Australian Open 2024

Delighted to see Sinner win. Along with Alcaraz, the future of tennis might have some hope. For a while it looked like Zverev, Medvedev, Tsitsipas etc might dominate. Absolute lanky carthorses, no pleasure from watching any of them play.

Hopefully a few more youngsters with genuine talent will break through. I still believe Shapovalov will put his whole game together under the right coach at some point, and when he does, is a different level to much of what we've seen before in tennis history. An absolute tour de force when he clicks

As laughable as it seems now, it will happen. Has potentially one of the biggest games I've ever seen from a player. He needs to put it all together. His groundstrokes are unplayable when he's on it, but going backwards. He will put it together though, mark my words!

Medvedev simply isn't good enough. He's half a level below the top guys, and when they raise it he's just not good enough

Law of averages tbh, we've seen his form before or since. When a top player is on it, they beat him when it matters every time.

I'd put him in the same bracket as Del Potro. Capable of beating the top guys but half a level below them. He's half a level ahead of the chasing pack like Zverev etc to be fair. Just drops short.

You can't be 6'6 and be the best player. By it's very nature you lack technical skill and movement a guy that is 6'2 possesses. There's an ideal height between 6'0-6'3 that you need to be to have that all round game tbh.

The last player above or below that height to really excell was Hewitt, but he had exceptional ball placement and technical skill, that none of these guys have