Down goes Djokovic. Consequently, here we are at the great eight of the 2016 Wimbledon men's draw. From my point of view, everything is still intact, as Djokovic's drop in form was predicted and reiterated several times on this blog. This has less to do with insight than it does common sense. Watching his tennis …
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Draw Analysis
Obviously play is underway. My last post about the draw had such disinterest or indifference I probably shouldn't have even published; but in the end I like that I'm evidencing the problem I have with the ATP at this point: boring as shit. I am going to say a few more specific things about the draw …
The Wimbledon Draw
Let's not make a huge deal out of this. We did note that Djokovic's French draw was cheese cake, but the guy was destined to win at some point, anyways; I am not one to get too caught-up in the luck of the draw. Obviously, the most interesting development is a potential Raonic v Djokovic …
HRFRT: Roger Created a Monster (or Two)
The long and short of it concerns how Roger's massive championship success early and often through-out the tennis calendar year-after-year created a new and improved champion image and celebrity that became the new character, the new tennis "nature" that may have ruined tennis. In other words, the standards of excellence went through the proverbial roof and now …
Weekend Wrap – Tennis and NBA
I will begin my interpretive piece on the rise of Djokodal today; sorry for the delay. Writing these articles actually is work, but something I do enjoy and dream (literally I dream about it) of writing about ball and racquet full-time 🙂 The grass action over the weekend and the finish to the NBA finals give …
Wimby Preview Part 2: Reality Check
This is a perfect opportunity to look at the field that most likely defines the draw at "The Championships" in a couple of weeks. First a rhetorical question: will 2015 go down as the year that Federer played the greatest tennis of his career, or as a kind of tipping-point signaling a critically low-point for the ATP, in …
Wimbledon Preview Part 1
We're taking a short break from the HRFRT series. For the record, my impression is that not a lot of people want to hear it. Obviously, there's more in there than just how Federer affected the sport. There are other points being made. Tennis, mirroring its broader culture, has gotten soft and more and more about …
HRFRT: Federera
Are you wondering about that build-up in the last article? Did you follow the reasoning, the design of the argument? The tour was still evolving massively with our current Masters and Majors landscapes, that we see today, not quite in full bloom. When you watched tennis in the 90's, the Americans were pretty dominant, with Sampras …
HRFRT: Tour Structure and Numbers
The structure of the ATP tour has changed much over the years. Not only has the structure changed, but the significance of some of the tournaments has changed, as well. Masters events, the 1000s, for instance, are a bigger part of a player's schedule than before. There is no question about this, which anyone can determine …
How Roger Federer Ruined Tennis: Introduction
As we turn the corner on the tennis calendar to begin our slide into summer and then into fall (Wimbledon, (Olympics) and the US Open), we are at a pretty interesting point in the tennis narrative. This is synonymous with me saying that we are at an interesting point in the history of tennis. Of course, …
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