Did any of you think that I was saying in that article a few days ago that Novak would never win another major? That THAT was the end of Novak in Flushing Meadows at the hands of Stan the Man? Well, that's not exactly what I meant. i really wanted to underscore how big of …
Category: Tennis
Behold the Madness
Matt's Blog exists to counter some of the madness in the tennis universe by which vulnerable community members might become startled, confused, led astray, and disillusioned. Or worse. The sport seems to be under some sort of attack from tennis spokespeople who somehow think they know what the sport needs. In most of these cases, for almost any relevant …
HRFRT: Tour Structure and Numbers
The structure of the ATP tour has changed much over the years. Not only has the structure changed, but the significance of some of the tournaments has changed, as well. Masters events, the 1000s, for instance, are a bigger part of a player's schedule than before. There is no question about this, which anyone can determine …
How Roger Federer Ruined Tennis: Introduction
As we turn the corner on the tennis calendar to begin our slide into summer and then into fall (Wimbledon, (Olympics) and the US Open), we are at a pretty interesting point in the tennis narrative. This is synonymous with me saying that we are at an interesting point in the history of tennis. Of course, …
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The Fanblog
Tennis update: Federer v Thiem Stuttgart SF might be interesting. Federer looks pretty rough, having seen his R16 match with the 19 year-old American. Good stuff from Fritz. BH is getting better and his serve and FH are legitimate. Federer was lucky, quite frankly, to escape. And Del Potro, who looked like he was struggling …
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 …
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 …
Djokovic v Federer Australian Open SF 2016
We have what we all want: Djokovic v Federer. They are tied in their H2H at 22, but I think you know how I feel about those H2H arguments. This one is especially irrelevant as one guy is still playing in his 35th year. To reiterate, Federer has to come-up with a slightly different game …
Federer v Berdych AO QF
The first QF is underway. Looks like another live blog here at Matt's blog. I watched the first two sets closely and they're in the third now, on serve, Federer about to even it at 4-4. The first set was very solid, both players trading breaks of serve and Federer taking firm command in the …
Australian Open at the QF
Stan Wawrinka is down two sets to Raonic as I begin this post. Raonic has confidence for sure. He beat Roger in the Brisbane final though I have said it wasn't a great match, mainly because both men's serve was mediocre and Roger was under the weather. Having said that, he pretty much hit Roger off …
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