Pushers probably, at least guaranteed a few good rallies and some interesting tactics during some points. Servebots without any groundgame are tedious to watch
I'd take pushers every day. But as with all these discussions (playing styles, court surfaces, court speeds) what we should be getting as fans is variety and not one style/court surface/speed being utterly dominant.
1. Novak Djokovic: Obviously a push. There's really know arguing with that.
3. Roger Federer: He's become a servebot late in his career.
4. David Ferrer: Another first class pusher.
5. Rafael Nadal: Obviously a push. Just ask Verdasco.
6. Tomas Berdych: Servebot.
7. Juan Martin Del Potro: Servebot ANDa push. Just look at his backhand.
8. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga: Servebot.
9. Janko Tipsarevic: Servebot. I don't need to explain myself.
10. Richard Gasquet: Push.
Proof that Murray is the only player who's not a push or servebot.
What makes you think that? Approximately 90% of the top 100 is 6'3 or under. The player with the most promising future, Dimitrov, is 6'2. Do some research before making a comment like that. Big men will never take over tennis.
it bothers me to see players with recreational ground strokes make a ton of money because they can just serve bombs from a tree. And then they can go far because other players crumble in tb's.
servebots actually. I get the "atleast you would have alot of rallies argument", but both kinds of matches are boring, and the pushers' match lasts longer, which means more mental pain :lol: Also, I like how with servebots a break of serve at least means something
Any match where both players represent those "extreme" styles is usually boring. But 2 pushers can become interesting if one is clearly worse in pushing than the other, and will play much more aggressively then normally. For example, Ferrer and Nadal (arguably good examples of pushers) are decent to watch when Ferrer pretty much always attacks, with Nadal defending and counter-punching.
By most accounts, the serve is the most important shot in tennis. It starts every point in tennis. Practically speaking, groundstrokes are substitutional.
Quite the controversial assertion to say the least.
Highly depends who they're playing against.
Servebots are insufferable against other servebots (raonic vs karlovic)
Pushers are insufferable against other pushers (nadal against djokovic)
But against an interesting player, servebots or pushers can offer entertaining matches.
With Pete Sampras on the one end of the spectrum and Ferrer & Simon on the other...I'd have to go with servebots. Pushing is so mind numbingly dull it's almost criminal.
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