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  • Re: Alcaraz game on different surfaces

    From Scall5@21:1/5 to PeteWasLucky on Fri Aug 30 23:36:00 2024
    On 8/30/2024 12:59 PM, PeteWasLucky wrote:
    Until Alcaraz figures out how to avoid beating himself when his speed is neutralized, I rate his best chances to win slams to be on grass followed by on clay.
    His performance yesterday was a replica of his against Medvedev last year in the US Open. He acts like a lost a child in the park.

    Between the legs shots are fine when one is up two sets to love.

    Showing off a crowd pleasing very fast forehand when a moderately paced
    one to win the point is fine, when one is in control of the match.

    Pandering to the crowd, when one is in total control of the match, is fine.

    But if you think your opponent will forgive/forget these antics the next
    time you play him/her: forget about it. They are just that more motivated.
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  • From Scall5@21:1/5 to Sawfish on Sat Aug 31 19:29:18 2024
    On 8/31/2024 9:54 AM, Sawfish wrote:
    On 8/30/24 9:36 PM, Scall5 wrote:
    On 8/30/2024 12:59 PM, PeteWasLucky wrote:
    Until Alcaraz figures out how to avoid beating himself when his speed
    is neutralized, I rate his best chances to win slams to be on grass
    followed by on clay.
    His performance yesterday was a replica of his against Medvedev last
    year in the US Open. He acts like a lost a child in the park.

    Between the legs shots are fine when one is up two sets to love.

    Showing off a crowd pleasing very fast forehand when a moderately
    paced one to win the point is fine, when one is in control of the match.

    Pandering to the crowd, when one is in total control of the match, is
    fine.

    But if you think your opponent will forgive/forget these antics the
    next time you play him/her: forget about it. They are just that more
    motivated.

    Gosh, Scall. These all seem like negative traits, and yet my general perception of him while watching his matches doesn't really match that.

    Perhaps my second point (hard hitting forehand) is questionable, but I
    stand with the other two. I never understood why an player or team
    would want to rankle an opponent. I don't even do that playing table
    tennis, haha.

    By comparison I think that Tiafoe, early on, did *all* that stuff, and I
    had to work hard to not dislike him. I think he's better now, but it's
    all still there, ready to jump out.

    I agree, he has done a lot of it in the past. Hopefully he has learned...
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