The Business End of the U.S. Open 2021

I have been wielding some daily commentary on Twitter. Definitely a different community, so this different genre has been my vehicle of choice these days. Twitter is faster, easier (granted, less thoughtful) and has curbed my appetite to blog. I should also mention that this outlet, as most of you know, is rife with cultural …

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At the Start of USO 2021

© TENNIS PHOTO NETWORK I have found actually writing something about tennis in this form unnecessary. Believe me: when I wrote about tennis on the regular from about 2015 through this year there were "stories" that needed to be told. Sure, that's TMI. But the lack of blogging on my part is not a coincidence. …

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Finding Interest in the Sport

Quite frankly, I haven't had much interest in the sport lately. Since the U.S. Open, to be clear.  Nadal winning his 4th USO crown is quite impressive for the clay courter. Does that last sentence even make sense? Find my thought-process a bit tied-up in conflict, perhaps even denial? 😀 The Spaniard got another easy …

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Miami Update: A Few Thoughts

We're set today to see what the other Miami SF looks like with Tiafoe vs Shapovalov and then later we get Federer vs Anderson. Federer dismissing Medvedev like that proves both that the old man continues to grind and often has too much for most of these mere mortals, and that Medvedev seems to have …

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Lost Gen v Next Gen

This contrast of player is becoming more and more definitive. Two perfect examples today in Rome: The soft two-hander of Goffin who was up 5-1 in the first set of his match against Cecchinato (as they enter the second set), but lost 5-7! VS. The belligerent one-hander of Shapovalov who played a nervy, tight match …

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