Originally Posted by NewWorldMan:
“Is Andy the best in the world at taming the big servers? He may be ahead of Novak I think.”
You could make a case. Fed is also up there as he has terrific reflexes and a world-class block return...so the body serve is ineffective.
Originally Posted by tartan-belle:
“If I'm looking at this correctly, at the start of 2016, Andy h2h against Milos was 3-3. It's now 8-3, Andy has won every single time they've played this year (although I understand he was a bit lucky at the Aus and he was definitely lucky at Queens). Poor Milos!
Andy vs Cilic in the final then.”
That's good, as Andy's h2h against Milos always annoyed me. Now Andy has momentum and is in his head.
Originally Posted by Mike Teevee:
“No.
Novak doesn't stand as far back as Andy, meaning he can dictate the rally easier.
They both negate the serve pretty well, but Novak gets on the front foot faster.”
Nole can become frustrated by the big servers who continually hit the corners (Ivo).
Andy probably gets more big serves back into play, but a fair few of them sit up in mid court for the big server to complete the 1-2 punch. Nole is very adept at taking compact swings against 1st serves and getting it back deep and central. He can also hit return winners DTL, whereas Andy will prefer the CC return 9 times out of 10.
Originally Posted by Lisa.B:
“She props her hopelessness in slams by vulturing here, there and everywhere in between.
Without the serve she'd be nowhere.”
If _____ is missing their main weapon, they'd be nowhere.