Tsitsipas Faces De Minaur; Zverev, Fritz, Medvedev Feature | Rome 2024 Highlights Day 7 

Nono tsitsischnitzel

Agreed! The backhand is looking a bit more loose and powerful, which is great to see. It was the only glaring weakness in his game, so it's great to see that his clearly been putting some work into it lately. You either work hard to turn your singlehander into a weapon, or it will forever remain your weakness, there is no in-between haha

@@alborzajeli768 How you know he putting work on it? it's the clay season, best surface for his backhand.

Who did he break up with?

Paula Badosa

@@andreweinhorn yeah, she wasn't really into Tsitsipas, she still hasn't gotten over her previous ex Juan Betancourt

@@Shankar-Bhaskar for real ? didnt know that. she sure was saying a lot of stuff about how great how in lve they were. she seems very shallow

@@CopR8r Tsitsipas is not particularly deep either, never mind his occasional philosophical quips every now and then.

Zverev and Tsitsipas too

Peak tsitsipas level is beyond this world.. one of the best ever in style of play. the problem is that he can lose to a nobody in the next match. no consistency

So true. 🤣🤣🤣

Even when winning an important point, if feels like he's half convinced into celebrating ... like ... "yeah... ahem... hurray". So funny :)

hahahahahahahhahaha this is so golden he does strike me as a very gentle man

@@fanglynnchan He's the only guy I have ever seen after winning a match, go over to the opponent's box and apologise! 😄

@@blucat4 Nadal has also a strange reflex: he looks like he regrets winning like "sorry i did not really want that result" 😂

He wasn't born as a tennis player. He's born as ententainer ;) Maybe when he retire he'll open a Tennis Wizard's Show.

When I saw it I thought "Hubi is doing a Monfils-shot, ahah!" Very funny and well done. He could not find better zone for bother Baez... Hubi is clearly a fucking solid and talented player. Like Berdych was but more interesting and less "cold"

He is definitely among the Top 3 favorites. Sinner & Alcaraz have fitness issues, Tsitsipas & Zverev are the next in line for me.

A 6-1 6-2 between two top 10 players is often the result of one playing great and the other playing below his average level. I doubt De Minaur didn't play badly.

@@user-cy6xl3vd3f he's also a good matchup for Tsitsipas, Demon has a terrible record against him. Especially on clay, which doesn't quite fit his game. Not enough spin, no big weapon, and he can't use his quickness as well as on hard courts.

Alex de minaur still played bad

I parlayed him winning the French open back in January with Novak winning at Wimbledon. My odds were glorious 😊

*phenomenal

The channel "courtside tennis" had one episode about Tsitsipas and said one of his problems is that his backhand isn't very good. Maybe it's improved?

Well! It's still better to go for his BH cuz the FH is more dangerous and more stable

All the Tsitsipas haters are silenced now

@@Stu49583 Nah imma do my own thing

I think it's relative. It may be a "weakness" but it's better than most top players better sides! Coaches telling their players to target this, players finding no weakness, only more strength haha!

And it helps if you're two meters tall 😄

@@bjornopitz6561 1.96:)

Absolutely

Hubi's fightback was MORE impressive. He was down on himself mentally & in the scoreline for a set & a half against a redlining Bias before breaking back for 4 all in the 2nd. Then Pierogi went into lockdown mode, stopped messing around with 2nd serves, & continued to make sure he held with that massive 1st serve of his. Nothing Lil' Sebastian could do.

​@@got2bjoshThought it was over when he hit a poor overhead in the tiebreak but held it together starting to look like a serious competitor for titles

​@@got2bjosh Pierogi?😂

100% agree. Even I like Hubi I was supporting Baez because the level he could rise, facing those giant guys (between 1.90 and 2m) is crazy when you do yourself 1.70... It reminds me some great Rochus-Isner ou Schwartzmann-Karlovic yes ahah

Baez is weak regardless. He can only win contenders of Atp 250 and 500 maybe. When it comes to most players participating, his potential is actually similar to his height😅

Been following Baez's young and impressive career. In spite of what non-believers say, he actually won an ATP 500 before Ruud did.

Absolutely. Baez is on the horizon, for sure.

@@Elizabeth-xq4fg haha and defeted no player inside top20 in that event :D please do not compare him with Ruud, it is very silly

Congrats to De Minaur who managed to get a tennis lesson and still receive a nice check for it.

Not of the year definitely. This trick shot has been done several times a year since 2015 or so. Kyrgios Cuevas Federer and Paire introduced it

Always fun to see that once a rally is at a certain stage with weird gets and returns, both players almost instinctively turn to trick shot mode, no matter what the score is. Hurkacz had no choice but to go for the trickshot here and he delivered. It's an unwritten rule in tennis. :D

@@taopaille-paille4992 i disagree - unless you mention a superior one, as there is a bit of everything : a let, cat and mouse play, huge angles and trickshot by Hubi

@@guillaumechatelain5650 look at the tweener from Monteiro ;)

Even Virtua Tennis game developers did not dare to script a point like that 😂

Stefanos has no chance to win RG

@@evan3087 win or not his tennis is the most beautiful since roger retired.. no one comes close. Maybe Alcaraz on a good day but he is a two hander so he sucks.

@@racephase Tittipaaas sucks for me 😄

@@evan3087 Zero?? He was up 2-0 against Novak in the RG final a few years ago. Plus, with Alcaraz & Sinner injured and Novak & Rafa in questionable form, this is likely gonna his best chance to win a GS in his career

@@TraeBeneck watch RG as it unfolds

Hubi is your year - you can do it - just believe yourself 🌈💪🍀🍀

Djokovic and Rafa stopped him in many clay masters and Roland Garros but with both getting old .. Tsitsipas having fun in fuc** clay

Not going to happen. Not in this life.

With Sinner and Alcaraz on the court i don't think so...but surely he's playing well

You underestimate him badly. However, speaking logically I wouldn’t say Sinner would be a big obstacle compared to Alcaraz for the RG trophy. But yet again if we could include all the players then you forget Djoker plus Ruud and you should always consider the king of clay because he may perform poorly but he is just the KING and everything is possible from this athlete.

@@pavlospoutoridis9202 nobody is disrespecting Tsitsipas that is playing great...being a top 5/10 is very very good.IMO Sinner and Alcaraz,when healthy,are top 2...Djoker is been great but I don't know if at 37 yo can still compete for the grand slam...sure Tsitsipas is a very good player,especially on clay,but on other surfaces i pick Medvedev and Zverev on him 😉 But will see 😊

@@davideperlo7124 Sinner will miss RG it is 99% sure

lol.. i can't

Djokovic can be in form for second week of RG if he chooses to and puts the work. alcaraz what is the situation? He will not be . If not serious injury he will also be in fit form

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

You probably never watch his matches but he played like this (and even better) many times in his career

@@bre7342 and still lost!!! lol

😂😂😂

He doesn't have it in him

Not really. Clay has always been his strongest court type because his backhand no longer becomes a liability

because it s clay..love tsitsipas but his bh will be back to shit after clay ends.

@@hitthurdeaux yep, casuals commenting casual things bruh. stef s bh is going back to garbage after clay ends

D Minor's game isn't suited for clay as he lacks weight of shot & hits flatter when you need more spin on the dirt. Olive Oil's game, however, totally is hence his RG record & three Masters wins at Money-Carload. Plus, the H2H is now 11-1 in favor of Twistypast.

@@VladRadu-tq1pg Let's see what happens Nostradamus. Let's just see. :)

😅😂😂🤣🤣

Lezgo Stef!

where does a dickhead deserve to be? smashed his racquet that hurt his own dad, who supports him 100%. Nah, also he cheats....12 minutes toilet breaks, that's where he deserves to be.

No not really. As many others stated: on clay he gets more time on his backhand wing. On other surfaces it has been a major liability the past two years. Here is a fact: he managed to win 1 out of 10 top-10 showdowns since 2023 before his monte carlo run with only a few top 20 wins. That's why he has been out of the top 10 recently. On other surfaces fellow top 20 players bully his backhand and it works. On clay it is a different story. Now we would have to see if he can translate his form into a more solid backhand on grass and hardcourt - I hope he does since he has a beautiful style.

@@fwvw7056 He had injuries. That's why he has been out of top 10 ( barely two months). His backhand changed after his elbow surgery, yes, but last year has been tough because shoulder and back injury, that's it. Y'all always repeating the same thing like a broken record...

@@bre7342 ah I am a 'y'all' then. I watch tennis myself, and see a lot. And on top of that there are the results: on faster surfaces the ground strokes of players like Sinner, but also a tier below such as Kachanov are just too much for him. Ttsitsipas had his breakthrough in 2018 / 2019 and still has 'only' two masters, one Finals, two slam Finals and exactly zero atp500 wins. That is not a coincidence but due to the fact that in most cases fellow top players know how to exploit his weakness: the backhand in defense. For example: his return game it significantly less than other top players whilst he compensates that with his service game where he can set up the point more often to his forehand. I do root for him but I doubt he can maintain this level and have a 50/50 record against top 10 players on the other surfaces this year. Let's see, I hope he does actually.

@@fwvw7056 he has 3 masters. And he has a winning h2h against Sinner, Khachanov and many other players so no, they're groundstrokes are not too much for him.He won against many tough players in all surfaces. You underestimate him for no reason and act like he's the only top player with weaknesses. He need to improve things like EVERY other player, but he's talented. And as I said he had some injuries so that's why some part of his game were less efficient last year. We clearly have different opinions...

@@bre7342 Yes different opinions yet my assessment is not as rosary-coloured or fandom coloured as yours. I stand corrected on the masters: he has won the same Masters (monte carlo) thrice, not coincidentally the slowest clay court out there and the one where the top top players like Djokovic do not aim to be at their very best. Again: I am a fan of the Greek and his playing style but his backhand breaks down under pressure of the best players. He is talented but also years older than Sinner, Alcaraz and Rune who have accomplished about the same or more as Tsitsipas has. I know about the injuries but so have others and yes he has to adapt. But I am just stating the obvious here. I do compare him with the other very best because that is his potential, as he himself btw also said: he expected more of himself in terms op winning tournaments. It's not a complete coincidence he hasn't won a ATP500 tournament yet, same for Ruud until recently...who not coincidentally won his first one against Tsitsipas. Thus yes, compared to other top 4 calibre players he on hardcourt and grass has the biggest liability. Not an opinion so much as it is corroborated by results over the years.

Do you mean why "didn't"?

​@sohailhines yeah, thanks 😊

great guy or not his style and aesthetics are atrocious... after seeing tsitsipas he is just average.

@@racephase He serves well and has a solid forehand... pretty athletic for a tall guy too. But yeah, not everyone can be graceful! 🙂

He is also great player. Solid top 10 player.

Me sorprendió que no apareciera nada de la legión chilena 🇨🇱❤️, el partido de Tabilo vs Kachanov estuvo bueno, dejó varios puntazos

Totally forgot Tsitsipas owns Monte Carlo and then fails to win almost every other tourney😂

None of them will win grandslam 😅

​@@evan3087you forgot Medvedev already has one

And tabilo beating khachanov

😎

Sure,but they are younger then the other top 10,won more considering age and have more upside....but of course they're not the only players in the world 😊

they happen to bring more people in.

but when they are fit , tennis world revolves around them and will continue to do so for many upcoming years.. they are consistent and joy to watch.

@@rajghadiya3655 i like Sinner A LOT, he's one of my favorite, but we don't know what's gonna happen in the future. We can't say they will dominate tennis like big 3 did. It's too soon.

Amazing. Tommy Paul can really play! So can Fritz. Tsitsipas has fixed his backhand!! Hurkacz with the tweener! Honestly I never noticed those guys before .. 😄😄

He sound like a Russian sheep 😂

i also liked that he smashed his racket.. this is 2018 mentality and aggresion that tried to keep in control but doesn't suit him.. he must bring his anger upfront again..

Good question.

He's in Rome.

T2 is free & replaying the match right now.

If he deserved to be in the top 10, he would be in the top 10.