Before I address my main concern, a couple of thoughts on some of the recent tourney action. We recall that the young Taylor Fritz surprised a few folks in Memphis by reaching the final vs. Nishikori. The following week he laid an egg in Delray Beach R1 vs. American Tim Smyczek 3 and 3. Not …
Category: GOAT
Am I the Eye of Sauron?
My increased work-load along with a decrease in ATP action has meant the tennis chatter from my end has been pretty quiet. Be that as it may, my eye continues to wonder the tennis landscape. Since my last post there was an injury to Roger. Folks jumped all over that story. I hope my silence made …
Auckland, Sydney, T. Fritz, and Djokovic
Some of the men are making last minute appeals and preparation for the 2016 Australian Open. The tennis of Jack Sock continues to make little improvements, tempting us to take this young American more seriously. His 16 64 64 win over Kevin Anderson in Auckland QF play has him facing Ferrer in one SF. I …
Where Do We Go from Here?
The WTF championship came and went, like a little bird flying overhead and dropping a little turd in our way. The analogy suggests the match happened too fast and really wasn't all that interesting, even left a bad taste in our mouths. I'm not talking about the Federer perspective; I'm referring to fairly predictable, uninspired …
GOAT
I shouldn't be surprised or at all annoyed by the constant talk of G.O.A.T. in tennis that permeates many tennis conversations these days. We're at the tail end of a great era of tennis. The Roger era has been historical, was complicated by the play of Nadal and Djokovic, and has given way, definitively, to the …
Marking Your Territory
How would you define Bjorn Borg's dominance? Ivan Lendl's? What about Pete Sampras' demonstrative GOAT dominion where he euthanized the end of the previous era, built a nice little British-American empire and then handsomely fought off his own demise? How would you define Nadal's tenure? Objectively, fast forwarding another five years into the future, when Roger …
Roger and Novak
Roger Federer at 34 is such a unique quality. Not only is his tennis on fire, but even off the court, one sees he is such a positive source of leadership for the tour. Listening to players refer to him, through-out the fortnight, with such reverence was a great reminder of this regality and wisdom he …
The Two Versions of Roger Federer
Having recently turned my focus to tennis on this blog (tennis has always been a first love outside of social media), I have become much more aware of the drama surrounding Roger Federer. In my naiveté, he was purely a tennis great with a persuasive GOAT case. Like most, I loved his style of play, his …
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