The Exhibition Thread

[djarvik]

I am starting to have less and less time lately, this is a good thing form me, things are finally starting to pickup in my business.

I just want to say sorry to those of you that constantly invite me to friendly matches! Sorry and thanks for inviting me.

I will still play friendly matches every other day or 2 days, but not much time lately.

No doubt my game will suffer, but making a living at the moment is more important then ITST.

Thanks guys! Look for me on the weekends!

[Vieira151]

Hey djarvik, did you think i played better with Hewitt or DelPo???

and i realise the first set with hewitt was utter trash

[djarvik]

Hey djarvik, did you think i played better with Hewitt or DelPo???

and i realise the first set with hewitt was utter trash

Two different styles really. I liked del potros all or nothing approach. This will not make you number 1, but will certainly win some matches. Just have to learn to pick your spots, not Risk everything.

[Andymachine]

jsut lost to djarvik 7-6(5) 7-6(6), 1st set was highly serve dominated,he won the tie break 7-5 and won 1 more point than me in set 1.

2nd set i started to fall to pieces but still managed to cling on to my serve, despite the fact i started double faulting. at 5-5 i picked up my game. he tooke tie break 8-6.

he hit 4 aces, me 3, me 4 double faults, him 0, i had 56% 1st serve in(thanks to 2nd set) him 85%, i won 87% 1st serve, him 88%, me 75% 2nd him 91%.
he hit 46 winners 16 unforced errors, me 28 winners 11 Unforced errors.
he took 0/2 Break points, me 0/0.
he won 79 points me 71

Unlucky ...

Well i wish we got to finish our match tho also I was 5 3 up in first set and lost even after having set point , but had points for a double break in 2nd set when u had to go for lunch , typical lol

[coke4]

Unlucky ...

Well i wish we got to finish our match tho also I was 5 3 up in first set and lost even after having set point , but had points for a double break in 2nd set when u had to go for lunch , typical lol

yea i felt a bit bad you were serving for match and i just started to play better and i won like 4 straight games to take it 7-5, but you were starting to dominate the second.

[Andymachine]

Unlucky ...

Well i wish we got to finish our match tho also I was 5 3 up in first set and lost even after having set point , but had points for a double break in 2nd set when u had to go for lunch , typical lol

yea i felt a bit bad you were serving for match and i just started to play better and i won like 4 straight games to take it 7-5, but you were starting to dominate the second.

Its cool mate arrrgh tho .... And yes i was serving for the first set but typical of me i play a fanny serve game , my serve is so weak , just so all u guys know haha, but Coke your very quick and volley excellent

[setheleh]

played coolhand texas for the first time today..dunno if he was pissed at me or what, but he quit on me saying he was tired after the first set.... he played a good match aside from the tiebreaker in the first set..i think he might be up to do great damage on tour, so if you read this coolhand, keep it up bro!!!

[Coolhand Texas]

No man i definately wasnt pissed at you at all, in fact i like the way you play, you take the match into your own hands, if u win its becuase of you, if you lose its becasue of you. I like that.

I was really tired after playing 8 hrs straight last night and really didnt have any will to play much today. Next time i see u online ill give u a regular match. Sorry man, i was just extremely tired.

Later that night i played with picha and was like WTF. No offense to picha but that probably was the most boring match i think there could have been. Im pretty sure he didnt let go of the left and right triggers, because everything was double risk winner or error. There was a total of 0 rallies.
I lost 6-2, 7-6 (7) I had break points and set points to my RT returning but still wasnt able to convert.

No offense but i dont know if ill play too many exos with him, the match was like 10 minutes long.(i can see why he is number 1)

[picachu211]

at all these people who think they play a creative game.

You stand way behind the baseline and slaughter every shot and you tell me I play boring? I don't know if you were using double-trigger or not, but you were a pure ballbasher, you go for winners at every opportunity. Show me one shot you were not trying to overpower me or using your "realistic" short slice?

I've played enough matches with many players here, if someone plays a power game, I admire that because at least he/she admits it. I am so sick of people complaining how unrealistic it is to hit this shot and that shot, yet he/she has no problem hitting it himself/herself.

Don't blame your opponents, blame this game.

[Coolhand Texas]

:lol: at all these people who think they play a creative game.

You stand way behind the baseline and slaughter every shot and you tell me I play boring? I don't know if you were using double-trigger or not, but you were a pure ballbasher, you go for winners at every opportunity. Show me one shot you were not trying to overpower me or using your "realistic" short slice?

I've played enough matches with many players here, if someone plays a power game, I admire that because at least he/she admits it. I am so sick of people complaining how unrealistic it is to hit this shot and that shot, yet he/she has no problem hitting it himself/herself.

Don't blame your opponents, blame this game.

1st of all i wasnt sayign you werent creative i was just saying there werent any rallies. I dont give a crap about creative, i like power rallies

2nd i know im not creative, but i dont use risk. I tried though, i tried to use a short angle B, but since i sont use risk u crushed it. ( idont use risk beleive it or not and i dont go for winner evry time b/c i dont use risk, sort of hard to go for winners with no risk?)

3rd i said wouldnt playing many exos based on the fact the whole match lasted 10 freaking minutes (purely my opinion, just wanna have some rallies)

The only thing i didnt like was the fact that you double risked every serve i served, and that led to 0 rallies. hence the expresion "winner or error".

I stand behind the baseline b/c its a unique style, im trying to be different. I could return close to the line and do better but i find it unique back there.

[Coolhand Texas]

After playing ten minutes with picha i played RPlunk twice, once on clay and the other on hard. I won 6-1,6-1 and 6-3,6-4. He is defiantely a good harcourt player. I can see him boosting his rank nicely once we got back on the hard courts.

[Rob ITST]

I played the most fun match I've ever played on TS3 tonight against Djarvik. Basically, he made a left handed Taylor Dent with the exact same stats as my Sampras character - so he was a mirror image of myself.

The first two sets were tiebreaks: Djarvik won the first, I won the second. In the third set Djarvik broke me early, I think in the first game. I had a lot of chances to break after that, but Djarvik just kept coming up with good serves, good volleys, and sometimes staying back. I finally broke when Drarvik served for the match at 5-3 and went on to win the next three games to close it out 7-5. It was a very intense match that lasted just under an hour.

There were some crazy stats in the match:

Me -------------------- Djarvik
12 -------- Aces -------- 3
86 ----- Winners ------ 42
26 ------- Errors ------- 11
2/23 -- Break Points -- 1/7

Djarvik really impressed me with how well he's adapting to playing serve and volley - especially with how well he handled all the break points.

[djarvik]

Thanks Rob

It was a really fun match. Who said SV vs SV is boring? ...I want to shoot this person!

I will play the grass season with SV.

[coke4]

i just beat xXpOwerPlayXx 6-3 6-4 he couldnt handle my serve 6 aces and like 90% on 1st serve

[SoundfSilence]

Rob and djarvik

Please put your match on ITST TV, and it would also be great if we can see both of you from the bottom court. Thanks in advance.