How does the Golden State Warriors forward assess his own tennis game? Let\u2019s just say he doesn\u2019t lack enthusiasm.<\/p>\n
\u201cLove it,\u201d he said of his passion for the sport of tennis, with a smile. \u201cI play. Now, can I play as well as some of the [players in the tournament]? My ACL is hurt, so we\u2019ll never know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Butler, a self-proclaimed tennis die-hard since 2021, says his favorite play on a tennis court is the drop shot, which explains why he\u2019s one of Alcaraz\u2019s biggest fans.<\/p>\n
But when it comes to styling his own game, he turns to 6\u20196\u201d Alexander Zverev as a role model.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s one of my favorites, because he is most built like a basketball player, so I feel like my tennis style should mimic his,\u201d Butler said of the three-time Grand Slam finalist.<\/p>\n
When you are tennis-obsessed like Butler is, you tend to have many favorites. The Houston, Texas native is a big backer of Coco Gauff as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cCoco is one of my favorites, obviously,\u201d he said. \u201cShe is so very beloved. I have a daughter and I want my daughter to grow up and do everything that Coco does, she\u2019s just amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How does the Golden State Warriors forward assess his own tennis game? Let\u2019s just say he doesn\u2019t lack…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-512853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}