I got distracted, tuned-in with Goffin serving 6-5; I missed the Belgian's break of serve. The Belgian goes 40-0 pretty quickly -- three set points. Then the Greek puts some BHs together and it's deuce! Ha ha. Here we go. The Belgian puts a nice FH into the corner and . . . he comes …
Category: Stefanos Tsitsipas
Cincy Day 2 — We’re on Topic
A lot of interesting matches yesterday, today and this should continue throughout the week. North American hard courts and the best players having to play their best. This is (let's use this adjective yet again to get our point across) the best tennis of the year: the most rigorous and cleanest test of tennis to …
Nadal Tames Tsitsipas: Two Thoughts
Let's clarify two certainties after watching the Toronto final. 1. Tsitsipas has a tendency to sandbag a tennis match, which basically means he's sandbagging an opponent (for some odd reason playing reserved, too cautious, confused, tanking, etc.). If you disagree, video evidence makes you a fool. One (I) could absolutely argue he sandbagged the crap …
Toronto Final: Nadal v Tsitsipas
We've reached the tournament final with Stefanos Tsitsipas continuing his run here at the Toronto Masters, beating four top-ten players in the process to face Rafael Nadal later today. We've been following and the tennis has been sensational from this kid, who actually turns 20 today. While on the topic of birthdays, we had Federer …
Toronto SF
So I ended-up 3 for 4 yesterday, Nadal ruining my scorecard, but given the bizarre nature of the Zverev v Tsitsipas, I'll take it. The Cilic v Nadal was so typical Cilic and Nadal it would be tough to write that script any more perfect. No way Nadal should have even stayed with him in …
Two FOR Two . . . Barely!
There's a difference between 2 and 2, (Grigor) and 2 for 2. Tsitsipas and Anderson are through. If you want to see where the Greek turned it around, watch the ninth game of the second set: Zverev is serving for THE MATCH, 5-3. That's where Stef finally started to put some zip on the ball, …
Sorry to Interrupt, but . . .
After jumping to a 2-0 lead in this match v Zverev, Tsitsipas is on a tank. His ground strokes are at ~60% effort, he looks distracted, his serve is a joke compared to yesterday. Look how much air is under his FH or his BH. 29% FS. He's not right today. Too bad. He better …
Tsitsipas Defeats Djokovic
An interesting match. Novak never really seemed under much pressure, the TB underscoring this observation. His opponent was attacking, he got down a set, but he was able to play some really nice tennis in that TB to even things up. But the Greek kept coming. This is a very interesting development though probably not …
Wrap D.C. and Preview Toronto
Washington, D.C. You know the big theme in D.C.: taken-over by a bunch of teenagers and Sascha, who's only twenty-one. Tsitsipas had a whiff of hope in that second set, but one can see the difference between these 19 year-olds and Sascha: inexperience and just a natural lack of professionalism. Sascha was de Minaur or …
QF Friday in Washington, D.C.
A nice mix in D.C. today. Zverev the Younger v Nishikori Goffin v Tsitsipas de Minaur v Murray Kudla v Rublev Good blend of top players, even our token veteran great along with a couple of very talented Lost Gen boys topped with a couple of Next Genners -- and for good measure, Kudla. 😉 …
