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Scoop, this is Ivan Lendl, he set a different standard for fitness in tennis. You’re right, it was extreme, but what Michael Jordan did was extreme too and you don’t see him walking around twenty pounds overweight. Maybe Lendl should’ve stayed in Connecticut instead of moving to Florida where it’s so hot in summer it’s hard to be active. Look at Johnny Mac, he hardly did any off court work and now he’s still very fit and he’s never had any surgeries.

I watched the match. DY was horrible in losing the first four games and serving at around 90 mph on his first serve then. Looked like an amateur. But that was yesterday.

Today DY looked like the player who had a solid career – at times. He was returning better. Meanwhile, Ivo couldn’t serve well curiously though he was only broken once. Yet it came when he was up 4-2 in the decider. He double-faulted in both breakers yet DY tried to choke too.

The crowd support helped DY since he was struggling himself with some double faults. Now he has a winnable match with Ebden so perhaps he will gain the points he needs for direct entry into U.S. Open qualifying.

Where is the Atlanta tournament televised? I can’t find it anywhere.

Also the Fritz-Ramanathan match was a good one. Ramanathan was quite impressive and has potential, easy to see why he had success in Newport. Fritz served well and 4 and 4 was a tight match.

Fritz has a big one with Chung tomorrow. That’s a high-stakes showdown. Also I like Fritz’s headband, makes him more intimidating.

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Fritz must be pretty frustrated about how that match went. He played well at the early and late parts of the match but had too many errors in the middle. Chung is an elite talent (heading for top 10 or top 5 in a year or two in my opinion), but he hadn’t played a match in 10 weeks due to injury. Hard court is Fritz’s best surface so that was a match he probably thought he should win.

Scoop, actually Mayotte said he hasn’t seen Fritz play much so his analysis means squat.

I thought he played a decent match like Chazz said. Had chances in both sets.

A few observations. I notice among Fritz and Foe that they like to try to outhit opponents and bully them. That’s OK on the Challenger circuit but won’t work against Top-25 comp. Fritz was pretty one-dimensional with trying to hit forehand winners as his whole game plan.

The other part of that is that these guys just whack a forehand as hard as they can without positioning their body properly. I see this twofold as laziness and improper fitness. Chung’s efficiency of motion, in contrast, was excellent an his movement is far superior.

Fritz was simply atrocious volleying. Many times he got himself into good positions but didn’t understand the angles and closing down space against passing shots. Annacone should help here.

The upside is Fritz has tools and needs his body to mature a bit. He will get stronger physically, fill out and have that strength improve his fitness.

It does worry me that none of the Americans move as well on court as Chung. I believe Chung will become the first Asian man to win a Slam.

I saw some highlights of Tiafoes match yesterday which he won and it appeared that he was doing some serve and volley and actually hit the volleys well, with some stick on them, maybenit was only the highlights but wonder if this is something he is working on.
What you describe about Fritz’ match is just what Mayotte said, Fritz doesn’t look that balanced. Chung, like Djokovic, has impeccable balance. I wish I had a fraction of their balance so I wouldn’t have any issues with the back etc. I am actually surprised Djokovic had elbow issues, because my PT said a lot of shoulder and elbow issues derive from the lower body and balance.

Sandgren against Willis!

Willis destroyed Tiafoe in their WTT match last week, 5-4, 5-4, 5-3, 5-1, 5-1.

I think Chung is more like Djokovic than anyone else on tour. Lots of similarities between those two. First Asian man to win a Slam? I agree, very good prediction Duke.

Yes but Stich won slams in both singles and doubles not many can claim that feat. I said it in 99 at Aussie-USA Davis Cup tie and I’ll say it again and it’s the truth: Watching Todd Martin play was like watching grass grow. He had that one breakout when he let his hair down so to speak at the Open, but I wouldn’t cross the street to see that dude play. And Todd if you’re reading, this has nothing to do with you not giving Spadea a wc into Newport Qualis a few years ago.

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