majors have been won by guys who are capable of ripping the cover off a ball for the duration of a tournament, e.g. Cilic, Stan, Delpo. when they're feeling it, they are unplayable, but when they're not, you wonder how they ever became pros spraying the ball so badly.
unless Shapo decides to massively overhaul his game, he's destined to be one of those guys above. at some point over a hopefully long career he'll get hot and stay hot long enough to bag a major, but don't get pissed at the times he exits events early because there isn't really much of a plan B to fall back on.
if you're name's not Federer, Nadal or Djokovic, then generally you have to choose something along the spectrum of backboard-like grinder or wild west gun slinger. Felix on the other hand might have something that allows him to do a bit of both. it's still very early days, but the way he moves in as soon as he senses his opponent is about to get pushed back indicates unusually high tennis IQ. my expectation with him is that he'll be the guy that consistently gets into the quarters and semis at majors.
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