USTA 4.5 vs Ex ATP Pro! (w/handicap)
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- Опубліковано 1 лип 2024
- This is a singles set between me and Clay Thompson and Clay's first time on the channel! Clay played at UCLA and then on the ATP tour and reached a high of 408. He was known for being loud and super exciting to watch. As a tall guy he played a big game and still does today, but I think it's more controlled and calmer than before. Nowadays he still plays a lot of tennis and trains with the purpose of improving. Today we played an 8-game pro set with me having a 30-Love lead each game. Watch to see if it was enough of a handicap lol. Leave some nice comments below for Clay for playing this match with me and check out his app MprooV!
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Winston - USTA 4.5
Clay - UTR 14.5ish (career high)
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Timestamps
0:00 - Intro (sorry for the bad lighting!)
1:13 - Racket Specs
2:57 - Set
12:09 - Outro
12:57 - MprooV App
14:14 - Extra game
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Backhand held up nicely and the footwork is so much better. Looking way more fluid all around! 💪🏻💪🏻
And seems the higher sox are here to stay too! 😃
Another banger 🔥🔥
12:48 "Don't discriminate who you are playing against, just try to beat him as badly as you can."
I absolutely love this play2win mentality.
This is the best I've seen you play on the channel Winston. He wasn't holding back and you managed to stay in the rallies. Mad respect, your game is on another level, compared to 6 months ago.
Yo this guy had the most entertaining on court antics, look him up!
4.0 antics at BEST
Cocaine .... is a helluva drug ... 🤣
The “pelvic thrust”. Oh yeah.
I remember Bill Scanlon. Very nice pro player. NCAA singles champ in 1976 as well. Unfortunately he died in 2021. Shame. My belated condolences to Clay.
Huge respect for Clay's game, his experience and today's show. If you wanted to see Hercules play tennis, you just did today.
Mad regards for Winston. You have huge potential man.
Most of all, thanks for the sharing this content with us Winston.
Cheers,
M
Damn Winston, this video really shows how much improvement you've had in the past few months!! All your ground strokes and serves are so much heavier and have more power, spin, and speed! At least compared to the older videos I watched a while back. Maybe its all that coaching from Karue!
Channel is quickly becoming my new favorite , keep it up !
Great watch. I love seeing us regular players challenging pros!! Thanks for giving us a shot.
It took me the whole video to realize this was clay thompson because he was playing so chill. THE LEGEND. THIS IS THE GUY WHO HAS A WICKED INSANE MULLET AND SCREAMS LOUDLY. I LOVE THIS GUY!!!!!! so cool that you played a set vs him. if you haven't seen videos of him playing you totally should take a look.
Man, this guy has a great game. Really enjoyed this matchup. Winston, I know you are enjoying playing better people, but I think it would be great to see one match on occasion where you are the favorite. See where you are at mentally in that situation.
What about playing another 4.5? That’d be a good one.
@@MrBdiddypop Yeah.....like Troll Channel's MEP. :)
MEP !!!
@@ayokay123 Ahh, yes Most Exhausting Player.
@@MrBdiddypop MEP is a cool dude with a very effective game, but his visit to the Essential Tennis guys showed his style really doesn't work against anyone with a big enough attacking game. I think Winston would roll him pretty easily. Would be fun to watch tho!
Great content as always Winston. Clay's serve and forehand were incredible. Tough for you to match up with, but you really played well! Your backhand was SO solid. It is great to see you hitting that shot instead of running around it. You also put away some tough volleys when you came forward. Your improvement lately has been impressive. Keep it up!
Wow, awesome! Congrats for hanging in with Clay as much as you did.
That was beautiful to watch. Amazing power and control with clay but great to see how you got better.
I haven't watched your match play in a little bit, damn Winston you've upgraded, all your work is paying off, strokes are looking much improved! Kudos!
amazing playing from clay. great footwork!
This is the best match I've seen on your channel. Clay is a beast!
Mad props Winston. Clay is a hammer and you faced him head on. Most of us would crap our pants staring down that serve. Well done man!
Winston out here leveling up every video! Defense at 10:10 was great! Backhands at 10:56 look super stable and balanced.This guy is no joke! Yet another entertaining matchup
Every time I watch one of his videos I feel like he's getting noticeably better.
It's funny, I stopped after this exact point because I wanted to see the comments, Winston yas improved so much.
Winston, nice backhands!! Great guy Clay, very humble on playing a lower level player. Not a lot of higher levels are as humbles These guys are.
Well ... that's probably the hardest serves we've seen in these videos of yours. Game 4 on interesting ... lol. I think some of those serves of Clay's were going to blow right through my screen.
amazing , good job both of you
Winston returned Clay's serves really good. Clay has a lot of spin on his forehands and his serve is a beast.
Winston, you have improved a lot. Well done! Nice to see Clay loving the game too
You guys are bringing back my memories (trauma) of junior USTA tennis. In the sectional tournaments I would always be up against a high seed or national level player! I wish as a young kid I had the presence of mind to just stay within myself and redirect! Winston did a great job nonetheless. Just reacting you see his shots are more in the middle and Clay was peppering all corners with good margin. Even at a slower pace if we used the angles to our advantage results would be even better. Hard to believe that when stuff’s coming at ya at blinding speed lol
Winston had some great strokes, looks like the backhand has improved here.
Best playing yet Winston!!! On fire!
U r getting better Winston. Big improvement.
Great entertainment but also the best ive seen you play! Its true that playing people better than yourself (no matter the sport) helps raise your level!!
wth, haven't been on your channel recently and your groundstrokes seem to be on another level. It's pretty shocking tbh. Nice work!!!
So good of you, Winston, to take it easy on Clay in front of his wife and child. Seriously, though: good video. I thought you played really well given your opponent’s level. These videos are great, too, because they illustrate well the disparity between solid recreational players and the elite level, which serves as an important reminder to hacks like me who tend to fantasize after hitting the occasional “highlight reel” shot.
Nice! Can we see you play some 5.0 players in upcoming videos? It’s so much fun to watch you hit so much harder and better
I remember Clay!!! He idolized Del Potro -- or something. Gosh, crazy how the years have passed.
Ngl you played amazing, way better than a few months ago!
Really appreciate you saying this Clay. When I played competitively, it was very difficult to get players higher than my skill level. So much of my improvement came from the few players who would take time to play practice sets. Often you when play someone less than your skill level, it gives a perfect opportunity to practice three crucial things - Mental toughness, staying aggressive/accurate with many off-pace shots being returned, and lastly, those crucial volley and overhead skills for finishing points with high consistency. There is benefit to mixing up skill level practice. Hope more people are open to it.
Thoroughly enjoyed this
I love his dry humor. Excellent match
One of the best elements I noticed was how quick Clays feet danced around!
Dude great playing either way. Dude was a beast and I’d be happy to keep up as well as you did!
Good vid. Enjoyed the watch
Winston is getting really good!
I think you have improved greatly. Your opponent is a very serious player, and regardless he won most of the points you could managed to stay in the rallies! Well done!
By the way, it’d be a very interesting match to watch this guy against Karue
Wow Wins! In front I thaught you will barely get a foot in the exchanges, but you did so good! A lot of improvement since those older Vids. Especially how you returned those serves. I mean this guy plays like a pro. Good game
First! And the game is looking pretty great Winston!!! Very awesome!🎉
you played so well!!!! this guy was just too too good.
I'm so proud of you Winston!! You held and played perfectly against him 🔥🔥
Nice game. You play well with the pure aero 2023
Made em work for that point starting at 10:12 . Great defense! Enjoyed the match
That's a big serve to handle, good job
6:42 Geez. Wow.
6:57. This one hurt my soul after two good forehands.
10:58 Great backhands.
11:35 Very nice.
Winston my god you have improved. You are playing amazing tennis .
Clearly, Clay is a fantastic player, but I have to say that I was super impressed with your retrieving skills, Winston! You have always moved well, but against a guy who hits this cleanly and powerfully it's still impressive.
Clay's serve looks frightening, btw 😀
Clay is just a beast, he has been 6' 3" since he was 10 years old.. imagine playing a grown man at 10.. shit was scary. Hope all is well buddy
That dude is legit. Does not make unforced errors
Awesome!
Great camera angle. You really see how hard the balls are being hit. You both are great players.
Wow I remember clay Thompson from his talk tennis warehouse forum days. Used a fxp prestige back then!
This guy is so so humble 😮😮😮
You may have lost the match and almost all the points played against Clay, but I still find impressive that you hang on in there against a former pro. You exchanged a lot of balls and made some really good rallies, that's impressive and shows how much improvement you had. And the points you got, all of them were well earned. You played with the right intention all the way throughout the match.
Playing amazing tennis Winston! You kept up in a lot of those rallies with nice power and depth
You did really well, especially those flat backhands that he was struggling with. You also seemed to be more successful when you took a risk and moved in. It paid off the few times you did it
I really enjoyed watching this. Clay is a great player and Winston is very good too. It was fun watching how a very good player fares against a great player. Not well.
These videos are great. I am glad Clay played hard to show how much better a high ranked player is than a typical 4.5 player.
You can feel the heaviness in Clay’s shots. He has crazy control for stringing his racket at such a low tension(42).
Winston has improved a lot for sure. When you play players this good it's a treat.
It’s the diadora shoes and high socks that’s made you move better 😝 lol hi but very much improved! His serves looked crazy good… but I agree with him at the end. Consistency would be a good take away from a match like this… especially when you’re being out hit, not really in control of the points, and through out the match. Great content, keep it up 👏🏼🔥
Your backhand has improved so much Winston.
Thompson is an impressive two-sport athlete. Great basketball player in addition to tennis, of course
Well..this guy is so good..nice set ..
Humble always
You improved sooooo muxh
Really nice point you played starting at the 5:32 mark. 👍
Valiant effort Winston! There can be dignity in defeat.
Wow!
We fight! WE FIIIIIIGHT! -Clay Thompson
great effort by Winston
both have really good foot movements
I just watched a Clay Thompson clip. Why is he so chill here? He was possesed when he was playing professionally lol.
A massacre but....that serve and volley you did! Beautiful!
That backhand is looking great
It's not just impressive how Clay plays, but look at UFE. Played super clean. I know he wasn't going all out, but probably 80%.
Winston, you played really well this time, I think you played one level up against Clay.
UA-cam just suggested a video of Clay Playing. Hahaha... dude was funny.
Clay makes the same noise serving as I do getting up out of bed in the morning!
Melhor canal do UA-cam.
I like your videos. May I know what gadget you use for recording? Thanks
Winston you have improved so much its awesome for us to witness...if you want to beat up on an older 3.5, give me a shout.
not only is clay hella good at basketball but he's also cracked at tennis
the guy just dont miss
Красавцы🔥🔥🚀🎾
Winston, you backhand looks much much better now after you last lesson with Karue!
7:08 that natrual turn around of Clay is amazing.
Good spot. Yeah that's elite-level footwork, you don't see that on public courts often.
Captain InClayno shows no mercy
This is the best player you’ve had in any video. He’s legit.
I really like his attitude about just try to beat them as badly as you can. Haha
I briefly played club tennis with someone who played HS tennis in the same area as Steve Johnson. His hilarious comment was that going ad-up in a single game was "the greatest moment of his life". Alas, he failed to cash it in, but for a brief moment he was almost there.
Wow I can defitely see Winston has improved a lot after getting lessons by Karue
Honestly the ex-pro only made 4 errors the entire set. Thats insane.
Clay 'The Slayer' Thompson...🤺🎾
Tell your buddy it appears his strings are strung so loose, it may affect drop shots. What do I know. That tennis killer would chop me up in 10 minutes.