What do Mohamed Lahyani, Nick Kyrgios and Roger Federer have in common? They looked like garbage today in Day 4 play in and around Flushing Meadows. Federer We'll start with Federer (to be fair, we're not questioning his character). I clarified how the end of his R1 match was near fatal, having a chance at …
Category: Alexander Zverev
Haase Takes-out Zverev R2
Whether the quickness of the courts got to the big German, or his strong start to the summer hard courts is just on the wane, or his karma is catching-up with him, having made some ill-advised, snotty little comments about Tsitsipas after his loss to the Greek in Toronto. . . or Haase showed how …
Wrap D.C. and Preview Toronto
Washington, D.C. You know the big theme in D.C.: taken-over by a bunch of teenagers and Sascha, who's only twenty-one. Tsitsipas had a whiff of hope in that second set, but one can see the difference between these 19 year-olds and Sascha: inexperience and just a natural lack of professionalism. Sascha was de Minaur or …
Roland Garros QF Part I
Today went pretty well as far as I'm concerned. Sure the picks worked-out, but the best part is we have a decent set of players reaching these final rounds of the French Open. As I just said in a blog comment, if I really took the Cilic v Foghat match seriously, Marin would have been …
Rome Final Haiku
Zverev is 0-4 v Nadal and has to be running on fumes. Yet you never can quite tell. Debating Time Rafa survives but Zverev's rise and Rome defense Pass me the olives Enjoy the match, folks. I will certainly go on and on about the events of Rome and the possibilities of Paris tomorrow. Cheers.
Mcshow Blog Update & Rome R32
Tough to believe it's been a year. A year since what? After all, we've been going strong on tennis since about this time of year 2015. Turns-out, I suspect, this is an interesting time of year. In terms of tennis and in terms of my availability to do what I really like to do. Last …
Same Old
Nadal murdering Zverev on Davis Cup dirt in Valencia 1 4 and 4 is certainly ominous and same old. Sure he had the favorable home court advantage, but you and I know he's unclayable, especially now, knowing this has to be the final chapter of Fedal (yes, they're officially attached -- 2017 made sure of …
Miami QF Part II
Chung v Isner went 1:08. John played a perfect match, served massive. Chung's serve is not his strength; playing a serve like Isner makes that even more of a problem. John loves Miami. He loves the high bounce of the court, the overall speed and conditions. Isner has made three Masters finals in his career, …
Miami Second Week
Two quick observations before I get into this write-up: Streaming tennis on the web has several benefits, one of which involves the viewer not having to listen to TV commentary (of course we can always mute our devices). Granted, I like me some Jim Courier or Annacone or a few of the boys from Sky …
Nitto ATP Finals Day 3: Federev v Zvererer and A Sock Star is Born
First set seems like less a chess match and more of a show of intimidation. I like the tennis actually, the players showing-off the breadth of their skills: aces, two wing weaponry, serve & volley, swinging volleys, trying to assert their dominance simultaneously. Watch the game at 5-5. Tense stuff, tight. Don't just look at …
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