A post about the news today might make it look like I see this is a staggering development at the 2016 FO, an event that changes the course of the tournament. That's not really the case with why I'm writing this post, nor do I think it really changes the course of the tournament much …
Category: Roger Federer
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 …
The Twelfth Major
Indeed my title is a play on my previous post, but I (we) also need to know that this next chapter in the 2016 ATP tour is all about Djokovic finally securing the elusive FO, which would be his 12th major title. If he can win RG, he'll be locked and loaded to make all kinds …
2016 Rome QF: Djokovic v Nadal
I really hope you got to see this classic, ideally live. I have watched a lot of tennis in my day and this is truly one of the better matches I have ever seen. The match itself is a classic, but the reverberation for me comes, too, from the context, the careers and histories of …
Rome
I got a chance to see Djokovic, Federer, Wawrinka and Nadal play among others a bit as Rome has gotten underway. Djokovic vs. Robert was vintage Djokovic. Unless he's really not going to invest much in Rome to save himself for RG, this was just typical Novak doing enough in the early rounds to survive …
Madrid and the Clay Debate
We're at the SF in Madrid and let's take a look at how we got here. Nadal beat Kuztensov, Querrey and Sousa. He now gets Murray in a rematch of last year's Madrid final, where Murray triumphed over the clay king 3 and 2. Certainly Nadal is looking to use this to fuel his 2016 …
Dumbed Down
There is no better way to describe tennis on clay than tennis dumbed down. One of my favorite readers/commenters, blackspy, put it this way: "Clay is a surface that favours power & patience over technique, since points are won in a pretty specific way, most of the time." I one-upped you, comrade. Yours is a …
The Murmur
We have some very interesting off-the-court tennis news that probably helps clarify what's going on on-the-court. In the event that some wonder how I am dealing with Nadal's rediscovered "formidable form," I am humored, no longer at all discouraged that more people can't come to question how this guy's form and "confidence" are so unstable. …
Monte Carlo QF
A couple of things I need to make clear. The clay court remains. . . how should I say this and not alienate too many people. . .inferior. Poor. Sure, I could resolve to say it is simply a different surface, gives the professional sport a little diversity, adds to the calendar, the seasons, etc. But …
Federer at the French and “Be Like Mike”
Djokovic's loss Wow, a lot of shit went down on the clay today, so I have to address that, but I had planned to write a little about the night in the NBA and my thoughts on Federer, having had a chance to see him play yesterday against Garcia-Lopez, his first match back from injury. Don't read …
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