I GOT CHALLENGED - ATP Pro vs Amateur 🎾

[@BrazilDan1]

What I really liked is how respectful Simon was. He didn't hold up (or so it seems). I hate when people who have a higher level joke around. You didn't do it, and that shows a ton of respect not only towards your opponent (who played quite well) but also towards your audience!

[@user-qm7zj6ge9k]

Tennis is not a right sport for such people anyway

[@landonus9431]

what do you mean he did not hold up I mean if Im playing somoene who just started Im not going to blast him off the court you know?

[@BrazilDan1]

@@landonus9431 This is obviously a guy who didn't just start. He's a pretty good player. I find it also much more interesting to see (something close to) what a pro can do, than just watching them joke around.

[@landonus9431]

@@BrazilDan1 got ja

[@Rorshacked]

I’m a high level rec/club player (former college player, 5.0 by USTA standards)…and recently played a guy who plays futures, and he won 18 straight games. Next time we played I did manage to squeak out two games in three sets though. The difference in level is astounding; its surreal playing someone that is not in the least bit bothered by my best shots, making me have to hit my best shot 5+ times in a row to have a chance at winning a point. It’s awesome.

[@GerardoMartinez-yz4uq]

Maybe the most beautiful indoor tennis court I've ever seen! Also, OP is a legit player. Great length on his strokes. Obviously, playing a real pro is another animal altogether.

[@tipsytennis]

Thanks 🙌

[@ts440s]

All these bs key board commandos talking sht about pros and how their 4.0 game can beat them, and this amateur is no smuck to the average rec player.

[@tholuong123]

Simon vs My Tennis HQ!!

[@architennis]

This might be a close match, though Karue isn't match tough. I'd love to see it!

[@OfficerDonut0]

Karue has been doing tournaments recently so I would like to see that match

[@KimblePender]

Or simon vs tennis brothers

[@tipsytennis]

Had a blast Simon! We’re definitely having a grudge match when you come to New York. This time on my home courts! Training season starts now *queue Rocky Theme song*

[@MrFunkyko]

Love youtube comments where people are saying "there's no way he's a high level amateur" and would lose 10-0 lefty to this guy lmao. Good match play don't let the haters get to you!

[@nicogoebel4071]

Adam actually looks like a reeeaaally high level amateur, props

[@tipsytennis]

🙌🙌🙌

[@RickSanchez-zx1vg]

Fantastic!!! I laughed so much. Simon, great channel and great tennis. Can't wait to see you play the Slams.

[@info781]

Good clean fun, love the mid-court put away at 1:13 and 1:33. You don't often see a 5.0 vs a pro on video, it really puts things in perspective.

[@khainaga]

That was awesome to see the difference in level! Adam's a good player!

[@tipsytennis]

Thanks! I wish I put up more of a fight tho 😅

[@Nerdzombiedisco]

Love this. I have new friends who thought I was full of bs when I told them I was a tennis instructor for 14yrs and hitting partner for pros during tournaments. All are avid players who played high school tennis. I walked away from the game and gained weight, so all of them thought I was lying. Especially dropping a few names of pro players I hit with. Then…after 10 minutes of me hitting deep + heavy top & crushing the ball, I could see them gulp in fear of me setting up for a shot, anticipating how much pace they had to deal with or a nasty drop shot. Sometimes it’s good to show amateurs another level in person.

[@monsoon835]

i love the compilation of you beating his ass in the groundstroke points at the beginning lmao

[@coffeedude2024]

That was great Simon and kudos to you for playing an amateur tennis player! I'm actually planning a short trip to Stockholm in the next few months as I've always wanted to go so if we're both in town, it would be super fun to hit with you and have a laugh over a beer or three!🥃🥃🥃 Love your channel and content👍

[@razorback9926]

I love the Butts Up punishment. Dimitri Tursunov used to do that at practices.

[@Tennis214]

All amateurs would look like this against a pro lol

[@SL-ef8jv]

No he's still a good amateur player, but simon is so good that he made him look trash

[@Tennis214]

@@SL-ef8jv I know he’s a good amateur. My point was that pros are another beast

[@SL-ef8jv]

@@Tennis214 yeah pros would absolutely destroy almost every amateur player but I'm sure the game would look even more embarrassing if he just started playing today

[@tipsytennis]

@@SL-ef8jv thanks for the backup haha

[@tatianarueda9034]

No creo jaja el otro no jugaba nada

[@MrJohnnyblazed]

Good stuff Simon!! I remember about 10 years ago at the Binghamton challenger one of the amateurs challenged Richard Bloomfield. I believe he was a restaurant owner and the challenge was if Richard can "golden set" him meaning (he doesn't win a point) he gets a $100 and dinner at the restaurant. Sure enough and I saw the whole match (which was about 15 minutes).... Richard beat him 60 without letting him win a point!! It was pretty impressive considering Richard's game of serving and volleying... and chip in charge. It was absolute destruction... Almost every point a winner or I put away volley!! 😄

[@-Munditimum-]

Loved it. I laughed so hard at times during the video...great fun. What is Adam's rating at the club tennis level? Would like to see the full match. Wow, you guys are killing it at table tennis. Didn't know you're so good at it!!! Cheers! M

[@tipsytennis]

I’m a 5.0 in USTA’s rating and like a 10-11 UTR 😊 grudge match on my courts next time

[@-Munditimum-]

@@tipsytennis Well done Adam. Being a 5.0 is not easy for sure. What you've done here is not a joke either. Putting yourself out there like this is something big. Much respect just on that on its own! Cheers!

[@latso2001]

@@tipsytennis nah, you're around 9 UTR mate, max.

[@rolandberthelot8486]

This was a fun one to watch!! Ping Pong Butts Up is amazing haha

[@ricphysio]

Didnt know youtube allowed videos of poor souls being "tortured"🤣. Great video and what an eye opener. Fair play to both of you for being such good sports 👍

[@fl9667]

Just for retrospect. Simon is top 350. So the best in many countries still cant beat him. After watching us open first hand i quickly realized that i still need my day job 😂

[@architennis]

Yeah, I just went to Indian Wells for a few days with a grounds pass. At the practice courts you can be really close to top ten players and it's out of this world how quick they read and react, and move, and how hard they hit.

[@fl9667]

@@architennis indeed. They started very early its their bread and butter in a super competitive sport.

[@makefly3305]

"Sir, reporting target is destroyed"😂

[@YoavMarciano]

Such a good video, thanks simon🙏

[@alephnull4044]

That was incredible haha. Gives you so much perspective

[@rangeslpash6162]

love the video bro, you need to keep making more

[@andtewlonsdale8047]

I thought I was a decent player once. Was on a tennis course and this guy turns up. Was 23 ex pro..about 480 in the world. I was fit and had decent stroke. Pros are a diff level...the ball comes with way more power ..spin and just weight to the shot. It was the same demolition job

[@matlew]

wow what a great court

[@AdamLischinsky]

Adam Borak was bumped to 5.0 after going 7-0 at 4.5. Looks like he may have been 10.0 UTR at one point.

[@Jon88]

The amount of people saying he's not a "high level" amateur player because he got wrecked by a top 400 player is laughable. Average is 3.5-4.0 NTRP. 5.0 is already top percentage of US players.

[@connorpen]

@@Jon88 Yeah I've never seen so many delusional comments as there are on tennis videos like this one. From his serve form alone, you can tell this amateur guy is 5.0 and would beat 90% of serious amateur tennis players easily.

[@jeffhermida4788]

yeah his utr is a low 8. Adam seems to be pretty good but he went up against a utr 13. LOL

[@MrFunkyko]

@@Jon88 It's so funny, classic keyboard warriors who are still trying to figure out how to not pancake a volley

[@alastairtheduke]

I nailed his level!

[@HittheJay]

We call it sting pong and it can get wild!

[@ozankabakyesheplayedcentreback]

What a beautiful indoor court design. Very Swedish indeed

[@MostLikedComment123]

you can tell that he hasn't played against players at this speed since everything is going back to the middle of the court, that was my first games when I played against Columbus st.

[@eminakaratas11]

Wow, I have actually played table tennis with my brother exactly at that place a few years ago. I remember climbing up that platform on the left side of yours. I also remember being a bit grumpy because the lights were pretty weak so the room was kinda dark. Anyways, great and interesting video as always👊🏽

[@svlagonda7417]

LOL these beat downs are so funny.

[@pencilcheck]

damn, lucky guy, perhaps I should challenge simon when I travel to Stockholm

[@Jon88]

Adam is obviously not even a 4.0 NTRP. JK, fun video, lol no mercy in butts up.

[@JimmyOlsson]

Haha! Epic video! I laughed so much! Great fun!🤣 Adam seems to be a great guy and I'm sure he would beat 90% of all of us who is commenting on this video, at least at table tennis! 😆 And honestly, if I got an opportunity to play a few points with you I wouldn't mind the butts up punishment! 😂😂

[@RobBlanzy]

That was fantastic. You were clearly hooking him in table tennis non-stop. Let's get a referee next time!!!

[@niveditsingh6063]

The difference in stroke quality is almost negligible compared to the difference in body language, physical fitness and consistency.

[@norie3096]

What's the level of the amateur? Maybe I missed it.

[@alastairtheduke]

Except the level of power that Simon has is a very, very noticeable difference. I'd add that footwork difference is also pretty apparent.

[@tipsytennis]

Now I drink beer and play tennis casually 😂

[@norie3096]

@@alastairtheduke it's the most noticeable to me. I have no idea of the level of this amateur but the footwork was bad compared to the very good player of my club. If I could know the level of the amateur. Like in the us system. 4.5. 5.0 etc

[@godsuya6462]

Lol this video was great.

[@RijadDizdarevic]

Haha fun video!!! 😂

[@jackquinnes]

This is why pros are pros and amateurs are - well, just amateurs. Great stuff, guys. Kudos to Adam for putting himself bravely on the line of fire and smiling the whole way through the painstaking process of punishment! The pingpong game looked a more even affair though. - And should the Biblical first man (lol) have brought his own racquets with him the result should have been a bit more generous also. A fact implying the dude didn’t fly all the way to Stockholm only to play Simon but this was just a nice off time number beside ”more serious business’. - And Simon’s shot making looked netter than ever. The key is to have fun and leti it go!

[@pencilcheck]

what's your opponent's level? utr or ntrp wise? in your own estimate?

[@rgal8791]

Super, thanks for sharing. Would you say he is 4.0 player or? DIV 2 US college player or? P.S. Har biljetter till sw19 o tror på miracle att du kommer att spela :)

[@alastairtheduke]

He's definitely at least a 4.5, possibly even a 5.0 but with that first serve percentage and we didn't see his footwork much, so I don't know, kind of doubt it.

[@Clivetinker]

Ain’t no way that double faulter hits 5.0. Maybe a 4.5 even with the levels on display

[@pedropaivalemos]

whats raquets specs ?

[@nguyen925]

Simon with his pancake serve 😋

[@dmitryt9286]

Like any tennis player you are using tennis technique for ping pong to 😉

[@sidd1816]

Simon kinda curious to know about your racket set up.. Loving your vids btw 👌

[@OlivePlaysTennis]

this video about to do numbers. Simon knows what the algorithm wants

[@ryankuriangeorge112]

Ur forehand is awesome

[@Michael-kb3tt]

Lmao humbled him

[@2kubal]

Simon could u do video about toss and overall tips on serve ? I think u could share your knowledge 😜 and people gonna watch it for sure.

[@fl9667]

Prop to him for having a gut to challenge you. He is very good as an amature. Me..i dont have a gut to challenge even the kids at thr beginning of video lol.

[@rtheben]

What’s a high level amateur?

[@TimTheMusicMan]

Playing indoor tennis with the artificial echo volume raised up is the same as putting balloons in a bike frame to produce a loud sound to make everyone think your bike is more important and you ride better than the rest.

[@ethandavidrichards1823]

I thought we take our batsap seriously at our academy.😂

[@homagetogreathistoricalsin9711]

Is Adam around a 5.0? He’s a very good player. This shows how good a pro is.

[@joaodenilli]

Nice video man.. wp!

[@pandatennis2207]

Fun video!

[@wrongname3636]

what racket do u use?

[@mbr1254]

Likely a Blade v8 but at what specs?

[@MrFunkyko]

He used blade v8 16x19 stock

[@mteca5093]

Good stuff

[@chuckersthenut2097]

Cool video

[@fosho8214]

cool bar...no beer pong?

[@KeystoneProdz]

You should play against Felix from Tennis Brothers

[@user-oj7co5wm8g]

Didn’t they just do a video together?

[@KeystoneProdz]

I just started watching Simon so I dont know if they did one on this channel but it definitely wasn't on tennis brothers

[@info781]

Felix arm is still coming back, he has to be careful.

[@borisgurevich5504]

Why didn’t he play with his own racquet?

[@architennis]

He had a long trip to get there and I guess tennis wan't his main reason to travel.

[@aznpokering4184]

Wow its insane how easily you dismantled an obviously very high level amateur. He probably plays at something like UTR 10-12 yet he couldn't really do anything even his best shots were easily handled.

[@masteryoda9259]

No high amateur level player have any chance against any pro. Thats how big gap really is between those 2 levels.

[@HankHell41]

Did you guys play ping pong at a bar on Tattooine? lol

[@alastairtheduke]

Haha, bro got destroyed

[@ToiletTennis]

Simon goat

[@borisgenkov2711]

Well , no hating or anything but I m a high level Amateur player and consider myself much better than Adam... good video though!

[@arfatkhan8723]

Levels. Like if you played say a top 200 player you would get destroyed.

[@latso2001]

just play a best of 3 sets with 0-30, he might score a few games, but not too many anyway. Solid amateur nevertheless

[@jamesromano3288]

My friend Felix M will challenge you papi.....

[@wrongname3636]

how tall are u simon? very curious mate.

[@fl9667]

He is 5'10"

[@jqccofy199]

and now against djokovic

[@DanTuber]

More beat the pro series. Next time find someone who can serve

[@info781]

He needs to play up. : )

[@germanslice]

Simon, I want to know why you dont' use the cutter or slider to either ace or pull your opponents out wide at this level of play. You play stronger tennis against weaker opponents who can't give you any pressure. An amateur club player lacks the knowledge that the ATP guys have. Its a mistake for the amateur club player to try to challenge the pro when they don't have the pro knowledge. They also cannot handle the higher pronation levels that the ATP guys hit at. The serves at this level are coming 120-130+ mph.' Not 60 to 120 mph at the amateur club level. The amateur got Wasted. He had trouble rallying the ball. High pressure balls finds many holes in the amateurs game. This is what happens when you put a level 10 guy up against someone whose at level 100.

[@ronm7114]

He didnt had shit on u lol

[@kh8120000]

adam is slow as molasses. cant be very high level imho

[@iamls360sterriker9]

if that guy is a high level amateur then I'm world number 1 lol

[@alastairtheduke]

I wondered how long before an asinine comment like this would be made. Congratulations, you're the first.

[@iamls360sterriker9]

@@alastairtheduke you often wait to see how long a piffy comment gets made? Lighten up jeez

[@kamilkraszewski2017]

There absolutly No reason to Call you friend „high level amateur”. He is average amateur player.

[@alastairtheduke]

Congratulations, you're the second asinine comment. He's a 5.0 NTRP level. That is the definition of high level amateur and would beat 90% of amateur players at that level.

[@to174jay9]

Loved it

[@johnl2124]

Wait? Who's who? I'm confused. The guy up front looks like you, but moves and plays like a pro... and the other guy is supposedly the pro but clearly moves like an amatuer