Holy crap, thats one of the best court level matches I've seen. Dylan's forehand is immense, but I hope he develops his backhand into a weapon so we can see him in the top 100. You could tell Neils wanted all the smoke, and that on a good day these two are neck and neck.
I got double bageled by another Vandy recruit about a month ago in a UTR tournament. He also had some of the fastest pace I had ever seen compared to previous D1 players I've played. Guessing the Vandy coach loves big hitters.
@@QK_Engineer considering he was almost double my UTR rating, i'd say it was expected. usually my serve can make me look like a higher rated player but he just stepped in and ripped it every time. literally had to lunge and block as my +1.
I was watching the club players video yesterday and was like "damn these guys are really good, surprised they don't play on the actual college team", and now I'm watching these d1 recruits like "oh that's why"
IMO it was a different era, not sure we'll get to see another 17yo do that. The "closest" we might get right now is João Fonseca, currently is 17 years old, has a 14.3 UTR and just defeated Sonego (51 ATP). Was a blue chip and was signed with UVA, but decided to go pro instead of playing college.
What's crazy is this feels more impressive to watch than a run-of-the-mill ATP Tour match on TV... Is it the camera angle? Lower expectations? Wild that one guy can just stick a camera behind the court and it have that effect.
What I have yet to see is anyone comment on Dylan's racket head speed, that's where all that power is coming from. On top of getting pretty sideways to get that hip torque, his racket head speed is insane. It's the first thing I noticed when he first served, its like a whip. He just generates so much speed, seemingly effortless.
If Neils fills out he has just as much or more. Dylan looks like he'd be twice as strong lifting weights in the gym. With proper weight training and diet, Neils at that size will be really something.
Dylan probably serves and hits his forehand as hard as the top ATP pros, if not harder. But he's at full throttle all the time and tends to overhit in some moments. Even when he's on the defensive, he tends to go for an offensive forehand. It works sometimes, but going for safer shots in those moments would probably win him even more points long term. Big power, great mover, intimidating returns. Also awesome seeing him approach the net when the opportunity is there for a put away volley.
Dylan´s pace on forehand and serve was insane. Niels needed a few more first serves to make it an even more competitive match. Like Niels said, Dylan looked ATP level at the beginning of the match. Congratulations to both Dylan and Niels, Best of luck and hope to see you guys again in the channel. Winston, THANKS FOR THIS GREAT CONTENT
Great stuff. Dylan has a big forehand and good serve. Niels just couldn't get it to Dylan's backhand and then stretch him wide on the forehand. It's tough because Dylan got confident and was ripping forehands without hesitation and Niels didn't have many chances to get offensive. Niels may have felt more pressure on his serve. Anyway I wish them both college success. Thanks for the content!!!
They both played great. Love the trash talk. We need more of that in tennis. More matches like these and it should be a great Summer of yt content. First impressions of Dylan, I'm getting some Stevie Johnson vibes on the fearhand and serve. Anybody else see that? I'm sure they crossed paths at Carson.
really great hitting by both guys. Niels! Here's how we're gonna get more from your first and second deal. Presumably you sometimes feel like you're falling off the hit, particularly on the first serve - I think looking at your delivery that you could get far more extension up to/balance throughout the hit by letting your left palm (via the normal shoulder movement for ball toss) rotate towards the ball a little earlier after you release the toss (have a look at Dylan's left arm through his serve hit to see what I mean/think about the optimum hand position one should adopt to climb a ladder) - that adjustment should in turn help you stop your head falling to the left when you make your ball toss, because your arm shouldn't feel as restricted when you allow the aforementioned shoulder rotation. 1. you're welcome mate 2. best of luck in college tennis and beyond to both you guys!
Would love to see these guys again, incredible pace and power from both, and also relatively consistent at that huge pace, which seeing it court level is just extremely impressive and mind boggling almost for lower level players
Man, I haven't played tennis other than recreationally. I was a track guy in college, but huge respect to these guys and your channel. Im happy I stumbled across it, I may have to go get a starter racket. Love seeing the competition and joy sport brings
The things that stand out about Dylan are his technique/footwork: he's not off balance, weight forward...He can hit that FH atomically b/c his technique is so good. Physically, you can see some of his muscularity. Niels' tossing arm drops, he falls off his FH, footwork not as precise. Will be interested to see how Dylan does in college.
Wow, a great match again on your channel Winston! You are killing it lately. Dylan and Niels are both great, great players. I agree with their assessment on them being an ultimate player if they could combine their best strokes.
That he's a grown man comment resonates with me. When I was 18 and still baby faced and not very muscled I faced a U16 top junior from abroad with a full beard and a man's body. I was pretty competent but his power on serve and forehand were so intimidating when I was used to overpowering a lot of opponents. I swear in his 40s the guy looks younger than he did at 16.
Need another video with Dylan if possible. His serve and forehand are both incredible. Neils is sick too. Just think he had an off day on his first. Would’ve been a lot of closer if he had more firsts in, bc we’ve seen he’s an incredible player as well.
Dylan is fire, Karue would get some serious competition from Dylan I think. When you got the serve and forehand, you can compete against anyone !!! I expect big things from Dylan, Neils as always ultra high level tennis, just got outplayed by power
Constructive feedback for Niels. Try experimenting with bringing your foot up with your toss. For example, take a look at Sinner's adjustments to his serve recently. You tend to toss first and then bring your foot up. This causes you to toss the ball higher and then let it drop. There are problems this can cause. It's harder to keep a consistent toss when it's a longer toss and the extra time that you have in between your toss and contact allows for your arm to more casually drop behind your head and decreases your acceleration. By having a shorter toss and a quick motion in general it will force your arm and hand to accelerate quicker to the ball.
Some very high level play from these guys. Either of these guys would be comfortable playing and winning matches at Futures level. We need to see Karue and Felix M play these two in a pro set when you can make it happen. Great match👍
Dylan has played in Calabasas 25k and lost in the first round of qualies (Karue made quarters there). He also has played a lot of PTT events, and is struggling against some older guys who never had any ATP points. He definitely will be a force, but not there yet.
Love Dylan's game. He's got every shot in the book. Maybe add some variety in there with more slice backhands, but his game is top notch. Even his footwork is splendid. Neils' backhand is a solid stroke, but maybe could be more explosive.
Dylan's net game is probably one of the underrated part of his almost complete package. Doubt he'll be able to pull it off at the college level though.
I played highschool tennis in SoCal and my league was fairly low quality, so i was the best. But then i went to southern section championships and played dudes like these guys. Me being probably a 4.5 UTR. It was laughably bad.
Awesome stuff Winston!!....if you have them rematch or other college players ask how they feel and train for no-ad and having to play let serves....thanks
Good match! The SOUND of Dylan's FH is legit pro-level, rest of the game needs more polish in order to hang with the big boys. I see he had some success at ITF junior level, wondering why Niels instead never played on that circuit... (as far as I can tell)
Gotta 2 outta 3 on different day. Nobody feels amazing every single day. Amazing hitting either way. Would be cool to see blue shirt vs the 13utr former college player who doesn’t play anymore who had that app with the bomb serve as well.
As someone who is completely unqualified to give any advice, I’d give Niels the advice that Karue was saying in his match vs Govind. He almost needed to play worse (i.e. change the spin and speeds of his shots) to give Dylan a different look and try to throw him off a little. Dylan was just too comfortable with the pace Niels was giving him.
dylan has some ridiculous intensity out there.
Those consecutive bullet forehands look exhausting to play against.
@@gelatinousjoe7979also fatiguing for him. To consistently inject that much pace is hard
Holy crap, thats one of the best court level matches I've seen. Dylan's forehand is immense, but I hope he develops his backhand into a weapon so we can see him in the top 100. You could tell Neils wanted all the smoke, and that on a good day these two are neck and neck.
Da glazin is crazy
Damn! Dylan serve is so powerful, when he started the match I had to check if the video speed was at 1,25x
Same!! 😂
I got double bageled by another Vandy recruit about a month ago in a UTR tournament. He also had some of the fastest pace I had ever seen compared to previous D1 players I've played. Guessing the Vandy coach loves big hitters.
double bageled!??!!? 😭
@@QK_Engineer considering he was almost double my UTR rating, i'd say it was expected. usually my serve can make me look like a higher rated player but he just stepped in and ripped it every time. literally had to lunge and block as my +1.
you played Markowitz 😂 that's rough, but it's really eye-opening to experience what high level tennis is like.
@@QK_Engineer And what happens to you when you play someone with a 12+ UTR!?!!?!?
I was watching the club players video yesterday and was like "damn these guys are really good, surprised they don't play on the actual college team", and now I'm watching these d1 recruits like "oh that's why"
College team at big schools is basically aspiring pros.
@@gelatinousjoe7979 and basically none of them will do well in the pros. Crazy
@@eswag153 true, the ladder is long.
Very high level match. Great to see the level of these college players.
What's insane is that Nadal was winning Masters 1000 at these ages. Just shows how crazy Big 3 was
crazy glaze this video wasnt even about him
Rec courts play faster than the ones on tour
IMO it was a different era, not sure we'll get to see another 17yo do that. The "closest" we might get right now is João Fonseca, currently is 17 years old, has a 14.3 UTR and just defeated Sonego (51 ATP). Was a blue chip and was signed with UVA, but decided to go pro instead of playing college.
@@TenisAmador Nothing to do with era, other than Nadal was basically goat
but DJOKOVIC won all those tournaments when he was 11 as he is the GREATEST SPORTSMAN and MAN of ALL TIME
love the new "what would you like from your opponents game?" --> gets into their thought-process a bit.
Lol niels just came out of the womb response was hilarious
Dylan's serve is so huge and that forehand is incredible! Great display of tennis from both players in the vid 👏
sketch wrld in da houseee
@@WinstonDu hahaha yesssirrr
What's crazy is this feels more impressive to watch than a run-of-the-mill ATP Tour match on TV... Is it the camera angle? Lower expectations? Wild that one guy can just stick a camera behind the court and it have that effect.
Yeah it’s also the mic is really close so the audio is more visceral.
Camera angle for sure.
Same thing happens when you watch a batter hitting off college or even good HS pitchers at field level. Looks wayyyy faster.
Court level is much more immersive. However, the camera angle here makes court look slightly elongated which makes the ball look faster.
What I have yet to see is anyone comment on Dylan's racket head speed, that's where all that power is coming from. On top of getting pretty sideways to get that hip torque, his racket head speed is insane. It's the first thing I noticed when he first served, its like a whip. He just generates so much speed, seemingly effortless.
glad you mentioned this, crazy quick
Dylan's got such an aggressive return game, main reason he broke Niels multiple times
Dylan vs Hermont Would Be Hype 🙌
He would shit on Hermont
Dylan has insane potential
If Neils fills out he has just as much or more. Dylan looks like he'd be twice as strong lifting weights in the gym. With proper weight training and diet, Neils at that size will be really something.
Dylan probably serves and hits his forehand as hard as the top ATP pros, if not harder. But he's at full throttle all the time and tends to overhit in some moments. Even when he's on the defensive, he tends to go for an offensive forehand. It works sometimes, but going for safer shots in those moments would probably win him even more points long term. Big power, great mover, intimidating returns. Also awesome seeing him approach the net when the opportunity is there for a put away volley.
Honestly, he’s just a backhand away from being the complete package. Even his volleys are crispy
Dylan´s pace on forehand and serve was insane. Niels needed a few more first serves to make it an even more competitive match. Like Niels said, Dylan looked ATP level at the beginning of the match. Congratulations to both Dylan and Niels, Best of luck and hope to see you guys again in the channel. Winston, THANKS FOR THIS GREAT CONTENT
Great stuff. Dylan has a big forehand and good serve. Niels just couldn't get it to Dylan's backhand and then stretch him wide on the forehand. It's tough because Dylan got confident and was ripping forehands without hesitation and Niels didn't have many chances to get offensive. Niels may have felt more pressure on his serve. Anyway I wish them both college success. Thanks for the content!!!
They both played great. Love the trash talk. We need more of that in tennis. More matches like these and it should be a great Summer of yt content. First impressions of Dylan, I'm getting some Stevie Johnson vibes on the fearhand and serve. Anybody else see that? I'm sure they crossed paths at Carson.
Except Dylan actually hits TOPSPIN on his bh!
That was awesome tennis. That forehand is a weapon! Holy smokes!
really great hitting by both guys. Niels! Here's how we're gonna get more from your first and second deal. Presumably you sometimes feel like you're falling off the hit, particularly on the first serve - I think looking at your delivery that you could get far more extension up to/balance throughout the hit by letting your left palm (via the normal shoulder movement for ball toss) rotate towards the ball a little earlier after you release the toss (have a look at Dylan's left arm through his serve hit to see what I mean/think about the optimum hand position one should adopt to climb a ladder) - that adjustment should in turn help you stop your head falling to the left when you make your ball toss, because your arm shouldn't feel as restricted when you allow the aforementioned shoulder rotation.
1. you're welcome mate
2. best of luck in college tennis and beyond to both you guys!
Holy Moly, Vandy is lucky to have Dylan. He's going to rock it at the next level!
They are lucky
Would love to see these guys again, incredible pace and power from both, and also relatively consistent at that huge pace, which seeing it court level is just extremely impressive and mind boggling almost for lower level players
This might be the best video on the channel. They keep on getting better and better!
Man, I haven't played tennis other than recreationally. I was a track guy in college, but huge respect to these guys and your channel. Im happy I stumbled across it, I may have to go get a starter racket. Love seeing the competition and joy sport brings
The things that stand out about Dylan are his technique/footwork: he's not off balance, weight forward...He can hit that FH atomically b/c his technique is so good. Physically, you can see some of his muscularity. Niels' tossing arm drops, he falls off his FH, footwork not as precise. Will be interested to see how Dylan does in college.
Super high level .. Dylan could reach UTr13 or challenger level …
Wow, a great match again on your channel Winston! You are killing it lately. Dylan and Niels are both great, great players. I agree with their assessment on them being an ultimate player if they could combine their best strokes.
This content is gold bro. As a player myself, it’s super helpful.
That he's a grown man comment resonates with me. When I was 18 and still baby faced and not very muscled I faced a U16 top junior from abroad with a full beard and a man's body. I was pretty competent but his power on serve and forehand were so intimidating when I was used to overpowering a lot of opponents. I swear in his 40s the guy looks younger than he did at 16.
Dylan has a lot of potential
Insane how there are actually higher levels of tennis than this. These guys are UTR 12, meanwhile there are guys out there with UTR 16!
Great video as always Winston!
Need another video with Dylan if possible. His serve and forehand are both incredible. Neils is sick too. Just think he had an off day on his first. Would’ve been a lot of closer if he had more firsts in, bc we’ve seen he’s an incredible player as well.
bad day to be a tennis ball in this match
Great to watch. Picked up some useful tips on return positioning.
Dylan's return of serve is amazing especially on the 2nd serve. He immediately takes control of the point with his 2nd serve returns
Honestly the most entertaining game at a *rec* level I have ever seen
Dylan is fire, Karue would get some serious competition from Dylan I think. When you got the serve and forehand, you can compete against anyone !!! I expect big things from Dylan, Neils as always ultra high level tennis, just got outplayed by power
Effortless power from Dylan.. crazy. Dude needs to share his workout routine
Incredible, they not only hit hard they always hit deep shots. Both D1 players are outstanding
Vandy's recruits are huge this year!
Love that these guys are competing!
Oh, to be young again. These kids are good. 👏
the whoosh you hear when Dylan swings.
That was some really high level play! Thanks guys!
That was the wickedest match since Katrina's evil forehand. Thanks!
Constructive feedback for Niels. Try experimenting with bringing your foot up with your toss. For example, take a look at Sinner's adjustments to his serve recently. You tend to toss first and then bring your foot up. This causes you to toss the ball higher and then let it drop. There are problems this can cause. It's harder to keep a consistent toss when it's a longer toss and the extra time that you have in between your toss and contact allows for your arm to more casually drop behind your head and decreases your acceleration. By having a shorter toss and a quick motion in general it will force your arm and hand to accelerate quicker to the ball.
Some very high level play from these guys. Either of these guys would be comfortable playing and winning matches at Futures level.
We need to see Karue and Felix M play these two in a pro set when you can make it happen.
Great match👍
Dylan has played in Calabasas 25k and lost in the first round of qualies (Karue made quarters there). He also has played a lot of PTT events, and is struggling against some older guys who never had any ATP points. He definitely will be a force, but not there yet.
Not sure how much a speed gun costs, but adding serve speed reading will be a great feature. Some of Dylan's serves must be well north of 120 mph.
I watched Dylan get to the finals of the Open division at the Ojai recently…amazing player! 👏
Hey Winston. Huge fan of your channel. You’ve inspired me to start making my own. Keep up the great work brotha. Hope to be up there with you one day
I'm so jealous of these young guns. Good stuff, good luck to them!
Dylan doesn’t hit the ball, he absolutely decimates it good LORD
Great guys and great match. I really enjoyed the net play as much as the big shots from both players.
Jeezus....Dylan even makes Ivan look like a wimp by comparison. And Ivan smacks the hell outta the ball.
That serve is insane!
Really close match, if neils got a couple more first serves it would have been even closer. So fun to watch, keep up the great content Winston!
Good match and Good luck guys in D1!
Love Dylan's game. He's got every shot in the book. Maybe add some variety in there with more slice backhands, but his game is top notch. Even his footwork is splendid. Neils' backhand is a solid stroke, but maybe could be more explosive.
Neils game is more complete. Dylan's backhand will be eaten at Vandy depending on what court he plays.
Oh my goodness that serve and forehand fast than the rockets from Iran... Dylan vs. Tennis with Dylan let's see
When dylan is in position he’s a machine
Dylan's net game is probably one of the underrated part of his almost complete package. Doubt he'll be able to pull it off at the college level though.
Damn Dylan's power is just out of this world
10:32 Fair play to Niels on not playing a let on that point he really did ball out and barely got beat by a great stab
Huge serving, wow. Good points, you can see that Niels didn't have a great serving day, but great tennis.
I played highschool tennis in SoCal and my league was fairly low quality, so i was the best. But then i went to southern section championships and played dudes like these guys. Me being probably a 4.5 UTR. It was laughably bad.
Dylan already talks like a pro ATP robot 😆
Awesome stuff Winston!!....if you have them rematch or other college players ask how they feel and train for no-ad and having to play let serves....thanks
good vid, winston, i wanna see you out there too, with one of those rackets too either the blade 98 or the ezone 98
I can’t believe there are high school players this good nowadays. Dylan and Niels would both be national champions back in my day
What a match - two great personalities.
BIG MATCH. These guys really hit the cover off the ball.
dyaln has an insane forehand and serve
Nice match, very competitive!
THAT was impressive!! Great hitting boys!
Impressive!!! Dylan had some hard-hitting time! Awesome both of you though
Good match! The SOUND of Dylan's FH is legit pro-level, rest of the game needs more polish in order to hang with the big boys. I see he had some success at ITF junior level, wondering why Niels instead never played on that circuit... (as far as I can tell)
Great video 👍
Crazy match. It seemed like they were going at 120%
Good on Vandy for picking Dylan!
Watched Dylan play in a local tournament and he was dominating
The way he is accelerating that racquet is already pro level.
these guys are tennis monsters, ripping the ball
good match and good luck in college. Dylan seemed more aggressive and made more of an effort to come to net to finish points
Dylan or Niels against govind would be such a high level match winston u should get on that🗣️🗣️🗣️
They're not QUITE there yet, methinks. Probably in a year or two.
Would love to see one of these guys play against one of the UCI club guys from yesterday
Theyre hitting so hard the pixel change for the ball cannot keep up.
Dylan has the nastiest baseline shots
Gotta 2 outta 3 on different day. Nobody feels amazing every single day. Amazing hitting either way. Would be cool to see blue shirt vs the 13utr former college player who doesn’t play anymore who had that app with the bomb serve as well.
Bro in blue is just slapping balls sheesh!
those serves are pretty good!
As someone who is completely unqualified to give any advice, I’d give Niels the advice that Karue was saying in his match vs Govind. He almost needed to play worse (i.e. change the spin and speeds of his shots) to give Dylan a different look and try to throw him off a little. Dylan was just too comfortable with the pace Niels was giving him.
Wow, Dylan's forehand is so powerful, definitely won him this match 😮
Love your vids man🙌🎾
Great vision @5:13
That was a cool set from cool guys. That looked like pro Level.
My man Dylan has some nasty baseline shots
Huge serve