I watched just a bit of the Federer v Cilic though I happened to catch the end of the first set TB. That was just strong tennis from the big Croatian, no two ways about that. Big serve, hitting lines and finishing at the net. Set point was brilliant. An odd set of circumstances: the …
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Not sure who exactly is in charge of what (marketing, draws, doing the laundry, etc.), but the ATP (is that Chris Kermode?) is a mess. I'm just pointing to two things: that Next Gen opening ceremony disaster - how dumb was that? But I have dumber: the Nitto ATP Finals group drawings. I said at …
Sorry for the delay and I need to make this quick. . .ha ha. We'll actually start with today's matches from Group Sampras: Day 2 They seemed, for me, very similar as far as a general take-away, how the matches played-out and who won vs. who lost. Dimitrov v Thiem Simply put, Dimitrov right now, …
This post started as a return to the contemplation and reconciliation of Nadalism. At the end here, on the eve of WTF, I'm confounded by this contradiction involving Nadal. But the appearance of the Fedfan on my blog broadens this post since Nadalism is this institutionalized bias toward the Spanish great and we all know …
Between little posts like this and comments from you all, we should be able to keep the tennis IQ pretty high as these men enter battle in a couple of days for a very prestigious title at the 2017 Nitto ATP Finals. Let's get this out of the way: seeing someone other than Fedal win …
Singles – Group Pete Sampras [1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) [4] Dominic Thiem (AUT) [6] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) [7] David Goffin (BEL) Singles – Group Boris Becker [2] Roger Federer (SUI) [3] Alexander Zverev (GER) [5] Marin Cilic (CRO) [8] Jack Sock (USA) There you have it. We suspect, only just beginning here to sip our …
We do need to take a moment and say congrats to Sock. He's become a pretty familiar face on tour, under some bigger lights. He's been there for a while in doubles, where he's won a major, an Olympic gold medal (in mixed) among other highlights. His singles' play is maturing now. The write-up about …
See my previous post where I addressed the rise of Nadal to #1, in retrospect, and how that might have stung with my apparent insight over a year ago when I buried him along with his kitchen sink (as the saying goes). But I hint at the end of that last post that this year, …
I'm in the business of trying to explain myself. That's how this works, this blog at least. My last post was all over the place, but still an impressive piece of stream-of- consciousness. No? Well, let's just agree to disagree on that one. 😀 Thanks again to Wilfried for his article on top players' connections …
The end of the year is near, hence the dawn of a new calendar that comes with another year of old traditions, the possibility of new ones, new or some of those repeated expectations, hopes and the manifestation of dreams. All of these things and more come when we turn from December to January. In …
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