Tennis update: Federer v Thiem Stuttgart SF might be interesting. Federer looks pretty rough, having seen his R16 match with the 19 year-old American. Good stuff from Fritz. BH is getting better and his serve and FH are legitimate. Federer was lucky, quite frankly, to escape. And Del Potro, who looked like he was struggling …
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Djokovic Slam Fallout
If you were reading any of the comments on my blog the last couple of days, you saw some vacuous criticism about the fact that I didn't say "Novak Slam!" ten times in my article about his win at the FO. First of all, this is an on-going blog that writes about ATP tennis weekly, hopefully …
Djokovic Wins the French Open
The actual match was a foregone conclusion, and really not that great of a match, to be honest - even from Novak (in fact, the entire match seemed somewhat anti-climactic given Novak's form over the last year or so, over these last 4-5 years even, over the fact that he is so comfortable on clay, …
Djokovic v Murray
I watched a bit of the Djokovic Thiem match today and thought two things. Novak looks to have refined his form, looking solid in all aspects of the game - his depth, pace and angles aligning with the GOAT gods. Very poised is the Serb, applauding good points from the apprentice, mastering drop shots from behind the BL, and …
The French Open Final: #1 v #2
We have Djokovic v Murray to determine the 2016 French Open champion. I suppose no surprises here. You might have seen me gesturing for a little surprise (Gasquet or Wawrinka), but that's apparently too much to ask (especially from Gasquet). We saw the Wawrinka v Murray match, the center-piece of the Semi-Finals. Interesting that they cast the …
French Open Semi-Finals
Here is just a quick preview of the final four - I will extend some of these thoughts later this evening. Djokovic v Thiem The present and the future, supposedly, in the case of the Austrian. I have only watched a bit of his French campaign but the tennis is pretty impressive and I have …
Nadal Pulls Out at the French
A post about the news today might make it look like I see this is a staggering development at the 2016 FO, an event that changes the course of the tournament. That's not really the case with why I'm writing this post, nor do I think it really changes the course of the tournament much …
Roland Garros R2
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 …
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 …
Career Earnings
Has Djokovic "earned," finally, his French Open championship? Do his career accomplishments thus far warrant a FO, at last as a gift from the tennis gods? The draw is unbelievably favorable for the world's #1. We previewed it earlier and clarified his fortune, but we need to reiterate how incredibly soft is his top half …
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