Hello manutoo,
I've been trying to make my peace with the game for awhile but I've encountered some problems (I'm playing on Pro 10):
1. I never could hit a lob winner when the opponent is at the net. I tried both offensive and aggressive types but they can always smash the ball.
2. When Nadal hit a wide service (on his second serv), it's really hard to return them because the ball seems to be higher. I can't even see the safe zone(when ball preview is on) & on the times that I reach the ball, my shot is too weak because of my position.
3. Although now I can win against top guys like Nadal, Djokovic ... , When I play against Nadal I still think that he seems to be overpowered and superficially good.
I've already lowered some of Nadal's skills (so he has 750 points left) and increased Federer's skills' (he has 570 points left) to make it easier for me.
I thought maybe I'm missing something here so I decided to let the CPU plays as Federer too and I watch the match to see how it goes. I've set their skill to Pro 10 and started a match at US Open court. Nadal won the match with a 6-2 score. Then I started a new match on Barclays ATP World Tour Finals court to see if Federer could get him this time but Nadal won (6-3). My last hope was Wimbledon! So I started a new match for the third time. and this time also Nadal won 7-6(2).
Obviously on grass the match was more competitive and close but I can't understand why he lost these matches on the surfaces that normally favours his play style considering the fact that his skills were set higher than Nadal (a difference of 180 points overall).
I don't know if it's Nadal's Top spin or his play style (Defender) or something else. Maybe playstyles are not balanced well.
thanks