We have a final match still to play in the RR stage of the WTF, but the SF are starting to shape-up and look pretty interesting. Murray and Djokovic have handled their business in their first two matches. I have seen just a bit of the tennis, catching some of the Murray v Nishikori today …
Category: Andy Murray
The 2016 World Tour Finals
I've already commented on how lopsided the groups are in this tour finals tournament. Murray opens with Cilic tomorrow, a critical match for Murray if you ask me. Having to play Stan and/or Kei with a loss would be bad news for the Brit. In the end, Murray should get through to the SF. As much …
Andy Murray v Novak Djokovic
Murray made the finals in Paris (and is in the process of beating John Isner), putting himself into position to claim his 3rd Masters of the year, seventh ATP title overall. Djokovic lost to Cilic in the QF, so he's no longer #1 in the world (Novak had to make the finals to maintain his #1 ranking). Novak …
Djokovic’s Run
All of the discussion right now is on the impressive run of one Andrew Barron Murray. Undoubtedly, he is having a fantastic year, including having collected his sixth ATP title of the year last week in Vienna. His 2016 achievements include, of course, an Olympic gold medal, so the Brit has indeed been on a big run, looking …
Paris Masters Preview
The table is set for a solid final ATP tour finish in Paris this coming week as the BNP Paribas Masters kicks-off tomorrow. We'll take a look at the draw in minute but first let's re-hash what happened in Vienna and Basel last week, two ATP 500 tournaments with decent fields that crowned champions earlier …
These Draws
Sure enough, Klizan was a tough R1 and Murray needs to comeback and take care of Simon in order to play the awaiting Isner. We're talking here about the bigger picture. Murray has a tough top half. I looked at his draw yesterday: Klizan-Simon-Isner-Thiem and the winner of the garbage bottom half (sorry). I guess …
Vienna: the Calm Before the Storm
Just a quick look at this 500-level event with some interesting match-ups and rankings ramifications. We have all seen or heard the scenarios for Andy's ascension or Novak's drop, depending on how one looks at this. Novak, because of burn-out, etc., is off until Paris. Andy goes this week in Vienna. I listened to a …
Shanghai Fallout
Murray is still rolling. Really he hasn't been challenged at all through-out the Asian swing, completing the Serb's favorite little double of Beijing/Shanghai. In a recent interview, Murray, although denying his focus on catching Novak at world #1, says certainly he's confident and the presence of Lendl has helped. Uh, as we have reported redundantly …
Right. On. Cue.
Sneaking in a quick quip about Shanghai and touting my blog. Who doesn't like his or her observations and arguments to be more or less verified by events in the real world. I wrote that series of articles about Novak post-U.S. Open (the objective look at his career arch) and a week later he announces …
Pre-Shanghai Rolex Masters
Congrats to Murray on his China win and Kyrgios on his win in Tokyo. The only tennis I really tried to watch when I could find the time was Pouille v Dimitrov Beijing R16. I thought this would be good given Dimitrov's current play and his now mythic ceiling. He has been a massive disappointment career-wise; but …
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