The Future

Will be very interesting for the men's side of this sport. Not in the way you want, however. Novak probably still ends-up with the most majors, so that fanbase can jerk itself off with a little more confidence, but the tennis "major battle" has already become a shitshow. In other words, for those of you …

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Djokodal #59

The prevailing theme on this blog regarding men's professional tennis is that the sport has been devoured by the Big 3. My theory from years ago still rings of truth, more than ever: Roger Federer Ruined Tennis. One of the chapters in that draft is that he Created Two Monsters. The sport has been essentially …

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Dateline 2012: This Major is All about Djokodal

A Tweet a few weeks back. Didn't pan-out yesterday vs. Ramos but I don't see Alcaraz getting through his draw. You have to like the winner of the Djokovic Nadal QF to win this major -- I know, really went out on a limb there. This has been the story-line for about ten or eleven …

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Let’s Begin Again with some Back to Basics

This has been a tennis blog, but that discombobulated mess has not kept my interest so let's start with some other basics and get to tennis towards the end here. For this blog to continue I will have to stretch my brain anyways; may as well start now. I do miss writing. This is a …

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Mcshow is About to Go . . . Off!

Yeah, the wheels are turning. About time, no? The fucking Russian won the USO, Djokovic almost said he didn't mind losing (since he got so much love in the wake of the loss -- indeed, that was a bloody funeral if you ask me), Thiem is still cleaning the bathrooms, Shapo has plateaued, Tsitsipas has …

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GOAT, SD Open and Pat Metheny?

Greetings from SoCal. I certainly have more thoughts on the GOAT math. Interesting that Novak has pulled out of IW. I had no interest in that tournament this year either way. I saw some incredible tennis down there going back to 2012. Great venue. But didn't have it on the calendar this year and surely …

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FYI, GOAT Addendum Post En Route . . .

I'm not going all-in but I do want to add some perspective to that last fairly pedestrian post I just published. That last post is fine, as far as the way this debate is really concerned, especially with Novak still with more in the tank. But I want to play a few more riffs on …

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