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@GerdaPardiac Surfaces have slowed down immensely. Look at the rallies. I coach ATP players on tour. lol

@mattstarfox You are so delusional it's not even worth to analyze further. Game is faster bc surfaces are faster. Gosh.

Btw Stef was 20 yo when he won over Nadal in Madrid. Two years later he beat him at AO from 2 sets down Sinner at the same age never took a set from Nadal in 3 matches. If clay remains the same as 5 years ago even now he wouldn't claim one title on clay

@Presker1 @GerdaPardiac He’s improved. His ability today would be much better than his ability 5 years ago. The game is much faster and players are playing much better placement.

@mattstarfox @GerdaPardiac yeah clearly 39yrs old djokovic still beating everyone even can beat sinner and alcaraz xD

@GerdaPardiac The level of play today is much higher than it was then. I coach on tour.

@mattstarfox It was known liability even then. Was still able to be top player. Let alone on clay the serve is not that relevant. He had a lot of other compensations to mask it.

@StoolTennis Controversial opinion but fils will never be top 10.

How do you beat this??

@FirstSquawk The large company owners in Stockholm I know think it’s closer to 13-15 percent. These numbers don’t include adults attending some sort of schooling or trade either.

SWEDEN (MAR) UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ACTUAL: 9.7% VS 8.8% PREVIOUS

@Djoko_UTD The level is so much higher now it’s insane

Novak Djokovic vs Stan Wawrinka, 2013 AO Quarterfinals. The greatest match point ever played. One of the best hard court matches ever 🔥🐐

@thefedexpresss The level is so much higher now that 5-10 years ago. The court positioning changes and change of spin and speed. Nadals serve would be one of the slowest on tour. I’m an ATP tour coach.

McEnroe saying Sinner and Alcaraz would both be favourites against Nadal at his best on clay is seriously outrageous.. Nadal not only won 14 French opens, but he did it while playing prime Federer and prime Djokovic.. he should be banned from talking tennis

Fans have more creativity than the studios #StarWars

@fednanen The greatest in the game. The level is so much higher now that when Federer and nadal played. He has continued to improve.

This guy’s ego is next level…. He always has to remind us of his achievements This is why nobody loves you Novax

@TheTennisLetter His serve is a liability, his 1 handed BH has strike zone issues, his court positioning changes under defense have issues. Not to mention he has anxiety issues when it’s 4-4,5-5 deep in the set. Everyone on tour knows this…

After his loss at Australian Open, Stefanos Tsitsipas says he feels like he’s a better player today than he was a few years ago, even though he‘s losing more now Casper mentioned in November that he felt like sort of the game had changed, and he had to make some big changes in his game in terms of how he was brought up and playing. I'm just sort of curious, is that stuff that you've pondered that with this sort of new generation of players, that to keep up with them, the game has shifted?” Stef: “When I came around in 2018, the game was very different to what it is now. It wasn't as physical. I've had wins over Novak, and I felt like I played well, and I didn't have to kind of exceed the most extreme version of myself in that particular match. I remember it quite fondly and intensely. The game has shifted more towards a physical game. I feel like the margins have become smaller, meaning that you're not getting as many free points. I feel like innovation has stepped in and allowed players to serve even bigger than before. I definitely put emphasis on that. When I played years ago, I felt like it was less powerful in general, the game. It was still physical, but it was not as big as it is now. So I do feel like power has taken over, meaning that everyone can hit hard now. You just have to be precise as well, combine those two, and you have the ultimate player. “As an extension of that, you've had a lot of success at this particular tournament over the years, semifinals, final. You made your big breakthrough beating Roger here. I just wonder, do you feel differently within yourself now to maybe when you were 20 and it was, I guess, new?” Stef: “Yeah, for sure I had a fresher mind back then. It seemed like I was hungrier in a completely different way than I am now. I would definitely say that one thing that stood out the most back then is that I had this hunger to try and make a life out of tennis and to try to have a good beginning in my tennis career and my tennis journey. It's different than it is now. I've been quite well-established in the last couple of years, and I have seen the game, and I have seen all variations of games around the tour. I've done the tour over and over again, the same circle of tournaments and events. I've experienced what it is to be on the ATP Tour. I feel like there was a different energy, a different dynamic back then. I would actually say that I'm a better player now than I was back then. So even though I'm losing now and I'm not at my best, I feel like I'm much better as a player than back then where I felt like my shots were not as heavy in terms of topspin. I was playing much more flat and much more through the court. I feel like such a thing now wouldn't work as effectively as it did back then.” (via Australian Open Press)

@josemorgado He needs the practice matches.

Hamad Medjedovic, who skipped the #AusOpen Qualies to play challengers this month in Portugal, defeats Daniel Rincón 6-7(2), 6-4, 7-5 in 2h53 to reach the final of the Oeiras 1 Challenger. He already earned more points here (44) than he would by passing the Qualies in Melbourne

@alcarazdaily @functennis Perricard trying to find the strings on the FH 🫣

Carlos Alcaraz 🇪🇸 practicing with Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 🇫🇷 on Rod Laver Arena 🇦🇺. 🎥©️: @functennis via Instagram

@DearS_o_n My wife’s best friend makes 1 million usd a year and told her husband who makes 300,000 usd a year plus 100,000 a year in stock options that he needs to start trying harder and make more money. They have 2 kids…women are tyrants when given the chance. 🤷‍♂️

@GernezDan How do they despise him? Many Italian players are frustrated with the sinner situation and respect nick for speaking out. Nick is amazing for the game. People find excitement in what he says. Take it from someone who’s played pro tennis for years and has coached at the top.

@viezurez @CristinaNcl At 14 when you start competing at a top 10 country ranking and when you play Le petit and orange bowl that’s the when the contract money starts coming. A girl I coach is 13 and already has a Nike contract and is almost a grown adult physically….

@mattstarfox @CristinaNcl In your experience as a coach - does it make a difference in the game for a 14yo? To me at that age you're supposed to have fun, refine technique, build discipline not get doped, no? I mean aside from long term side effects it's borderline evil

WADA director: “If we wanted to simplify our lives, we could impose new thresholds... But the real Q is: Are we ready to accept microdosing? Where do we stop?" 'Those comments will encourage Sinner' Why? if it's out of WADA's hands now. Is he microdosing? tennis365.com/tennis-news/ja…

@viezurez @CristinaNcl They already are doing it that early. Trust me I’m a coach at the international level.

@CristinaNcl If they go with micro dosing the whole sport is compromised. Even more distance between the top 20 30 who will afford the research and cost for the doping. It's gonna mess up teens who will also start doing it at 12 14 years and sooner.

@TheTennisLetter Djokovic, Alcaraz, sinner are the best 3 level wise to ever play the sport. Federer would not be able to move at the level alacaraz does and nadal hits the ball too slow to compete with sinner. Game styles change with time.

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@EliAfriatISR @MrPartridgee Macron wants to be president of the world

🚨BREAKING : Biden and Macron are expected to present the agreement in the next 36 hours.

@ReemAbulleil Still can’t get over how she disrespected Murray in mixed at Wimbledon.

Raducanu: Sometimes I need reminding I'm top 60 and I've played less than 15 events, which is pretty unheard of. I have to pat myself on the back for that. I know I'm a dangerous player. I know no one wants to pull my name in the draw. I take pride in that wtatennis.com/news/4171090/w…