First of all, I have to say despite not seeing much of the tennis that I'm pretty excited about the all American final in Eastbourne tomorrow between Sam and Taylor. We know Sam's game a lot more, know the proof is in the pudding, especially on a surface like grass. His power tennis can do …
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Pre-Wimbledon Nerves Part II
Too much build-up to this post and you already know the point. Federer is nervous. His career of reticent play and off-beat chokes make any Fedfan (following suit with their guy) nervous. The only thing about Federer and the nerves in Wimbledon, however, is he shouldn't have anything to be nervous about. Not that he's …
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Hey folks, to be fair, you should be able to find all manners of evidence of the nerves surrounding the game right now heading into Wimbledon yourself. I shouldn't have to show you this tinder with which we can light an impressive inferno of insecurity and bullshit surrounding the top of the field. Wander onto …
Pre-Wimbledon Nerves Part I
I suppose nearly every Wimbledon for the past 15 years or so has had the same basic competitive scenario, the same outlook, the same favorites. But this year just seems weird, different, as if everyone's a little more nervous than usual. This has a lot to do with the Big 3, the oligarchy, the Lords, …
2008 Wimbledon v 2018 Wimbledon
What is the more significant Championships in terms of drama, legacy and history: Wimbledon 2008 or Wimbledon 2018? The focus of Wertheim's book and the subsequent documentary broadcast on Tennis Channel and available elsewhere is the 2008 final between Rafa and Roger. We know this, given the marketing for this recent piece marking the ten …
Reflecting on 2018 WB aka the Return of the Djoker
He's Actually The Dark Knight There's too much to unpack from this huge win for Djokovic at 2018 Wimbledon. We'll do our best here, for starters, but know that the tour's tenor now looking at the rest of 2018 is out of this world interesting and full of anticipation as Novak has definitively declared war …
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“This is Major Tom to Ground Control”
I'm not lost in space, nor am I somehow without much to say about Novak's 4th WB title. You should know I have a lot to say. . . Many of you were reading my "Naked Pictures of Nadal" post throughout the fortnight (actually that's one people regularly seem drawn to for whatever reasons 😉 …
Isner and (Again) Djokovic
The way Kevin Anderson has solidified his game to the tune of making now two deep runs at major championships in less than a year, along with his win over Federer in the QF, makes picking Isner almost jingoistic (in this day and age, even a blog about tennis can be interpreted politically by an …
Prediction of Nadal v Djokovic
What has made much of this golden age so interesting concerns the depth and complexity of these bigger-than-the-sport rivalries (which is part of the flaw of presentism in any discourse, a latest-is-the-greatest, a newest-is-truest stupidity). But these three rivalries' longevity alone (historical fact) makes them significant. There's the Fedal H2H about which folks have gotten …
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