The Halle SF are set. Federer beat the defending champ, Mayer, 3 and 4 and will face the young Russian Khachanov in one SF while the second SF has Gasquet facing Zverev the younger. Zverev traded TB with RBA in their QF before the German took control 6-1 in the decider. Gasquet's grass looks fairly …
Category: Grigor Dimitrov
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 …
February Tournament Play and Early 2017 Contenders
I watched Tsonga get his 2nd set break-of-serve of Goffin up 5-4 in their Rotterdam final, which became a run-away title for Jo-Willy 46 64 61. I was literally thinking, if he loses to Goffin here, it's over for Jo-Wilfried. That tenth game of the 2nd set was so typical Tsonga. Microcosm of his career. He …
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2017 AO Final: Federer Beats Nadal and Secures 18th Grand Slam Title
What a fortnight of tennis, ending in what will go down as an historic final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Despite whatever criticism a viewer might have of some of the actual tennis in the final, Federer's wayward FH, for instance, or Nadal's failure to convert breakpoints (both respective cornerstones of these titans' games), …
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Federer Advances into 6th AO Final
Roger takes down Wawrinka 75 63 16 46 63. I leaned Wawrinka in this one. He looked a half step behind his mentor in the first set; only a half step as there were rallies such as the one at 2-2 which showcased some nice BL styled OHBH where Stan finally wrestled control of the …
Nadal Cruises, Raonic Looks Lost in AO QF
Nadal is Back Here's what I wrote yesterday, previewing last night's QF between Nadal and Raonic: "The big question is what happens in the Raonic v Nadal match tonight. Raonic should win that match. Nadal, physically, doesn’t have enough to go deep with a big serve and hitter like Raonic. I am not even crazy …
Dimitrov’s SF Run at the AO
I'm up, working and waiting on this last quarter final. Dimitrov into the second SF with a straight set win against the overmatched Belgian, David Goffin. He awaits the winner of Raonic v Nadal. Dimitrov is, needlesstosay, rolling. This post seems quite prescient, no ("Djokovic v Dimitrov")? Not that Djokovic and Dimitrov ended-up playing in a …
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 …
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