Srikanth ends the WTF with no wins. Let's see if the European tour can show some improvement. It's back to training.
I think he enters the court in the mindset of losing in 3 games. That's have to be dealt with psychiatrist. He is so negative in his mindset which he has to eradicate . He is playing better than before. Everything will be fine if he corrects that
Looks like he is gonna give AE a miss. As AE is not being towards qualification cycle, that’s a good idea (...may be) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Swiss and German open in qualification cycle? cause they are cancelled last year? Actually not a bad idea to gain some confidence, he need to work hard for that though.
There has been a change in his playing style, from an attacking player to a tactical player, I doubt this has to do with the weary performances we have seen of him in the recent years. His attack no more has any bite (very weak imo), sort of patient lines hunting and angles play (Sameer Verma style) , I fear this will take a toll on his body (seeing those last 3 days in WTFs), and this started after he switched to the Tectonic7, not to say imo that the racquet started it but more like he switched to the racquet for this sort of playstyle Sent from my SM-G985F using Tapatalk
I partially agree with your observations. I think he is attacking as well as he did in 2017 (at least very close), of course he is not attacking as often. At the same time he is trying overcome his weakness in rally game and it can take sometime to be proficient/develop in a new play style. He need to work harder on it as well on his strength and fitness areas inorder to sustain longer rallies and games. Coming to racket, I do feel that Tectonic 7/(Li Ning's arcsaber 11) doesn't suit his style, something like Turbocharging 80 should be good for his fast paced play.
I was rewatching 1st game of all 3 matches, and I agree that he is not hitting that 100% smash, more than change of play style I think the reason for that could be 1) He is afraid of hitting into net or out of lines. 2) if the 100% smash gets defended he will loss 100% of such rallies because of panic or physical exertion. He is extending a lot of obvious winnable rallies and ends up tired and loosing them.
Look what AA did, KS should have done same, go easy in second, save energy, play well again in 3rd game.
He was in quarantine and was requested by BAI to allow him to train for one or two days. He almost beaten Antonsen which is a confidence booster . It will be a good thing unless he let it go from his memory and move ahead.
He is coached by Park. So,,,,it will be purely Korean style defense. It is good for him. If he face Antonsen and victor, he need to be ready to dive often for defense.
Came across this video by our fellow BCer @Baddyforall. Keep going. I wish we get to see this Srikanth back.
