James Blake sits down with Marc Sterne to build his perfect player. Whose serve, forehand, backhand, net play and mental toughness will James choose?
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Serve: Ivanisevic
Footwork: Federer
Forehand: Federer
Backhand: Wawrinka
Volleygame: Edberg
Return: Agassi
Mental: Becker
Mac Enroe missed a lot of easy volleys if you go back to his old videos…he also anticipated better than anyone…rafter had the best volleys, IMHO, because he didn't have a great serve compared to the others. Mac Enroe had one of the best RETURNS during his heyday…..David Ferrer and Djokovic are the other two….look at Ferrer's record vs Isner, check out the scores of his matches vs Isner, and you'll see what I mean. Isner and Karlovic have the best serves. F Ed and Tomas Berdych for forehand…and Sampras. BH and Agassi is Djokovic
Like your analysis somewhat. Mcenroe as a returner of serve was underrated. I was at his last real ATP match when he won the doubles in San Francisco at the age of 47 on his birthday. I think that he was playing with Jonas Bjorkman. I am probably wrong on the partner, l know that it's easy to look it up.
In watching the match l noticed that he missed probably 1 service return the whole time. The doubles team he was facing were young guys serving pretty big so l was impressed. As far as the volleys go Mcenroe has 78 doubles titles so he was the best volleyer no question. It was universally agreed upon at the time, whose the best doubles team, Mcenroe and anyone else.
I always said that Peter Fleming was the luckiest guy in the history of tennis. Mcenroe is probably the greatest doubles player who ever lived. The credit James Blake gave him is well earned.
Lendl and the volley and footwork of Edberg.
Funny – Ivo Karlovic has better ratings and stats in almost every serve category than Isner. And even more so against the top 20 and even the top 20. I wonder why he gets forgotten about or ignored….
Mentally Nadal doesn't even hold a candle to Djoković. Novak is by far the strongest mindset in the game ever.
Nice analysis and solid picks 👏❤
Mentality – Nole without any doubt
Serve Kyrgios
Forehand Gonzalez
Backhand Djokovic
Volley Edberg
Mental toughness Djokovic
Serve: Pete
Forehand: Federer
Backhand: Djokovic / Guga
Net play: Rafter
Return: Djokovic
Mental toughness: Nadal