Awesome Senior Pro (5.0) Mixed Doubles match from the 2023 Mintos US Open in Naples, Florida. Tony Roig & Leslie Bernard vs Johan Svensson & Stephanie Lane
Great to see you in a real game Tony after watching your videos for years! I was hearing your tips while you played and you executed "most" of them! 😉 Very insightful to watch the seniors go at it!
I saw this match....wow....I thought it would be Stephanie Lanes Team doing the lobbing. That Johan is amazing! You have a great teammate when she helps you get dressed during the match Tony!
I agree with the comment about the guy in white shirt. He gets to everything and his partner is an exceptional dinker and shot placer. Lobbs didn't work very often
Agreed that Johan was able to recover the lobs but that alone is not dispositive. Many attack shots did not work either. Does not mean we stop hitting those attacks.
Incredible soft hands. The guy in white is amazing at getting lobs back...makes it look easy! Surprised that serves and serve returns were not as aggressive as I thought they might be...deeper. Is that a tournament thing...keeping it safer?
Great match. At one point it looked like the reset queen versus the lob queen. The guy in white can sure cover the court. I especially enjoyed the camaraderie among the players.
What a way to end the game. Wow!! And that, folks, is how the pros do it. The guy in white shirt is spectacular. I thought the losing team tried to lob too much and may have cost them a couple of points. The guy in the orange shirt is great, but I do feel he was not 100% confident in his partner, hence some poaching that was unnecessary. Great match, and thank you for sharing.
Finally got around to watching this great match after meeting you at the Open, Tony (I came by on the last day and we chatted while you were packing up and took a selfie)…you are right, Tony, Johann moves like a guy half his age! Great footwork and a very entertaining match to watch. I’ve been watching both yours and CJ’s videos since I started playing pickle a few years ago. Thanks again and great meeting you in person…let me know if you are ever down in Bonita.
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@@BestPickleballCoach Thanks for the last two Pickleball Therapy Podcasts at the Open - GOLDEN. Hope Stephanie didn't fracture too many ribs on that final ATP.
I hate lob shots and really do not like playing in a game with this many lobs. To prove my point, Tony and his partner lobbed the ball 23 times and lost 19 OF THOSE POINTS! The team they were playing had the ability to keep the ball in the kitchen via dinks or resets and dominated the match. Much better skill to be able to drop or dink and make it bounce than playing badminton pickleball with lobs.
I hear you Bruce. But you don’t have a control number. How many of the 23 rallies would we have won without lobbing? Lobbing is becoming a bigger part of the game. Actually Stephanie Lane - our opponent - is the queen of the NVZ lob.
@@BestPickleballCoach I don’t think you need a control number to realize you gained very little by lobbing the ball 23 times in a 15 point game. I think it is an effective strategy a time or two during a match with intense dink battles from the NVZ, but as you said it is becoming a more prevalent. I think it is a crutch for players to NOT develop a drop/reset shot. I see it all the time in Rec play. Surprised 5.0 players would have to resort to this.
@@brucelarison4241 the increase in lobs is at the pro level. Plenty are adding it. My guess is because they are seeing it work - do not think they would use it if the shot were deemed to be suboptimal - those players are fine on their dinks and drops.
@@BestPickleballCoach We’ll have to agree to disagree on the “Pro’s” using it. Maybe in the Senior ranks where mobility may be an issue, I admit I don’t watch many senior pro matches. I do however enjoy watching PPA, APP, and MPA on tv and I don’t see many lobs. Have even heard announcers condemning players who use repeated lobs and are getting beat regularly.
