Re: 2011 Wimbledon
I understand your point, whilst disagreeing.
I don't think he is defensive and I don't think that he tries to turn it into a slugfest for the sake of it, I think in every rally he's trying to find a way to administer the killer blow in a way that say Murray isn't.
The thing I'm finding with Wimbledon these days the way that the courts are playing is that they provide a challenge that really separates those with extra guile from the rest and really it is only Federer and Nadal who have a great understanding of it and to a lesser degree Murray.
These hard court specialist monkeys just like to swing hard and flat off both flanks and if they come against someone of a similar mind then they just go for it until one of them makes an error or a winner.
Watching Nadal yesterday, even though he has a double handed backhand, playing heaps of sliced backhands to Del Potro and to watch as the lack of pace, low bounce and the side spin was flummoxing Del Potro time and again just showed the different level of understanding of the courts.
And he's not scared to come into the net when it's on as his volleys are pretty damned good too.
If you want elegant shot making then obviously Federer is the standout but I'd say that Nadal's breadth of shot making is more enjoyable than say Djokovic just swinging away in the same way of both sides with little subtlety and a complete reluctance to come to the net.
I defy anyone to say that they can't admire Nadal's inside out forehand that he's been hitting numerous winners with.
Whatever floats your boat at the end of the day, it's entirely subjective but I think this Wimbledon is shaping up to be a classic.
The top 4 are looking the goods and if all of them make it to the semis then that could be an amazing day's tennis and whatever combination made the final would have a heap of interest for different reasons.
We'd all love Borg-McEnroe cirica 80/81 but unless they go back to wooden rackets it's not going to happen.
Never got into his loopy heavy top spin ground strokes and general risk minimisation clay court game plan, it has bored me senseles since I first I saw him play back in the Oz open of 2004. To this date I'm baffled by tennis 'fans' who actually enjoy what he dishes up, whatever floats people's boats I guess.
True he's a fine physical endurance brute who methodically grinds his opponent down as the game wears on, kudos for the work ethic and effort he's put to achieve that. However I watch tennis for elegant shot-making and highly resent the defensive brutal long-rally slugfest nadull has turned tennis into. That shit should strictly be confined to clay court.
I understand your point, whilst disagreeing.
I don't think he is defensive and I don't think that he tries to turn it into a slugfest for the sake of it, I think in every rally he's trying to find a way to administer the killer blow in a way that say Murray isn't.
The thing I'm finding with Wimbledon these days the way that the courts are playing is that they provide a challenge that really separates those with extra guile from the rest and really it is only Federer and Nadal who have a great understanding of it and to a lesser degree Murray.
These hard court specialist monkeys just like to swing hard and flat off both flanks and if they come against someone of a similar mind then they just go for it until one of them makes an error or a winner.
Watching Nadal yesterday, even though he has a double handed backhand, playing heaps of sliced backhands to Del Potro and to watch as the lack of pace, low bounce and the side spin was flummoxing Del Potro time and again just showed the different level of understanding of the courts.
And he's not scared to come into the net when it's on as his volleys are pretty damned good too.
If you want elegant shot making then obviously Federer is the standout but I'd say that Nadal's breadth of shot making is more enjoyable than say Djokovic just swinging away in the same way of both sides with little subtlety and a complete reluctance to come to the net.
I defy anyone to say that they can't admire Nadal's inside out forehand that he's been hitting numerous winners with.
Whatever floats your boat at the end of the day, it's entirely subjective but I think this Wimbledon is shaping up to be a classic.
The top 4 are looking the goods and if all of them make it to the semis then that could be an amazing day's tennis and whatever combination made the final would have a heap of interest for different reasons.
We'd all love Borg-McEnroe cirica 80/81 but unless they go back to wooden rackets it's not going to happen.
