When I watched Stan yesterday I was really annoyed by all the time wasted between points once again.
When did this "grab-the-towel-after-every-point&collect-5-balls-to-get-rid-of-them-before-choosing-the-actual-one"-attitude start?

Maybe my mind plays some tricks with me, but the time between points was much shorter in the early 90s, wasn't it?

 

Murray complained to the ump about Stan a few times but nothing happened iirc

 

Nadal :retard:
Where are the umpires?

BTW how the hell do you take 27 seconds average to bounce the ball 7 times??

 

BTW how the hell do you take 27 seconds average to bounce the ball 7 times??

Tipsarevic uses the rest of the time to adjust his goggles and ponder the meaning of life.

 

Monfils just doesn't think what he's gonna try to do with the next point. No plan, no strategy whatsoever. That's why he's the fastest.

 

yeah

 

Stats are always nice. Unfortunately the link for me does not seem to work. Just out of pure curiosity, did they mention the average number of times Djokovic bounces the ball?

I like Djoko but I'm surprised not to see him near the top of the first list. I'm also similarly surprised not to see Roddick near the top of the second list, although I'm guessing the sample size of matches that he played in the tournament was not sufficient for inclusion in this investigation?

 

Just out of pure curiosity, did they mention the average number of times Djokovic bounces the ball?

No they didn't.

I'm also similarly surprised not to see Roddick near the top of the second list, although I'm guessing the sample size of matches that he played in the tournament was not sufficient for inclusion in this investigation?

It says that "*min. five breaks between point and next serve" in the OP, which would imply that a sample of 5+ serves is sufficient for inclusion. But it does say in the article that they only measured the time for 54 players so he may not have been included.

 

Monfils. what a clown.

 

I can't believe that Nadal is the slowest.

He always seemed so fast to me.

 

Lolz :angel:

Sharapova's is pretty annoying, those slow bounces followed by a 5 second standstill..

 

The limit is 20s right? Surely there must be a reason why umpires are seemingly allowing players to go over the time so easily. Everything's become mostly about power and physicality as that's where the game is heading. They should probably just up the time to 30s and enforce point penalties or fault calls at the first instance of going over the time.

 

"It's 20 seconds at women's events outside the majors, 25 at men's."

 

Would have expected to see Roddick on the fastest list and Nole on the slowest. Interesting stats, though!

 

Thanks for posting, when I saw the title I thought Nadal and Blake. Good to know Monfils is quicker

Not a big surprise that Nadal and Mathieu played the longest 4-setter in Grand Slam history

 

Sharapova with 25 seconds and only 5 bounces!

 

Ivanovic still trumps her in the seconds/bounces ratio :lol:

 

Lol Nadal 29 sec average,so he actually goes over 30 sec decent amount of times,no surprise he broke so many records for longest matches.

 

Agreed and is a rule breech that umpires need to address.

 

Not surprising to see Nadal top it, he needs Uncle Toni to signal instructions after all.

 

This comes as no surprise, Nadal takes 15 seconds between 1st and 2nd service.. But it's his choice if he wants to spend another hour on court against inferior players.

 

It doesn't surprise me at all to see Rafa topping this list. Even I think he uses maybe a bit too long time between service points. Though I know it's a part of his OCD/superstition thing, so it's kinda hard to change that now.

 

It doesn't surprise me at all to see Rafa topping this list. Even I think he uses maybe a bit too long time between service points. Though I know it's a part of his OCD/superstition thing, so it's kinda hard to change that now.

NO, it is NOT! Rafa has said that he used to be quick between points but Tio Toni adviced him to take his time and Rafa feels it helps his game.

 

just increase the time allowed to 50 seconds. the game is more physical these days and involve alot of running, so u need some time to catch ur breath.

im assuming these 30 second rules were made decades ago when serve and volley was the style and it was not physical and hardly any running with very quick points.

the game has changed over the years and decades and so should the rules.

 

Serve and volley is actually very demanding physically. It's not easy to sprint forward behind every serve and stretch for volleys.

My suggestion is that it's should be forbidden to use towels between points. Use the damn wrist bands or your shirt but don't ask the for the towel after every single point. I was watching some match this week in the morning before going to work and it suddenly hit me. A player (can't remember who) put his towel on top of some board and immediately a ball boy adjusted the towel so that it won't block the sponsor logo. It was obvious that it's now part of the training of the ball boys to make sure that the towel won't block sponsor's name. Well, this was off topic of course.

 

interesting article. nadal definitely needs to speed things up while fed and blake seem rushed at times - they should slow down a bit on critical points and/or during negative momentum shifts.

toweling off after every single point is ridiculous and should be banned.

 

how can the article leave out philipp petzschner? The guy takes like 7 seconds in between serving points.

 

I, for one, am shocked to see Nadal lead the list of players with blatant disregard for the rules of tennis, and shame on umpires for not even attempting to control this behavior.

 

#1 Time taker.:devil:

Mary Pierce should come back.

 

Djoko may bounce the ball like 30 times when he's nervous, but Rafa takes an eternity to serve... and when he puts that contorted face full of concentration it just cracks me up.

 

little surprised to not see Roddick there, thought he would have been one of the top when it comes to taking less time.

 

@ modetopia
Nadal take longer time when he is down or near a break point.
Look at the score in the picture above: score is 4-4 and is down 0-30 he could lose the set if he loses his serve.
When he is rolling, he canned some game in 1m-1m30sec...
Nadal is not the fastest by far but it depends where the game is up to.
Generally, it is around 15 sec.

Perception is different: Isner time lapse is very long but it doesn't show that much because he keeps walking slowly behind...and then serve fast when on position.

 

No surprises here.

But its meaningless if nothing is done about controlling it.

And this stat just seems up Monfils' problem.

 

PHM on the second place in a joke. One second less than Nadal who takes an eternity just to do his ass picking routine?
PHM played some windy matches (against Fed especialy) where he waited for gusts of wind to calm down. And this is the freaking result. PHM is no timewaster.

And yes, I wouldn't mind 30 second time-limit. And I think players are quietly enforcing it into the game.

These stats also show what a clown Monfils is. Just racing through his service games without much thought it seems...

 

Goof thread. One of the reasons I don't watch tennis live and rarely on TV, this 25 second interval is way too long for my internet generation attention span.

 

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