Obviously, I'm out. I was out before the shit really started to hit the fan during this latest China-is-still-ruining-the-world-fuck-fest. This virus, as I said in a post or two ago "has everyone disturbed, confused, not-giving-a-shit, panicking, and getting ill and dying. Just horrific stuff." I said that on February 18. That's like me saying Medvedev …
Category: Indian Wells
Federer: 2019 Indian Wells
So, let's pick-up where we left off. Let's make make some observations about our main cast of characters: Quick rehash of Dominic Thiem We already touched on his elevated play. He certainly played a tighter, more offensive style of tennis, the DTL BH improved immensely. That shot from all of the one-handers proves to be …
Thiem Wins Indian Wells
Such a great week for Dominic Thiem, beating Federer in Masterful fashion, finding all kinds of form on the rough, choppy hard courts of Indian Wells. This has a lot of meaning for me personally. For one, I've been rooting for this guy for a while, partly because of his OHBH, partly because of his …
QF Thursday Indian Wells
Due to distractions (work), I can't formulate too many thoughts on the first two QF matches today, so let's make this simple: I might say a slight upset would be Thiem beating Monfils today. I guess watching either on Saturday (trying to be transparent here) will be a joy. I prefer Thiem's style and, quite …
R16 Indian Wells
Let's face the facts: I'm overly interested in the quality of the competition of Semi-final Saturday since I will be there in person. This means I'm most disappointed in Djokovic's loss not for his sake, but for mine. 😀 Are we surprised by the upset of Novak? Sure we are. Yet we've been high on …
3R Indian Wells
Djokovic can book today his R16 with Monfils, right? That has the makings of a very very good match, unless Monfils lays an egg. But his form coming-in and so far here in IW has looked very good. He seems happy and very motivated. Stay that way, Sliderman. Federer v Wawrinka should go Federer's way, …
IW Top-half Implosion?
Is Raonic about to lose to the 2014 NCAA Division I men's champ out of UCLA? He's 25 at this point, has been on the Challenger and Futures landscape for a few years, but is up 4-1 in the third set over the awkward giant that is Milos Raonic. Someone just brought-up the fact that …
What Will Kyrgios Do?
Will the Aussie lose to Kohlschreiber, or beat him (as he should) and then pull-out against Novak? Here's what Nick is up-against. Djokovic said: ‘We’ve always been aware of his qualities and talent, and he’s got big weapons in his game: serve, obviously one of the best serves on the tour; big forehand and can …
Indian Wells 2019 Draw
Let's look at some of these brackets and potential match-ups. We'll start at the top for obvious reasons. World #1 is back in action at one of his favorite venues and we get, hopefully, a Djokovic vs Kyrgios 3R war to set the first week on fire. Granted, Nick first has to get by Philipp, …
Indian Wells Wrap
Greetings. There's a lot going-on right now, which does get in the way of posting to my, apparently, insightful yet forgettable blog. In addition, I suspect you all watched the tennis in IW, have a bunch of interesting and thoughtful observations yourself about the tournament, the tour, and some particular players, so why do I …
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