That’s quite a road , then bruguera !!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Great comment thanks. Yes so true I was thinking the same, I think his (lateral back) placement makes it easier but also there must be something on the racket motion that helps too but it's unseen from thus camera angle. I have a player who struggles with that enormously.

When you're 6'3 you can handle those shots a lot easier.

For Consistency, versatility and dependability in adversity Guga had the greatest one-hander in tennis history hands down

It's so funny to see the love for it now, when top tier professional analysts said their was way too much swing (off both sides) to have success with it on faster surfaces.

Guga’s height and quite extreme backhand grip made it easier to hit those high balls

It’s unheard of now

Fortunately Guga, Ferrero, Moya have changed the classical high, slow clay playstyle.

There was NEVER a time when clay counters weren't willing to come to the net.

Yannick Noah was one. I couldn't figure that guy out: great serve, great volley, but dismal on grass and brilliant on clay.

Not sure it was much more unusual but we even see Bruguera do it here. But Guga was like the super early prototype for players like Alcaraz, very athletic and powerful with an all court game, with Guga having more net rushing but similar spin and shot speed to someone like Nadal

who could beat kuerten that day...no one could have done that..even borg nadal or novak..bruguera said that match anyone could have beaten kuerten as he said he played all the match 2 metres behind the line that was impossible to catch the balls of kuerten he send..as he comented the balls of kuerten were fast down the clay without spin it means anyone could have catched those valls that day day

@@luisgonzalezalvarez1596 Rofl. Nadal is the best Clay courter. That Nadal wouldnt have beat him is bollocks. Nadal 2008 had the most dominant run in FO history. He would have trashed Kuerten too.

the roland garros that nadal won nothing to compare with roland garros of courrier ..kuerten..bruguera..thomas muster ..look behind the sweedish sorlinden with powerful crossed ball that nadal coundn't catch like kuerten and muster he send nadal on the clay you dont remeber that match...the players that nadal won look at well alcaraz beat them now this contendent scores...if you tell me dominic thiem..gasper ruud were serious contendents against him as spanish I can tell you sergi bruguera would have beaten them as well ..believe me

@@luisgonzalezalvarez1596 Severe bullshit. Nadal did in the era of the big three, Federer alone would have won several Roland Garros titles back in the day, Kuearten was a powerful player who made clay specialists like Bruguera look ordinary. Federer is an upgrade on Kuerten and Nadal would have obliterated him. Especially because its a bad matchup for Kuerten lefty Forehand vs one handed backhand= No chance for Kuerten.

sure federrer would have won many roland garros without nadal..here you understood and why...federrer has been beaten in three sets by kuerten in 2004 who were not the same in front of bruguera..look alex corretga gave a lesson to federrer in 2001 in roland garros the same in three sets after been beaten by kuerten not a big kuerten..it means kuerten to 90 percent was unbeatable...check a spain brasil cup davis who kuerten has destroyed carlos moya and juan carlos federrer the first match and then won the secon double match and then beat carlos moya..he gave to brasil 3 points in three days..waht they said in spain any player could have played three matches following and beat in spain two players that won roland garros like carlos moya and juan carlos ferrero big specialists on clay at that time ..if you know spanish read it

Lembrando que isso é em 97 né mano kkkkkk n tem como comparar o forhand da ATP com a WTA

Absolutely! I don't know why that "WTA" label has been deemed "bad". 3 of the biggest men's forehands ever would currently be categorized as "WTA" - Del Potro, Gonzalez, and Soderling. As an older tennis player, there is no way I could just all of the sudden try to hit the ball like Kyrios, Sock, etc... I mean - is that really the future of the forehand? Maybe for pros, but the majority of the tennis players in the world are mere mortals who play at a club level. lol

@@wendellroden7037 exactly! 99% of the people who say they have an ATP forehand or feel the need to learn it are playing at the recreational level or don’t even play any match whatsoever. I doubt they also have a true ATP forehand. Who are they fooling? Their “ATP forehand” will not lower their unforced errors or help them hit a clutch winner at 4-all in the 3rd. And the coaches who teach the ATP forehand to their students are just as delusional if they think the ATP forehand shot they’re teaching will make a difference at the =< 5.5 level that their students are playing at

Muster was from Australia?

@@niceguy1774 He is Austrian, sorry and well seen!!!

@laurentlegendre7730 I didn't know that either, so thanks. Always though he was German.

Swiss cheese muster?

In that day wind was blistering. Even today it would be hard to have fast paced rallies in those conditions. Check Kuerten x Muster in that same year to see the kind of pace of today’s tennis.

You are seeing the player that changed it, Kuerten.

What on Earth are you talking about? "OptionS"? Plural? He had chances to break in one game, but he would not have been serving for the match. How? Kuerten won the first set, and even if Brugera were up 1 set to 0, it's still the best of 5.

Could have served for the set, you mean

Aucun tournant puisque le lift de Nadal a gagné 13 fois . La balle de Bruguera en 1997 allait beaucoup moins vite qu'avant . Il était sur le déclin.

@@nicolasdieul6978 ce n'est pas qu'une question de lift, mais aussi d'intensité et de mouvement sur le court. Le jeu de Bruguera reposait beaucoup sur l'usure physique de l'adversaire, moins sur les coups gagnants qu'on est capable de générer à tout moment. Guga en cela préfigurait le tennis auquel on assiste, un athlète capable de supporter le lift et de l'annuler par la puissance qu'il imprimait à l'échange. Sans parler des amorties qui ont vraiment mis à mal tous les rameurs de fond.

Courier blew it and now he’s never mentioned becuse of it

Bruguera is an ATG claycounter. You can believe wtf you want but you know nothing about tenis.

It’s a matter of personal preference, but I thoroughly enjoy the long battles of attrition. You must earn it. No easy points. It takes endurance, determination, patience and skill.

How is Bruguera boring ?

@@geraldleuven169 Absolutely boring playstile to me. "Ladrilleros" wey calle them un Argentina, something like "clayer".... Meaning they have developed a high, slow playstile.

@@vivalapatria3740 Interesting! I think variety in tennis is great so hopefully we see a few more ladrilleros emerge

@@vivalapatria3740 these players are also known as pushers, another example was Lleyton Hewitt.

so WTA plays with 3000 rpm?

Kuerten had a very powerful forehand to go along with his famous backhand.

WTA 😂😂😂😂 You dib

@@thebigmonstaandy6644 really you’ve measured the rotations per minute of his forehand or is that just your inaccurate assessment based on your ignorant and misogynistic attitude towards female tennis players.

@@Plewina I’m glad your small minded opinion is adding so much value to this discussion. Please explain what dib means based on the regional area you grew up in.