and volleys during big points is uncanny. Not to mention Tsitsipas has been in-form as of late. Really happy for him, and I think he has a real good shot against Medvedev, who he's beat already.
You are right. I remember that match, it was in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Medvedev's land, he was the defending champion and he won the first set 6-2 against Opelka, but the result turned around, it cost him and it was difficult, but he did it.
@Dwilshire7 you have a point about Tsitsipas's struggles on grass but I'd hardly call his French Open result evidence of being out of form
Tsitsipas single handed backhand is a big weakness which opelka exploited
"Probably"???
@@Nopanop Somebody who also saw that, not only this match, but in generally, his backhand is not accurate many times in his game.
racquet in opelka's hand looks like a toddler's one but jeez he completely took me by surprise. beating players wayy above him to reach his first masters 1000 final is indeed an achievement.
the reason why tsitsipas lost was that he didn't have a good backhand. Opelka took advantage of this mercilessly and played him on the backhand again
@@theoneandonly8207 it remind me a conversation i had one week ago and i posted this:
one handed backhand for all players is always a weakness, it's because of that that tennis players like Federer, Wawrinka, Shapovalov, Gasquet... always turn into their forehands.
Nowadays tennis consist of good serve, good return , big forehand and hope to not mess up with their one handed backhand when you have no time to avoid your "weak" ( compare to forehand) backhand lol.
One handed backhand is principally for volleyer but tennis volley have disappeared because they slow down all the courts, grass court , clay court and hard court are not so different because of the uniformisation of all the courts these last decades.
Moreover One handed backhand are for offensive players because they can take the ball earlier than two handed due to contact point slidely ahead. But the problem is that everyone prefer attacking with a big forehand than a one handed backhand so the utility of this type of backhand is not so obvious.
To finish the only advantage of tennis player who master one handed backhand is that they have a good slice, but again slice is often too slow and opponent turn rapidly into forehand to attack the slice. Best example is the domination of Nadal Vs federer in that aspect of the game.
I Find one handed backhand more elegant too but i don't think he could be more stable than a two hander because two hands are always more stable thane one, is just pure logic.
and here an answer from a member of youtube saying that i 'm wrong.
@Florent Le Morillon Your knowledge of the backhand technique is extremely outdated and basically describes the one-handed backhand of the 20th century. Almost nothing of what you said applies to the modern one-hander of the 21st century. In fact, the opposite is true in most things (modern one-handers typically have poor, unnatural slice, by far the biggest advantage of the modern one-hander is MUCH greater topspin and sidespin, which is why many modern one-handers with their huge topspin swings are so successful on clay and generally slower surfaces, and suffer on faster surfaces etc.)
"and then i saw you caught you by surprise"
@@florentlemorillon130 One-handed backhands have been on the rise again, likely due to Federer's dominance in the early and mid 2000s. There are advantages and disadvantages with both a one-hander and 2-hander. If a player can handle a heavy topspin shot on the one-hander then I would recommend it more. Federer struggled more with this than some of the other one-handers and Nadal exploited this a lot. A strong slice can work well, and one-handed backhand hitters tend to hit the slice much more comfortably.
Opelka looks like Ivo Karlovic on steroids. He has much much better game from the baseline. He will have successful career.
Medvedev has his long arms and incredible speed and it makes a revolutionary court coverage
His balls slow him down
@MrLoui13 guarentee Medvededv wil win their next non slam meeting
@@kakashihatake1029 keep this comment in mind lol,slams are something different mate :) for big three
@MrLoui13 dude, people like you sound like toddlers like covering their ears "NOLE IS GOAT NOLE IS GOAT"
Such a. Crazy swing
Opelka has so much improved his game. It isn’t all about serving now. It’ll be an interesting final although I’ll root for Medvedev.
It's still mostly serve! Like 85% I was looking for the Tsi- Med final. I wonder what Med will do against Opelka's serve though
Hopefully Medvedev beats the serve-bot.
@@kieranrankie203 I guess you didn't watch this match and opelka clearly winning some crucial groundstroke points
Don't root for Medvedev...
@@kieranrankie203 Opelka is definitetly proving on this tournament that he's not a servebot. He's pretty good in baseline rallies and even in defense, his movement is surprisingly good, he can hit great backhands winners, defensive tweeners and everything else.
Tsitsipas is the only player for whom we need a “average coaching violations per match” stat
What happened?
@@eliaslabidi6198 he gets coaching warnings and violations from his dad/coach pretty much every match he plays
His dad is a less annoying version of Djokovic's parents, bit also of similar strain
@@starllama2149 how did you manage to bring djokovic into this conversation... The man Is really living rent free in y'all heads.
@@starllama2149 I don't think there is a more obnoxious man than Novak's dad. His mom passed one stupid comment about Roger but I am not aware of any other remarks. The less said about the father the better. Absolutely vile and disgusting comments by him.
Opelka’s the real deal. His ground game has shown legit flashes over the years, and he’s probably gonna be the best servebot on tour for the foreseeable future
Dont get too excited it just a season and he will get back to his level like all servebots
Yes thats true
I feel bad for Rafael nadull he loses to bernard tomic every grand slam final I almost feel bad!!! 🇦🇺🏆😎👍
servebots don’t have perfect serve and volley technique like Opelka. there is a reason he has that “told you so” look on his face after he wins; he is by far the biggest and strongest man to ever play tennis and has put in the work to back it up.
@@AinSoph73 basically. the big difference between him and isner is that polished net game he's been showing off this tourney
Medvedev is Isner's worst nightmare. He moves well on the court, has a good diversity of shots, and is excellent at reading and returning his monster serves.
Sounds like a young Djokovic.
if opelka breaks, you lost the set
Dude, right 😂
Really love everything in Opelka: his powerful, attacking game, his shirt, his facial hair . Now that's a character.
I like how Medvedev after every win looks like a kid lost in a crowd
What I like about opelka is he’s becoming more patient, he’s playing more high percentage shots!
This is the best comment i have seen about Opelka. Everybody else talking about like he only knew how to serve before. His shots were always there hes just playing smarter now.
Damn, Med's gonna play his idol/ man-crush in the final.
Wut
Medvedev has been the most consistent guy on hard courts after the big three. He has been in the final of every hard court masters except 1 since the summer of 2019. WOW
Just has to clear the final hurdles in GS now
@@devilmaycarebutGODdonot 2 finals. He’ll get there
Wow Opelka has been improving! How about the touch volley at 0:32? A Big man with a huge serve and forehand along with touch volleys can give any player trouble!
How many tiebreaks do you want to play
Opelka: Yes
🤐🤐
@Avinash Anand Can’t forget him
Yesterday I said you.. Tsitsipas and these players are not consistent and never gona win grand slam till djokovic and nadal is playing.. Now see.. How he looses to worst players.. Though it's fixing too
more like isner. guy has played more 7-6 tiebreaks than big 3
@@Tiplin8 opelka isn't a worst player. Are you joking?
Extraordinary from Opelka. Boy has he improved a huge amount in the past couple of years.
Jim Halpert is a man of many talents 🙌
I love this humble giant! He’s got game! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🎾🎾🎾
i always said artistic Opelka rocks 💥⚡🎸💥
The amount of times that Tsitsipas mishits a backhand on a crucial point is pretty worrying. Not just in this match but a lot of his matches.
That's the problem with a lot of one handed backhands, even Federer, Wawrinka, shapavalov make quite a lot of backhand errors. It gives them a lot of variety but less control
Fearless flat forehand from Opelka @2:45 - a rare shot today.
Wanted a Daniil vs Tsitsipas final but thanks to those Olympics athletes picking videos I don’t mind Daniil vs Reilly final either 😅
instead of playing against the little kid who doesn't know how to fight Daniil gets to play against his idol
Will Daniil even play, or will he just stand back and admire Reilly’s form?
Hahaha Daniiils idol
So you guys think Opelka has a chance at the final?
Big Opelka boi defeated the small kid, what a great fight!
I hope this doesn’t come as too much of a surprise to anyone; tall people frequently have an advantage in athletics.
@@AinSoph73 That's why Isner's no. 30.
@@AinSoph73 depends on what you mean by tall. a 6ft 5 inch guy has advantage over 5ft 11 inch but 6ft 11 inch guys do not have advantage. they so serve well but their height and weight makes their movement very restricted which good players can exploit. the greatest players to play the game are not tall like opelka and isner.
@@AinSoph73 too tall is obviously a disadvantage
@@shikhargovil9579 this comment is just one massive contradiction; please complete your seventh grade education before attempting to resume
I'm officially an Opelka fan!!
opelka's forehand is very huge, it made a lot of difficult things for tsitsipas to deal with
That extraordinaire powered forehand reminds me a lot of Del Potro
impressed with Opelka's game improvement in recent times. Not just big serve anymore
*Opelka has Del Po like power on his ground strokes...👍🏻 Such a clean & hard ball striking...👌* Being here in his Maiden ATP 1000 Final is nothing but the by-product of his consistent results of late on the tour...☝🏻 Totally deserved by Reilly. How about seeing him winning his biggest Maiden Title right here....💁 Go Reilly...💐
Opelka backhand is underrated
Yes, I find it incredible how he can flatten it out so much without it flying. The guy has serious skills, not just a serve
love his bh when I first saw him
I have to be impressed with Opelka, hes got really good skills not just limited to being serve bot. Great return game and great touch around the net. You can tell he really works hard on his movement despite being so tall.
For opelkas height his movement is unbelievable. He’s also not a serve bot like isner/karlovic or others his size. He’s got great ground strokes too. Wish him luck in the final against Medvedev and he’s still young.
Is it me or is it always hilarious when tistipas loses it.
Yes…
Yes, it comes across as more tantrum-like than other meltdowns.
except when he loses to djokovic
Ya, he's the modern day McEnroe.
@@binkyxz3 Yea ikr fax
Damn opelka targeted tsitsipas weak backhand
@Ryo Shusuke You can't compare these two things at all. Federer's backhand could withstand long rallies against Nadal's forehand (and often even outplay him), it wasn't such a big weakness. But Stefanos' backhand just doesn't exist at all on quicker courts against big hitters. It's not even poor, it just doesn't exist.
@Ryo Shusuke federer improved his backhand tho
Last 2 days, I have watched a video about Wimbledon boys in 2015 , opelka and his teammate come to the final and face with our Vietnamese player and his Indian mate. In that match, opelka has made so many mistakes a lose very quickly. But now , he come to final of master 1000, which make me really surprised. His kick serve was the ultimate weapon which is really effectively. He was still young and have a shine future . Hope this big man can come to top 10 like john isner have done .:))))
well done to Opelka, he beat the top seed. Amazing control of his huge body, very impressive
Opelka is the tallest athletic moving guy I've seen on tour in awhile.
Oh wow, I only just realised, the average of all the semifinalists would’ve been like 2.05 metres! :O
Yeah tsitsi was the shortest at like 6’4 and the rest were a good bit taller
Tour of the giants
mean or median
@@carldatso8365 mean is average median is the middle of all the possible options so mean…
@@KH-ks7si thanks. Please help me with coefficient of variation and correlation coefficient
Opelka has really surprised me with how good his game is on hard-court. The obvious comparison to Isner aside, he is a great mover and seems to be comfortable at the net. And considering he is only 23 he is part of the next gen too xD
Great Performance by Opelka and Medvedev ❤❤❤. Both played phenomenal Tennis 👍👍👍
Great matches.
Tsitsipas' really awkward returning Opelka's second serve. Every time Opelka did a heavy top spin 2nd serve, especially on Tsitsipas' backhand side, he just can't deal with it. Stef's back to the situation of RG and Wimbledon, just brainless, not aware of the problem when his opponent bullied him with the same method once and once again, no adjustment. Even if he got into the final, he'll have little chance to win it in this brainless way. Medvedev imo, has a big chance to win the final, at least he can pack up that second serve very well.
Even coaching didn't help
@@MariuszWelna
I'm assuming he didn't listen to the coaching
he has been very disrespectful to his dad before
The amount of Tsitsipas backhands that go aimlessly into the air is astounding every match. And they seem to happen in big moments. He will have a flash of brilliance with it, and then send an easy shot into the 8th row..
I don't know why he returned Opelka's second serve at the back of the court. It is clearly a better option to slice it on the rise.
@@Joseph-co7uh maybe he is just not able to do it.
I like the way opelka yesterday said tsitsipas is the second best player in the world right now, and then takes him out the next day 😂
You what that implies. Means he's the best in the world. Got to love that confidence from the big guy.
@@canchero724 😂
I love how Medvedev plays, his body motion feels so smooth to me, makes everything look so effortless
"And then you hit let and you don't say sorry, you think you're a good kid" - 2:15
He started it ,he started it
he doesn’t know how to fight, he is a small kid who doesn’t know how to fight
@@lucasmew453 he said bullshit Russian, you think this is normal??
@@mattgagi4347 but if he says something to me and wants to fight, he needs to do it
The Canadian tournaments, both Montreal and Toronto, always have the most enthusiastic fans
Rooting for Medvedev to dominate the US Open series and dethrone Novak at the US Open.
Opelka has had great run so far and really improved in his style of play it will be a wonderful final
Toronto 2021: Delivery you every unexpected high entertaining match!!!
I had a stroke reading this
@@mfzoom5401 Google translate gone terribly wrong lol
Once Djokovic and Nadal go. Medvedev is my guy 🤟🤟
Same here I think
Same
atleast on hards. for clay, my bet will be on theim if he gets back to his best and tsitsipas. for grass, maybe hurkacz and berettini. i personally really like hubi, a player who can cause upsets.
@@shikhargovil9579 bro no one is talking about who is better where, just that Medvedev is cool and skillful at the same time, also funny, give it a rest sometimes😂
Let's go Medy! 👍🏽👍🏽
Opelkas high kick serve 2 stefs backhand was a killer
Opelka forehand reminds me of Delpo not so much explosive but still dangerous like thiem backhand. If he can work on backhand to not leak many unforced error at crucial times he can a great threat to anyone.
PS: missing Delpo very much
Opelka in the thumbnail - "my strength is much greater than yours"
Tsitsipas falling short again in a match where he had the lead. Opelka played well, but I think there are two issues with Tsitsipas. Firstly, he winds himself up too much. He's lost a lot of matches from winning positions because he can't calm himself down when it matters. Secondly, mats Wilander pointed out a while ago that Tsitsipas isn't the smartest match player. He seems to think that it always just a matter of playing his own game well. Wilander pointed out that smart tennis players know that's only half of the battle, as there will be times when playing your own game will play straight into the hands of your opponent. The other half is finding ways to make your opponent play worse. In this match, you would have thought that the first thing anyone would do against such a tall player like opelka is slice the ball low at his feet. Make him bend and stretch all the way down. But Tsitsipas's slice backhand is truly awful, and he doesn't have the tennis brains yet to know that going all out as he always does often really suits his opponents.
what are you talking about? If he wasn't a clever player, he shouldn't be no3 in the world...Tell us another "more clever player" above him except Rafa and Roger..
@@georgiosinfa7962 there are so many more smarter players than him but ok
@@livelaughlucass Been smart on the game is one thing.. You need 20 more things to support your brain..And Stefanos (every Stefanos) has most of them been at the top5 of the sport.
@@georgiosinfa7962 yea I guess he just wasn’t on point in this match
@@livelaughlucass "Next time Stefanos finds Opelka against him, he is gonna beat him..Happened all the time like against Ruud, FAA, Humbert, Isner etc.. He is gonna have the right adjustments by his father-coach..That for he is asking for the rule of coaching to change..lol" .........................that was my next comment..
So incredible!!
Semifinals in Italy on claycourts and now Finals in Canada...Opelka going great 🔥
Looks like Medvedev is ready to win US Open!
All the best to Opelka, hope he can do the unthinkable.
Djokovic, Zverev and Medvedev are the clear favorites i would say
@@rustamghafari9585 I wish I could say Thiem as well but I doubt he'll be able to defend is title
Medvedev can win USO but first he has to win against himself, he gets annoyed with himself very much if things start unravelling causing further problems. Also it's high time he start working other strategies like S&V, backhand slice etc bcoz he will need it in tough moments. He has intelligence to do it but has to keep cool head in tough times.
Beating Medvedev is unthinkable for him? He already did that before lol
@@rustamghafari9585 Zverev is minnow basher in 5 sets, no top 10 win in bo5 yet
The ball is zipping, no wonder we have huge guys like meddy, opelka, isner here. All over 6 6 and huge serves. Tsitsipas is no slouch either on the serve
I am a huge Opelka fan, its so heartening to see him win
Medvedev can finally play his favourite: Opelka.
Man I hate to see John in this form, I grew up watching him just absolutely bombing people with serves and the most ever 7-6 sets. But something looked off in his game today but then at the net he kinda conceded recognizing the better player today. Props to Danill for his return game in this match, he made returning the Isner serve seem so easy.
I mean this current Isner isn't what it used to be. Not to mention he's in his 30s already
But he has had a resurgence though, he won Atlanta and making a master's 1000 semifinal isn't bad either
today out of form.
@@sunritroykarmakar4406 Against Medvedev, almost anybody is out of form
Gay
Very interesting. The last time Opelka and Medvedev met, Medvedev won at RG. But the last time they met on hardcourt, Opelka won.
Servebot can't beat Medvedev, if his game's on, he'll go down, like big bad John!
@@pauljohnson6019 we will see
It was indoor though
@@ashyles0110 does it make a difference ?
@@ediccartman7252 yep, totally different conditions, just to make a known example the level of Rafa on hard indoor and hard outdoor are miles apart
Stefanos groundies are super solid. Great amount of depth and spin. His confidence has grown too. Great job.
for a one-hander, Tsitsipas sure doesn't like to slice
probably would have worked better than hitting top spin shots for Opelka to hammer?
Opelka did play very well that match. Maybe if Tsitsipas did play more slices and mixed it up, he would have won
@@alexpackard9138 His slice just isn’t good. Mechanically there’s something off and it doesn’t bite much. It gets exploited a lot by the big 3, particularly Rafa who just crushes forehands at his backhand and rushes the net. Notice how Opelka saved a BP then held serve in the same game by serve-volley kick serves at his backhand?
his slice is very bad
slice frequently against anybody with any brains and you’re going to see that player in no man’s land and the net more frequently; against Opelka that sounds like a sure fire way to diminish one’s winning chances in my estimation
@@AinSoph73 of course, but it's still good to mix it up.
This was a tall semi final
Was telling my bro two days ago that after watching Opelka vs Kyrgios, Opelka stood a chance... He said "nah, tsitsipas was going to win" and dismissed the notion... Look where we are now?
man, i love the northamerican hardcourt season :D great win for opelka, incredible game from him!
The giant has improved his game and become mentally stable. Good at the net and a good consistent serve.
Opelka's ground game is getting scary big.
A brutal sequence of baseline shots like in the old times of Agassi. 1:10.
Medvedev's net play just keeps getting better and better!
With the US Open in sight, Medvedev becomes a machine.
I miss thiem 😭
Same.
Opelka played an incredible match and has been on fire. At this rate he can win the finals - he is not just a servebot. “Next gen” Tsitsipas didn’t really show heart and felt a bit like a sore loser, especially with that 2nd set meltdown.
@Dwilshire7 lol
@Dwilshire7 Zverev that you?
He s right whoever he is. Stef needs extreme makeover in his skills, tactics and mental game.
meltdown after a shank to lose a set going into a deciding set - extremely poor choice of timing for a top professional
Opelka is Isner with a great base-line game
J aime beaucoup ce joueur Opelka, il est trop fort sur le terrain, j'en suis sûr et certain qu'il va être dans le Top 10 et....il sera parmi les 3 premiers sur ATP, c'est un grand tennismen 💎🎾🎾🎾😘
*Manifesting Opelka as a Grand Slam champ* HAHAHAH
Must be hella lit
But well, let's take things one step at a time and see how he performs in the final
roddick ish
@@sunritroykarmakar4406 no way bro, night and day are Roddick and Opelka
Opelka played the best today for sure
Opelka is so pleasant to watch playing!
One of my favorite player
So cool FIlLa T-Shirt
Wow! Medvedev’s net game is improving rapidly!
Goor: Well, his half volley desperation digs are improving rapidly anyway.
What I've noticed with this and the previous tournament is that Tsitsipas tends to shank the ball a lot when under pressure.
this has been a fun tournament
Hoping to see Daniil pick up another 1000 🔥 Terrific tennis from Opelka as well though, the big man is playing some great ball. Gonna be one hell of a final.
Also I'm surprised at how entertaining it is to watch the "servebot" 😐
I must say, Opelka’s movement is really one of the better ones for someone of his height
he will be eliminated 2nd ound at us o and cincinatti
@@taopaille-paille4992 he will be champion and finish no.1 this year
Oh Tsitsipas... I hardly can buy a tennis racket you know. :(
Opelka, wow! 😳
Opelka is the "Jaws" of tennis. Got to love his style!
Great nickname
Big up to Opelka!
Citybus goes down again
The shoes of opelka really matches with his game : colourful and unpredictable!!
Opelka is one skilled giant.
I wish Tsitsi played a bit more of SV like Sampras, even if its difficult to execute.
@Dwilshire7 who now Tsitsipas?
Am I wrong or Big man Opelka has something very similar to Delpo when it comes to slapping away those big FHs?
The giant who can hit ground strokes very well, and his movement is good for a giant I like.
I like Opelka's colorful tshirt in the deciding set.
7 foot Opelka hitting a tweener. Impressive
About time a big guy rules tennis
@Avinash Anand I know he doesn't but i hope he does, or atleast some other big serving serve and volley guy, tennis needs it or else it will be very boring baseline rallies all over again
Medvedev is in his supreme form. It's look like He can win everything right now
2:58 greatest backhand shot ever
Lol 😂😂😂
Because of his height I think Opelka can hit some Delpo-like forehands. Would be a scary combination to have his serve and a Delpo forehand