I came to the comments at 3-1 looking for something like this. He looked uncomfortable approaching the net on his serve and volley. Wasn’t split stepping soon enough. I will keep watching!
Yeah, Majeed was making a hella lotta errors at the net at the start. I have a friend that’s a 4.0 who puts away absolutely everything at the net. But then yeah, Majeed turned the dial up to 11 near the end.
If the 5.5 is giving 100% to the match then I'm sure he would. He was playing serve/volley which he doesn't normally according to description and definitely not giving the match 100%.
honestly, a true 5.5 will rarely drop a game to a 4.5, let alone 3. His technique is good so maybe he was just rusty? or maybe you're approaching 5.0 winston :o
If this was a sanctioned match, that's probably how it would go. I'm a mid 4.5 and I played against a high 5.0 in a local tournament and I got smacked 6-0 6-1
Majeed is a good player, but I don't think he is a SVer. Usually SVer will try his best to get a high percentage of first serve in. They are more like to use kick and slice serves to pull you out off position then use placement to win points, not gamble on flat bombs that end up near the bottom of the net more than half of the time. I think he prevailed in the later part of the set mostly by staying back on the second serves and beat you from the baseline.
You did great. Seems like Majeed was playing around in the beginning, cause he then went on to win 6 games in a row haha. Very solid against a D1 tennis player.
With a serve like that Majeed should not be getting broken or going to multiple deuces. He seemed to struggle with the transition game of getting to net (which is hard) and some questionable approach shot choices. He figured it out though and Winston's serve was very much to his liking.
While it is obvious he doesn't play serve and volley very often, all his strokes seem very solid and that meant you really needed good shots to take advantage of it. Early in the set, you pulled a whole lot of solid passing shots and a few very good lobs in awkward positions that, frankly, you just don't expect an amateur would pull off all that often. Some people may take out of it that serve and volley is a poor strategy for higher level amateurs, but Majeed isn't used to playing this style and you deserve real credit for making it that hard. Your return game was very solid and you ran down so many balls it definitely forced him to be too greedy a few times. Otherwise, in general, what makes SV so difficult to pull off for professional players just isn't true even for high level amateurs. Even 5.0 players can't force you to hit low approach volleys or half volleys all day. Most of their lobs will be too short or way out. Passing shots will be too greedy, too early or too high more often than we imagine. At slightly lower levels where people would struggle with pushers, you'd also be annoying for some of the same reasons (breaking rhythm, changing pace, trading very few topspin ground strokes). If you have a half decent kick serve and can trade a bit of pace for movement on your first serve, you can play SV and take away a whole lot of things amateurs tend to consider to be their main weapons.
Majeed was able to expose Winston's backhand much better around 1-3 to 3-3, after that it was a matter of maintaining execution more than anything else (i.e. avoid unforced errors).
majeed is not on part with coach chase if they're both rated 5.5. however, majeed seemed to step it up when the score was 4-3..suddenly he seemed like a new player and was playing very well.
Why did you pin that Tong Dee guy's comment lol? All I see from his comment is the same "older players are always better" sentiment that happens across all sports, because some people just couldn't let go of their "younger times" ego. Times change and tennis has changed a lot. 1992 is 30 years ago (!), you can't just compare something by watching a video when they are 30 years apart.
Nice set. If you ask me you could've beat him. But what I really miss in your game ist a fast and flat first serve. Anyhow this wipsnap ist missing. First and second almost seem the same... just saying... Cool video! :)
little sloppy from Majeed the first half of the set, Winston very solid on ground strokes. In every one of these videos, the lack of a weapon on Winton's first serve (2nd serve not bad) comes out. looks like the number one thing to work on from my cheap seat
Majeed's toss seems a bit left of head towards 11 o clock even on his flat serve, is that just me ? Seems like a big contortion effort from him then to make a flat contact - intentional? Fine for kicker but seems odd for a first flat serve to toss like that
Nice! Here is my 2-cent comment as an independent observer. Majeed: Excellent serves and volleys, no obvious weaknesses here. Good feel and anticipation. Second serves have a nice kick. When serving, you throw the ball in all sort of different positions (not my cup of tea but seems to work for you). I am wondering if more advanced players can read and predict your serves? Winston: Very solid groundstrokes. Very good returns. But for me, to beat Majeed the fundamental shot that is missing is explosive cross-court passing shots, I mean short angles, being stronger when stretching, hitting running forehands, etc. I think all good baseliners should master and develop fearful cross-court passing shots to keep opponents back at the baseline. It seems you only aim passing shots down the line or play balls to the feet Majeed, no single attempt to hit explosive short angle passing shots. As for your serve, it's reliable and sometimes you can ace, but I noticed that you rotate (open the body, shoulders) much more on the adv side than on the side, I am not saying it's wrong, it is just an observation.
Majeed started a little cold but really started rolling there. Serve and volley play is something I am working to improve for dubs, just getting that transition and volley coming in. Cheers. Good stuff Winston.
To play serve volley, needs a better serve, first serve percentage , and volley. If he had played a 5.0 player with that serve volley game, he would definitely lose. As it turned out in this match, most points won were from the rallies, not serve and volley, since not too many first serves were good.
Well played, Winston. Majeed has mad skills but you made him earn it. I thought you made a couple mistakes toward the end that you don’t normally make. I wouldn’t have been surprised if you’d won the set. Good playing!
If Majeed is a 5.5 wherever you guys live, then if I move there, I should be a 6.0! I’m a 4.5 in TN, Majeed here wouldn’t be any higher than -and at the most- 5.0. He’s quite erratic, volleys are not that great, missed a lot, first serves are not impressive either. A 5.5-6.5 is a solid college player. Did he self-rate?
Hajeed is at a major disadvantage. Winston knows hajeed is coming in behind serve. Serve and volleier does not come in on second serves rarely. Winston is at a major advantage and he knew this. And Winston is a whimp playing girls. Lol.
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I'm noticing this trend of tennis youtubers including the failed first serves in their highlights. Whats up with that? Seems like a strange thing to do. You won't see pro match highlights edited this way.
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Up until the 4th game I was thinking “no way this dude is a 5.5”. Turns out he was just warming up 😅
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I came to the comments at 3-1 looking for something like this. He looked uncomfortable approaching the net on his serve and volley. Wasn’t split stepping soon enough. I will keep watching!
Yeah, Majeed was making a hella lotta errors at the net at the start. I have a friend that’s a 4.0 who puts away absolutely everything at the net. But then yeah, Majeed turned the dial up to 11 near the end.
10:44 I love this point and how Majeed used a deep slice to push the opponent back followed up with a short slice to force an error.
you got a clean serve Winston but it is impressive to see the additional power and consistency Majeed packs at the 5.5 level
What is Majeed's racket and setups?
If majeed wants a serve and volley lesson, I am always available!
majeed is that solinco hyper g in your wilson blade? What tension do you use?
Serve would be much faster with some more racket drop :)
I thought if usta ratings are accurate, a 5.5 is supposed to beat a 4.5 6-0 6-0
If the 5.5 is giving 100% to the match then I'm sure he would. He was playing serve/volley which he doesn't normally according to description and definitely not giving the match 100%.
Not sure your friend is really solid 5.5? A bit not too inconsistent by spraying balls though.
He's trying new things. I played against a far worse player and tried serve and volleying on all kick serves as it's good practice. He won.
honestly, a true 5.5 will rarely drop a game to a 4.5, let alone 3. His technique is good so maybe he was just rusty? or maybe you're approaching 5.0 winston :o
If this was a sanctioned match, that's probably how it would go. I'm a mid 4.5 and I played against a high 5.0 in a local tournament and I got smacked 6-0 6-1
5.5 is a bit of a stretch... hes a big hitter, and 1st serve% is awfully low, bush-league movement at net too with the fakes...
Improve that serve and you can be 5.0
Third
That was not 5.5 at all.
Hey man we need to schedule a colab love how your channel is growing I’ve been keeping up with it
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This is going to be interesting. I mean I watch both of you.
Majeed plays really beautifully. Very entrataining to watch
Majeed is a good player, but I don't think he is a SVer. Usually SVer will try his best to get a high percentage of first serve in. They are more like to use kick and slice serves to pull you out off position then use placement to win points, not gamble on flat bombs that end up near the bottom of the net more than half of the time. I think he prevailed in the later part of the set mostly by staying back on the second serves and beat you from the baseline.
You need to set up majeed with hermont that would be interesting
majeed legit turned on god mode for the last 4 games
You did great. Seems like Majeed was playing around in the beginning, cause he then went on to win 6 games in a row haha. Very solid against a D1 tennis player.
Majeed's kick serve on the deuce side is absolutely massive. It's almost an American Twist serve but the action and pace he gets is insane.
Winston needs to toss the ball further out in front on serves. It was painful to watch such a nice service motion with no power behind it.
With a serve like that Majeed should not be getting broken or going to multiple deuces. He seemed to struggle with the transition game of getting to net (which is hard) and some questionable approach shot choices. He figured it out though and Winston's serve was very much to his liking.
Best footage of your game I've seen so far Winston! 👍
1:44 If you look closely, you can see the dust spraying at serve contact.
are those strings either Solinco hyper G or Luxilon 4g?
Winston, why don't you replace your NTRP rating for a UTR?
While it is obvious he doesn't play serve and volley very often, all his strokes seem very solid and that meant you really needed good shots to take advantage of it. Early in the set, you pulled a whole lot of solid passing shots and a few very good lobs in awkward positions that, frankly, you just don't expect an amateur would pull off all that often.
Some people may take out of it that serve and volley is a poor strategy for higher level amateurs, but Majeed isn't used to playing this style and you deserve real credit for making it that hard. Your return game was very solid and you ran down so many balls it definitely forced him to be too greedy a few times.
Otherwise, in general, what makes SV so difficult to pull off for professional players just isn't true even for high level amateurs. Even 5.0 players can't force you to hit low approach volleys or half volleys all day. Most of their lobs will be too short or way out. Passing shots will be too greedy, too early or too high more often than we imagine. At slightly lower levels where people would struggle with pushers, you'd also be annoying for some of the same reasons (breaking rhythm, changing pace, trading very few topspin ground strokes). If you have a half decent kick serve and can trade a bit of pace for movement on your first serve, you can play SV and take away a whole lot of things amateurs tend to consider to be their main weapons.
True. I once did SV with a solid pusher, and, after I won 61 61 he said “I never wanna play against you again”
Majeed was able to expose Winston's backhand much better around 1-3 to 3-3, after that it was a matter of maintaining execution more than anything else (i.e. avoid unforced errors).
Great technique on the tweener Majeed
Love the serve and volley!
Dude you did a great job at returning those serves. I would literally shit myself if I had to play someone who could rocket them like that.
Hey dude i actually go to RCI and Najee’s teaches me sometimes so yeah i just wanted to say hi
What kind of racket setup Majeed plays for this style thanks
Majeed can HIT
majeed has a nice second serve kick serve
majeed is not on part with coach chase if they're both rated 5.5. however, majeed seemed to step it up when the score was 4-3..suddenly he seemed like a new player and was playing very well.
What kind of racquet does winston have?
Why did you pin that Tong Dee guy's comment lol? All I see from his comment is the same "older players are always better" sentiment that happens across all sports, because some people just couldn't let go of their "younger times" ego. Times change and tennis has changed a lot. 1992 is 30 years ago (!), you can't just compare something by watching a video when they are 30 years apart.
You went to CWRU??
As a fellow CWRU alum out in CA now, I loved seeing this!
Nice set. If you ask me you could've beat him. But what I really miss in your game ist a fast and flat first serve. Anyhow this wipsnap ist missing. First and second almost seem the same... just saying... Cool video! :)
Very clean form from the 5.5. So technical and efficient.
except for the 200 unforced errors
little sloppy from Majeed the first half of the set, Winston very solid on ground strokes. In every one of these videos, the lack of a weapon on Winton's first serve (2nd serve not bad) comes out. looks like the number one thing to work on from my cheap seat
Majeed is a 5.5? Yeah, I'm def NOT seeing that. 4.5 okay, but 5.5? LOL
Looks like the 5.5 was not playing to his true standard. As for Winston, you need to work on your backhand. 😎
Both are bad. Neither could beat Nadal
Majeed's toss seems a bit left of head towards 11 o clock even on his flat serve, is that just me ? Seems like a big contortion effort from him then to make a flat contact - intentional? Fine for kicker but seems odd for a first flat serve to toss like that
He really tirned it on after going down 3-0
Hi, I live in OC and would like to set up a training session with Majeed. Can I get the contact info to set this up and discuss in more detail?
Majeed serves well. He is a serve and volley guy? His volleys are not that good....I am sorry...but pretty bad.
Hey man. I'm a tennis director at a club in the bay area. I'm down for a collab!
Winston, I really enjoy your channel, when can we hit, I like in the Mission Viejo area
Great tennis! Thanks!
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Man, you did well returning the first ball to his feet, BUT, the next one should have be a lob(he 99% of the time got too close to the net)
Nice! Here is my 2-cent comment as an independent observer.
Majeed: Excellent serves and volleys, no obvious weaknesses here. Good feel and anticipation. Second serves have a nice kick. When serving, you throw the ball in all sort of different positions (not my cup of tea but seems to work for you). I am wondering if more advanced players can read and predict your serves?
Winston: Very solid groundstrokes. Very good returns. But for me, to beat Majeed the fundamental shot that is missing is explosive cross-court passing shots, I mean short angles, being stronger when stretching, hitting running forehands, etc. I think all good baseliners should master and develop fearful cross-court passing shots to keep opponents back at the baseline. It seems you only aim passing shots down the line or play balls to the feet Majeed, no single attempt to hit explosive short angle passing shots. As for your serve, it's reliable and sometimes you can ace, but I noticed that you rotate (open the body, shoulders) much more on the adv side than on the side, I am not saying it's wrong, it is just an observation.
If there’s a way to elevate/upgrade the camera. The back Court player looks like a single pixel.
It does make you feel like you're there so I liked it.
Man needs a haircut... Desperately
Majeed was cooking with that forehand from the ad side, good stuff
Awesome match!!
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First.
Majeed started a little cold but really started rolling there. Serve and volley play is something I am working to improve for dubs, just getting that transition and volley coming in. Cheers. Good stuff Winston.
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Better work on that serve buddy
Great play! Perspective is nice, what is it shot with?
Majeed is so cute :)
Great set!
I challenge you to play big Sosa!
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To play serve volley, needs a better serve, first serve percentage , and volley. If he had played a 5.0 player with that serve volley game, he would definitely lose. As it turned out in this match, most points won were from the rallies, not serve and volley, since not too many first serves were good.
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You tubers only play one set. No one ever looks tired. It just looks like everyone is playing chill practice sets.
Well played, Winston. Majeed has mad skills but you made him earn it. I thought you made a couple mistakes toward the end that you don’t normally make. I wouldn’t have been surprised if you’d won the set. Good playing!
Nice game
Great serve from the guy who plays like Kamikaze.......... Aggressive serve followed by KAMIKAZE VOLLEY (OUT)!
I dont' think Winston is 4.5, should be around 3.5-4.0
Second
Dudes not 5.5
The video was clearly edited, so why not edit out the service faults?
you have a very weird serve , never seen anything like that before !
Not a 5.5 player
Winston, you are pushing towards legit 5.0 👍👍👍
Hard to see the other side of the net. A little higher camera angle would give a better feel of the game.
thats 4.5 baseline player ?? i didnt know i was above that
He is not 5.5 sorry
If Majeed is a 5.5 wherever you guys live, then if I move there, I should be a 6.0! I’m a 4.5 in TN, Majeed here wouldn’t be any higher than -and at the most- 5.0. He’s quite erratic, volleys are not that great, missed a lot, first serves are not impressive either. A 5.5-6.5 is a solid college player. Did he self-rate?
Hajeed is at a major disadvantage. Winston knows hajeed is coming in behind serve. Serve and volleier does not come in on second serves rarely. Winston is at a major advantage and he knew this. And Winston is a whimp playing girls. Lol.
Winston has an excellent backhand and looks to be a 4.75 all day! Majeed looks to be 5.0. not 5.5. Solid video!
Not 5.5
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What has this comment got to do with the video???
I'm noticing this trend of tennis youtubers including the failed first serves in their highlights. Whats up with that? Seems like a strange thing to do. You won't see pro match highlights edited this way.
@@WinstonDu I feel like its usually pretty apparent already and just slows things down but thx for the explanation!🤙
To be fair, pro highlights are just clips of the best points, while the tennis TH-camrs are showing every single point
This wasn't the highlights though.
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IF MAJEED COULD SERVE