I really hope Dimi picks up his form this year. End of 2021 he was playing great.

that's exactly the reason I am a loyal subscriber to your channel brother :)

@@JustSkillGG 😁 Awesome, I appreciate you!

Well tbf, look at his hitting against Shapovalov, nowhere near as high. You can clearly see the first ball was not only a mishit, but he was trying to hit it extra high, almost like moonballs. Those are not his regular forehands lmfao, they're much slower and easier to return, and he did.

So how does Djokovic handle it? Davydenko would've had an even worse time because he was only 5'10", but he still managed a positive H2H against Rafa.

@@hello-mv6yg Djokovuc and Davydenko stand on the baseline and take the bal early unlike Zverev

Man, I was about to comment the same thing, it's crazy. And then Rafa sees him too far back and so he flattens and shorten his shot. Very hard to play!

@@hello-mv6yg What does one thing has to do with the other? Do you think that what Djokovic and Federer do, as well as Davydenko, is easy to do? You have to play on the line and not giving the ball time to rise, which requires you to be very good in timing, it is the most difficult way to play tennis, everyone says it and Nadal himself. It's very difficult to play like that and you make a lot of errors, that's why against Nadal on clay they didn't have much success and Nadal won most of the matches. On hard court or grass the ball bounce less, it's another story and that's why both Djokovic and Federer led in the matches against him on that surfaces.

yeah what the hell is even that.

They don't show more shots court-level because court-level limits ad exposure/revenue.

and this is Nadal well past his prime too

@@lotus630 15:0 so far this year, three tournaments, three titles. And you call that past his prime lol. Nadal is playing brilliant tennis, he has more variety than ever and great serving as well.

@@patrikmarflak6559 doesn't seem like you understand tennis (or basic logic) very much winning =/= prime

​@@lotus630 I know what is prime of someone's career, but Nadal is not really regressing, his form has been amazing so far this year. Obviously he is not at his best physically, no one can stop the aging and injuries don't help either. But the maturity, ability to adapt to different game scenarios and mental side of his game make it up and he might have one of the top years in his career, just like Djokovic last year. I don't like the conventional concept of "prime", it really doesn't mean much in case of these players. I'd rather say there are different phases of "prime", obviously the 20's are more about physical side of the game, but these guys are still super strong and with the experience and mental toughness they are on a totally different level of "prime". Nadal can do almost anything he wants to do on the court, so it really doesn't make much sense to comment on a video saying he is "well past his prime" like he was not one of the best anymore. C'mon, he's been beating top players, who are supposed to be in their "prime" right now.

@@patrikmarflak6559 exactly see? you do know what I was talking about he's well past his physical prime already we're talking about Nadal's topspin here his physical prime's topspin would have been much more insane

Topspin curves the ball a bit

And the pro moves so fast and hits so clean, IMO the ball is fast enough

I think it's the camera quality. Higher quality plus smoother high frame-rate makes things look fluid but slightly slower in my experience.

That’s the camera slowing down the play if u were on the court with them hitting that ball at u it would feel much faster

​@@tennisplayer5490still not as fast the match camera makes it feel. It looks like most balls are flying flat over the net on tv. This is what gives most club players the false sense of having to ball bash to be like the pros, leading to a lot of UEs

add rublev to that list

It is not beyond you; it just hampers the ATP's power to make money from ads. Do you want breathtaking, fast-paced tennis or more money? Easy choice...

@@FollowingNamePolicy Breathtaking, fast paced tennis which will bring MORE MONEY than imaginable..

Grandslam winner and player who can't make a GS final appear in 3 seconds. Before someone asks me, "why are you mad" or whatever, I'm not. I'm just trying to prove that having ugly groundstrokes don't matter, as long as you can win with it.

@@hello-mv6yg In early day when people didn't recognize Medvedev enough, I always said those things too, because I think he is a brilliant player. But things have changed now, and I'm back to my business. Imo good-looking skill is everything, even though I lose tons of shit, then so let it be