This proves my point I have been making for years. Todays tennis players could not perform at all if they had to use traditional equipment, their game is reduced by 99% when using traditional equipment. Therefore you have to conclude that todays equipment is ASSISTING the player artificially and therefore their strokes today are not due to natural talent but it’s the artificial handicap from the new technology. Furthermore no player today can conclude that they are the greatest because they are claiming this while using the modern artificial equipment. As I stated many times the players from the past era were so much more talented as the skill had to come from within there was no assistance from any technology. This is a major reason why tennis has lost its charisma personality popularity today because the harder and faster the ball goes it takes away from the personality of the game. In this video there was better shot making more skill it was more fun to watch there was more friendly gestures, when the ball is slowed up it opens the game up to skills that are not present today. If they volleyed it would have even been better. And the one player who said ‘it’s because of this’. Yes he made mistakes not because of the racket but because he lacked the skill to handle the ball using that racket. No real sport allowed their equipment to change to assist the player. Baseball and football are the two perennial sports that contain the best athletes and their equipment has not changed. Tennis today is finished all due to the technology they allowed in. It’s boring and robotic and it’s all baseline. And the technology is performing, not the player. It’s why there are 40 million pickle ball players now and only 1.5 million tennis players that are active in the US.
This proves my point I have been making for years. Todays tennis players could not perform at all if they had to use traditional equipment, their game is reduced by 99% when using traditional equipment. Therefore you have to conclude that todays equipment is ASSISTING the player artificially and therefore their strokes today are not due to natural talent but it’s the artificial handicap from the new technology. Furthermore no player today can conclude that they are the greatest because they are claiming this while using the modern artificial equipment. As I stated many times the players from the past era were so much more talented as the skill had to come from within there was no assistance from any technology. This is a major reason why tennis has lost its charisma personality popularity today because the harder and faster the ball goes it takes away from the personality of the game. In this video there was better shot making more skill it was more fun to watch there was more friendly gestures, when the ball is slowed up it opens the game up to skills that are not present today. If they volleyed it would have even been better. And the one player who said ‘it’s because of this’. Yes he made mistakes not because of the racket but because he lacked the skill to handle the ball using that racket. No real sport allowed their equipment to change to assist the player. Baseball and football are the two perennial sports that contain the best athletes and their equipment has not changed. Tennis today is finished all due to the technology they allowed in. It’s boring and robotic and it’s all baseline. And the technology is performing, not the player. It’s why there are 40 million pickle ball players now and only 1.5 million tennis players that are active in the US.
Tennis needs more these types of vids. I love seeing players interact with eachother other than match situations and builds more connection with the fans.
IMHO, this is the type of content that the ATP is missing and should dedicate more time to when it comes to growing the sport. Contrasting personalities like Dimi and Rublev, that don't mind hamming it up in front of the cameras; combined with unique and fun "on-court" tennis challenges is an absolute winner in my books.
Dmitrov had the better racquet. Early metal rackets sucked but those wood Wilson and Dunlops were lovely to play with. Not until graphite were there better racquets.
Agreed. I played with the Kramer in High School: a big club for strong guys. The Dunlop Maxply had a light head, flexibilty. Yeah, the early metal rackets were not an advantage, but in 1978 I used the Wilson World Class. Btw, Jimmy Connors and the success he had with the Wilson T2000 still amazes me. Worst racket ever made for championship tennis.
@@aaronaragon7838 haha. Completely! The T2000 is the high road to tennis elbow. Chucked that thing! Just goes to show what tough and talented bugger Conor’s was.
I reckon Grigor would have been up there with the best during the wooden racquets era. Crazy good-looking technique combined with some modern spin and power.
Practicing for his meeting with Putin🕊️ See if he can explain that a powerful bwehh💥 does not mean that you actually go kill the other guys who are trying to outplay you. So happy for him winning Monte Carlo on Russian Easter❣️
This is the type of content I didn't know I needed until now! I would watch a whole tournament of this, where in each match the players draw a new card/racket.
this is by far the greatest and most entertaining video tennis tv has produced . we need more of these concepts and a continuation of this one . The sport needs variety character elegance and smiles . Life is a beautiful sport .
grigor dimitrov is by far the best looking guy on tour, his technique is hands down one of the most stylish on tour, also his sweatshirt is crazy beautiful. life isn'e equal
I really wish they made this a series, it’s so fun watching pro tennis players trying out racquets from different eras. They still hit surprising well with them!
Two of the most likeable guys on the ATP Tour! And Rublev is spot on - Dimitrov would sooner make beautiful mistakes than win ugly. Which makes him one of the most elegant and entertaining players to watch, but it's still bittersweet if you root for him to win.
That’s so true, I feel like sometimes when he’s playing like trash he prefers to throw the match instead of win it ugly. The Kozlov match comes to mind, he knew he was so bad that day that I feel like the thought he didn’t deserve to win so threw it away lol
@@gabrielametodieva8360 Sharapova had a similar observation about Dimitrov's mindset in her bio. As for the recent match against Kozlov, Dimitrov was clearly too tentative playing against a (seemingly) cramping/injured opponent, instead of taking advantage.
1:07 Genius challenge Andrey you are sending to all positive vibes, energy and laugh😆 precious moments in to all positive human being Bravo both great👍✌️🎾👏👏👏
Grigor: comments on the unique racquet, analyzes the progress of tennis in the last 70 years Andrey: generates the content we actually want on this channel
I'm impressed how well Grigor adapted to the old wooden racket my granddad liked to use. And of course Andryusha (what Grigor likes to call him) is hilarious.
My God, the shots Grigor was able to play with a wooden racket makes you wonder...Bjön Borg was probably THE player with the most spin back in the days with a wooden racket. But I was so impressed with the amount of control Grigor was having with a racket from the 50s!!!
We need more Rublev and Dimitrov content! 👏👏 Edit: It's unfair to Rublev since they gave him an amateur 80's racquet, basically a toy.. at least Grigor was using pros 50's technology
love this content, every detail was amazing in the video, the guys are cool and funny, love that sound effect with string snapping whenever the score changes, whoever did this creatively good job
The fact that these dudes were actually hitting serves and backhand / forehand shots and playing some semblance of a game with these archaic racquets shows you just how incredibly, incredibly skilled their tennis game is.
Watched this again because they will be playing against each other in the semis tomorrow in Shanghai. Would love to see what they can do with their modern rackets. I admire both these guys!
I think Roger because of his playability. Roger and Grigor have similar play style and their groundstrokes have basically the same movement. It’s called a classic/vintage style and way to play the game. Otherwise, Rafa’s style is more modern than Roger’s/Grigor’s, so idk, maybe it would be a funny game to watch.
@@loluzardo Yeah, Rafa probably would loose his biggest weapon with that old racket - top spin, I am pretty sure he can also hit some good flat shots but would be hard to switch to that style
This proves my point I have been making for years. Todays tennis players could not perform at all if they had to use traditional equipment, their game is reduced by 99% when using traditional equipment. Therefore you have to conclude that todays equipment is ASSISTING the player artificially and therefore their strokes today are not due to natural talent but it’s the artificial handicap from the new technology. Furthermore no player today can conclude that they are the greatest because they are claiming this while using the modern artificial equipment. As I stated many times the players from the past era were so much more talented as the skill had to come from within there was no assistance from any technology. This is a major reason why tennis has lost its charisma personality popularity today because the harder and faster the ball goes it takes away from the personality of the game. In this video there was better shot making more skill it was more fun to watch there was more friendly gestures, when the ball is slowed up it opens the game up to skills that are not present today. If they volleyed it would have even been better. And the one player who said ‘it’s because of this’. Yes he made mistakes not because of the racket but because he lacked the skill to handle the ball using that racket. No real sport allowed their equipment to change to assist the player. Baseball and football are the two perennial sports that contain the best athletes and their equipment has not changed. Tennis today is finished all due to the technology they allowed in. It’s boring and robotic and it’s all baseline. And the technology is performing, not the player. It’s why there are 40 million pickle ball players now and only 1.5 million tennis players that are active in the US.
There are 40 million pickleball players because you don’t need near the time investment to have fun and play decently on the court like you do with tennis. It’s like comparing ping pong and tennis.
@@ldeue4837 40 million love pickle ball, tennis is not interesting anymore, the monster rackets and strings and speed has destroyed the game, the personality is gone from tennis. They are robots now. Might as well just watch a ball being shot out of a machine, there is nothing interesting anymore. The game these 2 are playing in this video is more fun than any modern tennis match.
I learned tennis around 1975 as a 13 year old. Of course, most racquets were wood. I got into tennis pretty hard and played on my high school tennis team and I got quite good. My last wooden racquet was a Donnay Borg model-awesome racquet. Went to college and didn't play for a number of years. When I picked it back up around 1992, all the racquets were composite construction and oversized heads. The first time I played with it, I felt like it was impossible to mis-hit the ball! The head was so huge it was easy to hit in the sweet spot every time. I felt like the game got too easy with these new racquets. Now of course the game is very different. I would love to see some of the current/recent stars have to play with the old wooden racquets. I wonder if the pure power players wouldn't be as (relatively) good as they are with the current racquets. I wonder if the current players with more touch and finesse would still be as relatively good (Federer, for example).
So many great things about this video: 1. Rublev time, of course 2. lots of close-up shots of Grigor's beautiful backhand, and 3. the lovely color grade of this video!
Yes, I'm old enough to have played with BOTH of those racquets-- the Wilson Jack Kramer (maybe the most classic racquet ever made) and the Head Comp 2 (the Comp 1, that Arthur Ashe used, was so stiff it was like playing with a board. But the Comp 2 was a beautiful racket that combined power and holding the ball on the strings long enough to offer spin and control-- the Comp 2 was my favorite racquet ever). It was fascinating to watch them intuit how we used to play with those racquets as time went on, especially Grigor. Our strokes were much flatter, and we followed through forward, in front of our opposite shoulder, as opposed to the big looping strokes today with follow throughs that end up back over your shoulder. Neither really got their backhand. Before Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert, two-handed backhands were extremely rare-- exotic in fact. Players had both topspin and slice backhands, though topspin was generally used in the backcourt and slice backhands were used for approach shots. As well, because the racquets didn't offer sufficient power for rifling shots from anyplace, it was far less risky to rush the net, so people did it much more-- people did a lot of serve and volley on hard courts. (I never knew anybody rich enough to have played on grass). If anybody is interested, take a look at Ken Roswall's strokes here-- and yeah, I saw him play live at Forest Hills. Sorry for the length of this, but those guys really took me back.
8:32 "I love this racquet". That's because you're an aesthete, Grigor. And, of all the modern players, you're the one who would be No.1 if all players had to use it.
I foolishly wasn't expecting to see such clean and precise hitting from them with those racquets. Wow. It literally took them about 5 minutes to adjust to the feel of them. I played with both of those back in the day...a Wilson Jack Kramer and the Head Pro, we called "the redhead," ...both top line racquets in the 70s and 80s. And there it is...clear proof, that if you have world-class strokes, you can play with anything.
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Clearly Tennis TV knows that we all love Rublev and they take every opportunity to throw him in a video.
Facts 😀Tennis TV & ATP channel know they need to put Andrey in all their videos for us fans.
He may not have the most beautiful game or complex, or whatever - but he certainly makes up for it. Love it!
Crazy fact about Rublev that in Astana APT500 at list once he were giving autographs about an hour after playing 3 sets math in 11pm
clearly rublev has the best humor
100%
Rublev's humour is growing on me. I really enjoy his fun nature and humility.
He wasn't doing his trademark "BWEH" grunt i noticed.. lol
agree. very likeable guy
Agreed. As someone else said, one of the most likeable guys on tour.
This proves my point I have been making for years. Todays tennis players could not perform at all if they had to use traditional equipment, their game is reduced by 99% when using traditional equipment. Therefore you have to conclude that todays equipment is ASSISTING the player artificially and therefore their strokes today are not due to natural talent but it’s the artificial handicap from the new technology. Furthermore no player today can conclude that they are the greatest because they are claiming this while using the modern artificial equipment. As I stated many times the players from the past era were so much more talented as the skill had to come from within there was no assistance from any technology. This is a major reason why tennis has lost its charisma personality popularity today because the harder and faster the ball goes it takes away from the personality of the game. In this video there was better shot making more skill it was more fun to watch there was more friendly gestures, when the ball is slowed up it opens the game up to skills that are not present today. If they volleyed it would have even been better. And the one player who said ‘it’s because of this’. Yes he made mistakes not because of the racket but because he lacked the skill to handle the ball using that racket. No real sport allowed their equipment to change to assist the player. Baseball and football are the two perennial sports that contain the best athletes and their equipment has not changed. Tennis today is finished all due to the technology they allowed in. It’s boring and robotic and it’s all baseline. And the technology is performing, not the player. It’s why there are 40 million pickle ball players now and only 1.5 million tennis players that are active in the US.
@@TimTheMusicMan lol. Nice dissertation, however.
I honestly can't get enough of Rublev
He's such a funny guy off court.
Bweh
Me too. Both are very engaging, but Andrey is really a funny personality 😂
Me too!!! Always makes me laughing 😂 He's incredible. I guess I could watch videos of him the whole day, without getting bored! 😀😄
This proves my point I have been making for years. Todays tennis players could not perform at all if they had to use traditional equipment, their game is reduced by 99% when using traditional equipment. Therefore you have to conclude that todays equipment is ASSISTING the player artificially and therefore their strokes today are not due to natural talent but it’s the artificial handicap from the new technology. Furthermore no player today can conclude that they are the greatest because they are claiming this while using the modern artificial equipment. As I stated many times the players from the past era were so much more talented as the skill had to come from within there was no assistance from any technology. This is a major reason why tennis has lost its charisma personality popularity today because the harder and faster the ball goes it takes away from the personality of the game. In this video there was better shot making more skill it was more fun to watch there was more friendly gestures, when the ball is slowed up it opens the game up to skills that are not present today. If they volleyed it would have even been better. And the one player who said ‘it’s because of this’. Yes he made mistakes not because of the racket but because he lacked the skill to handle the ball using that racket. No real sport allowed their equipment to change to assist the player. Baseball and football are the two perennial sports that contain the best athletes and their equipment has not changed. Tennis today is finished all due to the technology they allowed in. It’s boring and robotic and it’s all baseline. And the technology is performing, not the player. It’s why there are 40 million pickle ball players now and only 1.5 million tennis players that are active in the US.
With time traveling back, Grigor also shifts to his prime form, pure piece of art in every shot
He barely shits enough to his prime form
shits ? bruh wtf
“You have no power?” Pretty accurate considering Grisho’s current form 😅
@@mfzoom5401 Grigor : I'll make it personal
With old rackets he should be playing a lot more net play.
"One thousand eighties" omg I love Rublev🤣
When his English is so bad
@@TranucTV it’s better than my Russian!
@@TranucTVIt's his 3rd language .. The are other guys on tour whose only language is English & they can barely communicate
@@t3nnis101 Tiafoe. Great guy but I need sub-titles cuz he mumbles🤣
🤣
Tennis needs more these types of vids. I love seeing players interact with eachother other than match situations and builds more connection with the fans.
"One thousand eighties" 🤣🤣 This is why we all love Andrey, he is such a sweetheart. Loving his bromance with Grigor as well 💙
I don’t think we know what kind of equipment they used in the 1080s. Maybe the rackets were made out of bones and vines for strings. 😂
"Should I break it? How many more rackets you got like this?" 4:29
Grigors game is beautiful with the old racquet. Look how he shortens the backhand swing towards the end of the breaker. Love it!
Да его техника максимально адаптирована под игру деревяшками!!!🤣🥎🤣
He got used to that wooden racket remarkably quickly. The sweet spot is very small!
Fallend Forhand Drive
Shows you great at tennis they actually are to be able to adjust to the racquets so quickly 🎾🎾
Yes he's ready for macenroe
IMHO, this is the type of content that the ATP is missing
and should dedicate more time to when it comes to growing the sport.
Contrasting personalities like Dimi and Rublev,
that don't mind hamming it up in front of the cameras;
combined with unique and fun "on-court" tennis challenges is an absolute winner in my books.
The content you just watched...is the type of content that is missing?
This sport doesnt need any more growth, other sports need it more
@@grimsonclearly they meant we need more content like this ad we don't have enough of it
I don't want to grow the sport. I like it how it is.
Grigor and Bweh genuinely love each other. They're super close friends :)
would be fun to have an actual ATP tournament with wooden rackets only
Yes I would totally watch that. Kyrgios trick shots with wood
I think it just sounds fun but it would be only fun for a few minutes and in general much less entertaining than with modern equipment
@@irgendeinname9256 no it would be good. Just one tournament
Yes, with no grunting as well!
There is actually a USWRTA.
Everyone is talking about Rublev, but Dimi is born to be in the spotlight. 😅 Great video!
ah yes the one thousand eighties 0:44 a time well known for exquisite tennis rackets
I don't know who from Tennis TV had the idea to make this video but they should get a raise.
From Star tennis academy Japan with 2 former ATP pros playing a tiebreak with wooden rackets.ruclips.net/video/aWzDyhn4MGs/видео.html
This is amazing content, we need more of these kind of challenge videos! Thanks Tennis Tv😊
Totally Agree!
Dmitrov had the better racquet. Early metal rackets sucked but those wood Wilson and Dunlops were lovely to play with. Not until graphite were there better racquets.
Agreed. I played with the Kramer in High School: a big club for strong guys. The Dunlop Maxply had a light head, flexibilty. Yeah, the early metal rackets were not an advantage, but in 1978 I used the Wilson World Class. Btw, Jimmy Connors and the success he had with the Wilson T2000 still amazes me. Worst racket ever made for championship tennis.
@@aaronaragon7838 haha. Completely! The T2000 is the high road to tennis elbow. Chucked that thing! Just goes to show what tough and talented bugger Conor’s was.
Not Rublev taking the Binnie off the cameraman's head & calling him bald lol😂😂😂 3:33
That was a bit disrespectful imo
6:38 is like a movie 😍 look how cute andrey when he talks about grigor😄
And at the end giving him kisses🤣🤣
8:06 “You see, how beautiful his mistake is” 😂😂
Love it. 😂
This is the Fun, lighthearted and hilarious content I needed! I'm now a big fan of Rublev!
Welcome to the club. Go check some other fun videos/ games he's done. He's always so genuine and natural and fun
I reckon Grigor would have been up there with the best during the wooden racquets era. Crazy good-looking technique combined with some modern spin and power.
This may be the greatest thing I have ever watched on RUclips - I love Andrey and Grigor's dynamic lmao
Greatest thing you ever seen? Why do you have to exaggerate like that, for what purpose?
This bromance 😂😂😂 just give us Grigor/Andrey content together each tournament please 🙏 😂❤
Rublev talking about inner peace 😂
Practicing for his meeting with Putin🕊️ See if he can explain that a powerful bwehh💥 does not mean that you actually go kill the other guys who are trying to outplay you. So happy for him winning Monte Carlo on Russian Easter❣️
Grigors strokes really suit the wooden racket and the attire looks good on him
Rublev can make any conversation enjoyable. He's a hoot!
Rublev is the king of these videos😂
This is the type of content I didn't know I needed until now! I would watch a whole tournament of this, where in each match the players draw a new card/racket.
I love the friendship between Grisho and Rublev ❤! We need more of these videos.
Smiled through the whole thing, Tennis TV giving me content i didn't know i needed, love these two #Rubletrov
Блин, оба просто красавчики, так им и должен быть спорт
Just a wonderful rivals and sportsmanship!!
Exactly what I needed at 2am on a Friday night, a good laugh to put me in bed, love these 2, and I love vintage rackets!
Rublev:
"One thousand eighties"
"He have no power"
"Should I break it" 😂😂😂😂😂
You forgot "Oh you're completely bald eh?"
"you see? I told you, how beautiful his mistake is, eh?"
😂😂
@@odil50 tbf, is actually "Hostia, you are completely bold, eh?" is a Spanish expression that you can compare to... Fuck for example
we need more rublev
6:37 Rublev spoke everyone’s mind
Exactly. He's a handsome man for sure.
oh man! I love Rublev's humor! Definitely fun to watch, we need more of these kind of videos.
Beautiful video, Ruby is hilarious...more of these please 😂
This was so much fun to watch.
It’s understated how awesome and funny is Rublev.
Dimitrov is also top notch!
So glad I got to see Rublev at the US Open recently. He is the man
6:38 “Look how beautiful he looks” 😂😂😂
I like how they didn't even break their endorsement contracts conditions ))))
Our founding fathers were playing some exquisite tennis back then
They did much better than I expected with the vintage equipment. It shows that their fundamental skills are very strong. Well done, guys!
this is by far the greatest and most entertaining video tennis tv has produced . we need more of these concepts and a continuation of this one . The sport needs variety character elegance and smiles . Life is a beautiful sport .
absolutely entertaining !! great job TennisTV
grigor dimitrov is by far the best looking guy on tour, his technique is hands down one of the most stylish on tour, also his sweatshirt is crazy beautiful. life isn'e equal
Dimitrov With the Perfect oldschool Forhand Drive
6:07 on repeat. With that lighting, the attire, the one handed backhand. Pure art 🤌🏾✨️
Yes! Grigor is a work of art 🥰👌
These guys really love each other
I really wish they made this a series, it’s so fun watching pro tennis players trying out racquets from different eras. They still hit surprising well with them!
Two of the most likeable guys on the ATP Tour! And Rublev is spot on - Dimitrov would sooner make beautiful mistakes than win ugly. Which makes him one of the most elegant and entertaining players to watch, but it's still bittersweet if you root for him to win.
That’s so true, I feel like sometimes when he’s playing like trash he prefers to throw the match instead of win it ugly. The Kozlov match comes to mind, he knew he was so bad that day that I feel like the thought he didn’t deserve to win so threw it away lol
@@gabrielametodieva8360 Sharapova had a similar observation about Dimitrov's mindset in her bio. As for the recent match against Kozlov, Dimitrov was clearly too tentative playing against a (seemingly) cramping/injured opponent, instead of taking advantage.
they still played pretty well with the old racquets even going at half speed. I'd say the athletes have improved too!
He is so in love with grigor, as we all are ❤😂 jaja
No doubt why Rublo is one of the most likeable players on the ATP
Omg this video ❤❤❤❤❤ love them together, but Andrey, man ❤❤❤❤
A sit down with them at the end comparing their playing experience with the old to their present day equipment would have been informative.
Right? What were they thinking?
"I almost fell in love with you"
"We were playing some old school tennis"
Love Rublitrov❤🎾👑
1:07 Genius challenge Andrey you are sending to all positive vibes, energy and laugh😆
precious moments in to all positive human being
Bravo both great👍✌️🎾👏👏👏
Grigor: comments on the unique racquet, analyzes the progress of tennis in the last 70 years
Andrey: generates the content we actually want on this channel
Rublev is basically clickbait for Tennis TV and ATP Tour - the power of bweee
Thanks to these two for agreeing to do this. Most players would have been to scared to hurt their wrists.
These guys, please more of this duo ❤
All the best movies end with a kiss.
Andryusha and Grigorette's love and passion💕 for... tennis obviously🤗
This was so much fun to watch! Both guys are legends. More videos like this please!👍
I'm impressed how well Grigor adapted to the old wooden racket my granddad liked to use. And of course Andryusha (what Grigor likes to call him) is hilarious.
It's partly because his playstyle is centered on more flat shots rather than heavy topspin
My God, the shots Grigor was able to play with a wooden racket makes you wonder...Bjön Borg was probably THE player with the most spin back in the days with a wooden racket. But I was so impressed with the amount of control Grigor was having with a racket from the 50s!!!
We need more Rublev and Dimitrov content! 👏👏
Edit: It's unfair to Rublev since they gave him an amateur 80's racquet, basically a toy.. at least Grigor was using pros 50's technology
Yo tengo una parecida que me regalaron, que si es pro de los 80' y suena igual. Es difícil, cuesta entenderla
The “Red Head” Professional was a premium racket for its time...Rublev should have won...lol
@@scottlumpkin7023 The 80s started with wood, aluminium and iron racquets and ended with carbon composite.. they gave him the crappy 80s racquet.
I hope you are joking
@@KyoFanDuB No, I'm not! We need more Rublev and Dimitrov content!
Such lovely interaction... rublo really seems like such a nice guy...n so funny....
Thanks Tennis TV, this was awesome!
Wow I didn’t know I could love Rublev any more but here we are. What a sweetie
Great video 😊 and grigor and andrey make a great duo
The kiss was classic.
I love this concept! You should make it a series and bring more players
love this content, every detail was amazing in the video, the guys are cool and funny, love that sound effect with string snapping whenever the score changes, whoever did this creatively good job
The fact that these dudes were actually hitting serves and backhand / forehand shots and playing some semblance of a game with these archaic racquets shows you just how incredibly, incredibly skilled their tennis game is.
Grigor seems like a player that would be around the top if they played back when this equipment was around.
Watched this again because they will be playing against each other in the semis tomorrow in Shanghai. Would love to see what they can do with their modern rackets. I admire both these guys!
I got Rublev's Head racket when I was 11 or 12. Man I was so proud.
Man, grigor looked completely at ease at times, not always but he was able to flatten out his shots when it really mattered
This was a pleasure to watch, thanks TennisTV!
Very innovative and funny content. Dimitrov and Rublev should keep on making them. Probably other tennis stars, too. Good for tennis!
Rublev had no mercy with the serve😂
This was a great reminder as to how limited the old equipment was. The old heroes really were amazing players.
Would be fun to see Roger and Rafa play this game, or whole match with 1950s rackets wonder who would win
I think Roger because of his playability. Roger and Grigor have similar play style and their groundstrokes have basically the same movement. It’s called a classic/vintage style and way to play the game. Otherwise, Rafa’s style is more modern than Roger’s/Grigor’s, so idk, maybe it would be a funny game to watch.
@@loluzardo Yeah, Rafa probably would loose his biggest weapon with that old racket - top spin, I am pretty sure he can also hit some good flat shots but would be hard to switch to that style
This proves my point I have been making for years. Todays tennis players could not perform at all if they had to use traditional equipment, their game is reduced by 99% when using traditional equipment. Therefore you have to conclude that todays equipment is ASSISTING the player artificially and therefore their strokes today are not due to natural talent but it’s the artificial handicap from the new technology. Furthermore no player today can conclude that they are the greatest because they are claiming this while using the modern artificial equipment. As I stated many times the players from the past era were so much more talented as the skill had to come from within there was no assistance from any technology. This is a major reason why tennis has lost its charisma personality popularity today because the harder and faster the ball goes it takes away from the personality of the game. In this video there was better shot making more skill it was more fun to watch there was more friendly gestures, when the ball is slowed up it opens the game up to skills that are not present today. If they volleyed it would have even been better. And the one player who said ‘it’s because of this’. Yes he made mistakes not because of the racket but because he lacked the skill to handle the ball using that racket. No real sport allowed their equipment to change to assist the player. Baseball and football are the two perennial sports that contain the best athletes and their equipment has not changed. Tennis today is finished all due to the technology they allowed in. It’s boring and robotic and it’s all baseline. And the technology is performing, not the player. It’s why there are 40 million pickle ball players now and only 1.5 million tennis players that are active in the US.
There are 40 million pickleball players because you don’t need near the time investment to have fun and play decently on the court like you do with tennis. It’s like comparing ping pong and tennis.
@@ldeue4837 40 million love pickle ball, tennis is not interesting anymore, the monster rackets and strings and speed has destroyed the game, the personality is gone from tennis. They are robots now. Might as well just watch a ball being shot out of a machine, there is nothing interesting anymore. The game these 2 are playing in this video is more fun than any modern tennis match.
I learned tennis around 1975 as a 13 year old. Of course, most racquets were wood. I got into tennis pretty hard and played on my high school tennis team and I got quite good. My last wooden racquet was a Donnay Borg model-awesome racquet. Went to college and didn't play for a number of years.
When I picked it back up around 1992, all the racquets were composite construction and oversized heads. The first time I played with it, I felt like it was impossible to mis-hit the ball! The head was so huge it was easy to hit in the sweet spot every time. I felt like the game got too easy with these new racquets.
Now of course the game is very different. I would love to see some of the current/recent stars have to play with the old wooden racquets. I wonder if the pure power players wouldn't be as (relatively) good as they are with the current racquets. I wonder if the current players with more touch and finesse would still be as relatively good (Federer, for example).
I’ve always loved Rublev. Really fun to watch and I think he’s hilarious.
So many great things about this video: 1. Rublev time, of course 2. lots of close-up shots of Grigor's beautiful backhand, and 3. the lovely color grade of this video!
We need MOOOOOORE videos like this!!! I like this format!
would be great to see Mac with a JKPS play Bjorn with his DBP.
0:15 acting masterclass from rublev
Rublev is right, everything Grigor does looks so beautiful, that ohbh is perfection.
Just amazing how quickly Grigor progressed in quality from points 1-4 to the last points. Maybe it was predictable, but I was quite impressed.
'oh sir, you're completely bald eh?'
these two guys would've shun in the past years as well. They are astoundly talented.
Yes, I'm old enough to have played with BOTH of those racquets-- the Wilson Jack Kramer (maybe the most classic racquet ever made) and the Head Comp 2 (the Comp 1, that Arthur Ashe used, was so stiff it was like playing with a board. But the Comp 2 was a beautiful racket that combined power and holding the ball on the strings long enough to offer spin and control-- the Comp 2 was my favorite racquet ever).
It was fascinating to watch them intuit how we used to play with those racquets as time went on, especially Grigor. Our strokes were much flatter, and we followed through forward, in front of our opposite shoulder, as opposed to the big looping strokes today with follow throughs that end up back over your shoulder.
Neither really got their backhand. Before Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert, two-handed backhands were extremely rare-- exotic in fact. Players had both topspin and slice backhands, though topspin was generally used in the backcourt and slice backhands were used for approach shots.
As well, because the racquets didn't offer sufficient power for rifling shots from anyplace, it was far less risky to rush the net, so people did it much more-- people did a lot of serve and volley on hard courts. (I never knew anybody rich enough to have played on grass).
If anybody is interested, take a look at Ken Roswall's strokes here-- and yeah, I saw him play live at Forest Hills.
Sorry for the length of this, but those guys really took me back.
I was surprised how well these 2 played with such orld racket, especially Dimitrov. All about technique, racket is not that important.
Way to go, such great players and sportsmanship.
Grigor actually playing modern tennis shots with that racket, I swear give him 6 months and he'll win Wimbledon with it.
Rublev so sweet ❤
8:32 "I love this racquet". That's because you're an aesthete, Grigor. And, of all the modern players, you're the one who would be No.1 if all players had to use it.
Two of the best personalities on tour!
Rubleeevvv: even when Grigor makes a mistake, it is a beautiful mistake 😅
I foolishly wasn't expecting to see such clean and precise hitting from them with those racquets. Wow. It literally took them about 5 minutes to adjust to the feel of them. I played with both of those back in the day...a Wilson Jack Kramer and the Head Pro, we called "the redhead," ...both top line racquets in the 70s and 80s. And there it is...clear proof, that if you have world-class strokes, you can play with anything.
"Oh, you're completely bald eh?" Man is such a character 😂
I love this , little bromance going on.? Andrey is such fun, lovely guys.❤