Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, December 31, 2024
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Nick Kyrgios It caused a big explosion in the tennis world.
One of the most disruptive servers of the open era, Kyrgios started the new year with a strong statement.
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The largest server ever created is no Names include Isner, Karlovic, Roddick, Ivanisevic or Kyrgios himself, the explosive Australian said.
2022 Wimbledon finalist Kyrgios says the biggest serve he's ever seen 'so far' belonged to a 6ft 8in French power tower Giovanni Mpezzi Pericade.
The 21-year-old Frenchman fired a laser beam on his first and second serves, blasting 36 aces to win 7-6, 6-7, 7-6 against Kyrgios in Brisbane.
Facing two and a half hours of explosive attacking play from Mpesh Perikad, Kyrgios said the Frenchman's flamethrower serve was second to none.
“Back him. He's a great player,” Kyrgios said of the French powerhouse. “I've played, you know, Karlovic, Isner, Raonic, all the big servers, and his serve is by far the biggest. Yeah, it's fun. But it sucks.”
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The relentless speed and angle of Mpesh Perikad's missiles made Kyrgios look at times like a man trapped on the wrong end of a shooting gallery.
“Obviously, I knew what he was doing during the game,” Kyrgios said. “I already know he likes to hit two first serves, but props to him, he's found something that suits his style of play and he's committed to that. He's definitely going to do some damage.
“He's going to have a long career. His serve is easy. There's no real dip in velocity or anything like that.”
It was high praise from Kyrgios, who blasted 16 aces in his singles comeback and said he was feeling some pain in his surgically repaired wrist after the game.
Coach Patrick Mouratoglouwho coached two of the greatest female servers Serena Williams and Naomi Osakaa few years ago released his pick of the top 5 servers of all time.
Coach Patrick ranks Kyrgios himself among the greatest servers of all time in his top 5 list of servers:
1. Nick Kyrgios
2. John Isner
3. Andy Roddick
4. Ivo Karlovich
5. Pete Sampras
previous James Blake, ranked fourth in the world Tell Playing tennis now He considers Isner the greatest server of all time.
“Roger [Federer] is an accurate server and Roger is the key. Of course, there's something to be said for the clutch. I just think it’s hard to beat a 6-foot-10 guy with his great moves, the angles he can create, anywhere he can hit the ball,” Black told Tennis Now. “John Isner doesn't get enough credit as a smart server. They think it's just that he's tall, but he's also a very, very smart server.
“Kyrgios is also a smart server. I might rearrange this list. I agree with Isner, Roddick, Karlovic, Kyrgios, Sampras, yes. Next honor The prize starters will be guys like Golan, Krajicek, Becker, Wayne Arthurs is incredible.
The 6-foot-10 Isner is the all-time ATP ace leader with 14,470 aces in 772 games, followed by Karlovic with 13,728 aces in 694 games and Roger · Federer had 11,478 aces in 1,462 games.
Mpetshi Perricard hit 532 aces in 28 tour-level matches in 2024.
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