CAMELOT FANTASIES

Quote from: Clay Death on February 14, 2014, 07:52:32 pm

general masterclass is just  very bright person.

he and I often see things in tennis in a similar way.



I know the game as it relates to exactly how the war is waged on the clay court. primarily because I have played the sport at a reasonably high level. in particular and more specifically, I am a clay monster in my own right. I have never lost a singles match on clay. I played a game that is very similar to the way vilas, muster, and nadal play it. endless endurance and physical strength and heavy topspin off both wings.

general masterclass has incredible insight into the sport too but perhaps at a different level. he knows damn near everything while I am more specific with the actual capacities of the strokes and what they mean for clay.

so we tend to compliment each other to some extent.

Is masterclass a very big fan of clay as well? For some reason I thought he was more of a fan of grass and hard. It's very good to know that you are such a great player on clay.

I am more of a fan of grass because it's the most original surface and also because, I see tennis as rather an artistic and intelligent game rather than a very physical and brutal sport. That's the primary reason why I like both Sampras and Murray's game because I find those very artistic and intelligent. Perhaps I should then like Federer's game as well and I am not against it, but the whole package never really did it for me, so obviously a more down to earth character is also on the card for me to truly like a player. But you know, different strokes for different people.

I loved Sampras too. Just the way he played and moved around the court still amazes me. He would be at the baseline one minute and at the net in the next, and you almost wouldn't even see him transition. Just an amazing player to watch. I loved his personality too; unassuming, yet totally confident. An amazing man.

Andy is such a tactician, a magician if you will. He's so good at what he does that many people miss the nuances of his game. He plays tennis like an analyst, like someone who understands the game on a very base level. It's like he knows what to do in a given moment.

I prefer watching Andy play the other Big 3, because that's when you can really enjoy his game. I love his personality and humor too. He seems like a genuinely nice person.

So, for me it's the way the play the game, and the way they talk about the game they play.