One set in the books; del Potro 0-6 on BP opportunities; looked like a choir boy. Rafa gets two and the beat-down is on. Feel free to go about your day: Juan Martin goes away at this point. This will get ugly. Sorry. My image in the previous post is on the $$. Navratilova and …
Category: Roland Garros
Three and Out and Luckal
Thiem ends the Italian Renaissance in straights, as we surmised. And Nadal serving at 1-1 here in the first, goes 0-40 and watches as his opponent, Juan Martin, loses the advantage and probably strains his groin or lower back. We go from del Potro getting an early foothold and maybe putting some real pressure on …
Strokes of Luck & RG SF
Three ("3") is a magical number for many reasons. I am not going to recount its myriad of meanings other than the number reared its head again when three different examples of Nadal's luck struck me this afternoon, with the rain still hanging-over that Nadal v Schwartzman QF. And sure we go back to the …
Calm Before the Storm
Looks like Nadal/Schwartzman (Philippe-Chatrier) and Cilic/Del Potro (Suzanne-Lenglen) resume around 3:00am my time. You know how much I like polls to gauge what you all think -- ha ha ha. Should I stay-up and live blog the match, rendered sensationally dialed-in by this delicious American beverage I've earned from working three jobs (work, work, blog)? …
Take a Page Out of Rafa’s Book
Sure, I've been critical (overly) of Rafa and his rain saga (most recently Rome), which continues today in his QF match with Schwartzman. What a match. Diego is doing everything I hoped he might be able to do, which is stick around in these points, make all of those great reads that only the clay …
Roland Garros QF Part II
Wednesday's QF matches: Schwartzman just played a dandy five-setter, but we believe he'll push Nadal to four sets, no? No? Nadal is 5-0 v the diminutive Argentine and recently beat him in Madrid 3 and 4. I have to think Schwartzman plays him smart and gets into a set or two, avoiding the bakery goods, …
Today’s R16 and Tomorrow’s R16
Today's R16 Really I was 4/4 on my predictions; you have to give me that fourth win, especially with my touching allusion to the Italian Renaissance. You might recall how bad a few of my predictions were about a month ago, perhaps during Madrid? I'll take the losses just as well as I'll take the …
Quick R16 Preview
I have not been studying French Open tennis during this first week of play, but knowing quite a bit about the boys, their patterns and the patterns of the current competitive play, let's have ourselves a little look at tomorrow's action. Djokovic has been on my tele more than any other. His is an interesting …
RG Day 1 and Rafa Pre-RG Interview
I watched zero tennis today, but some of the scores tell me a lot. Zverev, no matter who he is playing in these early rounds, going 1 1 and 2 is splendid tennis at this stage. He needs to take a nap and wake-up in the QF. A match like today works quite well for …
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