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"I'll just go out and play my game......" said the loser before the match....
Question 1:
Imagine this:
You are about to play a player who has beaten you 10 times on the trot, in straight sets each time. This player seems to love playing you.
You have a talk with your coach, what do you conclude for tactics?
Do you play your game, as you do for each match, despite this game earning you 10 losses, in the hope that they are having an off day, or that your game will be good enough today, or do you try something different, even if you're not as comfortable with it as you are with your regular game, just to try to show something else to the opponent so they get something they weren't expecting, even if its not your top game?
Question 2:
Do players these days go out and 'play their game' too much? Do they seem to think that their game is good enough to beat the opponent, no matter what their style is, what their ranking is and what surface the match is being played on? Which players are static in their games, and which change their game for each different surface and opponent?
Question 1:
Imagine this:
You are about to play a player who has beaten you 10 times on the trot, in straight sets each time. This player seems to love playing you.
You have a talk with your coach, what do you conclude for tactics?
Do you play your game, as you do for each match, despite this game earning you 10 losses, in the hope that they are having an off day, or that your game will be good enough today, or do you try something different, even if you're not as comfortable with it as you are with your regular game, just to try to show something else to the opponent so they get something they weren't expecting, even if its not your top game?
Question 2:
Do players these days go out and 'play their game' too much? Do they seem to think that their game is good enough to beat the opponent, no matter what their style is, what their ranking is and what surface the match is being played on? Which players are static in their games, and which change their game for each different surface and opponent?