Australian Open Day 7

[Brad Goodman]

Rasheed is comedy gold though! A former world 192 telling us how Federer and Nadal should be playing is hilarious!

I understand what you're saying but based on that players should only hire coaches that have been more successful than them?

 

[caesar88]

I understand what you're saying but based on that players should only hire coaches that have been more successful than them?

Not at all, was just saying it comes off as stupid whenever Rasheed appears on camera. Maybe it’s the arrogant, “gather round kids” delivery he has but I’d rather no “expertise” on the world’s greatest players than half-baked expertise.

 

[JackNah_8]

Initially I thought Roger Rasheed was a fitness coach, not a tennis coach.

 

[Marcus DuQuesne]

As much as it was a great games Nicks BH still gets on my nerves, I bring this up every year. Sometimes he pushes, sometimes he drives, occasionally it just floats. He lost the tiebreak because he can't serve all the time. He had 26 more groundstroke errors than Dimitrov for the game, I wouldn't say it was clutch or nerves, just Dimitrov was better on the day.

I agree..Nick the Greek still has a long way to go....unbelievable raw talent I will concede. Media trying a reverse Psychology ploy with the punters heads telling us how much more mature he is ..showing pictures of him signing kids autographs etc and so on. And maybe this is a step in the right direction. But I am still not convinced..he does need a coach and good mentors around him. Nevertheless we still saw points where he appeared not to try and sulked. His carry on in the final set was not focussed on the job but his incredible raw talent still saw him break back and lose in the tiebreaker...yep the jury is still out.

 

[Roobs321]

That match last night was such a privilege, thoroughly meeting expectations. The shot-making was off the chain. Obviously Grigor still needs some mental tinkering and Nick still has some fundamentals to work upon preventing him from being the best, but purely as tennis in the present (always the most important thing) it was a treat.

Really felt like both were firing "Are you ready???" at each other. "Are you prepared to win a slam or not?". Ultimately, the age difference and sounder professionalism of Grigor was the difference on the night (his tiebreaks were textbook, and his hitting the lines was clutch throughout), but loved the candour between the two, and both came out of the match for the better.

Bring on a repeat of the Nadal-Dimitrov SF, with hopefully an epic falling the opposite way this time.

 

[pepsi]

That match last night was such a privilege, thoroughly meeting expectations. The shot-making was off the chain.

Really felt like both were firing "Are you ready???" at each other. "Are you prepared to win a slam or not?". Ultimately, the age difference and sounder professionalism of Grigor was the difference on the night (his tiebreaks were textbook), but loved the candour between the two, and both came out of the match for the better.

Bring on a repeat of the Nadal-Dimitrov SF, with hopefully an epic falling the opposite way this time.

Great words spoken here, well done. Just as Nick had faced Tsonga with a "Are you ready?" at each other, you are right, the same thing happened last night. Was a brilliant match.

 

[Kaan]

One of the few "bearable" commentators we have left in Australia.

I dunno about other sports but Bruce was barely (if at all) any better than Basil or Hamish for the tennis.

 

[bourbons]

Waiting for his grand slam glories....

Geez pretty harsh, in the modern era there have been precious few players able to win a grand slam in their early 20s. Think only Federer and Nadal?

 

[JackNah_8]

Nadal was just a freak winning the French at 17yr old



And, I think Federer was 22 when he won his first GS. We are getting so impatient with some of the young players lol dont know why, give them time.

 

[Belnakor]

Geez pretty harsh, in the modern era there have been precious few players able to win a grand slam in their early 20s. Think only Federer and Nadal?

Hewitt was world no.1 when he was 19 iirc. Made his last slam final when he was 24.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Boris Becker won Wimbledon at 17. You do tend to remember the outliers.

 

[bourbons]

Hewitt was world no.1 when he was 19 iirc. Made his last slam final when he was 24.

Boris Becker won Wimbledon at 17. You do tend to remember the outliers.

Yeah but I did qualify it with 'modern era'. Size and power weren't such big factors in the mens game when Boom Boom and to a lesser degree Leyton were doing their thing.

 

[JackNah_8]

Yeah but I did qualify it with 'modern era'. Size and power weren't such big factors in the mens game when Boom Boom and to a lesser degree Leyton were doing their thing.

Same here lol I was just referring back to the last 10 years or so.


Otherwise I wouldve mentioned
Michael Chang 17yrs, French Open
Pete Sampras 19yrs, US Open

 

[largebus]

Hsieh is just bamboozling everyone right now. Great to watch

 

[bourbons]

Same here lol I was just referring back to the last 10 years or so.


Otherwise I wouldve mentioned
Michael Chang 17yrs, French Open
Pete Sampras 19yrs, US Open

Yeah Chang was the other one I thought of. Didn't realise Sampras was that young when he won his first, wow.

 

[JackNah_8]

Yeah Chang was the other one I thought of. Didn't realise Sampras was that young when he won his first, wow.

Yea, I think he is still the youngest US Open winner

 

[Belnakor]

Yeah but I did qualify it with 'modern era'. Size and power weren't such big factors in the mens game when Boom Boom and to a lesser degree Leyton were doing their thing.

the rackets are the main factor. If anything Hewitt got better in his mid 20s but by that time Federer had come along and the rackets got better.