On 6/9/24 11:01 AM, PeteWasLucky wrote:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> Wrote in message:r
I'd say that Alcaraz is better than Zverev at every aspect of the
game when they are h2h, and in this match Alcaraz helped Zverev to
stay in the match in the 3rd set, and from the middle of the 4th, all
of the starch was gone from Zverev's game and his resolve had been
surgically removed. His earlier tendency toward complaining and
drag-assery is improved, but re-emerged during that part of the
match. He became increasingly tentative in his shot selection.--
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When your brain has many options and game has lots of varieties, thisI agree with this. What I'm noting, too, against Sinner and then Zverev,
can be a problem specially at younger age.
I was sure he will switch to play high percentage game in the fifth
and he did and this shows his maturity at his age.
is that if he feels like he'd better begin to *think* a bit, he does,
and this sorta snaps him back into a better focus.
So what he did to Zverev was to convince that he could not win, making
him less and less assertive. His *only* chance, beside either an Alcaraz
gift or injury, was to go for his best winning shots. For him, these
would be very thin shots near the lines.
Sinner's response was different, I feel. It made Sinner press, and maybe force a bit too much.
To me, Sinner is the better, more complete player, between Sinner and
Zverev. Sinner could use a bit more physical strength--20lb ?--just to
see if it would make the difference.
I don't see who else is really *there* for the men's side. Ruud can be
good, but not often enough. Rune has got to get over his head problems,
and Tsitsi is hopeless, I think.
I think what decided the final in the end was mental side... Zverev
looked like it was the last place he'd wanna be in while Carlos looked
like he was enjoying the challenge... and it showed in level of
play/tight spots, especially during last set.
Zverev just couldn't handle it mentally, too much baggage, too much
trying, too nervous. Alcaraz had sort of less to lose, young and already slams under his belt. Zverev's USO Final probably played a role as well.
Wasn't very high level final imo, although I think Carlos played quite
good at least in the last set and executed some really fancy shots.
Job well done, Alkie.
This should be a nice stepping stone & confidence builder for the Wimbledon.
On 6/9/24 11:01 AM, PeteWasLucky wrote:
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> Wrote in message:r
Sinner's response was different, I feel. It made Sinner press, and maybe force a bit too much.
To me, Sinner is the better, more complete player, between Sinner and
Zverev. Sinner could use a bit more physical strength--20lb ?--just to
see if it would make the difference.
I don't see who else is really *there* for the men's side. Ruud can be
good, but not often enough. Rune has got to get over his head problems,
and Tsitsi is hopeless, I think.
I'd say that Alcaraz is better than Zverev at every aspect of the game
when they are h2h, and in this match Alcaraz helped Zverev to stay in
the match in the 3rd set, and from the middle of the 4th, all of the
starch was gone from Zverev's game and his resolve had been surgically removed. His earlier tendency toward complaining and drag-assery is
improved, but re-emerged during that part of the match. He became increasingly tentative in his shot selection.
On 6/9/2024 1:42 PM, Sawfish wrote:
I'd say that Alcaraz is better than Zverev at every aspect of the gameI thought Zverev was the better player and dictating play in sets 2,3
when they are h2h, and in this match Alcaraz helped Zverev to stay in
the match in the 3rd set, and from the middle of the 4th, all of the
starch was gone from Zverev's game and his resolve had been surgically
removed. His earlier tendency toward complaining and drag-assery is
improved, but re-emerged during that part of the match. He became
increasingly tentative in his shot selection.
and a good portion of set 4 but Alcaraz somehow won. I don't know how.
On 10.6.2024 23.11, undecided wrote:
On 6/9/2024 1:42 PM, Sawfish wrote:
I'd say that Alcaraz is better than Zverev at every aspect of theI thought Zverev was the better player and dictating play in sets 2,3
game when they are h2h, and in this match Alcaraz helped Zverev to
stay in the match in the 3rd set, and from the middle of the 4th, all
of the starch was gone from Zverev's game and his resolve had been
surgically removed. His earlier tendency toward complaining and
drag-assery is improved, but re-emerged during that part of the
match. He became increasingly tentative in his shot selection.
and a good portion of set 4 but Alcaraz somehow won. I don't know how.
"I vill hit quarter paced loopers till the cows come home".
On 6/9/2024 1:42 PM, Sawfish wrote:
I'd say that Alcaraz is better than Zverev at every aspect of the gameI thought Zverev was the better player and dictating play in sets 2,3
when they are h2h, and in this match Alcaraz helped Zverev to stay in
the match in the 3rd set, and from the middle of the 4th, all of the
starch was gone from Zverev's game and his resolve had been surgically
removed. His earlier tendency toward complaining and drag-assery is
improved, but re-emerged during that part of the match. He became
increasingly tentative in his shot selection.
and a good portion of set 4 but Alcaraz somehow won. I don't know how.
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