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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The 2017 Australian Open Draw
Let's get it on. Murray: In the top half of the draw, the Scot has a tough route for his quest to win a fourth major and first Australian Open. Here's how his quarter should play-out. He opens with Illya Marchenko, a Ukrainian who made the AO 2nd round in '10 and '11. Murray gets a breather in R64 and …
Right. On. Cue.
Sneaking in a quick quip about Shanghai and touting my blog. Who doesn't like his or her observations and arguments to be more or less verified by events in the real world. I wrote that series of articles about Novak post-U.S. Open (the objective look at his career arch) and a week later he announces …
More Draw Analysis: F*ck You, USTA
You'd think the USTA might have half-an-ass in the state of the U.S. men's game. There are several young U.S. players who might be ready to win a couple of big matches in their country's national championships. No one around here is suggesting that the tournament make draws more favorable for certain players although we …
Draw Analysis
Obviously play is underway. My last post about the draw had such disinterest or indifference I probably shouldn't have even published; but in the end I like that I'm evidencing the problem I have with the ATP at this point: boring as shit. I am going to say a few more specific things about the draw …
Wimby Preview Part 2: Reality Check
This is a perfect opportunity to look at the field that most likely defines the draw at "The Championships" in a couple of weeks. First a rhetorical question: will 2015 go down as the year that Federer played the greatest tennis of his career, or as a kind of tipping-point signaling a critically low-point for the ATP, in …
Djokovic Slam Fallout
If you were reading any of the comments on my blog the last couple of days, you saw some vacuous criticism about the fact that I didn't say "Novak Slam!" ten times in my article about his win at the FO. First of all, this is an on-going blog that writes about ATP tennis weekly, hopefully …
Roland Garros: 2nd Week
We're in the 2nd week at the French Open. Up-coming match-ups, predictions, and more perspective is what we're focusing on. First of all, rain. With today's men's R4 of the top half of the draw postponed due to rain, we have another storyline: the "brutal" schedule of that top half as those men will find themselves having to …
Roland Garros R2
Round 3 match-ups are just about set. Before we look at some of those, what happened in R2? Looking at the favorites, Djokovic and Nadal advanced easily; in fact, the Spaniard isn't breaking a sweat. This was the case last year, as well, when his form (confidence) was suspect, so we shouldn't read too much into …
Roland Garros R1
Not sure I'll be updating every single round, but if I have time and actually get to watch a little tennis, get to listen to people talk about what's going on in different matches, discussing form, etc., why not, right? What I started to watch yesterday and finished watching this morning at around 5:00am PST …
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