This was an historical match as the 2017 tennis continues to chart the catastrophic Djokollapse. Yes, we have been charting said collapse since the summer of 2016. Yes, there have been signs of recovery; and yes the future looks pretty dim for Novak as the tennis continues to lack championship quality and consistency. Like I …
Category: Dominic Thiem
Roland Garros QF Preview
Let's keep this party bus rolling into the business-end of the tournament. We have big-time top-seeded match-ups as we've reached the final eight. Murray v Nishikori This leans Murray because he's gaining confidence, having survived his draw. I would call his a decent draw with the Klizan FH, the gentle giant DPo and a rising …
Roland Garros Quarter Finals
In tomorrow's matches, Murray will beat the 21 year-old "Special-K" (Karen Khachanov) but what a nice run from the Russian who beat Berdych and Isner en route to his R16 date with the no. 1 seed. Murray looks like he's finding some energy and stronger form with Lendl looking on and the stakes terribly high. …
Roland Garros R16
The Murray Del Potro match transpired as we'd hoped. No one wants to play DPo. But you have to, Andy. Don't disappoint us, Murray. Wawrinka has a good draw to the SF. Fognini all the way down to Cilic in that quarter don't belong on the court with Stanimal when he's hitting his FH like that, keeping …
Djokovic v Thiem in Rome SF – Edit
This is the perfect match-up for Djokovic and Nadal fans. Ha ha. Djokovic gets a legitimate test on clay (against the guy who finally did beat the incomparable Rafa), but we still have the mystery of Djokovic's game against the current French favorite. Note the use of "current" here to leave open the door that …
Madrid Final and Rome Draw
Madrid 2017 The SF and F matches went pretty much according to form. Though Cuevas played well, knocking-off Zverev in the QF (playing well of late, generally), we figured the future of clay would advance. Though a lot of people are critical of Thiem's scheduling, he's been learning how to win for a few years …
Djokovic Almagro and Nadal Fognini . . .
Above was literally the title a few days ago where I just wanted to comment on those two matches and a few other things, but never quite got there: but that's where I was going - to analyze some of this dirty tennis happening in Spain. Madrid. I had this video all lined-up, thought it …
2017 Barcelona Open: Otra Décima
On a court bearing his name, Rafa cinched his 10th Barcelona title, matching last week's la decima down in Monte Carlo. He beat Dominic Thiem 6-4 6-1 in the final. The trend continues: 2017 Fedal. Although Federer had the spotlight early and for good reason, winning the year's first major and first two Masters, Rafa …
Djokeray Can’t Catch a Break
With the build to Roland Garros officially underway, the sport's pundits (I assume they follow tennis and are more than just Fed, Rafa or Djoker fans) are all excited and really want to start talking about Paris. I suppose they became swept-up in this perfect storm of a slow news day: Roger is off, Djokovic …
Bang Bang Bang (Quick Post – Ka Pow!)
I watched a bit of the Tsonga v Kyrgios Open 13 SF and was abundantly pleased, expectations met. Tsonga has such a tremendous ability on the court, can raise his level and beat ANYONE in the sport. This potency has waned of late, with age of course, but we are always on the look-out. Rotterdam …
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