Stats Most exhausting player W 15 | 13 d3 O11 fp6 bp9 d7 v5 f2 bp6 f3 fp4 f3 L13 fp19 fp11 fp6 | L9 b3 bp8 fp11 s b6 b10 f6 d4 f5 f3 fp7 O7 E 11 | 4 f3 bp4 f3 L17 f3 d10 f6 fp6 b6 d5 d13 | d3 d14 b2 f3 Slightly less exhausting player W 16 | 5 O12 O17 O7 O9 O8 bp3 O17 b15 v13 d3 v21 bp12 O15 O13 s v7 | O14 v10 O10 d25 bp6 E 17 | 14 f4 f6 b11 b2 b5 df O5 O10 L8 b4 f4 b8 v3 b3 O5 L8 f5 | fp6 b6 b7 df b7 f4 fp6 b3 L6 L6 b10 b2 f5 b5 First set was tight but still MEP got an excess 5 points. A staggering 8 of SLEP's 16 winners were overheads, which made MEP switch to passing shots as the follow up to the drop shot, which constituted 10/28 of his winners. I think both knew very well what was going on and SLEP tried to keep the ball high while MEP kept it low, also intercepting more of the traffic half court. The longer rallies tended to favor MEP, especially in the 2nd set where he made only 1 error against SLEP's 8, which may also indicate a difference in fitness.

Me: I wanna see Djokovic vs Murray! Mom: We have Djokovic vs Murray at home Djokovic vs Murray at home:

I am exhausted and I am sitting in front of my computer.

I am so happy for them. The separated twin brothers finally found each other.

We'll need to bring together one MEP from every state for a national tournament

I adjusted the playback speed to 1.5 and then 1.75 X. Then, it really became a rousing show of long rallies and blazing speed.

You guys crossed the streams into a double negative and now my tennis brain is broken.

Both players quietly thinking "wow, this guy's a baller..."

Thank you to both MEPs and the Talk Tennis forum for making this match happen!

When an Immovable object meets an unstoppable force

"To be the MEP, you've gotta beat the MEP!" - Ric Flair

MEP Atlanta has a ton of patience. I feel like that is an underrated strength of his. He has some good passing shots when the time is right.

When I was coaching JC tennis these are the type of matchups I would generally see at the 6=7 spots. Very consistent and patient tennis. Personally, I love it. These guys are machines!

27 minutes and 36 seconds of MEP. And a cold beer! 😍

countless tears and racket breaks have been created over the years from these two MEPS

The content I didn't know I needed

I feel that the perfect background song to watch this match to is the Police's Walking On The Moon. It has that same lulling effect, but you can't readily take your eyes/ears off it.

Thank you to the both of you for such a fun match

I felt like I was watching the same superhero's of alternate universes, with opposite color suits (Andrew was wearing the same green at the end??!?). MEP of this universe prevails yet again. Many thanks to TTC for another awesome upload. Cheers.

I found your channel recently. Love your content! Sometimes I find it more fun to watch these types of players rather than pros, guess it's because they're more on my level. Anyways, subscribed!

Watched about five minutes of it, very relaxing, had a metronome quality about it.

I am undefeated playing with Tennis Troll shirt with MEP Atlanta's signature.

I've never seen so many overheads so early in a match and very nicely executed ones at that.

Great, great match! As a coach, this was a joy to watch because of the "chess-match" that was going on. The first set 4-4 game was key. MEP Atlanta hung in there and found a way. From there, he was just dialed in. Here's the thing - MEP Atlanta has offense. When he needs to, he'll dial up the pace of those chop forehands. The varying pace can become unpredictable. MEP Seattle did well (a could've easily won the first set) but MEP Atlanta knows how to raise his game when it counts. "Raising your game" is an x-factor intangible type of skill that not many players have. Awesome stuff 👍

These rallies went on longer than a game of Monopoly in my household.

The beauty of MEP is this. We have ALL played an MEP before and we will never be the same again. My first MEP was a guy named Curtis. He bunted EVERY BALL back into no mans land with no pace, no spin - oh and each ball was the same a half moonball. Zero variety. I lost so badly I wanted to die. LOL.. We must all go through this. I was a 3.5 at the time, and let me be clear to MEP (Ben). Curtis my MEP, was no where even close to the skill level of Ben. Ben would have eaten Curtis alive. The point was, I had never seen anyone present me with soft high balls, and just wait to watch me self destruct. Beautiful. :)

MEP Seattle kinda found that topspin forehand on those quick-decision late hits. I'm calling fugazi on his whole backstory.

It’s like listening to the world’s slowest popcorn popper. Kidding. Love watching these guys!

I was worried that the Universe might implode if two MEPs play each other. Seriously though, red shirt has a rock solid net game and is good on the overhead. It's not accurate to describe him as a pusher. He is actually quite aggressive in looking for opportunities at the net.

fascinating and kinda therapeutic - the gentle clack of nice long rallies :-)

What a match! Pusher v. pusher... Slice v. Slice, Moon ball v. Moon ball... Atlanta is a master of the style. He needs to open an academy...

"It kinda wasn't fun." Bout sums it up

Great battle of two titans. Really interesting to see how much offense these two "pushers" demonstrate once they realize they're not going to get free points just by extending the rally. I've watched a lot of Green MEP matches, and I had no idea that he had so much volley game. Red MEP's overhead was obviously awesome since Green MEP stopped lobbing. Red MEP also was really good at reaching drop shots, and poking them deep into the corner --- sadly for him, Green MEP's passing shots seemed especially sharp this day. It seemed to me that the most critical difference between these two was: 1) Green MEP got back more "emergency" balls where the opponent hits a good attacking shot, especially in the first set; and 2) Green MEP seemed to be more able to dictate the terms when defensive patterns would shift to offense -- once he determined that he could win the majority of battles at the net, a lot more points seemed to play out there. I'm sure Red MEP must frustrate and destroy many opponents at home, but on this day, he met his match. Kudos to both for a great match.

How to Avoid Tennis Elbow by MEP Atlanta and MEP Seattle

I have to say there is some guilty pleasure in watching MEP Atlanta have to play himself. Ha

You really have to have the patience like watching a fish bowl with 2 fish slowly swimming circles.

MEP on MEP matchup is a fascinating one to watch, as both of them are used to feast on harder hitting players who will make mistakes against them ... FASCINATING (and I played the Seattle MEP - he is truly tough to play, moves you north-south a lot ... and his DL backhand is truly good - he didn't showcase it here)

10K SUBSCRIBERS!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! MEP on MEP action is a good one for that!

Even though he lost the first set, absolutely clutch ace to save set point

This match has left me in a trance.

That is also my interpretation of a topspin two backhand, like the way red MEP plays

Nice match! I have a question for them. Have they ever broke a string? 😂

MEP Seattle (in orange) has a pretty decent smash, so he attacked and finished many high balls quite successfully. They deserved to meet and play each other, kudos to both players and the channel)

I want Seattle MEP’s overhead.

The "rally" that starts at 15:50 (and ends at 16:25!!!) is the stuff of legends, including the world famous moonball attack by the SLEP and three smashes!!! 😂😂😂😂😂 Ps. It is also my recurring nightmare...!!

Have you noticed the troll himself was also playing with someone on the right court during their match?

They look so friendly passing the ball back and forth, also like the Spiderman pointing at each other.

Loved it! ~ Signed Most Exhausted Viewer 😄

The guy in orange has an excellent overhead shot!

Life goals to play tennis like this! Thank god we are different

At 23:06 25-shot or so rally that MEP Seattle wins with a drop shot. Wonder how many times that happens against MEP Atlanta.

At some point, one of you has to want to use good mechanics somewhere deep inside your cyborg pusher brains😆 Then again..I’m sure RF is at home on KZfaq saying, “I had it all wrong man!!” Just kidding guys, you both have very smart games and this is why so people are watching! Great stuff!

MEP backhand winner @ 7:09 is v satisfying

That was a lot of fun!

Gotta root for MEP Seattle here. WA represent!

When worlds collide. I think brad gilbert wrote a book about this.

The guy in green is how a very good right hand player would play if he used his left hand.

Fun to watch. I like your channel. Thanks. IMHO, the strengths or weapons that these MEPs have in common are tenacity, patience, mobility, economy of motion, endurance, consistency and ball placement. MEP Seattle has a very good overhead. Not sure about MEP Atlanta's overhead. Even though this is all very good stuff, I think that the 4.5s in our (non USTA) league would be able to beat them. I'm in the lowest division, by the way, so none of this applies to me. Even when I was in my late 20s in the early and mid '70s, and maybe about a 4.0 or 4.5 USTA equivalent for those days (and I'm being predictably generous with my assessment of myself), I'm pretty sure that these MEPs would run me to exhaustion. Anyway, the reasons that I think that our 4.5s would beat these USTA 4.5 MEPs is because they share all of the good stuff of these MEPs plus almost all of them are in their 20s and 30s, their mobility and endurance is even better than these MEPs, and their serves and groundstrokes are more forcing weapons. But I could be wrong about that. I've played, and lost to, lots of deceptively efficient and effective players, and these MEPs are definitely efficient and effective. Sometimes quite deceptively so. It's always tough to play MEP type players. Their games are much more diverse and polished than the pushers and/or blockers of lower divisions. Also, it's quite an accomplishment to reach, and win in, USTA 4.5 no matter where it is.

Seattle's overhead game is no joke. He was really punishing MEP at the beginning before MEP adjusted

Really wanting a piece of MEP. You can’t really consider yourself a good tennis player until you can be the dreaded “pusher”

*AMAZING* match to watch!

Red Kryptonite vs Green Kryptonite! Fight!

I play in the 65 and over division, and today is the first day I saw a camouflage tennis hat.

Both players played well in the first set. It could have gone either way. I was impressed with Seattle's overhead on short lobs, particularly in this set! In the second set, Seattle seemed to either get a bit tired or maybe just lost focus somewhat. I still think that players against MEP do him a favor giving him slower topspin shots which allow him to hit down on shoulder-high driving backspin shots which stay low. That is kind of MEP's bread and butter offensive shot. I would think it would better to keep the ball low against him when possible to force him to hit up... I would think in a rematch that even if MEP lost the first set, he would be the favorite in a three set match....

Did green shirt demo the entire prince racket line during this match? I saw a green, black, then blue frame. Orange also switched between a couple frames haha

i get to watch matches like these every sunday morning in my club. both guys 80 yo

I loved this match. Felt so motivated I went to my local Academy Sports and bought a knife and poked my eyes out....

EPIC MATCH!!!!!!

Hell of an overhead on MEP Seattle

For a moment I thought you had ditched your green shirt Ben. That would've been a trademark infringement of first degree. You will bagel Ian! 💪 Btw, how is it like to taste your own medicine? 💊 😁

Orange shirt has a killer overhead. That puts a lot of pressure on his opponent to be precise with their lobs

SMEP = MEP with an overhead. MEP/Ben - develop that overhead and you will truly be an immovable object of nature.

Oh this is great! I'd probably lose against both of them.

These two are extremely skilled. People who have weak technique and strategies blame pushersfor their losses all the time. They are better than you that is why.

MEP 2.0s curve ball serve was nuts!

beautiful. the way tennis was meant to be played.

I bet both players were very exhausted after this

I’m adding a new player to my dream team list

This is a true game of mental toughness

I'm exhausted just watching lol. This is great tho lol.

MEP SEATTLE has the same style camo hat in different styles. Talk about consistency!!!!!! I had to rewind to make sure after I noticed the hat change at the 22 min mark! WTH?

Troll, wondering what are MEP preparations against Ian? Any updates? 🙂

OMG Someone is cloning MEP's and sending them to tennis courts worldwide. --Psychological trauma will be rampant.

Oh man, MEP barely move his non-dominant arm while swinging !!! He can win a major and hold a cup of hot tea at the same time!

what is that racquet?!? O_O I wanna know more about THAT!

MEP has a new racquet! Prince Textreme Tour something something!

Is the ball green?

If you put it at 1.5 speed it looks like a regular pro match.

Like watching a MEP play a traditional style player but this match I'll use to fall asleep this evening....

Green shirt is the best pusher in the world. No one can beat him with his own game :)

MEP got a new racquet! What is it? It’s a prince in thinking 100P?

There's a good chance that the Washington State Open will be held at the Seattle Tennis Club this year in August. Come and play! Every age division with Open, and the Blue Angels fly over your head during your match.

What forum is being talked about?

Come on MEP! Come on! :))

I want to see these two as a doubles team....

Ian, I'm sorry, but you are effed. MEP is in top form.

this part was epic 16:14

Finished watching the match....feeling so exhausted....... I need a good sleep now🥱🥱😴

Alot of grinding out there with slices and moonballs, lol 😆. Definitely tiring too watch, lol 😆.

Did MEP ATL switch frames mid match?