Totally agree. The #400 player in the world routinely places the ball in the deep corners from the baseline. Felix battled him pretty well in the second set but man, that's a tough guy to play against.
I agree. They have everything to gain and defend. You, on the other hand have nothing to loose. No fear, go straight at these guys and get yours. You owe it to yourself. And your serve has no hitches. When you put that toss up it's coming. Your a beast. Let them feel it.
Felix, the humble attitude with which you approach your matches and tennis journey, more broadly - is really, truly inspiring. Keep up the good work, you're gonna go far.👊👊👊
yea to humble, you need a bit of a cockiness to make your life a lot easier. you would be surprised how far overestimating your own skills can get you. and how far back self doubt and realistic criticism can trow you back. i know a few of those cocky types and its amazing how many matches they won they should never have.
@@maxbeguier5507 look , what i say to the camera isn't always 100 % what i am thinking, i think it is good to project a balanced mindset for the staging and expectation managing of the video, of course i was confident in my skills and believed that i could win , but how does that look to the majority without explaining it in detail ?
What an amazing second set! Don't knock yourself at all, ATP 397 and you went FOUR to SIX in a set??? Dude you have a real future and that first ATP point wont be the only one, by a long shot.
Hi Felix! Really enjoying your series. It's interesting to see that other stronger players face the same problems as I do. I mean many people especially in modern days just show the golden moments which leads in frustration to many and this isn't limited on tennis to be honest. So wish you all the best on your journey, keep up that quality content! Greetings from Germany
Although you didn’t win, well done still! It was definitely a tough challenge and a great learning experience. Your opponent’s serve is really good but your serving action is a lot more smooth/fluid and has a lot of potential. Great match once again maybe you would get better results next time. I want to play a match against you, maybe if we both achieve our goals and go professional then we might even meet each other on tour, who knows! Looking forward to next video already.
One of the things that i see is a common theme is a late reaction to incoming balls, and therefore being late to the ball. I understand that it is very difficult to maintain such explosive speed for over an hour, but I believe training to improve this aspect of your game will elevate your tennis!!!
Hey Felix! Thanks for another banger video, they really are a highlight of the day. I look forward to your next one. Good work in this match, Harris seemed to have you all over the place, but you did a great job- be proud of yourself and see what you can learn from it.
Nice video. These stories really show you what the bottom half of pro tennis looks like. Your opponent, Billy Harris, has been grinding it out at the Futures level for nine years. He's slowly improved his ranking to top 400, but he's never made it to the main draw of an ATP event or even played in qualifying events. Career prize money is $53,000, or about $500 per month over nine years. He has a great all around game and I can't imagine there's much daylight between his skill level and that of a top 100 player.
You know what Felix when you got into the match, you were competitive. Considering how good this guy is, ypu should feel very proud as he hit his shots very big and applied a lot of pressure on you. My biggest piece of advice to you (and I'm sure you know this already) is when you play high calibre players like Billy, you have keep hold of your serve and keep the pressure on. This is the key in ny opinion. Also dont get caught up on hitting the serve as hard as you can. If you can hit the corners on the lines at 105 mph at the level you're playing and setup a serve plus 1 on the forehand you'll be pushing players like Billy hard and beating them soon. Just look at how Federer cruises through his service games. His serve is far from the fastest but it is deadly accurate and hard to read and he uses his serve to setup his forehand. Improve your serve accuracy and serve plus 1, the more you'll hold serve and the more wins you'll get. This is the key for you especially as you enter the pro game(futures and challengers). But well done mate you played absolutely awesome and hope you have a great week in your tournament. Also (a bit cheeky of me) but if you ever fancy a bit of a hit sometime I'll be bang up for it. Goodluck mate👍
Absolutely. Placement on serve is paramount to me. I place my serves close to the lines every time and it's either out wide, into the body jamming the return, or up the T and hard to reach, so I mostly don't see a return at all in my service games. It's either aces, unreturned serves... or double faults 😂
Can’t wait for the videos to come! You have a great fighting spirit and you never gave up in the match which alone is impressive. Good luck for your next matches!
Awesome Felix ;-) - 5 games is great! Just work on the return and the second ball after your serve and you will rise in the ranking on the way to your first ATP point - greetz from Germany 🇩🇪
I don't comment much on YT, but big kudos to you in the takeaway you got from the match despite losing. with that attitude, you'll be winning some big matches eventually. keep up the good work 😊
Well done Felix. He started off really sharp in the First set and as you pointed out the balls were flying super fast but you looked like you settled into the second set. I liked your T Serve and body serve which seemed to get you some free points. He did not look like he was missing a lot of first serves, was that the case because if he was serving a very high percentage of first serves then I can see how you were unable to get into his service games as much as you would have liked. You both looked like you were hitting your spots well. I also liked the way you hit some short angle faded shots as well which took him of the baseline on your terms. Really great tactic against a player like this who is very comfortable from the baseline on both wings.Great work Felix. Really enjoying watching your journey. D. :)
yh was a pretty tough one to be honest, but to be honest the more matches i play against players like this the better i will play against these players
Yeah I can imagine! I agree with you and think you’ve got the right process in place to see improvements from match to match irregardless of the score. Looking forward to this week’s video Felix!
Your dedication to these tennis videos have really motivated me heaps in my tennis game, it’s so inspiring what you do and l look forward to seeing the future of your channel. Best of luck for the ATP point!
Hey again, even if you didn’t win, still this was another awesome match you played and for someone that is ATP level ranked 397, you played well against him, I played someone who was seeded at this tournament called Johnson Ranch in Roseville, here in California, but this guy is a Russian seeded player, he was ranked 850 or 900 in ATP in a USTA tournament. But I felt so much pressure but now things will become completely different I said in my mind after I lost that match 0-6,0-6. You played well no matter what Felix😊🌟👊🏽✨, I know you know that you just need to focus on the positive things and look forward to the next one, you got this, sending lots of 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚to you and positive energy🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Interesting shot choice at 4:22, and then after that the whole point was interesting because you were on the defensive, and you would think may be he would attack, although he mainly just kept hitting slice shots, but then he manages to switch it around and hit a winner.
Remember your opponent must have felt outclassed as well when he start competing professionally. I'm sure you will get the results sooner rather than later cause you're putting both the work and passion into it. All the best my friend! If you decide to play a challenger in Quebec, you got a place to stay :)
When I see your level which is really good, but Harris still wins this match, I realize how unhuman the pros are 😕. But you have the potential to achieve your goal !!! I subscribe 👍
I love your motivation man I love playing tennis personally I’ve been playing for 2 years and I’m already #2 on varsity and I’m 14 years old maybe one day I’ll be as good as you but I doubt it lol
Hi felix, nice match! congratulation!! One thing that i say to you is about your return. You should have return one or two meters far than the baseline, the first ball always go inside the court. Maybe you have to improve that, i hope you considerate mi opinion for your game. I hope you stay good. Cheers from argentina!
I think you need to improve your reaction time and agility. Everytime you feel the ball is coming too fast, it really means you are still too slow. Watch courtside videos of Federer moving, he always looks ready to sprint in new directions. Always stand on your toes (like a boxer) and practice changing directions. The Blazepod might be useful (djokovic and shapo use it).
great match felix. really impressive. For next time: maybe try to add variety to your serve so that its not very predictable and work on being on balance more often so that you can take the next step towards 1 atp point. I see a great future with your fighting spirit.
Great match, congrats on the effort Felix. It would be cool to know what your brother is thinking of this journey too, since he will probably be in it few years down the road.
Really gives you perspective how good these top guys are. Good match though Felix
For real. ThisHarris dude looks so shit when he is playing, such ugly technique etc., yet he is 300 something in the world.
Totally agree. The #400 player in the world routinely places the ball in the deep corners from the baseline. Felix battled him pretty well in the second set but man, that's a tough guy to play against.
Even more wild, this guy would struggle to get games against the best like Rafa or Novak. Those guys operate at a freak level.
Everything is always levels on levels.
Considering this guys ranking I think u played really well, love this series
I agree. They have everything to gain and defend. You, on the other hand have nothing to loose. No fear, go straight at these guys and get yours. You owe it to yourself. And your serve has no hitches. When you put that toss up it's coming. Your a beast. Let them feel it.
Felix, the humble attitude with which you approach your matches and tennis journey, more broadly - is really, truly inspiring. Keep up the good work, you're gonna go far.👊👊👊
yea to humble, you need a bit of a cockiness to make your life a lot easier. you would be surprised how far overestimating your own skills can get you.
and how far back self doubt and realistic criticism can trow you back.
i know a few of those cocky types and its amazing how many matches they won they should never have.
There's a difference between confident in your skill and cocky
appreciate the kind words 🙌
@@maxbeguier5507 look , what i say to the camera isn't always 100 % what i am thinking, i think it is good to project a balanced mindset for the staging and expectation managing of the video, of course i was confident in my skills and believed that i could win , but how does that look to the majority without explaining it in detail ?
there always has to be a balance
What an amazing second set! Don't knock yourself at all, ATP 397 and you went FOUR to SIX in a set??? Dude you have a real future and that first ATP point wont be the only one, by a long shot.
That dude is an absolute UNIT
Hi Felix!
Really enjoying your series. It's interesting to see that other stronger players face the same problems as I do. I mean many people especially in modern days just show the golden moments which leads in frustration to many and this isn't limited on tennis to be honest.
So wish you all the best on your journey, keep up that quality content!
Greetings from Germany
so true 🙌 if you only show the top 5 points from the match the level will look incredible compared to the real level
I've been a fan of tennis for years. This video really puts into perspective how great these players really are.
I'm playing tennis too for 10 years and in 14 and your videos are helping me so much, THANK YOU 😊 🙏
You won't go pro
@@FL-xc1wk wtf is wrong with you lmao
@@FL-xc1wk so negative keep your head up king
@@FL-xc1wk you don’t know him, maybe he will
@@ottersarepeng3386 I know that I'm the king and I'm just telling the truth
Although you didn’t win, well done still! It was definitely a tough challenge and a great learning experience. Your opponent’s serve is really good but your serving action is a lot more smooth/fluid and has a lot of potential. Great match once again maybe you would get better results next time. I want to play a match against you, maybe if we both achieve our goals and go professional then we might even meet each other on tour, who knows! Looking forward to next video already.
What’s your UTR
You won't be
@@FL-xc1wk Go somewhere else with that negative energy
@@Allschmoi mate I'm telling you the truth
@@FL-xc1wk How can you be telling the truth when you don't know who he is. Lol keyboard warrior
One of the things that i see is a common theme is a late reaction to incoming balls, and therefore being late to the ball. I understand that it is very difficult to maintain such explosive speed for over an hour, but I believe training to improve this aspect of your game will elevate your tennis!!!
Wow Groundstroke depth, power, and placement from Billy in 1st set was wildly good. Great Job Felix! Keep going!
Hey Felix! Thanks for another banger video, they really are a highlight of the day. I look forward to your next one. Good work in this match, Harris seemed to have you all over the place, but you did a great job- be proud of yourself and see what you can learn from it.
was definitely a tough match 😂
You managed to liberate your game in the second set... Such a great experience! Thank you for your updates and good luck!
Nice video. These stories really show you what the bottom half of pro tennis looks like. Your opponent, Billy Harris, has been grinding it out at the Futures level for nine years. He's slowly improved his ranking to top 400, but he's never made it to the main draw of an ATP event or even played in qualifying events. Career prize money is $53,000, or about $500 per month over nine years. He has a great all around game and I can't imagine there's much daylight between his skill level and that of a top 100 player.
Yikes.
O. M. G... That must have felt BRUTAL ! That guy is quite a formidable athlete.
Taking 5 sets off one of the Top 500 players in the world is no joke. Keep it up!
You know what Felix when you got into the match, you were competitive.
Considering how good this guy is, ypu should feel very proud as he hit his shots very big and applied a lot of pressure on you.
My biggest piece of advice to you (and I'm sure you know this already) is when you play high calibre players like Billy, you have keep hold of your serve and keep the pressure on. This is the key in ny opinion.
Also dont get caught up on hitting the serve as hard as you can. If you can hit the corners on the lines at 105 mph at the level you're playing and setup a serve plus 1 on the forehand you'll be pushing players like Billy hard and beating them soon.
Just look at how Federer cruises through his service games. His serve is far from the fastest but it is deadly accurate and hard to read and he uses his serve to setup his forehand.
Improve your serve accuracy and serve plus 1, the more you'll hold serve and the more wins you'll get. This is the key for you especially as you enter the pro game(futures and challengers).
But well done mate you played absolutely awesome and hope you have a great week in your tournament.
Also (a bit cheeky of me) but if you ever fancy a bit of a hit sometime I'll be bang up for it.
Goodluck mate👍
Absolutely. Placement on serve is paramount to me. I place my serves close to the lines every time and it's either out wide, into the body jamming the return, or up the T and hard to reach, so I mostly don't see a return at all in my service games. It's either aces, unreturned serves... or double faults 😂
Felix, once you become a pro, i will be rooting for you like no one ever has, keep it up!!!
I'm from Brazil and I love your channel, 15 years ago I was in the same battle as you. I wish you good luck soon you will achieve your goals
Can’t wait for the videos to come! You have a great fighting spirit and you never gave up in the match which alone is impressive. Good luck for your next matches!
6:00 anyone else confused why he was serving for ad in the Duece side
Awesome Felix ;-) - 5 games is great! Just work on the return and the second ball after your serve and you will rise in the ranking on the way to your first ATP point - greetz from Germany 🇩🇪
I don't comment much on YT, but big kudos to you in the takeaway you got from the match despite losing. with that attitude, you'll be winning some big matches eventually. keep up the good work 😊
Solid performance, dude. Really well done! Greetings from Argentina!
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I felt so happy when you got that first game
You were able to get 5 games against the 397th tennis player in the entire world. That is very good keep it up
Well done Felix. He started off really sharp in the First set and as you pointed out the balls were flying super fast but you looked like you settled into the second set. I liked your T Serve and body serve which seemed to get you some free points. He did not look like he was missing a lot of first serves, was that the case because if he was serving a very high percentage of first serves then I can see how you were unable to get into his service games as much as you would have liked. You both looked like you were hitting your spots well. I also liked the way you hit some short angle faded shots as well which took him of the baseline on your terms. Really great tactic against a player like this who is very comfortable from the baseline on both wings.Great work Felix. Really enjoying watching your journey. D. :)
1:36 Dynamic Exercise ❌
Rafa Exercise ✅
Love this series. It motivates me to improve my own tennis game. I cannot wait for you to get you first (of many) ATP points
Keep up the good work Felix!!! 100% sure success till come with your dedication!!! We cheer for u!!!!! Cant wait for your next video!!!
Love your energy and drive - you got this!!!!
I saw this match live. Tough opponent and I thought you had some good points. Great to see your analysis of the match Felix! Keep it up 💪🏼
yh was a pretty tough one to be honest, but to be honest the more matches i play against players like this the better i will play against these players
Yeah I can imagine! I agree with you and think you’ve got the right process in place to see improvements from match to match irregardless of the score. Looking forward to this week’s video Felix!
i get so happy every time i see this on my recommendations page
Love your attitude and positivity. Keep at it! Thanks for sharing your journey. LETS GOOOO!!!
You played really well, that guy’s power is just really devastating.
Trust the process! You’ll keep getting better. Rooting for you. Good luck!
Well done!
A guy ranked inside 400 is no joke. They usually only lack a bit of consistency and a solid first and second serve from being top 100.
Dang dude! The fact that you got a game off a guy ranked that high is amazing! Love watching your journey mang!
I love watching this journey and you documenting your play. Keep it up :D
Newly subscribed. You hit the snot out of your serve. Really strong effort and mental toughness against a player at his level. Rock out!
Well done. Didn’t expect you winning but you played really well.❤️🔥🐐
Already excited to watch rest of the 4 matches you played in this tournament!! 😀👍👍
video out this sunday 👍
Your videos are super inspirational and I love watching your progress.
You played well mate! Especially the second set! You'll do well in your next match!
your videos are so fun to watch! please keep up the great work and good luck for your next matches
This guy is gonna be the most subscribed tennis channel in a year!
I love your positivity, hope you do well in your other Group stage matches!
Your dedication to these tennis videos have really motivated me heaps in my tennis game, it’s so inspiring what you do and l look forward to seeing the future of your channel. Best of luck for the ATP point!
glad to hear it 💙
Congratulations Felix for you great work! Keep it up! 👏
Your getting close and making progress! Keep up the good work 👏!
man anything short that guy punished. Shows how good these guys are
Love it how you are playing against people you know are good but go in with a mindset of winning! 🏆
This make my sunday mutch better!!
Very Nice video!!
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Hey again, even if you didn’t win, still this was another awesome match you played and for someone that is ATP level ranked 397, you played well against him, I played someone who was seeded at this tournament called Johnson Ranch in Roseville, here in California, but this guy is a Russian seeded player, he was ranked 850 or 900 in ATP in a USTA tournament. But I felt so much pressure but now things will become completely different I said in my mind after I lost that match 0-6,0-6. You played well no matter what Felix😊🌟👊🏽✨, I know you know that you just need to focus on the positive things and look forward to the next one, you got this, sending lots of 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚to you and positive energy🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
We are rooting for you from Seattle, Washington, USA!
It's great that your opponent let you film the match. Keep it up the good work
@@jamescordennnnn wow, they showed matches live :)
Your opponents keep getting better and better, meaning you are getting better and better! Keep it up Felix :P
Makes my Sunday so much better!! Thanks Felix🙏
Interesting shot choice at 4:22, and then after that the whole point was interesting because you were on the defensive, and you would think may be he would attack, although he mainly just kept hitting slice shots, but then he manages to switch it around and hit a winner.
It’s good your playing players that are highly ranked because it shows you how well you want to play in the future.
Wow, your dedication is awesome. Love your content
Im super proud of you man.Keep going
Remember your opponent must have felt outclassed as well when he start competing professionally. I'm sure you will get the results sooner rather than later cause you're putting both the work and passion into it. All the best my friend!
If you decide to play a challenger in Quebec, you got a place to stay :)
Superb effort against an ATP player, well done.
Theres something wrong with score at 6:06 the arrow points to Felix but he doesnt serve, also Harris won the 2nd game already, whyd he be serving
After playing this guy on the first match, i think you will do so much better for the rest of the tournament. Let's go!!
The levels in pro tennis never stop amazing me.
Dude that guy was so good.
4 games in second set is still good.
Tough opponent! Massive serve and he puts away the set ups.
When I see your level which is really good, but Harris still wins this match, I realize how unhuman the pros are 😕. But you have the potential to achieve your goal !!! I subscribe 👍
Unlucky Felix, handled the pressure well against a very good opponent. Good job!
Every match you become a better player, you were staying competitive with him by the second set which is the most important thing.
5:35 lovely shot that 👍
@6:06 is the score board wrong or was it an error? Wasn't Mischker suppose to serve for this set? Someone?
Good watch. The thing to work on is getting more rise off the flat foot shots, giving more control
I love your motivation man I love playing tennis personally I’ve been playing for 2 years and I’m already #2 on varsity and I’m 14 years old maybe one day I’ll be as good as you but I doubt it lol
You could get their. You still have 5 years to improve before you get to his age.😊
@@ghjkffaqt5561 thank you so much!
Well done champ! Those canon serves aint easy to defend!
Good video felix good luck on ur future matches
Your the best Felix!!! I hope to play at your level one day! Keep grinding my man you got this!!!
Vee here, well played Felix. Losses comes with success. Remember me once you're famous
Not bad result Felix... you're on the cusp..
I like how you stayed in the match even when playing world number 392
That was an awesome second set. If you can’t win, just keep em on the court as long as you can
Yes - I always say that they need to earn every point. That helps me a lot to get back in the game.
Who's your favourite tennis player (ATP) and which football team (Premier league) ?
alcaraz is my favourite player and chelsea for prem
You will win those matches some day!!!
All your hard work is going to pay off.
Today was my comeback after two weeks of being sick :(
Good match man. That dude was tough
I was hoping to see your first win of the year against Hou ;) but anyway good video. Harris is really strong
Great !
keep going !
ball looked out at 5:27, thankfully you still won the point
Hi felix, nice match! congratulation!! One thing that i say to you is about your return. You should have return one or two meters far than the baseline, the first ball always go inside the court. Maybe you have to improve that, i hope you considerate mi opinion for your game. I hope you stay good. Cheers from argentina!
Well played. Very valuable experience.
I think you need to improve your reaction time and agility. Everytime you feel the ball is coming too fast, it really means you are still too slow. Watch courtside videos of Federer moving, he always looks ready to sprint in new directions. Always stand on your toes (like a boxer) and practice changing directions. The Blazepod might be useful (djokovic and shapo use it).
great match felix. really impressive. For next time: maybe try to add variety to your serve so that its not very predictable and work on being on balance more often so that you can take the next step towards 1 atp point. I see a great future with your fighting spirit.
Amazing video!! keep working, you're playing very well!!
That guy looked super tall too. Tought battle.
He reminds me of a Soderling. Not as good, but he plays Soderling like...
Great match. I smashed the "subscribe" button! :)
You were at the courts at my uni where I play regularly 😁 weird seeing you at a place I call home haha
I Watched it live it was beautiful
Great match, congrats on the effort Felix. It would be cool to know what your brother is thinking of this journey too, since he will probably be in it few years down the road.
The second set was really good 👍