He was a pretty highly regarded junior player four years ago or so (made some noise in the Wimbledon juniors around that time), but he has had some struggles transitioning out of the juniors spending most of his time at ITF events. Good to see him playing some nice tennis in Drummondville this week.
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He was a pretty highly regarded junior player four years ago or so (made some noise in the Wimbledon juniors around that time), but he has had some struggles transitioning out of the juniors spending most of his time at ITF events. Good to see him playing some nice tennis in Drummondville this week.
He's very athletic, but he just lost the 2nd set. Had 1 match point too.
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Don't know much about Lendl just that he lost 11 Slam finals winning 8. Who would be his modern day comparison?
I would say DelPo would probably be the best modern day comparison. Like DelPo, Lendl had a huge forehand and also possessed a big serve. For a big man, Lendl moved very well and could cover a lot of court.
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Don't know much about Lendl just that he lost 11 Slam finals winning 8. Who would be his modern day comparison?
I don't know if there's a modern comparison. Lendl was one of the greatest players ever but played at a time that was ripe with a lot of all-time greats. If you look at his grand slam final losses they were to Borg, Connors, McEnroe, Becker, Cash (one of the best grass court players ever), Wilander (one of the more underrated players ever). Those players are equal to today's big three as the talent was deeper in those days. I don't mean to disparage today's players but they are more manufactured athletes playing with today's racquet technology and poly strings which have changed the game as players can swing all out on their shots now and keep the balls in court and everyone plays the same style of baseline power game. The game was much more diverse in those days as they were playing with wood, steel, and early graphite racquets and you had to alter your style for success on each surface while in today's game players just play their game on every surface as they all serve big and hit big groundstrokes.
I would say more than any player in that era, Lendl was ahead of his time much like Navratilova as they took care of their bodies, ate specific diets, and maximized their physical attributes while other players smoked, partied, did coke, etc. I would say he was much closer example to the modern day player than guys like McEnroe, Borg, Becker, Edberg, etc who were all more gifted.
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We're only three games in, but Fritz looks laser-focused and Felix looks like the guy that played against Casper Ruud. One break of serve likely means the set for either guy.
