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Hi everyone. came in here just to see how Davis cup turned out. i didnt watch during the week but curiosity about who won got the best of me. i dont know how david did. dont really care. not really surprised at the end result given nadal was there and it was in spain
anyway. i know that its a month early but i figured i would make this thread now since, why not?. season is over and its time to look forward to the new one.
I dont know what to expect of David next year. his consistency this year was just gone. he had a really poor year aside from 4 tournaments, its actually depressing to thik that he played just 4 good events all year ( tokyo, wimbledon, halle and cinci).
i posted them in 2019 thread but i'll post this here too
1. stay inside top 20
2. win a title. literally anything. he's got a frustratingly small number of titles.only 5. again , i know its not all about titles but, come on, as fans we want to see our players win titles. i'd love to see him win a masters next year but he'll probably need a lot of help again with the draw. (actually id love to see him win a slam but im not that naive)
3. olympic medal?. this one is a long shot i know but if he teams with with mertens in mixed he only has to win 4 matches to win a medal and , he's shown he can have success with the right partner. tokyo brings out the best in him so...with the right draw i maintain he's a darkhorse for one
4. stay healthy. he's done it this year hopefully he can next year too
5. stay consistent. i used to know what to expect from him. i havent at all this year. i would like for him to get back his concistency next year
6. improve mentality. in 2017 he was actually so good. im not sure what he did but it'd be great to see him get that mental strength back
7. make YEC. kind of goes with the consistency. i dont think he really deserves to be there this year. it would seem wrong but would be great to see him qualify again and maybe next year
8. imrpove serve. thomas , in 2017 had his serve as the best its ever been. there were glimpses of that at times this year but far to infrequently
9. win at home. i just would love to see him win his home title. i know how much it'd mean for him. his performance this year was a joke and i dont get why because in the past he's played quite welll in antwerp and when he plays davis cup at home he's always strong.
i dont know what happened to him this year...but his timing was just not there through most of it and his return was gone too. i dont know what got to him but his attitude was piss poor in a lot of events. what i saw this year was he'd get down on himself and check out once he fell behind. maybe he got into his own head a bit , i dont know but i want that guy thats willing to fight all the time back. honestly, with the arrival of nextgen i feel like this next season may be his last chance to do something big. guys are just moving past him and, lets face it his record against nextgen sucks. so this next year may be the last one where we can even expect good things from him. we'll see. i hope im wrong.
see you in december
i promise to try and be more positive next year by the way. it'll be by new years resolution. i know my constant negativity gets on people's nerves here
anyway. i know that its a month early but i figured i would make this thread now since, why not?. season is over and its time to look forward to the new one.
I dont know what to expect of David next year. his consistency this year was just gone. he had a really poor year aside from 4 tournaments, its actually depressing to thik that he played just 4 good events all year ( tokyo, wimbledon, halle and cinci).
i posted them in 2019 thread but i'll post this here too
1. stay inside top 20
2. win a title. literally anything. he's got a frustratingly small number of titles.only 5. again , i know its not all about titles but, come on, as fans we want to see our players win titles. i'd love to see him win a masters next year but he'll probably need a lot of help again with the draw. (actually id love to see him win a slam but im not that naive)
3. olympic medal?. this one is a long shot i know but if he teams with with mertens in mixed he only has to win 4 matches to win a medal and , he's shown he can have success with the right partner. tokyo brings out the best in him so...with the right draw i maintain he's a darkhorse for one
4. stay healthy. he's done it this year hopefully he can next year too
5. stay consistent. i used to know what to expect from him. i havent at all this year. i would like for him to get back his concistency next year
6. improve mentality. in 2017 he was actually so good. im not sure what he did but it'd be great to see him get that mental strength back
7. make YEC. kind of goes with the consistency. i dont think he really deserves to be there this year. it would seem wrong but would be great to see him qualify again and maybe next year
8. imrpove serve. thomas , in 2017 had his serve as the best its ever been. there were glimpses of that at times this year but far to infrequently
9. win at home. i just would love to see him win his home title. i know how much it'd mean for him. his performance this year was a joke and i dont get why because in the past he's played quite welll in antwerp and when he plays davis cup at home he's always strong.
i dont know what happened to him this year...but his timing was just not there through most of it and his return was gone too. i dont know what got to him but his attitude was piss poor in a lot of events. what i saw this year was he'd get down on himself and check out once he fell behind. maybe he got into his own head a bit , i dont know but i want that guy thats willing to fight all the time back. honestly, with the arrival of nextgen i feel like this next season may be his last chance to do something big. guys are just moving past him and, lets face it his record against nextgen sucks. so this next year may be the last one where we can even expect good things from him. we'll see. i hope im wrong.
see you in december
i promise to try and be more positive next year by the way. it'll be by new years resolution. i know my constant negativity gets on people's nerves here