Djokovic should beat Berrettini and Federer should beat Thiem. We know how dangerous Thiemettini can be, but come-on: this is hard courts, and the Serb and Swiss really have to give us something useful, setting-up a possible Final. I did just read that Nadal can claim year-end #1 by winning all three of his RR …
Category: Commentary
ATP Finals Draw
Andre Agassi Group: Rafael Nadal Daniil Medvedev Stefanos Tsitsipas Alexander Zverev Bjorn Borg Group: Novak Djokovic Roger Federer Dominic Thiem Matteo Berrettini This is actually fairly meaningless until "they" know the status of Nadal. Granted, all match-ups in this kind of top-of-the-heap draw are going to be tough. If we had to comment (I certainly …
WTF
This post is not about the World Tour Finals, beginning in a week. I'm just taking a minute to share ATP.com's big headline today, this esteemed organization's main page excitement! Yay! You can't make this up. He's soured again a prestigious 1000 final four, protecting himself in more ways than one. Yet here, on the …
Looking to London
We'll get into some appropriate year-end commentary this coming week. The ATP Finals should be good with the top eight gents primed to end the year on a high. Nadal -- ? Djokovic Federer Medvedev Thiem Tsitsipas Zverev Berrettini What's Nadal going to do? He needs to fly back to Mallorca, put to rest whatever …
Rafhahaha
https://twitter.com/bgtennisnation/status/1190656533656260608 All laughing aside, this sucks for the tournament, and the sport in general. I had pricey tickets to the 2019 Indian Wells SFs, where I would have seen Federer v Nadal. Nadal pulled-out of that. Some don't count these retirements in the H2H numbers; I'm sure Rafa is one such statistician/historian. It's a loss. …
Discounted Tennis
Dimitrov def Garin 62 75. This is partly reporting a score and part of a much more consequential argument about the future (and past) of tennis. Dimitrov, when in form, breathes class on the tennis court. Garin is simply a good player. OHBH v THBH. The style difference is almost everything; wins and losses still …
Paris Quarter Finals
The two top seeds will be tested today. Djokovic v Tsitsipas and Nadal v Tsonga. I'm rooting for the two one-handers in the other two QF matches, hoping to see Dimitrov and Shapovalov advance. Great to see the Canadian put a bit of wood to Zverev yesterday. Dimitrov destroyed Thiem. If you want to see …
Finding Interest in the Sport
Quite frankly, I haven't had much interest in the sport lately. Since the U.S. Open, to be clear. Nadal winning his 4th USO crown is quite impressive for the clay courter. Does that last sentence even make sense? Find my thought-process a bit tied-up in conflict, perhaps even denial? 😀 The Spaniard got another easy …
Style Matters
What did we miss? Another Medvedev Masters title? Hasn't he won the last 10? But he lost that U.S. Open Final and for that he and his shitty THBH can take another deep breath of lost generation genocide. What else did we miss? Rublev won Moscow and Shapovalov won Stockholm. And one Sir Andrew Barron …
Checking-in: Laver Cup
I will certainly post another state-of-the-union/Reaction to 2019 U.S. Open article or two. There's so much to consider with respect to this last major, the end of 2019 and beyond. Recall my series of posts following the 2016 U.S. Open. This turned-out to be a very interesting time in men's tennis with Djokovic at the …
