who will win french open

  • nadal

    Votes: 72 38.9%
  • joker

    Votes: 59 31.9%
  • roger

    Votes: 26 14.1%
  • other

    Votes: 28 15.1%

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Mazino

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I was just thinking that "scrubs" have just as good of a chance of beating these guys as "good" players do

At least if youre a scrub going into these matches you have nothing to lose whatsoever and just go out there and play the ball. They also have a minute chance of catching them off guard and stealing an early set

The top tier guys feel the pressure more of getting to their levels and more often than not fold
To an extent its true, a lot of these guys have already been figured out by Djok, Fed and Nadal. Of course there's matches where their opponent plays above their level but then it's a question of can they maintain this for the whole match. Shapo played an incredible match against Djokovic yesterday but couple lose games and that was that.

Shapo is gonna be a monster in years to come though, I think it's either him or AA to become the absolute best out of this new generation.
 

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To an extent its true, a lot of these guys have already been figured out by Djok, Fed and Nadal. Of course there's matches where their opponent plays above their level but then it's a question of can they maintain this for the whole match. Shapo played an incredible match against Djokovic yesterday but couple lose games and that was that.

Shapo is gonna be a monster in years to come though, I think it's either him or AA to become the absolute best out of this new generation.

Im not gonna crown any of the young guys til they take a slam :hubie:
 

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Im not gonna crown any of the young guys til they take a slam :hubie:
Haha no doubt man I'm just talking based on raw talent, Shapo to me is the most like Federer I've seen. Serve, forehand, backhand are all money and he has all the shots. Just needs to become more disciplined and willing to not swing for every ball plus cut out the double faults.
 

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Haha no doubt man I'm just talking based on raw talent, Shapo to me is the most like Federer I've seen. Serve, forehand, backhand are all money and he has all the shots. Just needs to become more disciplined and willing to not swing for every ball plus cut out the double faults.

I thought that about Grigor and we all saw how that turned out lol
 

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I thought that about Grigor and we all saw how that turned out lol
I never really thought that about Grigor, his backhand is so incredibly mediocre and he lacks the mentality. They billed him as baby Fed but you can tell he was made to play like Fed to his detriment whereas the likes of Shapo is all natural.
 

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I never really thought that about Grigor, his backhand is so incredibly mediocre and he lacks the mentality. They billed him as baby Fed but you can tell he was made to play like Fed to his detriment whereas the likes of Shapo is all natural.

I didnt realize how soft grigor was

Started having my doubts when he started dating sharapova

That told me what he was really about
 

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I didnt realize how soft grigor was

Started having my doubts when he started dating sharapova

That told me what he was really about
He's a likeable guy but yeah he's not a killer and unfortunately for him his game maxed out quite a while ago.

He'll never be a slam winner.
 

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Had two game points, should've held.

Medvedev has a great mentality, never gives up.

yea, the USO final last year showed me that he is someone who doesn't easily fold even though he looks like he's about to die with every passing min
 

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I was thinking the same

We'll see if last year was his ceiling or if he has more room to develop this year. If he stays on the same trajectory then i could definitely see it

He has weird strokes to me. I dont know how to explain it..but theyre effective.
It's because he plays like a grinder even though he's 6'6" but he also has limited power. There's minimal pace to his shots. He plays like the tortoise and the hare race. He plays quickly but methodical. It's weird.

Joker having a meltdown. :ooh:
 

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Djoker got the job done, Medvedev is ridiculous. The match was absolute quality.

Danil is terminator with the never say die.
 
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