USTA 4.5 vs UTR 10 w/My Tennis HQ!

This is a singles set between me and Gus! Gus is the hitting partner of Karue in a lot of the My Tennis HQ videos, and a student of Karue's! Gus is a senior in high school and going to Redlands for college. And I'm a USTA 4.5. Don't have an official UTR yet because I haven't played any verified matches. We played a set with Karue jumping in here and there.
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Gus - 10 UTR
Karue - 13+ UTR
Winston - USTA 4.5
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0:00 - Intro
1:20 - Racket Specs
1:54 - Advice from Karue
3:09 - Set
15:22 - Outro
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[@andreaho]

Incredible. No improvement since last 2 years.

[@Accarius0_0]

Incredible. Someone who trash talks online when they would probably get destroyed by the person in real life. Did you also miss the part where he hurt his leg and took a break? Get off your couch and go run a half marathon. There’s no reason to hate. Winston just got you too.

[@andreaho]

@@Accarius0_0 Lol. Should I admire him for his broken legs? C'mon, dude. He plays like shit, and either do you, indeed, so compliment each other, dudes. If you deny the truth, there would be no room for improvement. Btw, I've watched his videos for 2 years. That's what I do. You don't get it, do you?

[@PapaMosconi]

@@Accarius0_0 well, there are a lot of us who are higher ranked than this guy, even from other countries, especially in EU where technique, footwork is a lot better, go watch some “terza categoria tennis” video, you’ll see the difference.

[@supermuskelmann8557]

@@PapaMosconi yeah that’s true I think. But I don’t really know how to compare the US ranking system to European ones, as they’re all different. I saw at least 2 matches on the weekend with my team, where all 4 players were better than Winston. But again, don’t know how to compare it. I have absolutely no idea what rank he would get here in Germany (Leistungsklasse, LK).

[@cbd2091]

​@@Accarius0_0 you probably suck just shut up I'd like to see what your forehand/backhand looks like

[@MyTennisHQ]

COVER THE INSIDE IN FOREHAND, WINSTON! 😂😂 Great stuff

[@julianchiu8893]

Karue's smirk when you explained your injury. Priceless.

[@jasonlee6180]

Winston you improved so much. When you don't randomly shank, you really held your own. Also your serve improved a lot.

[@RCShufty]

Are there any amateur tennis players that don't randomly shank though?

[@qianhuang59]

Really would like to see Winston to play someone at his own level to check the progress after taking lessons with Karue like Mark Sansait. Don't always play against someone with level much higher.

[@bournejason66]

Exactly. It is less pressure to play up because you have nothing to lose

[@HappyPenguin75034]

Like a 3.5

[@MrBdiddypop]

Oh snap!

[@awachsmann]

Gus Vs. Hermont might be a good match!

[@omarzoccatelli9251]

I think hermont can beat this guy 6-1

[@SaqibSheikh]

Harmont will smoke him. Need to see hermont vs that college player with the younger bro. Forget his name.

[@medwinsusilo7064]

Hermont just Another level, way better .. HE only need serve LOL

[@nub7368]

@@SaqibSheikh herrick? yeah he would def be better competition for hermont

[@saitama8712]

@@SaqibSheikhi think ur talking about rithvik

[@TheRmm1976]

Gus is a really great player. He hit some awesome shots for example at the end there 15:13 !

[@TimelyAdventure]

Great job, despite the injury layoff, your tennis continues to improve and inspire us!

[@neelabhchoudhary2063]

YES!!! I LOVE THESE VIDEOS!!

[@powerfuI]

You progressed in tennis man great job bro! Your gonna keep improving everyday! Keep it up Winston!

[@leticiazehnderalves4225]

Parabéns Gustavo!!! Nós te amamos ❤❤❤❤

[@jorgeboetto2228]

You have a great backhand W. Don't give up never.

[@Isaac-qg4sh]

Gus VS Patrick 👏👏

[@ChubbyAthletics]

Your forehands were looking great once you just let go and swung. Good stuff Winston - keep it up!

[@aztecterp]

great job for coming back after an injury. The kid is good. You needed two people to defeat him! I like how you settled down and started playing better after a rough start. The game is so mental. We play better when we don't think about what's not going well and just focus on each shot! 🙂

[@TennisDK-hy7hr]

You have improved a lot since I last watched your video

[@perryloh695]

That paint job on Karue's new VC95 is a thing of beauty 😍

[@squishee7938]

This has probably been suggested many times, but I'd like to see Karue and coach Chase.

[@-Munditimum-]

Really happy to see K doing some good stuff for the mortals. :) Winston, man, you've improved so much. time for a revisit with Mark S. He's gotten better too, so I think it would be epic. Cheers and thanks always for the great videos. M

[@MrRovoLova]

Has he played mark before?

[@-Munditimum-]

@@MrRovoLova Yea, twice I believe.

[@raptorelement1]

You play your best tennis with the pure aero 100

[@samster978]

Karue and Winston the best collab, keep it coming! Is Karue still using natural gut?

[@bot4him390]

Great Video

[@gab_ale]

You definitely looked rusty, but that's completely normal. Take it easy with the comeback and take care of your leg.

[@JimmyVercellino]

Winston - love your channel bro! 💯💪 I’m a 4.0 (self rated) and would love the challenge to play you if your in AZ and would be happy to host you at my club! Keep up the great work my man!

[@SpiroC01]

Hey Winston great videos! I have watched many of your matches, but missed this one so watching it now. I have paid particular attention to your serving, especially the grip on your racket for both 1st and 2nd serve. In my opinion you should try going more extreme with the continental grip because it will allow more natural power and spin and take a lot of pressure from your arm. It appears like the grip now is making you have to really force the spin at the point of attacking the ball. This is undoubtedly causing a lot of pressure on your arm. Also, it it causing much unnecessary looping with the racket when it goes down and comes back up. This may be one reason you find yourself shanking some balls off the frame of the racket. Good luck in your improvement journey!

[@larrieuxroyale]

Gus is a monster 💪

[@smueller12244]

Gus played solid! Seemed like you were still injured a bit with some cement feet today. I will race you to UTR 8+ :), keep working it

[@bobalyfexp2403]

You were right next to me at the practice courts at IW this past March :) Current Men’s 4.5 NorCal #1 guy here. Would be fun to play :)

[@graemedonaldson961]

Must have been the right calf Winston! You will heal up strong!! I feel your pain

[@jeffreyroughgarden6591]

I would have liked to see many more kudos to Gus, a high school player to keep an eye on.

[@shipwreck8847]

Hey Winston, Good job for always challenging yourself and not just posting vids of you playing lower players and creaming them. Good challenge to yourself. Keep it up.

[@mkong88]

Big Shot Gus

[@bmanbusee3812]

Karue out there on sidelines looking like “the coach”..😅

[@user-ss6pz3np6c]

nice vids man

[@fosho8214]

understandable your a little rusty but I still think Winston needs that full 100 regular Pure Aero. It has a higher launch angle/power/spin for his forehand which he seemed to be framing or hitting top of net/short. The VS is more of a control racquet with its 98/16x20/thinner beam that doesn't really fit your game right now. Thanks to Karue and Gus and thanks for vid.

[@omarzoccatelli9251]

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[@LiamApilado]

When Karue said to focus on your inputs, what did you focus on in particular? Was it maybe keeping your head still at contact, your footwork or something else?

[@itschickenlittle1409]

4.5 here in central Texas! Come on over haha

[@LiamApilado]

10:28 it would be interesting to watch pros play like this where they have 1 partner who is better than them sit aside to wait to be tagged into the match at certain moments. For example: a top 50 player partners with a top 10 player (Giron and Djokovic) and when theyre down break point Giron calls Djokovic to sub in

[@LiamApilado]

Using Giron as an example but just checked he's just out of the top 50

[@speedymr]

4:21 Winston completed his half marathon

[@jonathanallen7729]

Commenting to comment!

[@TexAgDad]

Hey Winston, what is Karue meaning by trying to "make the ball"?

[@pencilcheck]

Damn

[@dylanroberts8478]

Really impressed with Gus. How old is he, dang.

[@leticiazehnderalves4225]

18, birthday today

[@bernardanderson8140]

Question: I was watching and was curious, do you use continental grip for your serve?

[@NikTheHill7]

hey Winston just saying u should try playing a 5.0usta to see how it goes but also, what does Karue think of your serve? I see a lot of criticism in the comments, I think it’s okay but there are improvements to be made, but I’m just curious to hear what the expert has to say

[@elchanclascocina]

He did a valuable comment today though which was, that serve was pure arm, and it was. Hopefully we do see some collab with the serve as I do think that is the biggest opportunity.

[@nking99t]

Serve might be the major gap between 4.5 and 5 player. I don't think you have a big gap with footwork/rally stuff with him. Let's go Wintson!

[@nking99t]

I would love to see a vid Karue help fixing the Serve.😁

[@elchanclascocina]

That's the first thing I thought we'd see. I think they have worked on it though, but, as many times with new concepts, Winston might be confused with them, because the last 2-3 videos man I feel he's really regressed on his serve.

[@moritzdickfeld5000]

How much lead tape is Gus using on his Yonex Vcore Pro97? :) 3&9?

[@jaychon8418]

Winston, you got much better after 0-3 down

[@matrevel9938]

Karue s tension is so high for a control racket already - i have the 95 too - i d be curious to know why this tension and if he tried in the 40s

[@cmo871]

Are these courts in Turtle Rock?

[@joshualeifer3335]

what about a tournament with point handicaps like golf?

[@saxbb4]

You took a page right out of my playbook at 4:34…

[@Patty_mahomes133]

Which state do you live in

[@bbb12345]

Nice game, but seems like you are not adapted to this new racquet yet. What do you think?

[@bbb12345]

@@WinstonDu Yeah, this combo really doesn't help. Anyway, keep on playing and posting. Thanks for the content!

[@alberts2208]

Winston, have you won any matches? You need to play players on your level. Winning is a learned skill.

[@GershonBenYitzhak]

Someone please help Winston pronate on his serve. EDIT: Some tips: 1. **Must pronate** . You do not pronate on your flat serve. You start pronating too early, this makes it difficult to fully pronate. Pronate closer to the ball, and it will be easier. 2. **Into the court** . A lot of times you are jumping straight up and losing a ton of power behind the ball because your full body weight it not going into impact of the ball. 3. **Too sideways** . You do not need to be that bent over on a flat serve. If you're at 40 degrees - you should be closer to 20. To be clear, you'd crush me. You're in great shape, you got a loose wrist on the serve. You should be hitting your first serve a good 15-20mph easily with your athleticism. I wish you luck.

[@vladimirgetselevich4704]

Also why you never play real competitions? USTA leagues or tournaments or UTR tournaments? To know what you current objective level it and to practice competing.

[@SaqibSheikh]

Yea shout out to my v core pro users

[@altrfryd5859]

Can somebody beat Hermont???

[@jonathanchen1026]

why does winston always put usta 4.5? just put your utr up too!

[@tenniswithandy]

I’m noticing the stenciling. Did you sign a multimillion dollar deal with Solinco?

[@tenniswithandy]

@@WinstonDu amen to that my brother.

[@anmolmaitra78]

What is your UTR ranking Winston?

[@chuckfriebe843]

4.5?

[@series4hp478]

That kid looks like Pete Sampras ! Anyone with me?

[@MostLikedComment123]

Winston u can beat these guys 7-11 always have a shot tolerance they can only hit so many quality balls and they do so by swinging hard, if you keep that high percentage you will beat them for sure, trust your quality can go for it

[@kennethqian6114]

The fact that you can get three games in a set off a UTR 10 player makes you closer to like a UTR 9 rated player right? Also I feel like you are more of a 5.0 player than 4.5...curious what others thoughts are.

[@pedrox96]

He's a solid (really good!!!) 4.5 player. There are still a few technical adjustments to reach the 5.0 level.

[@premium70194]

I think your service motion is wrong , starting with your grip... It's not continental .. with your grip I think you should just try to whack the ball with a baseball pitchers motion. Try hitting the back of the opposite fence first with the service motion , then try to get it into the service box

[@thehiddenfamily]

He uses the right grip

[@chuongdo3334]

Agreed, he's using a grip somewhere on bevel 2,5 (almost 3). That's why he's arming the ball too much. He needs to position his body more sideways also. No hate Winston just some constructive criticism.

[@chuongdo3334]

@@thehiddenfamily He's not fully in continental though

[@DanTuber]

Your serve technique needs an overhaul.

[@HappyPenguin75034]

That’s what keeps him 3.5. If he had a 4.0 serve, his shots could keep him high 4.0 play.

[@Tennis214]

@@HappyPenguin75034 If Winston played a 3.5 tournament he’d get disqualified for blatant sandbagging lol.

[@HappyPenguin75034]

@@Tennis214 He can’t if he self rated 4.5. Sorry Winston.

[@Tennis214]

@@HappyPenguin75034 Lol I’m sure you really got to him

[@HappyPenguin75034]

@@Tennis214 his serve gets worse unless he plays a girl. Something is getting to him.

[@lisandrodelacruz4677]

Let's go, Winston! When are we gonna hit? I hit you up awhile back but you didn't respond. I'm a 4.5. 45 yr old lefty. Just waiting for a chance to play you.

[@altrfryd5859]

I don't think you stand a chance against Winston since he is clearly under rated and improving fast

[@lisandrodelacruz4677]

@@altrfryd5859 that's what I want to find out but you can take his place for now if you'd like.

[@altrfryd5859]

@@lisandrodelacruz4677Yeah I think I got a beter shot at beating him

[@altrfryd5859]

@@lisandrodelacruz4677 Winston Du would absolutely destroy you if you played a match against him so it's tough and perhaps it is for the best that he isn't answering you. Everybody is at their own level and you and I just need to stick to the lower spectrum of the tennis competition for a while I guess until we get beter and can finally challenge stronger players one day

[@lisandrodelacruz4677]

@@altrfryd5859 time and a place buddy. My rackets are always ready for you. I'm always open to new competition. And Winston, I'm always gonna be waiting for your response.

[@edwinivanrodriguez3769]

Are you afraid of me? I have been challenge you for 6 months and you didnt say anything

[@meinsouza]

Winston you are definitely getting better, but I dont know if it was because of your injury , today your footwork seemed really lazy

[@spaceshido6124]

i have advice for you : If you dont take trainning seriously and start training twice a day you just waisting your time you will never achieve these guys level and you will be stuck at the same level and karue advices are useless for you at this point....No negative vibes i love you just the truth that you need to hear

[@jeffvanderwerf3391]

@@WinstonDu Have you considered quitting your job, selling everything you own in order to enter a full-time tennis academy, and getting a personal coach? No negative vibes, bruh, just askin'. Might be what you need to hear.

[@joseppi4cinqua]

Major issue with Asian guy is he has no conception of pattern play. He realizes he’s clueless and punishes himself with unforced errors.

[@TimTheMusicMan]

The problem is he’s not coming to the net and no one is is teaching that all the mistakes are happening at the baseline

[@chrishansen8806]

I know a utr 7 better than that 10