Ali Daei is a name I haven’t heard in a long time. I remember the big announcements in the newspapers, when Bayern signed the “WELTTORJÄGER”. Gives me flashbacks to that Bayern team with the likes of Kahn, Matthäus, Lizarazu, Effenberg, Scholl, Basler, Elber at the end of the 90s.
Becker just announced via Instagram that he’s going to continue working with Holger Rune in 2024. What are your thoughts about their collaboration?
Zverev Meisterklasse.
I think it’s a pretty well known rivalry, but I didn’t think Becker is 25-10 against Edberg. 19 of their meetings were finals btw.
Probably because he had that skill to keep on rallying for hours and hours and it must have felt like playing against a wall
Let me turn that thought around: Am I the only one who thinks goals scored are more of an indication of great offensive play rather than great scoring ability?
Let’s say a keeper faces like 10 shots a game and has to save every single one to keep his clean sheet. A striker can bottle 9 chances and just poach in one shot to score.
I don’t think Kyrgio’s career has been a disappointment either. Nevertheless, he has never fulfilled the expectations people had of him. He never became a TOP10 player, never won a 1000 tournament and - apart from Wimbledon - never reached a semi-final at a Grand Slam. His doubles victory at the AO was a nice highlight, but his career as a whole will hardly be measured by that. So for me it stays the same: Kyrgios remains in the “what if” category and, in my opinion, could have made much more of his potential.