French Open ’25 SF

Rare, quick post, ya'll. Sorry if we're a little rough around the edges. 😀 I really don't pay much attention to the tour at this point and for good reason. The day-in-and-day-out grind is of pretty piss poor quality, which we talked about for years. Seeing Zverev there in the QF against Djokovic left a …

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Another Djokodal in the Works?

The 2021 Australian Open didn't really get me all fired-up as we welcomed 2021 and read about athletes making their ways to Melbourne for some dramatic quarantine protocol followed by some warm-up events to bring us to this first major of the year. Part of this is what we have going on, world-wide and here …

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2020 is Like a THBH

Sure this could be a reference to Nadal's run here at the WTF. But a few thoughts first on a few events since the fall French, when we last exchanged pleasantries. St. Petersburg went to the (once) hottest Russian Rublev. Despite his London loss tonight to Tsitsipas, he still might actually be the best Russian …

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On Medvedev and Clay

And on the BH, by extension -- so you know where this is going. Medvedev and Thiem both lost in the last day or so. I am putting Medvedev's loss on him, Thiem's on that awful surface. Ha ha. How far does honesty really get you? I have talked for eons on my criticism of …

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Ding Dong: Aussie Quarter-finals

So, how'd we do in those R16 matches? Nadal/Kyrgios: "For the sake of the Kyrgios’ recent rise in character, let’s see him advance, though even a great match would help him in this greater cause. #bushfire" I figured he'd lose exactly how that played-out. I didn't even watch much of this match. We were past …

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Stop

I've had to wipe the ass of a couple of readers that think I'm a Rafan! Lol. Stop. You all need a lesson in literacy.  That post is a bastion of sarcasm. Away with your projections. All rise and salute the OHBH! The Djoker/Federer poem will have to wait for our assessment of Federer/Tsitsipas. I …

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Will We Get a Fedal SF?

Nadal and Tsitsipas are going to the second set, the Greek having prevailed in a first set TB 7-4. Nadal has to win this match and Zverev would need to lose for Nadal to advance. I would not be surprised if Nadal beats the Greek, somehow, and Medvedev upsets Zverev. Zverev controls his own destiny …

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Discounted Tennis

Dimitrov def Garin 62 75. This is partly reporting a score and part of a much more consequential argument about the future (and past) of tennis. Dimitrov, when in form, breathes class on the tennis court. Garin is simply a good player. OHBH v THBH. The style difference is almost everything; wins and losses still …

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The Madrid Tea Leaves and Rome . . . and Roland Garros

There are a couple of major story-lines as we reflect on Madrid, and order another beverage on our stop-over in Rome, en route to Paris with the anticipation and excitement for the potential drama of the 2019 French Open. Maybe this little hint at "a couple of major story-lines" is for the readership, for the …

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2019 Miami Semi-final

Very interesting: this change in complexion of the more recent business-end of big tournaments. The Canadians have crashed the party. Too far-fetched to think that the 2019 Miami Open Final could be a match between 18 year-old Felix Auger-Aliassime and 19 year-old Denis Shapovalov? 😀 😀 Or do we get that more familiar ghosty complexion …

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