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I think Pete, what you have said is completely true that Ferrer's position is enviable. He is not succeeding like his counter part but definitely he is making up his life and trying his best!. He has no pressure and enjoying his game. I come and read your article regularly and am a constant fan and through this I cam across this also (http://bit.ly/nQAplv). This article also summarises the same that in life, tennis records will be broken and you might not achieve your goals but its important to try for your goals and make your life! Nice reading!
Sorry it should be steve. Read Pete's article before urs so somehow didnt realise wrote his name.
Nonetheless, Good article Steve!
@arnie
(or r u Chris or r u Apeksha ???)
You tried harder this time. You did not post a one-liner. You made more conversation. But your goal was the same ....to send us to some motivatinal tennis blog.
I ask you again....r u trying to use this forum to advertise and get more hits for ur blog ????
i have to google matthew ebden...
That line about being No. 6 instead of No. 1 -- and still getting the dough -- is oh so terribly cynical. I think any player who has worked as hard as Ferrer would love to get to No. 1 for any amount of time and/or win a Grand Slam and take all the good and bad that comes with it. And be talked about more than just that guy who hit the ball at the baby.
As Billie Jean King wisely once said: Pressure is a privilege.
I did like your bricklayer analogy, though.
"The courts in Shanghai and Paris are quicker than those used at the other 1000s"
Isn't Cincinnati faster than Shanghai?
@arnie
Here are some examples that have prompted me to believe that you use ultiple names and comments to point us (deceptively) to you blog. Let me be clear, I don't have any problems abt it. I just think you do it in an underhanded way. Just come up and be honest.
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Posted by Chris 10/12/2011 at 03:53 PM
Talking about Sampras and Federer, here is a good one:
http://bit.ly/nQAplv (Federer, Sampras and Emerson-The Myth of Invincibility)
Makes you realise that noone including Nadal and Djoker can remain invincible!
Posted by chrissie 10/03/2011 at 11:18 PM
IF murray needs to win , I think he needs to learn to contorl his temperament. Maybe tis can help him to win or grab no3:
http://bit.ly/qhjpaO
I hope murray somehow gets to read this article so that he can get motivated to defeat Nadal!
Posted by Christine 09/30/2011 at 01:11 PM
Very nice article indeed Steve.I agree that it might not be the greatest but its one of the most unexpected year. nobody in their dreams must have thought at the start of the year that he will be able to beat Nadal and Federer so consistently. his streak really amazes me and the kind of person he has transformed into. From the angry Djoker, we are seeing a more matured and responsible Djoker plus he is funny too at times! A sign of a maturing person. His temperament has also improved so much : i think this has also been a major reason why he has been able to win. he is calm even when he is losing:
Here is a nice article on his temperament and how murray can laso learn from it: http://bit.ly/paCkWk
Posted by Kane 09/29/2011 at 05:36 PM
i think Murray should focus on controlling his temper rather than clendar issues and prize money. Nadal says it-its understandable but Murray really? You need to focus on winning first GS for your country and not on this dude:
No wonder people have started to write about you and and your temper:
Anger: Difference between Good (McEnroe,Murray) & Great (Federer,Nadal) http://bit.ly/paCkWk
get a hold of yourself otherwise you will go down as player who never won a GS!
Posted by Chris 09/22/2011 at 02:57 PM
There was so much bad going around in US Open this year. I just wonder whats happened to US tennis, we used to have so many great players and examples int he form of Agassi, Sampras. But now we have players like Serena and lot who have set bad examples for the kids to follow. I was watching it with my family and what a let down it was to see that this is the standard they want their followers to follow- very very bad. In this age, where people follow wha their role models do , we need motivation and inspiring stuff. Here is anotheer article which i make my kids also read which cast a positive shadow on tennis: Juan Martin Del Potro - Fall and Rise of the fighter? http://bit.ly/owcb66
Its articles like these that kids need to read so that they can also get motivated and not watch players like serena, roddick!
Posted by pete 09/20/2011 at 09:04 PM
I think Delpotro will take Argentina to victory this year and we will see a new chapter in tennis written again next year. Although people havent given him much credit to him since his return but slowly and slowly he is returning back in form: My & argentinas hero: http://bit.ly/owcb66
HE rocks and is my fav for next year!
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Annie (Vamos Heavenly Creature)loved the bricklayer analogy, steve. and especially for Ferru who briefly worked construction.
Am I happy about Rafa losing to Mayer? No. But I didn't think he played badly. (he even made an overhead!) And Mayer played SO well. He is, after all, ranked 23 in the world. Weird, because I don't think I've ever seen him play. I hope Murray wins the whole thing. Want him to have confidence going into the new season.
I thought it was interesting that when asked about Paris, Rafa was non-committal. All he said was that the season was long for him. So I dont' expect to see him in Paris.
Boy, Tallybolly, you have kept up with this well. I generally ignore these links because I have enough reading to do with tennis.com and plenty other news websites.
ido not agree with you about rafa i do not think he wanted to win.just getting another one of his 1000 series out of the way.he will be on his way home now or out making more money from someone.
Fernando says "The Tignor" is The Jerry Izenberg/Jay Greenberg of Tennis writers.
What does that mean? The Tignor knows. Fernando!
"It’s too bad no one really cares about the fall Masters events"
I care.
"the net, despite the power and spin of the modern ground stroke, is still there for the taking."
And that's one of the reasons why I care: I get to see players exploit quicker courts and bring more variety to the game. Llodra last year in Paris, and in Shanghai Dolgopolov, Mayer and Tomic, while Nishikori benefits from being able to make placements into shots that are forcing on these courts, but only rally extenders that sit up on slower courts.
Anyone who bemoans homogeneity on the men's tour, even a little, should be calling for a retreat from slooooowww courts and heavy balls. Fears that the game would revert to serve, serve, serve & volley, and serve, have been proven wrong (Llodra didn't win Paris, after all). But man, is it more fun to watch a contrast of styles or what?
Do I think the ATP will take this and encourage more tournaments to have quicker courts? Nah. But the fall Masters events still matter, if only to me and the guys trying to make the cut for London.
Another huge advantage of being the no. 6 or no. 12 guy -- you get plenty of rest just when you need it most. And you actually get a chance to work on a few things, if only for a day or three. Still, it beats the heck out of having to fly out of one hub to another and get back on the court in 24 to 48 hours, with too little rest, too little sleep, a mental hangover and sore joints and muscles, only to remember that you had the awful good fortune of winning the event last year so you have a ton of points to defend. Lovely. Yeah, no. 6 ain't such a bad spot to be in.
And this, "tennis's bricklayer," was brilliant.
On another note, I see Bored Poet has returned... as Fernando.
And my friend skip1515 makes a very cogent point about the beauty of the fall campaign on faster hard courts, where players are more often rewarded for venturing inside the service line and putting their fortunes in their own hands.
You'd think Nadals match was the only upset. Ebden did alright too...
"Plus, Mayer played great. [...] Mayer, 28, has always been fatally streaky, and has always had much more game than his results would indicate. Who else can do as many different and strange things on a tennis court—from two-handed volleys to jumping backhands to jumping drop shots—yet make them all fit together smoothly?"
Steve - agree with your observations and thoughts about the match, and I'm glad you took some time to focus on the guy who won. The above quote kind of sums up why I always try to catch Florian's matches, even though they so often end in disappointment and frustration. It was so nice to see it all come together for him for the duration of a match aginst a big opponent on a fairly big stage. Maybe sleep deprivation enhanced my excitement, but what an entertaining display of tennis that was.
and yes (even if I don't love how you presented the #1 vs #6 issue), Ferru as "tennis' bricklayer" is pretty great. I heart that guy so much.
“... that poor old beat-up over-30-year-old Juan Carlos Ferrero...” Wow, how generous of you, Steve! And how about that cheap and simplistic take on Ferrer’s career? I wish you had stopped and thought twice before writing it; for someone who sees philosophical depth in everything Nadal says or does, I am surprised you fail to spot the tragedy in Ferrer’s case. I guess he was aiming for more than just the #6 or the dough back in Australia in January. And for the sake of accuracy: not everybody expects Nadal to win every tournament he enters. ‘cause it’s autumn, no?? And no, I don’t think the internet would blow up if Nadal lost a set to Ferrero. Because Nadal just lost two sets to Florian Mayer and the internet is still only pondering if it should read anything into it. “Nah, it just wasn’t his day!” concludes someone. Let’s not pretend at least that the standards aren’t double, because we all know they are.
never thought i'd ever hear the word "smoothly" when someone is talking about anything related to F. Mayer.
Way to go, Flo.
More of this please and maybe i will watch you again in the future.
It is becoming clear that nadal's game is going down hill.At this rate he will loose to DELPO in DAVIS CUP and may not be in the top ten in 2012.
"never thought i'd ever hear the word "smoothly" when someone is talking about anything related to F. Mayer."
lol - I like him, but I know what you mean; no one used that word today, that's for sure :(
The weird energy stuff is hilarious...I think Murray needs to start the match in straight up freak mode...come out first point with his hair all jacked up, no shirt, cursing, absolutely lose it on his first error, just totally weird out his opponent...get it all out then start playing like an Englishman...I'd love to see it...I always think Murray is just one point away from complete meltdown mode whether it's going good or not and his shirt tugging is funny stuff...just rip off the damn thing and get it over with!
Come on Federer and Djokovic!!!! We need you!
" becoming clear that nadal's game is going down hill.At this rate he will loose to DELPO in DAVIS CUP and may not be in the top ten in 2012.
he may lose to Delpo in DC but I think it will take longer than 2012 for him to drop out of the top ten. Maybe 2013 January?
I think Fernando is a female from the U.S. Steve Holt!
@gupta: Nadal going downhill? Debatable. Out of top 10 in 2012??? His 2011 record is 65-12. He hasn't been lower than #4 since 2005 (before he won his first French). The Djoker owns him right now, but he owns the whole bloody Tour. I suppose that you felt the same way about Federer a couple years ago when the chinks in his armor first appeared. But there he is, 30 yrs old and still in top 4.
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