He is a special physical specimen playing caveman
tennis. Mike Tyson with a tennis racquet.
The 2 most explosive players I've ever seen. Novak/Nadal/Federer are
crazy impressive with their consistency and longevity, but in terms of
pure explosive tennis and shot making Sampras and Alcaraz are the 2 big
stand outs. Everyone worried tennis would be in big trouble after the
big 3 left the stage, but surprisingly it's more popular than ever,
biggest crowds at Wimbledon this yr etc. I'm certainly more excited
about watching Carlos play than any player since Sampras. The only
problem is Carlos is just 1 guy and everything rests on his shoulders.
Let's pray nothing happens to him injury etc.
The 2 most explosive players I've ever seen. Novak/Nadal/Federer are
crazy impressive with their consistency and longevity, but in terms of
pure explosive tennis and shot making Sampras and Alcaraz are the 2
big stand outs.
Everyone worried tennis would be in big trouble after the big 3 leftthe stage, but surprisingly it's more popular than ever, biggest crowds
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> wrote:
He is a special physical specimen playing caveman
tennis. Mike Tyson with a tennis racquet.
That is quite nicely said. It makes sense.
Alcaraz is really one hard-hitting man. Like I said
on some other thread, I was shocked to see his
cross court forehand umm... I guess it was a match
against Berrettini.
After the devastating winner, its speed was shown
to the spectators: 104 mph = 167.4 kmh. Wow!!!
Is this even real? I have seen both Tommy Paul
and Casper Ruud hit inside out forehands that
were clocked at 100 mph, but to make it 104 mph
is so sick!
It is probably the fastest baseline shot I have ever
witnessed. When he hit it, you could immediately tell
that it was a killer shot even before they showed the
amazing speed on the screen.
Has anyone here seen a faster baseline shot?
However, we must remember that even though Alcaraz
can hit his shots very hard, he also has a very
delicate touch. His dropshots work extremely well
because he knows how to hide them, and his execution
is usually superb.
Stefanos Tsitsipas has said in an interview that
Carlitos Alcaraz is the hardest hitting opponent
he has ever faced.
br,
KK
After the devastating winner, its speed was shown
to the spectators: 104 mph = 167.4 kmh. Wow!!!
Is this even real?
On 14.7.2023 22.05, Kalevi Kolttonen wrote:
After the devastating winner, its speed was shown
to the spectators: 104 mph = 167.4 kmh. Wow!!!
Is this even real?
He hit a 170 FH off a sitter at RG.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlrZzo_rSSs
Pelle Svanslös <pelle@svans.los> wrote:
On 14.7.2023 22.05, Kalevi Kolttonen wrote:
After the devastating winner, its speed was shown
to the spectators: 104 mph = 167.4 kmh. Wow!!!
Is this even real?
He hit a 170 FH off a sitter at RG.
That is shocking as well, what a blast!
However, I assume that by "off a sitter" you
mean that he had a short ball near the net, and
then he hit a huge winner from that pretty
easy position.
When Alcaraz hit his 104mph cross court forehand,
he was located close to his baseline. So maybe
this Wimbledon winner is slightly more impressive
because it was struck in the middle of a normal
baseline exchange?
A sitter is a ball that sits up. Has little to no forward velocity.
These are harder to handle than they seem, let alone put 170 on them and
keep them in. You need a lot of spin.
On 14.7.2023 22.26, Kalevi Kolttonen wrote:
Pelle Svanslös <pelle@svans.los> wrote:
On 14.7.2023 22.05, Kalevi Kolttonen wrote:
After the devastating winner, its speed was shown
to the spectators: 104 mph = 167.4 kmh. Wow!!!
Is this even real?
He hit a 170 FH off a sitter at RG.
That is shocking as well, what a blast!
However, I assume that by "off a sitter" you
mean that he had a short ball near the net, and
then he hit a huge winner from that pretty
easy position.
When Alcaraz hit his 104mph cross court forehand,
he was located close to his baseline. So maybe
this Wimbledon winner is slightly more impressive
because it was struck in the middle of a normal
baseline exchange?
I don't know which is more impressive. But since you asked whether it's
for real, ... yes, it's happened before.
A sitter is a ball that sits up. Has little to no forward velocity.
These are harder to handle than they seem, let alone put 170 on them and
keep them in. You need a lot of spin.
But these guys practice these things
https://youtu.be/7qOxXRuxuxw?t=74
Too bad Sampras didn't do this. Might of done better at RG. With no
handicap at W.
On 7/14/2023 12:50 PM, Whisper wrote:
The 2 most explosive players I've ever seen. Novak/Nadal/Federer are
crazy impressive with their consistency and longevity, but in terms of
pure explosive tennis and shot making Sampras and Alcaraz are the 2 big
stand outs. Everyone worried tennis would be in big trouble after the
big 3 left the stage, but surprisingly it's more popular than ever,
biggest crowds at Wimbledon this yr etc. I'm certainly more excited
about watching Carlos play than any player since Sampras. The only
problem is Carlos is just 1 guy and everything rests on his shoulders.
Let's pray nothing happens to him injury etc.
On 7/14/2023 3:22 PM, Pelle Svanslös wrote:
On 14.7.2023 22.26, Kalevi Kolttonen wrote:
Pelle Svanslös <pelle@svans.los> wrote:
On 14.7.2023 22.05, Kalevi Kolttonen wrote:
After the devastating winner, its speed was shown
to the spectators: 104 mph = 167.4 kmh. Wow!!!
Is this even real?
He hit a 170 FH off a sitter at RG.
That is shocking as well, what a blast!
However, I assume that by "off a sitter" you
mean that he had a short ball near the net, and
then he hit a huge winner from that pretty
easy position.
When Alcaraz hit his 104mph cross court forehand,
he was located close to his baseline. So maybe
this Wimbledon winner is slightly more impressive
because it was struck in the middle of a normal
baseline exchange?
I don't know which is more impressive. But since you asked whether
it's for real, ... yes, it's happened before.
A sitter is a ball that sits up. Has little to no forward velocity.
These are harder to handle than they seem, let alone put 170 on them
and keep them in. You need a lot of spin.
But these guys practice these things
https://youtu.be/7qOxXRuxuxw?t=74
Too bad Sampras didn't do this. Might of done better at RG. With no
handicap at W.
Nice link!
However, I am sure Sampras practiced in the same manner,
On 14.7.2023 20.50, Whisper wrote:
The 2 most explosive players I've ever seen. Novak/Nadal/Federer are
crazy impressive with their consistency and longevity, but in terms of
pure explosive tennis and shot making Sampras and Alcaraz are the 2
big stand outs. Everyone worried tennis would be in big trouble after
the big 3 left the stage, but surprisingly it's more popular than
ever, biggest crowds at Wimbledon this yr etc. I'm certainly more
excited about watching Carlos play than any player since Sampras. The
only problem is Carlos is just 1 guy and everything rests on his
shoulders. Let's pray nothing happens to him injury etc.
It's also possible his domination will kill interest in tennis. Despite
being a fan of Tsi, the Black Knight of tennis, I wouldn't like to see
20 Alcatraz v Tsi finals.
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