NTRP 5.0 vs D3 College Tennis Player - Mark vs. Josh - Match Play (Part 1)

[@adriantanskanen3914]

The people demand Olive vs Mark! Great video as always

[@destyneeprice19]

Yess!! lol

[@djblackwing737]

would skip work for that match

[@REALTENNIS]

Hopefully soon!

[@ritalun7303]

Yes!

[@dimitrisblane6368]

Players of this level and so many foot faults? Mindblowing

[@NamesAreRandom]

Interesting comparison. Surprising for someone who must get a lot of coaching but Josh is all arm - big strong guy and he muscles everything. Problem with that is the arm is what should give you control, but it can't do that if it's tense as you are using it to muscle the ball. Hence even aiming for big targets he still misses regularly. Mark is nothing like as physically strong but hits it just as hard and with more control because he knows how to generate power using his body.

[@MarkSansait]

Not as physically strong? EXCUSE ME?!

[@lamestraw6409]

@@MarkSansait LOL Mark :) One of the better matchups on Real Tennis in my humble opinion.

[@LetsBuildThatApp]

Josh probably developed the jumpy forehand from earl junior days where kids hit with excessive top spin. Hard habit to break but it requires a lot of footwork backing up and recognizing which balls to ease up on and just hit defensively.

[@nathan.tunks.tennis]

“I’ll serve first”. “I’ll break first”. The Notorious Mark Sansait is back again 🤝💪

[@MarkSansait]

Yas queeeeen

[@tenniswithandy]

Great editing RT team and insightful commentary Ian and Crazy Old Man Scott. The constant open stance forehand by Josh is a tough habit to break. I know this from my own personal experience, I have to tell myself to step in and stay grounded. Even then when I think I’m in a closed stance, it turns out to be neutral or semi-open which is fine. I already watched Part 2 (I accidentally watched it first). I am looking forward to seeing Josh on the channel again. Josh your positive attitude is golden and will take you many places in tennis and life.

[@milllworks]

Mark vs Olive would be terrific. But I’d also like to see Mark vs coach Andrew or coach Chris from Tennis Spin.

[@jamesmears7552]

Mark does such a great job keeping those heavy forhands deep, and his backhands too. Big big big thing there.

[@lucasstrazz4897]

Josh foot faulted every time. Otherwise a decent serve

[@aktajha]

yeah, and not a little. Full step into the court.

[@vicplaystennis9158]

It looks like he didn't in some of the earlier serves. My guess is as he started losing he tried to instinctively put "more" on the serve and this started to happen later in the set.

[@rds4629]

Maybe they don't call footfaults in college tennis like they play lets.

[@Chard_Ong]

foot fault fest for Josh 😆

[@yoshikay8787]

Not gon lie, ever since the first (unfortunately tragic) match against Ian, honestly Marks game has evolved!!!!

[@highsocietyskate]

Love Olive!! Make it happen 🙏

[@REALTENNIS]

Trying!

[@JameSongMaker]

Josh’s serve motion looks very much like an amped up version of Adam’s serve.

[@OlivePlaysTennis]

Looking for flights now. Anyone in Milwaukee got an extra room I could stay at? 😇

[@Giul_i0]

Nice to see Ian back! I missed you dude!

[@REALTENNIS]

Very kind of you

[@Namenono76]

Josh foot faults on his serves

[@Kureransu]

i knew you were talking about olive as soon as you said "Her"! I love her channel!

[@REALTENNIS]

Absolutely, she's doing amazing work

[@IamnotJohnFord]

Mark is like the cagey slick gunslinger of Western lore. His past conquests want to find and send the biggest guns imaginable at him. Olive vs Mark would shake the heavens.

[@REALTENNIS]

💯

[@OlivePlaysTennis]

This website ain't big enough for the both of us 🔫😤🔫

[@chadbelgrave3033]

Oh yes please Mr Ian "Dana" Westermann!! I've been following Olive TV (and she's no joke; she's a really good player) would love to see her play both Mark, and Scott. Let's make this happen ;).

[@Tennisbull-match-statistics]

@Mark Sansait: 5:20 - regarding the always return first strategy: I crunched some numbers on over 170 singles matches I have done the statistics (most of them 4.5 level): On average 41% of service games get broken. The first game gets broken 44% but the 2nd game gets broken 48%. Possibly explanation could be that stronger server will elect to service first ? The 9th game (4:4) and 11th game (5:5) get broken 34% of the time but the 10th game (4:5,5:4) get broken 47% of the time. If you return in the first game you will serve at 5:4 (pressure to close it out) or 4:5 (pressure to hold). I'll need to run those stats again once I have more matches tagged ...

[@scottbroady3159]

LET THE CARNAGE BEGIN

[@REALTENNIS]

Let's go!

[@-Munditimum-]

Always looking forward to seeing you at the commentators booth my friend!🍻

[@johnhhh3591]

Josh, on your forehand under pressure you only do about half of a shoulder turn, and then rotate too fast and sorta spray the ball. I'd suggest reaching early with you left arm for the deuce court sideline on the backswing for every forehand...:)

[@ariurip3751]

Foot fault?

[@crazylift6604]

Happy Holidays gents! Looking forward to an exciting match. TacoBell!!!!!!!!

[@REALTENNIS]

Thanks for joining us! Happy Holidays to you!

[@BicolBandit]

Josh definitely foot faults every time with his right foot

[@SAM098.]

1:10 Foot Fault

[@Namenono76]

Mark, what racquet, string, and tension do you use for your matches?

[@MarkSansait]

YES

[@REALTENNIS]

🔥

[@K4R3N]

No u

[@stevenjm12]

Josh foot faults on every serve

[@ericburness3116]

Mark: "I have a hairline" 🤣

[@MarkSansait]

For now….

[@youngsuit]

do i hear pickleball in the background?

[@guitarnoob4568]

Arrange a Karue (my tennis hq) Mark match-up, and give Karue some handicaps, should be a fun match

[@DonYang73]

Every serve of josh’s is a fault unfortunately. Very bad foot faults, he has to work on that. Foot is way too deep in to overlook

[@mbull9974]

What's wrong with open stance?

[@MarkSansait]

its almost as bad as foot faulting

[@mbull9974]

​@@MarkSansait i understand now.

[@Giul_i0]

Doesnt allow a good back-to-front energy transfer. Especially on low/ mid of the court balls you should always try to apply a neutral stance

[@rsmith02]

@@Giul_i0 You mean shallow balls where you are moving in?

[@HeavyTopspin]

Combined with the jump on every shot, this is probably why he's not comfortable at the net: it's hard to follow your shot in when you're hitting the ball in mid-air (and even jumping slightly backwards on many shots), so he probably never bothered to make the approach-and-putaway an integral part of his game.

[@marco11997733]

Josh foot fault....foot fault...foot fault....foot fault....foot fault....🤣

[@forgerator]

those are some huge foot faults by Josh

[@stevenyang7054]

I think Olive could take Mark's lunch money and shove him in a locker... oh wait, we're talking about tennis? lol

[@jeffislearning]

a must: commentators box need to be smaller.

[@nongroupthought5076]

Mark is a real trash talker

[@drago7840]

Omg.. the footfault brigade is out on this one. So dumb. A barely crossed baseline on the serve for a guy that typically stays back does not impact the point.

[@27blanx]

This is 3.5 in Florida.

[@scottbroady3159]

Florida sounds like a nice place to buy sandbags and crack

[@kjs205]

Yeah but then they'd have a 6th grade education and be married to their cousin

[@Jon88]

With the shoutout to @OlivePlaysTennis. It would be a close match I'd think.

[@REALTENNIS]

Hope we find out!

[@Jon88]

Mark has been playing really well and I imagine home court advantage. It’s tough playing on your guy’s courts!