Something that really struck me watching Arthur is how much intent he has while playing. Most balls have a clear strategy and purpose behind them. It's no wonder he seems to always play better as the match goes on.
First of all, those aren't fans rooting for them, but teammates - tennis is a team sport in college. Second, both Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe played NCAA college tennis (both winning the singles title - Connors for UCLA in '71, and McEnroe for Stanford in '77), so,... pretty good players, no? Are players that turn pro in their teens (like Agassi and Sampras) better than these guys? Of course. But these players are very very good. NCAA tennis attracts talent from all over the world to come and play here, and many will turn pro - some of these guys are probably ranked in the top 100 in the world. Lastly, much like college baseball (which NOBODY watches), tennis is just not promoted as a spectator sport at ALL at the college level, for whatever bizarro reason.
Anyone can guess what forehand grip Arthur Fery uses? Looks semi western from the pictures. But based on the forehand motion and easy power, could also be modified eastern.
Haha yea the socks are bad. My biggest problem is that he’s obviously a solid college player, but he just simply doesn’t have the game that would translate well on tour whatsoever
@@ethanton96 lol no he didn't?? He was given a Wildcard. There's a HUGE difference between winning 3 matches in qualifying and being given a WC into the 1st round of the main draw. The dude is 5'8 with zero weapons. He's awesome, I respect what he's doing, but he doesn't have the game to do anything big on the main tour. That's just a fact
@@ash3r01 Because college tennis is known for blatant and unapologetic cheating and unsportsmanlike calls. Players could serve an ace and the receiver could call a let and deny the server their ace. They did away with the rule for this exact reason.
Yes. They made players start playing lets because there was blatant cheating on calling aces "out" and what not so to circumvent this, all serves in are played, regardless of net touching.
@@Butcho22 no problem! It was definitely weird when my team had to play with those rules for certain matches. It catches you off guard when you're not used to it at all. Some pro Australian tournaments are testing it out for fast play formats
dude played a hell of a match against Medvedev on centre court at Wimbledon this year. enjoy his aggressive style of play. well be seeing a lot more of him, you can count on that.
