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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Watch Diego Schwartzman play. Very scrappy and tenacious style of tennis. Not for everyone but he wins games (and hot girls) at 5’7” at the top level.[/quote]

Yes, shorter/smaller kids have to have better skills to compete against the bigger kids.  It really depends on whether the person wants to play for enjoyment or be really competitive.  Note that just being bigger/taller only works if the person also has the tennis skills.  Being tall is great, but if you can't figure out how to use that height to generate power for big serves and big groundstrokes, you are going to be run off the court by the smaller kids with better tennis skills.  There are many tall players who have a big serve and nothing else who have done far worse than the smaller players with good shots.

If you are looking for smaller players, Schwartzman is only the latest in a line of successful smaller top players.  Both Rochus brothers were shorter (Olivier 5'6" and Christoph was 5'5").[/quote]

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