Mind you, Heather Watson was looking a little more round-faced on TV, and also said (in her own words) that she'd been eating rather too much..... lockdown has not been easy for many in that regard...
Hard to know how to say this politely but...Marcus is looking like twice the chap he was before ....well before. Still got the racket skills but the extra weight isnt going to help him...
Hard to know how to say this politely but...Marcus is looking like twice the chap he was before ....well before. Still got the racket skills but the extra weight isnt going to help him...
Ah, Marcus, Marcus
Perhaps Marcus is applying the Bryson De Chambeau approach to tennis?
Well played Marcus. He beats Toby 3&3 and probably lost another couple of pounds in the process.
And won a few pounds cash in the process as well. His racket skills looked fine, and maybe it will work for doubles but once he plays a better opponent at singles, I dont fancy his chances!
Marcus always played very well, with his weight or despite his weight. And didn't seem to have knee or back problems, or anything, in particular. And he didn't play especially better after when he lost weight either. He very nearly won yesterday, in quite a long tight match. And still seemed fine today. Go, Marcus :)
-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 7th of July 2020 01:43:55 PM
Marcus's stamina has always seemed quite good but to me he has got to have been able to be better over the long term if he had kept that weight down, been much better conditioned, and committed.
I still recall watching Marcus first hand play 2 matches in a day, including relatively schooling Liam Broady, to win an Edinburgh 10K title quite a few years ago.
It was that period when he was back on the up, with his private funding arrangement and help, having been in the relative doldrums for a while after his junior promise.
He has just never near achieved what he was capable of and that to me is a real pity. Will isn't!
I do like watching him, and still voted for him a few times in the recent polls, but he leaves me frustrated.
RR2/1: Billy Harris WR 790 defeated Lloyd Glasspool WR 455 by 1 & 5 in an hour & 33 minutes
RR2/2: Luke Johnson WR 681 defeated Tom Hands WR 1362 by 0 & 2 in 50 minutes
To keep the record going:
RR2/3: Marcus Willis UNR defeated Toby Martin WR 869 by 3 & 3 in two hours & eight minutes
thats an average of 7 mins per game. 4 mins per game is a well established pro level average, over a match 5-6 mins average are long old games, 7 mins average is incredible!