Brisbane, Doha, Chennai, and the Hopman Cup are underway. I have caught a couple of nice slices of tennis, in fact. Watching Pouille close-out Simon in their two-set, two TB match was a good bit of hard-courting, some solid strokes, hard-fought points, 10 minute games with Pouille showing just a little more depth of style and youth …
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2017. . .Here We Go
It's December 31, 2016. I have a couple of weeks to dial-in some ATP action as the athletes get their shits together for some 2017 tour action and subsequently some 2017 Australian Open form! Hope you all had a great holiday/are continuing to celebrate whatever holiday you're all about. Let's take a quick look back …
Vienna: the Calm Before the Storm
Just a quick look at this 500-level event with some interesting match-ups and rankings ramifications. We have all seen or heard the scenarios for Andy's ascension or Novak's drop, depending on how one looks at this. Novak, because of burn-out, etc., is off until Paris. Andy goes this week in Vienna. I listened to a …
The ATP Future in St. Petersburg and Metz
We had a very interesting couple of finals in two ATP 250 tournaments last weekend. The reigning U.S. Open champ, call him the sport's current champ, Stan Wawrinka, was on display along with three of the future of the men's game. No question these three youngsters (Zverev, Thiem and Pouille) along with Kyrgios, seem fairly capable …
Matt’s Blog Update
You might have seen that I have a Twitter account attached to the blog now (did this actually during the final of the USO); this shouldn't be too surprising since such social media parings are quite natural and even smart if one aspires to grow and reach more readers. The Twitter account is nice because …
2016 U.S. Open Final: Serbia v Switzerland II
When Stan Wawrinka is in that form we've come to expect once or twice a year over the last 3-4 years, look out. That's the advice we should give players in his way. For those of us who get to watch, the advice is don't miss any of it. I watched part of the Evans …
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Put It To Rest: Let’s Go!
We all see a lot of interesting "takes" or thoughts on this and every other big, meaningful tennis match. What blew me away today and yesterday is seeing a Djokovic fan (the very nature of this phenomenon is extraterrestrial or delayed or turd-like) actually say that he was pleased that Murray was out and went …
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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Bron Bron Redux
The "Bron Bron Phenomenon" post I wrote last year has some relevance today as we're in the midst of this NBA finals series. For one, his team is pretty much healthy now (although Kevin Love is in the concussion protocol because of an elbow in game 2). Another minor difference is Lebron fired Blatt, the head coach, mid-season, and …
Nadal Pulls Out at the French
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 …
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