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Originally Posted by dash_pinched
When Youzhny was on board, you could see the improvements being made in Shapo's game (better return of serve and shot selection being the main improvements). Now I see a player that seems to just be going through the motions and quite honestly looks bored out on court. I just don't see a fire right now and willingness to dig deep and find a way to win when things aren't going his way. Contrast that to Felix who is finding ways to win matches and is pushing the top players to bring out their best tennis at grand slam tournaments.
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He certainly seems to be following in the footsteps of many wasted talents that are unwilling to play a certain way to get the results required to make the next step. Felix is still a work in progress in many ways, but he's at least able to win matches in a variety of ways now, which is far more than can be said for a lot of top 25 level players.
If you're only getting fired up for matches against the big dogs these days you might as well not bother playing every week and just reduce your schedule to try to create a bit more desire.