Both young and tall players, with a big serve & contrasting playing styles. I think if they continue to progress in the way that they are, I could see a rivalry develop. Only time will prove it. What do you guys think?
Of course, career wise Cilic still needs to match Del Potro, but I believe he has talent to match him. As for similar styles? Yeah, but I think Del Potro is more of a power hitter, while Cilic plays more defensively.
The mugtards.. So even Del Potro is a mug now ? The guy aced his first slam final against Federer at 20 years of age. Some people have very limited sense of perspective, with the mug thing.
I am not a big fan of Del Potro, but he obviosly is a great player that will (has to some extent already) achieve outstanding results. Cilic at this point is somewhat below that, he is a good player with some good potential.
Murray`s forehand can be compared to Gasquet, it is somewhat better but also flawed. Safin`s forehand is pretty good is just that compared to the rest of his game may not be as good.
I think it could be a good rivalry...of course at the moment I don't see how Cilic can beat Delpo in a slam...he's been hot for 1 set but Juan Martin has dictated for the other sets. If Cilic can consistently challenge top players and back those results up, then it could be great
Nadull and Mugray are mug moonballers and pushers, and Novak is one-dimensional baseline grinder. All three along with Del Mugro and Cilic are equally shit players.
Scotland in full force here. Is not that hey are greatly numbered i see, is that they make their presence heard. I know I saw that somewhere, maybe with a guy name Mel Gibson staring.
They're very similar really....as some have already stated.
Both are very tall ballbashers with some grinding ability, who in their early ATP years had poor serves in comparison to their height. Both have improved their serves considerably(though still have plenty of room for improvement), which is the biggest reason for them moving up the rankings.
Del Potro is obviously a more solid/consistent player off of both wings.....and has a bigger forehand and better serve at this point. Cilic has a better backhand, but his forehand is sometimes MIA. I really don't see Cilic beating Del Potro any time soon....so no rivalry.
i think cilic will be better than del pussy in a year or 2. to me, del pussy has no talent. all he does is hitting huge and consistent. i see nothing special in del pussy's game. even nalbandian and verdasco has more game than del pussy. god is so unfair when he let del pussy win slam. i guess you don't need talent to win slam these day.
Del Potro vs Federer will be an interesting match-ups for the futre if they both last for a bit. Del Potro vs Nadal not so much because Nadal virtually plays in Del Po's hands. Del Potro vs Cilic wouldn't be all that interesting in terms of game style because they do have similar styles even though Del Po is better off the baseline and Cilic serves a bit better. But obviously any rivalry is always enjoyable at times.
As for Djokovic and Murray being in the picture, it isn't all that interesting at the moment for either of them although Djokovic vs Nadal are always great match-ups. However I think if Novak got a tad bit stronger with his mental game, he could take out Nadal a lot more often and potentially even out or lop side their H2H, especially off hardcourts because he is usually very close to closing out their matches and always has leads in their sets..
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