Round 3 match-ups are just about set. Before we look at some of those, what happened in R2? Looking at the favorites, Djokovic and Nadal advanced easily; in fact, the Spaniard isn't breaking a sweat. This was the case last year, as well, when his form (confidence) was suspect, so we shouldn't read too much into …
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Roland Garros R1
Not sure I'll be updating every single round, but if I have time and actually get to watch a little tennis, get to listen to people talk about what's going on in different matches, discussing form, etc., why not, right? What I started to watch yesterday and finished watching this morning at around 5:00am PST …
2016 French Open Men’s Draw
The draw. For starters, the Federerless draw is a terrible reminder that life is short, and that we're all going to die. Like most big sporting events, picking grand upsets seems more a move to draw attention to oneself. This tournament should more or less play-out according to the seedings; but, because it's clay and some …
The Twelfth Major
Indeed my title is a play on my previous post, but I (we) also need to know that this next chapter in the 2016 ATP tour is all about Djokovic finally securing the elusive FO, which would be his 12th major title. If he can win RG, he'll be locked and loaded to make all kinds …
Rome
I got a chance to see Djokovic, Federer, Wawrinka and Nadal play among others a bit as Rome has gotten underway. Djokovic vs. Robert was vintage Djokovic. Unless he's really not going to invest much in Rome to save himself for RG, this was just typical Novak doing enough in the early rounds to survive …
Madrid and the Clay Debate
We're at the SF in Madrid and let's take a look at how we got here. Nadal beat Kuztensov, Querrey and Sousa. He now gets Murray in a rematch of last year's Madrid final, where Murray triumphed over the clay king 3 and 2. Certainly Nadal is looking to use this to fuel his 2016 …
Dumbed Down
There is no better way to describe tennis on clay than tennis dumbed down. One of my favorite readers/commenters, blackspy, put it this way: "Clay is a surface that favours power & patience over technique, since points are won in a pretty specific way, most of the time." I one-upped you, comrade. Yours is a …
The Murmur
We have some very interesting off-the-court tennis news that probably helps clarify what's going on on-the-court. In the event that some wonder how I am dealing with Nadal's rediscovered "formidable form," I am humored, no longer at all discouraged that more people can't come to question how this guy's form and "confidence" are so unstable. …
The Clay Court Special (needs) ist
“Rafa showed signs of returning to form last fall. Then Doha happened, AO loss, and a less than brilliant SA swing. Making the SF at IW was a big confidence boost – I didn’t expect him to beat Nole there. Disappointing how Rafa went out in Miami but clearly he’s rolling in confidence now! I’ve …
Monte Carlo QF
A couple of things I need to make clear. The clay court remains. . . how should I say this and not alienate too many people. . .inferior. Poor. Sure, I could resolve to say it is simply a different surface, gives the professional sport a little diversity, adds to the calendar, the seasons, etc. But …
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