Jack Sock up Next, get ready folks

Mr.Show time silently pushed himself to the 3rd round once again, he did that last year as well, and this year in my view he had a very good FO and was very unfortunate to have met Tommy Haas in the 2nd round whom he pushed to a 4 set.

Sock is more deadly in USO considering his huge fan base among the natives, we Canadians support him as well, he did get a huge round of reception on and before his match against Raonic which says the story.

Sock like Nalby is a way too huge for his height, he is just 6'1 a perfect height to play the tennis [Federer, Sampras and Nadal all being 6'1 proves it] but he looks bigger than that due to his heavy body frame, this is one aspect in my view preventing him from honing his skills further, his game perfectly mocks the yesteryear legend Jim Courier, may its time Sock to step it up from youngsters count in the USO.

He next faces a very tricky challenge in Tipsarevic, given Tipsy form a upset is more than possible and it could be in st.sets as well, but if Tipsy steps it up he might be too much for Sock, but I hope Sock step it up and make a good match out of it.

Go Sock Go.

Jack Sock up next after David Ferrer's match.

So far so good, go Sock go. 

breathtaking forehands to set up a break point.

Boy Oh boy, those who missing this match is missing something special, Sock's forehand is next only to Del Po in terms of power and next only to Fed in terms of Skill and Next only to Rafa in terms of Precision.

Sock rules, leading 3-2 with a break in the 1st set. 

Lemme apologize if I haven't spoke much about his down the line backhand its as crispier as his forehand, something we miss on tour barring few players like Djoko and Murray.

Sock the way to go. I will talk about his serve and returns next, right now Sock leads 4-2 in the first set, and mind you he is playing a very good opponent in Tipsaravic.

Tipsaravic holds to make it 3-4, Sock still up a break.

@ 40-30 2nd serve, Sock delivers an Ace like Pistol Pete would do.

0-40 , triple break points aka set points to win 1st set 6-3.

Tipsy double faults to hand Sock the 1st 6-3, but over turned by Hawk Eye, so still 2 set points.

What a Forehand again , this instead of off forehand he goes the down the line to win the 1st with 2 breaks in score line 6-3, Sock you rule.  

Jack Sock holds serve to start 2nd set 1-0, some brilliant first serve and forehand combination to start the 2nd serve.

From Almighty levels to mortal levels Jack Sock game completely fell to rock bottom now in the 2nd set, equally Tipsy's level dropped as well.

In simple term Sock is another Gulbis. 

Jim Courier on Sidelines is proud of the way Sock is playing, I hope he passed his tips on how to get to the top of the pack.

Come on Sock make us proud, in my view he is the best available young talent ahead of Dimitrov and Tomic. 

On Aggression he is the Next Soderling
On Baseline he is the Next Nadal
On Variety he is the Next Federer
On Talent he is the Next Gulbis
On Ground strokes he is the Next Del Po
On Style he is the Next Jim Courier
On Consistency he is the Next Nalbandian.

he is down 0-30 , 2-2 in the 2nd set.

TIpsy's stunner pass earns him the 1st break point, 2 break points on 15-40, 2-2 2nd set.

Saves 1 with 3 breath taking forehands. 

Saves 2nd with great backhand forehand combo. 

Saves 3rd break point with a huge 2nd serve. 

Goes Advantage with stunning off forehand. 

Bites bullets by paying back with bullets of forehands.

So much skill in display for 1 given match, Tipsy rocks with huge serve forehand combo to equalize 2nd set 3-3.

Sock is living dangerously, while the level has dropped down immensely he is still holding serves, up 4-3 2nd set.

Tipsy has settled in nicely, its getting tougher and tougher now, Sock somehow should win 2nd set to break the spirits of Tipsy, not gonna be easy. 

Tipsy holds to make it 5-5 in the 2nd.

Another 2nd serve Ace, now he is making this a habit. 

Tipsy takes 2-1 lead in the 2nd set tiebreaker.

Sock goes off mind and erros creep in badly, Tipsy leads 4-1 in the 2nd set tiebreaker.

Tipsy shows who the boss is in the 2nd set tie breaker and wins it easy at 7-1 .

Tough road ahead Sock, put your socks on.

Tipsy now in control and he isn't the sort of player to let this kind of match slip. He needs a good showing here as he has had a poor year. Now we will see what Jack Sock is made of.

Well well well, Sock's level has got down from immortality to die now levels in contrast Tipsy's pathetic form improved and improved with every minute of the match and now leading 5-1 in the 3rd.

Curtains for Sock I guess.

This thread comes to an end now, I don't wanna see Sock go down.  

CaledonianCraig wrote:Tipsy now in control and he isn't the sort of player to let this kind of match slip. He needs a good showing here as he has had a poor year. Now we will see what Jack Sock is made of.

Yup CC, Tipsy upped his game, Sock should have somehow won the 2nd set to break Tipsy's spirt but now Tipsy is more determined to bring the Sock show to an end, while I admire most aspect of Sock's game I don't think he has that will to win like a Del Po/Rafa to succeed or win from here. 

Its time he pulled his Socks up.  

CaledonianCraig wrote:Its time he pulled his Socks up.  

Ping me if he did on the right way  , but if he pulled his socks to go home early then just forget it, another disappointment . 

God gives somebody hell lot of talent like Gulbis, Sock etc,. but these guys don't use them, in contrast He gives very little to players like Ferrer etc,. but they make the maximum out of it with sheer heart of an attitude.

I would rather take little talent with more heart than hell of a talent and no heart. 

Sock while I love your game I don't like you attitude towards hard work  , I have to re think on being a fan of you.

In Jack Sock and Ryan Harrison I believe the US has two future top 30 players - both have good shot making abilities and handy serves, but whether they shall ever be able to make the jump to top 10/15 and contend for masters tournaments I cannot say at this point.

ALPanorak wrote:In Jack Sock and Ryan Harrison I believe the US has two future top 30 players - both have good shot making abilities and handy serves, but whether they shall ever be able to make the jump to top 10/15 and contend for masters tournaments I cannot say at this point.

Unfortunately both don't have the will power to take it to next level, they are playing Tennis for fun and not as a profession I guess, otherwise how on earth Jack Sock hasn't played that many tournament this year? he just plays USO casually coz he gets wild cards for free, such a talent but no will to be a pro.

invisiblecoolers wrote:

ALPanorak wrote:In Jack Sock and Ryan Harrison I believe the US has two future top 30 players - both have good shot making abilities and handy serves, but whether they shall ever be able to make the jump to top 10/15 and contend for masters tournaments I cannot say at this point.

Unfortunately both don't have the will power to take it to next level, they are playing Tennis for fun and not as a profession I guess, otherwise how on earth Jack Sock hasn't played that many tournament this year? he just plays USO casually coz he gets wild cards for free, such a talent but no will to be a pro.

This is his 25th tournament this year. How many should he be playing? He is also in the US Open by right, not as a wild card. I'm unconvinced he will make the top 10 but if he doesn't it will be due to a lack of talent not hard work.

Born Slippy wrote:
This is his 25th tournament this year. How many should he be playing? He is also in the US Open by right, not as a wild card. I'm unconvinced he will make the top 10 but if he doesn't it will be due to a lack of talent not hard work.

How many of them are challangers? and how many losses in the 1st round to very low ranked Dark horses? lets have a look

1]Brisbane
H Moriya in Qualifiers 1st round.

2]AO
Paul Capidiville - Decent loss eventhough 1st round of Qualifiers considering he retired hurt.

3]San Jose USA
Round 32 Loss to Marink Matsovic [ Very decent opponent so excuses]

4]Memphis ATP 500 [Stronger field]
Here he makes QF losing to Lopez, enroute Beats Roanic and James Blake.

5]Delray Beach
Losses to Berankis in 3 sets , however beats Mathew Ebden enroute, not bad performance

6]Indian Wells
Tough Loss to Ivo Karlovic

7]Miami
Losses to Genepri in Qualifiers 2

8]Houston
Losses to Isner in Round of 16 , impressive , as he lost in a close 3 set battle 7-6 in the final

9]Sarosota
Loses to Steve Johnson [Another tall upcoming player] due to injury withdrawal in the match.

10]Savannah, GA
Losses Tamely to Gabsashville.

11]Tallahassee
Loses tamely to Kuznetsov

12]Bordeaux, France
Loses to Garcia Lopez whom he famously slated with ease in the FO.

13]Roland Garros
Beats GGL, but loses to Tommy Haas in 2nd round.

14]Prostejov
Loses to Jiri Vesely in a tight contest.

15]Nottingham-2
Loses to Somdev

16]Wimbledon
Loses to Misca Zverev [who lost 6-0 6-0 in grass in Halle to Roger] 

17]Winnetka, IL, -- Impressive title win here
Beats Somdev, Donald Young and Bradly Khan enroute to the title.

17]Newport
beats Marinko, but goes down in round 2 to some unknown.

19]Atlanta
Loses to Santiago Giraldo in Round 1 tamely.

20]Washington, DC
Loses to Kei Nishikori in round 2

21]Montreal Masters
Loses arinko Matosevic in Qualifiers 2nd round.

22]Cincinnati,
Unlucky to get Raonic in the 1st round, loses.

23]Winston-Salem
Retired hurt after a good first set win

24]USO
3rd round tough loss to Tipsaravic after winning the 1st set comfortably and losing the 2nd set in tie breaker.

All the underline ones are in USA, in general most of the time he gets wild card, and when inspired he takes down some top seeds and established players but otherwise never capitalizes on the given opportunity and just participates in my view for the sake of participation.

What you can see is clearly in consistency and not lack of talent its indeed lack of application.

He got all departments covered in the game except however only time will tell whether he takes it professionally to march on to the next level which his talent is capable of .