Sure, the videos are not my normal look, but we can still enjoy them; and, in fact, isn't this the best time of the year to step-up your game? Ha. Call it my chip and charge, catching the reader off guard (more on that momentarily). It's time for New York City tennis, folks. American bias aside, …
Category: Tennis
The Federer Reminder: Cincinnati 2015
In light of the sensational year Novak Djokovic is having, this 2015 campaign usurping his legendary tennis of 2011, Roger Federer's dominant 7th Cincinnati Masters over the weekend reminds us, again, that he is still here and he's the greatest to ever play the sport. This has never been clearer. Those who disagree, I am eager …
2015 Rogers Cup: The Takeaway(s)
Tennis is a brutal sport. Last night, I was watching replay of Murray beating Isner in Davis Cup play earlier this year and one of the announcers recalled a poignant, intimate exchange with Murray where the Scot basically said tennis is a brutal sport. There were so many examples last week of this tough merciless atmosphere these …
Tournament Talk
Wednesday evening and already there is much drama in Montreal. Let's get out front on this conspiracy theory of mine - the tournament directors absolutely want Nadal in the final four of this tournament (probably the ATP, as well, as a general hope and prayer). Great for the weekend events/ratings and perhaps a chance to build this player's …
2015 Rogers Cup in Montreal
So that's where we are this week: Montreal. I'll try to keep this short since there's a lot of tennis to watch, patterns to develop, form to be found. A little re-cap of the Citi Open in Washington D.C. From my American perspective, I was disappointed to see Jack Sock go down in the QF …
Association of Tennis Professionals: 2015
Are we safe to assume that men's professional tennis is secure in its ability to parade for us generational greatness and feed us, so to speak, this insanely delectable meal of world class tennis that seems perpetual, eternal? We have had an amazing run. The 70s and 80s to the 90's and early aughts to the …
On the Eve of Hard Courts
The hard court season is upon us, with Washington D.C. beginning this week, followed by two consecutive ATP 1000s in Montreal and Cincinnati, and a final tune-up at Winston-Salem before we're dropped at the doorstep of the United States Open. Anticipation without a doubt builds for this final major of 2015. We know the stakes for the …
The Two Versions of Roger Federer
Having recently turned my focus to tennis on this blog (tennis has always been a first love outside of social media), I have become much more aware of the drama surrounding Roger Federer. In my naiveté, he was purely a tennis great with a persuasive GOAT case. Like most, I loved his style of play, his …
More Tennis Analysis
Tennis fans are in full hypothetical mode (some might say there's a lot of hype, too), looking at comparisons, history, using common sense and bias to try and figure-out where Djokovic ends-up in the big picture of men's tennis. A very common approach is to compare Nole to Federer and Nadal, looking at age, majors accumulated, at …
Trouble in Women’s Tennis
I enjoy watching tennis; my mom and grandfather brought me up in the game. I have enjoyed playing the sport and really enjoy watching the best in the game perform. The sport, especially singles, pits athletes mano-a-mano where specific skills are needed to overcome an opponent. We see great feats of power and finesse, supreme strategy and jaw-dropping otherworldly championship …
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