I was very impressed by Rafael Nadal, says Boris Becker
In an interview, as quoted by Bola Marela, the six-time Major winner Boris Becker commented on the players who have the highest chances to win the Australian Open men's singles title. Becker said: "Novak (Djokovic) loves Melbourne, he won six times and he is one of the favourites. But I was very impressed by Rafa Nadal. He killed (Tomas) Berdych, who was playing very well. Then I hope that younger players will show up: (Stefanos) Tsitsipas, (Frances) Tiafoe. They are the future."
Becker continued: "On the women's side we have to give Serena favouritism for how she played. She has been the best, even if Kvitova seems strong as well. This year Pliskova has been doing very well, but we will see who will perform better in the second week."
On Nadal's new serve, his new coach Carlos Moya said: "He will not be a two-shot player. But you have to try to adapt to the modern tennis, which is less fatigue... And trying to be as competitive as possible. In the end, it's about what the aggressive player wants. If you face Federer or Raonic you still want to play longer points and you cannot. But you definitely have to find comfort inside this discomfort where you have no rhythm. He is comfortable because it's a clear and east movement and less fatigue. You can hit the ball faster."
Moya wants to reduce the eventual gap in terms of game level than the other rivals: "Djokovic is very strong, Federer is Federer and Zverev is coming, but I understand that they will think the same of Rafa and I believe he is in a good position.'
On Tiafoe, John McEnroe said: "I think this is by far the best I've seen him play, the best I've ever seen him compete, and the fittest he's ever been. But having said that, this will be an extremely tall order to see how much he has left in the tank."
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from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2Tg4Olv
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