MEP vs Real Tennis (Match 2 - Part 2)

Three half years after Ben AKA Most Exhausting Player first made his appearance in the RT arena, he's back - better than ever and hungry for revenge. Who will stand in the way of the MEP?

#real #tennis #match

[meinsouza]

playing MEP with no fitness endurance is a death wish

[mmcdonn]

Ben is a nightmare. The final boss of unconventional backboard players… and I mean that with the utmost respect.

[VeryunOfficialTravelGuides]

I was laughing so hard when you guys started singing the Jaws theme towards the end of the set. Great commentary. So entertaining!

[yowzadave]

Surprising how few players try to close at the net--time after time Ben would be on the run, hit a soft floater to the middle, and David would just wait for the ball to bounce and allow the point to reset. When Scott played him, he was much more active in closing on short balls, and the strategy paid off.

[sandromarques.]

I'm really impressed on how efficient and relaxed MEP is in his pushing game style!

[SeireaTennis]

David did pretty well with redlining and pressing forward; it's just those two or three games where his momentum let up for a split second and suddenly he lost five points in a row. So relatable in matches against consistent, strategic, match-tough players.

Another great match. Thank you all for giving this to us.

[-Munditimum-]

Amazing match up. What a set. I caught myself laughing so many times for how Ben does what he does. So fun to watch, albeit at David's expense.
For what it's worth, thank you David for doing this. Ben is just a cardiovascular beast.
Thank you RT, Ira, Ian, Jules, James, Mark and everyone involved overall.
More please!!!

M

[eddiethomas]

Congrats Ben. Extremely well done once again. The way he competes is incredible. Never loses his composure. His serves have gotten better. I feel a lefty would have an advantage returning Ben's serve as they would all come to the forehand side. But Ben's ball movement and ability to absorb pace and send back a nothing burger response is so deflating to us mere mortals.

[dr.faustus]

I imagine Ben between matches lurking somewhere in the bushes around tennis courts, waiting for his next victim to suck the tennis soul out of.

[johnbr]

My new mantra during single match play is: "MEP...MEP...MEP." It helps give me the fortitude to keep "pushing."

[jgugala]

“I’m going to go eat a banana.” Classic.

[robertomichienzi-nn]

That’s brutal that could happen to any of us so educational thank you so much

[pakchu]

One thing I noticed was David slowed his in between shot footwork and intensity to match Ben’s relaxed hitting pace, then he was often rushed when Ben gave him unexpectedly placed balls and also had to unsmoothly ramp up the tempo when trying to be aggressive

[johnbr]

2nd set stats:
Ben: Ace 1, Winners 6, Forced Errors 4, Unforced errors 6, double faults 0
David: Ace 0, Winners 16, Forced Errors 0, Unforced errors 30, double faults 0

[danielmata]

What an interesting match. Loved how what we call a “good player” got destroyed by Ben

[Wannabe-Pro]

For every shot you hit, ben gets the ball back and spent 50% less energy than you did…
So then you try to dial it back to 50%....and then you lose patience. His 50% is better than your 100% and his 50% is better than your 50%.

[PizzaPartify]

Probably the most compelling match on the channel! After some cardio training and a overhead clinic David should be able to beat Ben.

[davelee]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure Ben would destroy me. The amount of energy we expenditure I use on every ball versus his efficient movement and minimal swings, it would be a complete mismatch. Ben takes lots of little steps so he's often well spaced, and his swing is so minimal that there's a high tolerance for being out of position. In a addition, there's just less footwork and activity needed to set up a swing that isn't doing the whole coil, hitting out in front, and big spin stuff that I and a lot of players are trying to do.

[millenialfinancialplanner]

David, question, are you out of breath? Couldn't tell.

[MikeLeeGG]

I know this feeling all too well. Teaching full time really turns tennis into a more casual and instructive experience. That is the antithesis to competing. You can see this with David’s shanking and questionable decision making on some shots. You can hear it with his constant criticism of himself instead of focusing on winning the next point. Having taught full time for many years and returning to amateur competitive play, I see a lot of my past behaviors from when I first started competing again.