ATP Cup Obviously you didn't hear much from me over the last year or so when all of this ATP Cup organization and Davis Cup modification was happening, no commentary from me on the work of the ATP, ITF and partners like Tennis Australia and Gerard Pique's Kosmos investment group. I love the team oriented …
2020
Just me or is there something ominous about 2020, numerically even? Of course, if we're paying attention to some of the worldly matters beyond our own immediate life and loved ones, and/or our favorite professional tennis player, we might see things a touch cataclysmic. I've been up to my neck in work (thankfully), up through …
The Rise of Off-season Mcshow
We need to get after some discussion on this dormant blog. There is a lot to discuss. I think the best way is to start with some commentary about each of the top three kings, legends, dinosaurs, aliens . . . whatever you want to call Fedalovic. We'll start tonight or tomorrow. Today's my birthday, …
Felicidades España
Not watching much tennis for in recent days, not much of the Davis Cup Finals, even, that concluded last week with Spain lifting that title for the sixth time, the first time since 2000. I definitely want to give a nice ovation to this team and their leader, not Sergi Bruguera although his competitive tennis …
Roger Dodger
This is an appropriate title given Federer's form today (his somewhat typical pattern in big matches we might call failing to rise to the occasion or simply missing big opportunities -- either with the match in general, or with certain key spots in a big match, which are often breakpoints); it's also an appropriate title …
Drop in Form — Live Blog
Have I made-up for my failed Nadal prophecy by predicting this emphatic drop in form? This drop is for real as Roger goes down 0-3 in the first set and looks, well, terrible. We’ll see. Update: some sparkling tennis later in that first set, especially as Federer tries to break back at 3-5, but no …
Stop
I've had to wipe the ass of a couple of readers that think I'm a Rafan! Lol. Stop. You all need a lesson in literacy. That post is a bastion of sarcasm. Away with your projections. All rise and salute the OHBH! The Djoker/Federer poem will have to wait for our assessment of Federer/Tsitsipas. I …
I am a Believer
Nadalism is a powerful ideology, so powerful that it can affect nature, the way events happen, the way life unfolds, the way people perform their daily activities. Nadal down-a-set corresponds with my prediction that he would somehow still defeat Tsitsipas. That happened. I have never been more certain of something than I am of Medvedev …
Will We Get a Fedal SF?
Nadal and Tsitsipas are going to the second set, the Greek having prevailed in a first set TB 7-4. Nadal has to win this match and Zverev would need to lose for Nadal to advance. I would not be surprised if Nadal beats the Greek, somehow, and Medvedev upsets Zverev. Zverev controls his own destiny …
Tennis of Consequence
Am I putting too much value and expectation on (over reading) today's Federer vs Djokovic? I said this is Federer's last chance to avenge the 2019 WB collapse he suffered against the Serb. First of all, this isn't WB at all, so my assertion has to get over that obstacle first and foremost. Federer will …
