Talk About Tennis 2.0

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 12:25 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:11 am as usual, Swiatek hits shots that physics says arent possible at all,, her body weight going in one direction, she hits the winner in the other direction.. that off-backhand in particular.. how on earth does she do it? she is a genius, a monster..

Modern racquets and strings

Suliso wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 5:54 pm Azarenka might be a kryptonite for Ostapenko, but Iga is not affected at all.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:36 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:16 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:48 am

Quite likely LF will beat her now..she has started to go down her usual path ..showing signs of fatigue, eking out narrow wins over people she would blow away if she were fresh ..then losing to the first good player she meets. If I were managing her, I would certainly get her to play less..she won abu dhabi, but was it worth it? Just a she won Brisbane....

Well well, proved me wrong! Good win for Rybakina 4 and 2

Serious question here.
Why have we entered this era in which a player plays one tournament, wins it, and we immediately decide that they are so tired that they will not be able to play well the next tournament, if they are on consecutive weeks? The great ones from the past did it, regularly, and today's training is far better. Martina would win 2, 3 tournaments in a row, playing serve and volley tennis, and then go to a fourth and reach the final, and then do it again. So did Chris and Steffi. On the men's side, Lendl, Vilas, Wilander and plenty of others would play week in, week out, without a peep of being fatigued.
Rybakina won last week, in Abu Dhabi. That is a one hour flight, on a private luxury jet. Why are we assuming that she is running on empty? She is a young person, and a professional at what she does. She should have no physical issues stemming from fatigue.
And I repeat. Martina was playing S&V tennis, way more tiring than baseline tennis, and win over and over. Mandlikova, BJK too.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 2:38 am

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 12:25 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:11 am as usual, Swiatek hits shots that physics says arent possible at all,, her body weight going in one direction, she hits the winner in the other direction.. that off-backhand in particular.. how on earth does she do it? she is a genius, a monster..

Modern racquets and strings

then why is she the only one who can do such things? everyone with a modern racket should be able to..!

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:36 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:16 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:48 am

Quite likely LF will beat her now..she has started to go down her usual path ..showing signs of fatigue, eking out narrow wins over people she would blow away if she were fresh ..then losing to the first good player she meets. If I were managing her, I would certainly get her to play less..she won abu dhabi, but was it worth it? Just a she won Brisbane....

Well well, proved me wrong! Good win for Rybakina 4 and 2

Serious question here.
Why have we entered this era in which a player plays one tournament, wins it, and we immediately decide that they are so tired that they will not be able to play well the next tournament, if they are on consecutive weeks? The great ones from the past did it, regularly, and today's training is far better. Martina would win 2, 3 tournaments in a row, playing serve and volley tennis, and then go to a fourth and reach the final, and then do it again. So did Chris and Steffi. On the men's side, Lendl, Vilas, Wilander and plenty of others would play week in, week out, without a peep of being fatigued.
Rybakina won last week, in Abu Dhabi. That is a one hour flight, on a private luxury jet. Why are we assuming that she is running on empty? She is a young person, and a professional at what she does. She should have no physical issues stemming from fatigue.
And I repeat. Martina was playing S&V tennis, way more tiring than baseline tennis, and win over and over. Mandlikova, BJK too.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 5:06 pm AI says Rybakina 75%...pretty high! She has won 3 out of 4, that doesn't give her 75% chance of winning tomorrow!

ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:45 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 5:06 pm AI says Rybakina 75%...pretty high! She has won 3 out of 4, that doesn't give her 75% chance of winning tomorrow!

Does Rybakina have the foot speed to deal with Iga?