I respect that Gill has always been ready to heap tons of praise onto Alcaraz, even back before he won a slam. I remember heading into the US Open Gill said he would only dial it back if 2024 comes around and Alcaraz hasn’t won a slam. It shows a great appreciation for the “eye test” that a lot of tennis fans do not have anymore. It’s always about accomplishments. Too many annoying “Alcaraz does not have 20+ grand slams so don’t praise him” takes. He’s 20 years old and more accomplished than nearly every player ever at his age. I’ve also seen the eye test fail people when they wonder why Thiem received so much praise despite “only” winning one slam and one M1000. You just had to be there.
Fritz was killing me in his epic R2 3 setter against Watanuki! After two tiebreaks & 4 all in the 3rd, still no answers. Not until 5-4 deuce was there some light at the end of the tunnel.
Interesting. I’ve found that the Masters that get the most praise tend to be Indian Wells, Miami, Rome, maybe Madrid. Particularly IW and Rome from what I’ve seen. Shanghai is a nice change of pace though.
IW has been tournament of the year since 2014. Miami used to be top-tier and now is middle table event. Rome is pretty good while Madrid has received a lot of complaints from players. Perspectives to a tournament can be quite different from players and inspectors and people watching on TV. @@SJ-di5zu
@@SJ-di5zu IW is considered the 5th Slam due to its large stadium size (only USO is larger) & it is the most attended tennis event outside of the Slams. IW, Miami, & Shanghai have the largest purses of the Masters, so they're highly prized. IW is also harder to play due to altitude. Miami occurs right after which makes it extremely difficult for players to win both. They're both physically taxing for different reasons. You sort of have to choose which one you want to win (IW or Miami) in a given year. Shanghai is the largest event of the Asian Swing. Rome is a very old tournament, almost 100 yrs old, but Canada & Cincinnati are the oldest Masters. Madrid is newer & has had its fair share on controversies (racism, surface woes), so I doubt anyone would put it ahead of the others.
@@SJ-di5zu same, i've seen shanghai getting kind of forgotten or ignored by a lot of the fans due to the fall swing being kind of weightless. i've been enjoying it a lot this year though, including the whole asian swing. a great change of pace
Hey Gill, I have followed all your content for many years. Your analysis is always fair and objective for every player. So excited and proud to see your growth as an analyst and journalist. I gotta say, though, I was surprised and disappointed @47:20 to hear you use such profanity. Your content is always clean, which means I can openly listen to it around my kids at home or my students after school. You are certainly free to express yourself in any way you choose, and I admit that I am probably one of your older listeners so maybe no one else was taken aback by it. Just something to think about. I’m gonna call it the Gruskin effect lol. Cheers and continued success to you!
They are very nice people. The fans love them. They all want peaceful solutions to world problems and they are helping to build the bridge of human communication. Tennis is a great analogy for life: the players stand in the way of each other's success in every match, but they almost all care about each other and want to build a happy community internationally together🎾
@@bazingacurta2567 wtf are you talking about? if they don’t live in Russia, that doesn’t take away their identity. They all swear in Russian on court, they show most of their emotions in Russian, their partners are all Russian; they all obviously had to relocate to another country because of the toughly freezing conditions in Russia. Russia is not a good spot for a tennis player, like Spain or Monte Carlo, for instance. It’s impossible to be a pro athlete in Russia. I don’t know what you’re smoking saying they are not Russians. There’s tons of immigrants and travelers all over the world, it doesn’t change anything
As an American, I think Medvedev is by far the thoughtful and captivating interview, he is so well spoken. Similarly, for Rublev the passion and his intensity on the court is unrivalled and I love the aggression... and then off the court is quiet spoken and humble. The. Russian people I have met personally were always so amazing... if only our governments felt the same way as their people I would have so much more hope for humanity's future. God bless
Shanghai update: rain that started during Tiafoe's match has cancelled all play not already scheduled at the roofed stadium courts, so you'll have to wait until tomorrow. Meddie & Sinner expectedly won their matches & Alcaraz is currently in the lead.
Gill nails it on the USO free Sunday. For the qualies Indian Wells has free days. Festive and relaxed and a good mix of serious and novice tennis lovers.
11:22 thank you Gill. I never realized Mackie does the most cursed thing a righty tennis player can possibly do. I will now be rooting against him for the foreseeable future.
Id be curious to hear what Federer was missing in his game at 20 yo. Or even Nadal for that matter. We were talking about who has all the shots and Carlos is cited (yet again) as the exemplar. Federer had so many shots he created a bunch no-one else could do. Nadal could do all the standard shots too, I believe. It's just he preferred to play a certain way. His big thing was "I keep it simple" so he didnt need to come to the net with his fh blasting passing shots from the back, but he could always volley, even if he didnt have Fed's variety of volleying skills, till much later. Federer thought dropshots were a cheap shot initially, but he changed his mind early enough, and for the dropshot that dies the sudden death, there is still no-one to beat him, and his side-spinner, while not a unique twist, was still a spectacular winner. I dont think Carlitos' dropshots even come close to Federer's. It's just eveyone is so far back he can pop them out ad nauseum.
Gill, where you at? You're missing everything! Shanghai has been INSANE. I hope you'll talk about the biggest upsets so far: Shelton, Dimitrov, & Korda besting top 5 players: Carlitoast, Meddieocre, & Sinner to open up the draw leaving Ruby in the QFs as the only top 10 player worth his kosher salt! Get on it, stat!
your comments are always intresting, for my point of view i think that sinner actually is not to the same level of djokovic, alcaraz and medvedev cause he needs two more years for be completely fit phisically, i always said that when he was 23 yo should be in perfect physical conditions, but he almost lost the season in 2022 and he needs one more year for me , and to 24 he can wins all the slams he likes because is a really hard worker and a great player
Sinner will definitely win a grand slam very soon. It somewhat surprising that he has made only one semi final in a grand slam and ie. Wimbledon. He has the verve, resilience and potential to win big titles
I’m not worried about Sinner’s grand slam play. It took Zverev like 4 years in the top 10 before he even started playing at a good level at the grand slams. From 2016-19 he just had a ton of disappointing losses and never made the SF even once. In 2020-21 he improved a lot, but still didn’t even get his first top 10 win until 2022 RG. So at least Sinner has outperformed that so far. I think he just needs to work on his durability in best of 5 a bit, and the rest will come naturally. Get an opportune draw, probably want to avoid Djokovic although if he keeps improving maybe he could steal a win over him, and maybe win a 50/50 match over Alcaraz.
That may be so. But a player who is into the serve and volley tactic is simply cheating in tennis. Yet Sinner used it too many times in his counterfeit China Open victory a few days ago over Medvedev. Without it, Medvedev would have defeated Sinner. Serve and volley simply constrains the opponent and is essentially a cowardly cliche point in tennis because it violates the honourable principle that you work out the points you win on your own and apply what you need to do correctly in order to earn the success. Serve and run to the net to volley is theft! It is NOT an earned point.
Far from current topic however, can you please bring this up on next show. For some reason , when media brings up Goat conversation lately, its always Djokovic stats compared to : Margaret Serena Navratilova Graf. And thats fine, how ever its seems that no one ver talks about Monika Seles. By the time she was 20 she had 9 grand slams. French open at winner at 16. Dont forget, she was 20 years old when the stabbing incident by Stefi Graf fan happened. After that she was never the same. But she is never in Goat conversation. Why???? Media will make a catastrophe case when Djok hit lines lady with a ball, but take a look at coverage of knife stabbing of Seles. Stefi Graf went on to win multiple Majors afterwards and was profiting from Seles inability to mentally recover. There are movies about Williams sisters and how hard it was for them but there is no Movie about 20 year old Yugoslavian who was raised in war torn country and whos carrer pretty much ended when she was stabbed. Also, its interesting that both Monika Seles and Novak where discovered by the same tennis coach Jelena Gencic when they were 5 years old.
left Seles out in the discussion of two-handed forehands too. Unfortunately, Seles is left out of the standard goat convo simply due to overall major count. I do personally agree her record is stellar until it was cut short, and definitely had the potential to eclipse the others on your list. one of the greats for certain.
"what ifs" are a myth that will never exist. The what ifs she was not stabbed etc. is something that cannot be rewind in our timeline. Sadly her achievements is what can only be counted to compare to other top players.
I couldn’t agree more with you. Also imagine Maria Sharapova was picked as a contender for the best female tennis player of all time. I totally agree with Navratilova when she said its a joke.
@@keyboardwarrior5315 i agree with “ what if theory” how ever there is something in this world called probability which studied a chance of something happening based on chain of events that all-ready happened. When a 16 year old wins French Open and has 9 Majors by the time shes 20. Come on. She has not even developed fully physically or mentally when she got stabbed. She could never trully recover . Monika even talked about it, that aftervthe incident when she started playing again, she could not stop watching over her shoulder in fear!!!!
On the topic of the strongest nations that produce the best tennis players recently, it's surprising how Spain dropped off a lot. Back then they have Nadal and Ferrer that have been consistently on the top 10 spots, and then you also got the likes of Almagro, Verdasco, Feliciano Lopez, Granollers, and Ferrero that are within the top 100, sometimes even within the top 50. So many familiar names back then now not as many in the tour.
Wow, Medvedev got beaten by Korda AGAIN! I wonder if Gill makes such a big fuss about this as he did about "Sinner beat Alcaraz again!" and makes a video breakdown just for this again.
If you even looked at 2022 Spain I think they had a fighting chance. You had Nadal who was still a force and won 2 GS, breakout Alcaraz who finished #1 in the world, PCB who won a Masters in 2022, RBA, ADF. Their doubles would’ve been super solid too; I think Nadal+Alcaraz are elite doubles players which Russia lacks. 2022 Spain wasn’t quite prime Spain like when they had prime Nadal, Ferrer, Lopez (for doubles), Robredo and all, but it was a solid team . If 2022 Spain played Russia, I’d favor them. Of course, a lot has changed in the last year. Obviously Nadal’s sudden decline, plus PCB and RBA seriously fell off. ADF hasn’t really improved either. USA could feasibly beat Russia only if there’s a lot of emphasis on doubles. Russia doesn’t have many good doubles players whereas USA is full of them. In singles they’d get wiped out though. Similar to Laver Cup really.
Talking about unorthodox volleys- I'm pretty sure Naomi Osaka has the weirdest volley I've ever seen. She never really hits a normal volley but instead basically just hits drive volleys all the time haha
I'm just glad that it is not only me who sees Sinner on his way to becoming a better version of Djokovic. it is a slow rise, just like Novaks, but a steady one with even more potential in his game. He has the stability and flexibility of Novak, he has more power than Novak in his groundstrokes, his return of serve is becoming an elite one, his volleys and drop shots are not yet developed just as Novaks in his earlier years, the serve is getting better, just as Novak was, and he is mentally tough, he just needs to improve his physicality and movement and if he continues to improve at the rate he is improving and stay healthy, we could soon have a winning machine in Janic Sinner. only time will tell.
He certainly isn t a better version of Novak, mainly bc his movement will never reach Novak’s level. Unfortunately he’s too lanky but he has other weapons for sure.
Let's see if Sinner can beat Djokovic first in a Grand Slam or at least win one before we talk about him being in the same league. I mean, Sinner is young, but Djokovic is an 'old man' in tennis terms. Sinner should be able to step up next year if he's as good as you're saying.
I think they are more similar than Gil thinks. Both are great baseliners but have a little different styles; Nole is more consistent/willing to grind (although he’s changing this as he ages), where Sinner just blasts his ground strokes. Sinner’s net game is improving too. Also they both have the head speed paint job which makes them visually more similar. I’m a huge Nole fan and have already started rooting for Sinner.
I’d love to see that. Not sure if it’s allowed but it would great to see some steep prize money to keep the players engaged and wanting to win that late season tourney
Women's tennis gets very little coverage compared to Men's tennis on your channel Less than 10%. Very disappointing to see such old fashioned attitudes.
Re Peng Shuai, a pretty spineless and transparently devoid of ethics response from the WT A. The assurances claim is about as weak as it gets. A sad situation, a sorry reflection of continued issues with womens rights globally.
@@Norf.F.C.Zoomer But it’s people in the West that run the WTA that decided to go back to China (for the $$$), it’s people in the West that let biological men compete against women, etc. the West really cares about women’s rights indeed… Also, laughable how the West run PGA (Pro Golfers Association) folded to LIV in Saudi Arabia. All the cheap shots the media and PGA took at the players that left for “moral” reasons, the PGA later does it themselves. Everything is about $$$.
PS has made it clear in multiple statements she wants her privacy. Do you deny her the right to privacy? Your warped sense of what the world is like is only matched by your avenging fury. Read what the Greeks said about you.
Well then Nadal’s the GOAT for always bringing his 100% to grand slam finals. Djokovic at age 25 wasn’t even trying in grand slam finals; brought 60% effort by your words. Not my GOAT.
Your right on people getting mad about you touting Alcaraz so much but you better care so don’t be so cocky also your way too technical all the time !!!!
Is there anything you like about Gill Gross? He’s technical cause that’s the whole point of his channel. It’s a tennis analysis channel. Also not sure what Alcaraz has to do with anything? Gill is very neutral with his commentary. Not sure exactly what you want from him?
Thanks for the inclusion, always a pleasure hearing your analysis and breakdowns 🙌
I respect that Gill has always been ready to heap tons of praise onto Alcaraz, even back before he won a slam. I remember heading into the US Open Gill said he would only dial it back if 2024 comes around and Alcaraz hasn’t won a slam. It shows a great appreciation for the “eye test” that a lot of tennis fans do not have anymore. It’s always about accomplishments.
Too many annoying “Alcaraz does not have 20+ grand slams so don’t praise him” takes. He’s 20 years old and more accomplished than nearly every player ever at his age. I’ve also seen the eye test fail people when they wonder why Thiem received so much praise despite “only” winning one slam and one M1000. You just had to be there.
As always, it’s pleasure to see you and listen to your analysis. Thank you 🙏 Gill
Shanghai Masters have been voted as ATP tournament of the year from 2010-2013 by atp players. The vibes are fresh and exciting.
Fritz was killing me in his epic R2 3 setter against Watanuki! After two tiebreaks & 4 all in the 3rd, still no answers. Not until 5-4 deuce was there some light at the end of the tunnel.
Interesting. I’ve found that the Masters that get the most praise tend to be Indian Wells, Miami, Rome, maybe Madrid. Particularly IW and Rome from what I’ve seen. Shanghai is a nice change of pace though.
IW has been tournament of the year since 2014. Miami used to be top-tier and now is middle table event. Rome is pretty good while Madrid has received a lot of complaints from players. Perspectives to a tournament can be quite different from players and inspectors and people watching on TV. @@SJ-di5zu
@@SJ-di5zu IW is considered the 5th Slam due to its large stadium size (only USO is larger) & it is the most attended tennis event outside of the Slams. IW, Miami, & Shanghai have the largest purses of the Masters, so they're highly prized. IW is also harder to play due to altitude. Miami occurs right after which makes it extremely difficult for players to win both. They're both physically taxing for different reasons. You sort of have to choose which one you want to win (IW or Miami) in a given year. Shanghai is the largest event of the Asian Swing. Rome is a very old tournament, almost 100 yrs old, but Canada & Cincinnati are the oldest Masters. Madrid is newer & has had its fair share on controversies (racism, surface woes), so I doubt anyone would put it ahead of the others.
@@SJ-di5zu same, i've seen shanghai getting kind of forgotten or ignored by a lot of the fans due to the fall swing being kind of weightless. i've been enjoying it a lot this year though, including the whole asian swing. a great change of pace
Gill we want more Carlitos content! Whoever is hating on too much alcaraz needs to stick it!
Hope a gain for sinner in changhai have a deep run as well🎾🇮🇹
hi! Thank you for your work. I've been following you for over a year and it's incredible how much I've learnt from you 🤗
Hey Gill, I have followed all your content for many years. Your analysis is always fair and objective for every player. So excited and proud to see your growth as an analyst and journalist. I gotta say, though, I was surprised and disappointed @47:20 to hear you use such profanity. Your content is always clean, which means I can openly listen to it around my kids at home or my students after school. You are certainly free to express yourself in any way you choose, and I admit that I am probably one of your older listeners so maybe no one else was taken aback by it. Just something to think about. I’m gonna call it the Gruskin effect lol. Cheers and continued success to you!
Being Russian I’m so proud to hear nice words about Russian tennis players ❤ Tennis is the only sport that is not banned to perform for Russians
They're not really Russians. They have lived abroad for most of their lives.
They are very nice people. The fans love them. They all want peaceful solutions to world problems and they are helping to build the bridge of human communication.
Tennis is a great analogy for life: the players stand in the way of each other's success in every match, but they almost all care about each other and want to build a happy community internationally together🎾
@@bazingacurta2567 wtf are you talking about? if they don’t live in Russia, that doesn’t take away their identity. They all swear in Russian on court, they show most of their emotions in Russian, their partners are all Russian; they all obviously had to relocate to another country because of the toughly freezing conditions in Russia. Russia is not a good spot for a tennis player, like Spain or Monte Carlo, for instance. It’s impossible to be a pro athlete in Russia. I don’t know what you’re smoking saying they are not Russians. There’s tons of immigrants and travelers all over the world, it doesn’t change anything
@@bazingacurta2567this might be the stupidest comment that I ever heard
As an American, I think Medvedev is by far the thoughtful and captivating interview, he is so well spoken. Similarly, for Rublev the passion and his intensity on the court is unrivalled and I love the aggression... and then off the court is quiet spoken and humble. The. Russian people I have met personally were always so amazing... if only our governments felt the same way as their people I would have so much more hope for humanity's future. God bless
How can you talk about a two handed forehand without mentioning the wonderful Monica Seles??? She made that shot her own and it was epic...
Shanghai update: rain that started during Tiafoe's match has cancelled all play not already scheduled at the roofed stadium courts, so you'll have to wait until tomorrow. Meddie & Sinner expectedly won their matches & Alcaraz is currently in the lead.
Gill nails it on the USO free Sunday. For the qualies Indian Wells has free days. Festive and relaxed and a good mix of serious and novice tennis lovers.
would like to hear your thoughts on Swiatek hitting 2 winners and zero unforced errors in the Beijing final. Both numbers are sort of hard to believe.
Hey Gill. What are your thoughts on how some people are suggesting that FAA should fire Toni?
11:22 thank you Gill. I never realized Mackie does the most cursed thing a righty tennis player can possibly do. I will now be rooting against him for the foreseeable future.
That's right! How dare he, a righty, pocket it like a lefty?! Lol
Id be curious to hear what Federer was missing in his game at 20 yo. Or even Nadal for that matter. We were talking about who has all the shots and Carlos is cited (yet again) as the exemplar. Federer had so many shots he created a bunch no-one else could do.
Nadal could do all the standard shots too, I believe. It's just he preferred to play a certain way. His big thing was "I keep it simple" so he didnt need to come to the net with his fh blasting passing shots from the back, but he could always volley, even if he didnt have Fed's variety of volleying skills, till much later. Federer thought dropshots were a cheap shot initially, but he changed his mind early enough, and for the dropshot that dies the sudden death, there is still no-one to beat him, and his side-spinner, while not a unique twist, was still a spectacular winner. I dont think Carlitos' dropshots even come close to Federer's. It's just eveyone is so far back he can pop them out ad nauseum.
Gill, where you at? You're missing everything! Shanghai has been INSANE. I hope you'll talk about the biggest upsets so far: Shelton, Dimitrov, & Korda besting top 5 players: Carlitoast, Meddieocre, & Sinner to open up the draw leaving Ruby in the QFs as the only top 10 player worth his kosher salt! Get on it, stat!
11:22 this is the funniest thing you’ve ever said Gill
your comments are always intresting, for my point of view i think that sinner actually is not to the same level of djokovic, alcaraz and medvedev cause he needs two more years for be completely fit phisically, i always said that when he was 23 yo should be in perfect physical conditions, but he almost lost the season in 2022 and he needs one more year for me , and to 24 he can wins all the slams he likes because is a really hard worker and a great player
Sinner will definitely win a grand slam very soon. It somewhat surprising that he has made only one semi final in a grand slam and ie. Wimbledon. He has the verve, resilience and potential to win big titles
I’m not worried about Sinner’s grand slam play. It took Zverev like 4 years in the top 10 before he even started playing at a good level at the grand slams. From 2016-19 he just had a ton of disappointing losses and never made the SF even once. In 2020-21 he improved a lot, but still didn’t even get his first top 10 win until 2022 RG.
So at least Sinner has outperformed that so far. I think he just needs to work on his durability in best of 5 a bit, and the rest will come naturally. Get an opportune draw, probably want to avoid Djokovic although if he keeps improving maybe he could steal a win over him, and maybe win a 50/50 match over Alcaraz.
It's not a surprise hes not better then top 3 yet
That may be so. But a player who is into the serve and volley tactic is simply cheating in tennis. Yet Sinner used it too many times in his counterfeit China Open victory a few days ago over Medvedev. Without it, Medvedev would have defeated Sinner. Serve and volley simply constrains the opponent and is essentially a cowardly cliche point in tennis because it violates the honourable principle that you work out the points you win on your own and apply what you need to do correctly in order to earn the success. Serve and run to the net to volley is theft! It is NOT an earned point.
@@cyrilanyanwu3451 what you’re saying is nuts!
Hi Gill. Who would have a better 2024 season? Qinwen or Osaka? Also any thoughts on Qinwen and Fissette ending partnership news?
Far from current topic however, can you please bring this up on next show.
For some reason , when media brings up Goat conversation lately, its always Djokovic stats compared to :
Margaret
Serena
Navratilova
Graf.
And thats fine, how ever its seems that no one ver talks about Monika Seles.
By the time she was 20 she had 9 grand slams.
French open at winner at 16.
Dont forget, she was 20 years old when the stabbing incident by Stefi Graf fan happened. After that she was never the same. But she is never in Goat conversation. Why???? Media will make a catastrophe case when Djok hit lines lady with a ball, but take a look at coverage of knife stabbing of Seles. Stefi Graf went on to win multiple Majors afterwards and was profiting from Seles inability to mentally recover.
There are movies about Williams sisters and how hard it was for them but there is no Movie about 20 year old Yugoslavian who was raised in war torn country and whos carrer pretty much ended when she was stabbed.
Also, its interesting that both Monika Seles and Novak where discovered by the same tennis coach Jelena Gencic when they were 5 years old.
Similar thing happened to Kvitova, she’s never the same after intruder knifed her playing arm
left Seles out in the discussion of two-handed forehands too. Unfortunately, Seles is left out of the standard goat convo simply due to overall major count. I do personally agree her record is stellar until it was cut short, and definitely had the potential to eclipse the others on your list. one of the greats for certain.
"what ifs" are a myth that will never exist. The what ifs she was not stabbed etc. is something that cannot be rewind in our timeline. Sadly her achievements is what can only be counted to compare to other top players.
I couldn’t agree more with you. Also imagine Maria Sharapova was picked as a contender for the best female tennis player of all time. I totally agree with Navratilova when she said its a joke.
@@keyboardwarrior5315 i agree with “ what if theory” how ever there is something in this world called probability which studied a chance of something happening based on chain of events that all-ready happened. When a 16 year old wins French Open and has 9 Majors by the time shes 20. Come on. She has not even developed fully physically or mentally when she got stabbed. She could never trully recover . Monika even talked about it, that aftervthe incident when she started playing again, she could not stop watching over her shoulder in fear!!!!
Good job Gill
Macdonald putting the ballls into his right pocket - psychotic behaviour 😂😂 this made me laugh..why would he do that?
As a big Carlos, nole, and Medvedev guy I am low key kinda a j sinner fan as well 💯
On the topic of the strongest nations that produce the best tennis players recently, it's surprising how Spain dropped off a lot.
Back then they have Nadal and Ferrer that have been consistently on the top 10 spots, and then you also got the likes of Almagro, Verdasco, Feliciano Lopez, Granollers, and Ferrero that are within the top 100, sometimes even within the top 50. So many familiar names back then now not as many in the tour.
ooops missed the question prompt. Is there another mailbag next week?
Sharp thinking about WTA!
What is your opinion about Carlos Alcaraz being unable to win a title, it seems like he can't find his form since wimbledon?
Wow, Medvedev got beaten by Korda AGAIN! I wonder if Gill makes such a big fuss about this as he did about "Sinner beat Alcaraz again!" and makes a video breakdown just for this again.
I don't know if it's just me but hearing that Nadal has been recycled in Alcaraz is a bit brutal 😅
If you even looked at 2022 Spain I think they had a fighting chance. You had Nadal who was still a force and won 2 GS, breakout Alcaraz who finished #1 in the world, PCB who won a Masters in 2022, RBA, ADF. Their doubles would’ve been super solid too; I think Nadal+Alcaraz are elite doubles players which Russia lacks. 2022 Spain wasn’t quite prime Spain like when they had prime Nadal, Ferrer, Lopez (for doubles), Robredo and all, but it was a solid team .
If 2022 Spain played Russia, I’d favor them. Of course, a lot has changed in the last year. Obviously Nadal’s sudden decline, plus PCB and RBA seriously fell off. ADF hasn’t really improved either.
USA could feasibly beat Russia only if there’s a lot of emphasis on doubles. Russia doesn’t have many good doubles players whereas USA is full of them. In singles they’d get wiped out though. Similar to Laver Cup really.
Rublev and Karen won a masters together this year :)
@@aroam2031Oh I actually didn’t know that. Maybe I’m underestimating their doubles prowess then
Talking about unorthodox volleys- I'm pretty sure Naomi Osaka has the weirdest volley I've ever seen. She never really hits a normal volley but instead basically just hits drive volleys all the time haha
20:30 "Simon said..."
So do we have to do it, or did he forget to explicitly say that He says?
Either Simon is simply spineless, or he's a snake.
Oscar Otte’s serve
Most unorthodox serve is 1000% Brian Battistone
And Marion Bartoli.. she was serving like she was slapping the ball.
I'm just glad that it is not only me who sees Sinner on his way to becoming a better version of Djokovic. it is a slow rise, just like Novaks, but a steady one with even more potential in his game. He has the stability and flexibility of Novak, he has more power than Novak in his groundstrokes, his return of serve is becoming an elite one, his volleys and drop shots are not yet developed just as Novaks in his earlier years, the serve is getting better, just as Novak was, and he is mentally tough, he just needs to improve his physicality and movement and if he continues to improve at the rate he is improving and stay healthy, we could soon have a winning machine in Janic Sinner. only time will tell.
Except the game plan is so different between the two, sinner wants to kill the ball
Better version of Djokovic? Are you saying he will become the greatest of all time
Better version of djokovic is a super strong statement
He certainly isn t a better version of Novak, mainly bc his movement will never reach Novak’s level. Unfortunately he’s too lanky but he has other weapons for sure.
Let's see if Sinner can beat Djokovic first in a Grand Slam or at least win one before we talk about him being in the same league. I mean, Sinner is young, but Djokovic is an 'old man' in tennis terms. Sinner should be able to step up next year if he's as good as you're saying.
"Sinner needs to get better". 5 months later, look at us XD
I don’t know about this I pick sinner to be my guy to root for after Djok retires but you said they are not really alike how can I do that then ?
I think they are more similar than Gil thinks. Both are great baseliners but have a little different styles; Nole is more consistent/willing to grind (although he’s changing this as he ages), where Sinner just blasts his ground strokes. Sinner’s net game is improving too. Also they both have the head speed paint job which makes them visually more similar. I’m a huge Nole fan and have already started rooting for Sinner.
My prediction for the next decade is Bercy gets replaced by a Saudi Petro dollar 1000 event.
I’d love to see that. Not sure if it’s allowed but it would great to see some steep prize money to keep the players engaged and wanting to win that late season tourney
I think Nadal has to be up there for unorthodox 😁. No one finishes over their head on every ball like he does
Women's tennis gets very little coverage compared to Men's tennis on your channel Less than 10%. Very disappointing to see such old fashioned attitudes.
Why dont ypu show us videos as well
Sinner must know that one can't win all the matches back to back. He must rest and be happy with all the wins he did sofar. 😢
You need a better background
Re Peng Shuai, a pretty spineless and transparently devoid of ethics response from the WT A. The assurances claim is about as weak as it gets. A sad situation, a sorry reflection of continued issues with womens rights globally.
*outside of the west, not globally
@@Norf.F.C.Zoomer But it’s people in the West that run the WTA that decided to go back to China (for the $$$), it’s people in the West that let biological men compete against women, etc. the West really cares about women’s rights indeed…
Also, laughable how the West run PGA (Pro Golfers Association) folded to LIV in Saudi Arabia. All the cheap shots the media and PGA took at the players that left for “moral” reasons, the PGA later does it themselves.
Everything is about $$$.
PS has made it clear in multiple statements she wants her privacy. Do you deny her the right to privacy?
Your warped sense of what the world is like is only matched by your avenging fury. Read what the Greeks said about you.
Serves Frances TFO
AO 2012 Novak was about 60%, if he was 100% Nadal would lost 0:3.
So if Nadal was always 100% , Djokovic would NEVER have beaten Nadal at Roland Garros!!!
SERIOUSLY!!! You Djokovic fans crack me up
sorry Dave. I am Federer fan! I talk only about AO 2012 not RG where Nadal was clearly better.@@DaveOwen-vn6ie
Well then Nadal’s the GOAT for always bringing his 100% to grand slam finals. Djokovic at age 25 wasn’t even trying in grand slam finals; brought 60% effort by your words. Not my GOAT.
Your right on people getting mad about you touting Alcaraz so much but you better care so don’t be so cocky also your way too technical all the time !!!!
Is there anything you like about Gill Gross? He’s technical cause that’s the whole point of his channel. It’s a tennis analysis channel. Also not sure what Alcaraz has to do with anything? Gill is very neutral with his commentary. Not sure exactly what you want from him?
@@aiylacarsonClicked on his comment history; he’s a Djokovic fan. Shocker. Mental illness detected, opinion rejected.