AO Collateral Damage: Djokeray/Murkovic

Who's dismissal at the 2017 Australian Open was more surprising, Murrays's or Djokovic's? Murray. The guy was on fumes as much as he ran into an all-court magician (M.Zverev) in the fourth round. Who can ever really know what exactly accounts for these victories and upsets as there are a combination of factors. Which is why when a fangirl …

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2017 Australian Open Hangover: Calling Dr. Ljubičić

Remember the argument I made about a year ago in response to the hiring of Ivan Ljubičić?  The reasoning went something along the lines of Roger needs to start winning ugly; the beauty pageant is over if you want to win anything resembling anything of significance. Re-read this completely different post I wrote on the …

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2017 AO Final: Fedal XXXV

Folks, I haven't had a computer all day (this from my phone), so I'm unable to really write, but what is there really to say at this point? This should be a competitive match, imho, for really two reasons: 1. Dimitrov did push Rafa to the edge.  This point concerns Rafa's form.  He has not …

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