Let's just say a Thiem win today over Medvedev would be a good sign for the Austrian. Remember his run at the Open last year? Domi needs another shot at that and a SF appearance, at least, here in Montreal would do a lot for that to happen. Certainly a tricky final four for those …
Category: Montreal
A Must-Watch Montreal R16
Khachanov v Auger-Aliassime. Karen's nice win over Stan yesterday sets-up this battle in Coupe Rogers round-of-16 play. Later we'll discuss this along with a few other matches. Nice win for Thiem in a war of the one-handers, beating one of the local favorites who has all kinds of work to do to stabilize his game. …
Montreal Final: Federer v Zverev
Even if Nadal had survived Shapovalov and then beaten Mannarino, his hypothetical SF v Zverev could have been a loss, as well. Zverev is into his 6th final in 2017. Along with Federer and Nadal, the class of NextGen has clearly been one of the year's brightest lights in these darkened days of the end …
Coupe Rogers Semi-final Saturday
What's the more interesting storyline here? 2017 Federer ? or ATP Youth On the Rise? 😉 The second SF is rich, very rich. Sure, the first entails Federer's continued 2017 epilogue, which is nothing short of spectacular, but that's a known quantity, a known quality, if you will. We don't want to discourage any hype surrounding …
Montreal Masters at the QF
The youth has risen! Timing is everything. The timing of Shapovalov's upset of Nadal gets us deeper into this discussion of youth that I started a few days ago; glad I slid that under the door and into the press in the Nick of time. . . 😀 Indeed we have seen a bit of …
Rogers Cup 2017 Draw
Good evening/morning/day: I had hoped to post a broad write-up on the tennis I saw from D.C. and Los Cabos. Myriad story-lines and thoughts about players, court speed, Fedal 2017, the US Open, the loss of Stan to add to the plague that's hit the ATP, etc. But that will have to wait - not …
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