Djokovic's loss Wow, a lot of shit went down on the clay today, so I have to address that, but I had planned to write a little about the night in the NBA and my thoughts on Federer, having had a chance to see him play yesterday against Garcia-Lopez, his first match back from injury. Don't read …
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Ho Hum: Carry-on, Mr. Djokovic
Nothing surprising about Miami but we first and foremost need to acknowledge how much we appreciate the consistency and willful greatness of the Djoker. Had Kyrgios gotten past Nishikori, we might have had some fireworks. I did not see the Aussie - Japanese tilt, but understand that Kei was strong, aggressive and professional in spanking the youngster. …
Indian Wells SF
The Indian Wells final four will be complete after tomorrow, the first half getting decided today/nite with Raonic taking care of Monfils and set to join Goffin, who followed his victory over Wawrinka with a straight set win against Cilic. You know, bias is a funny thing. I was called biased by a commenter a …
GOAT Flaws
With Novak winning another major, his 11th, in such dominating fashion, again, people are all over the GOAT debate. On the one hand, this is a very flawed and, practically, meaningless discussion because of the obvious difficulty in comparing such productivity (rife with nuance and context); on the other hand, the GOAT discussion encourages people to …
The 2016 Australian Open: Final Thoughts
The match went pretty much according to #1 from my previous post: If Federer stayed the course of his offensive style and strategy (tough to criticize Roger on anything tennis), he'd be summarily dismissed. I stand by my "advice," which I've been screaming from this blog, especially leading up to this semi-final. Why am I …
AO Tennis Update
Wow. A lot of tennis and I've been too busy to see much of it at all. Looking forward to tonight's Federer v Dimitrov, Thiem v Goffin, and I'm interested in Tsonga's form. Of course, if Kei straight-sets Garcia-Lopez, that's better than nothing. I have seen Federer and Djokovic play on replay and both look …
2106 Australian Open Men’s Draw
You know the draw is out for AO 2016. This post is late. Sorry. Been away from the old computer, which is actually a good thing. Let the games begin. Having grown-up an athlete, who still loves to watch and play and think like an athlete, there is nothing quite as intriguing as a tournament, …
Brisbane/Doha/Chennai Notes: Youth movement, Ljubičić, etc.
Federer looked pretty solid fighting-off his opponent, #233 Kamke, and a little cold. He'll have a better test vs. Dimitrov who survived a three-setter vs. Troiki. More interesting is the Cilic v Thiem match to determine Federer's SF opponent (granted, if Dimitrov doesn't shock Brisbane). Thiem has game and this would be terrific progress if …
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2016 Predictions
Thanks for all of the thoughtful input on 2016! Yes, there will be a lot of sarcasm on this blog in 2016, in the event that you get confused or mistakenly offended (or offended). Be that as it may, Thanks, Mat4 for your thoughtful exchanges. To all, those are the kinds of exchanges we'll have …
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