A little after the fact, sure, but as Dimitrov takes the first set in his QF match against Goffin (and goes up 4-2 in the second - at publication), let's consider for a second what could happen if Goffin wins this match. Pretty simple: the horror. Is this some kind of fluke, a kind of luck of …
Category: Draw Analsysis
QF and SF Action at the AO
Do I wish I was sitting court-side for many of these matches and interviewing, reporting and analyzing the action daily, hourly? You bet your life I do. But I have a damn job (that I love) and a small family (that I love and keeps me honest), so some of my commentary gets delayed a …
Australian Open at the R16
There has been some brilliant tennis down under in Melbourne and we have even bigger matches still to come. Are you all excited about this major championship right now, or what? Let's go through the draw, starting actually at the bottom, in that half that has absolutely exploded with possibility after the exit of world …
Australian Open First Round
Starting at the top in the Murray quarter, everything looks pretty status quo. I did see a bit of Murray's match v Marchenko and whether it was the Ukrainian's form, the heat or that lack of precision in Murray's game, the No. 1 seed had his hands full. I'm going to say this is more …
The 2017 Australian Open Draw
Let's get it on. Murray: In the top half of the draw, the Scot has a tough route for his quest to win a fourth major and first Australian Open. Here's how his quarter should play-out. He opens with Illya Marchenko, a Ukrainian who made the AO 2nd round in '10 and '11. Murray gets a breather in R64 and …
Early Tournament Activity
Brisbane, Doha, Chennai, and the Hopman Cup are underway. I have caught a couple of nice slices of tennis, in fact. Watching Pouille close-out Simon in their two-set, two TB match was a good bit of hard-courting, some solid strokes, hard-fought points, 10 minute games with Pouille showing just a little more depth of style and youth …
Final Thoughts on WTF
There are a few more thoughts on London and 2016. We could talk about 2016 in light of the return of Del Potro, Roger and Rafa's difficulties, the Stanimal, Pouille, Zverev, et al., and we will! But we're focusing here on the tour's top two, the guys that just played that whale of a final in London …
Paris Masters Preview
The table is set for a solid final ATP tour finish in Paris this coming week as the BNP Paribas Masters kicks-off tomorrow. We'll take a look at the draw in minute but first let's re-hash what happened in Vienna and Basel last week, two ATP 500 tournaments with decent fields that crowned champions earlier …
These Draws
Sure enough, Klizan was a tough R1 and Murray needs to comeback and take care of Simon in order to play the awaiting Isner. We're talking here about the bigger picture. Murray has a tough top half. I looked at his draw yesterday: Klizan-Simon-Isner-Thiem and the winner of the garbage bottom half (sorry). I guess …
More Draw Analysis: F*ck You, USTA
You'd think the USTA might have half-an-ass in the state of the U.S. men's game. There are several young U.S. players who might be ready to win a couple of big matches in their country's national championships. No one around here is suggesting that the tournament make draws more favorable for certain players although we …
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