A little update on the actual tennis from my end. Japan. Love Stan preparing for this last big stretch of HC. The next few weeks should be loaded with victory and death. Japan has a huge draw. Stan, Paire, Kyrgios, Cilic, Simon, Nishikori, et al. Paire has been playing well for months, it seems, but …
Tag: Novak Djokovic
The TSQ (The Tennis Status Quo)
I referenced the tennis status quo in yesterday's post, where I'm trying to qualify one particularly distorted view. Found this in the mainstream today: Tim Joyce from RealClearSports.com wrote a piece about the Federer/Djokovic USO final. Here are a couple of passages: "But consider: what if it were Rafael Nadal across the net from Federer on …
Marking Your Territory
How would you define Bjorn Borg's dominance? Ivan Lendl's? What about Pete Sampras' demonstrative GOAT dominion where he euthanized the end of the previous era, built a nice little British-American empire and then handsomely fought off his own demise? How would you define Nadal's tenure? Objectively, fast forwarding another five years into the future, when Roger …
Roger and Novak
Roger Federer at 34 is such a unique quality. Not only is his tennis on fire, but even off the court, one sees he is such a positive source of leadership for the tour. Listening to players refer to him, through-out the fortnight, with such reverence was a great reminder of this regality and wisdom he …
So much for my pep talk . . .
. . .Or: I sure nailed that one. This morning, I was somehow moved to sit down with my coffee and jot down the bona fide playbook, provide a sketch of the real map of this evening's men's U.S. Open Championship. Excerpt (still warm from this morning's printing press): But what is likely to happen today if …
Attitude and Form
As we prepare for this mammoth collision of great men's championship final tennis (congrats btw to the two Italian ladies who put-on quite a show. . .at the trophy ceremony! Great vibes. What a way to retire, going-out on top in the big apple), just a quick note on attitude and form. Novak will probably …
2015 U.S. Open Men’s Semifinals
We're all set. We could not ask for a better final four. Each of the four has his own significant drive to claim this final major of the year. Allow me to cut to the chase. The secret to making pretty accurate reads on these matches first of all requires that we pay attention to the …
U.S. Open First Round
Everything going according to plan. Let's start in the top half of the top: Djokovic played with purpose and looked great though this is R1 so we're just nodding and sipping at this point. Big hitting Russian Gabashvili or Seppi seem the only blip on the radar before he likely sees Goffin in the quarters. …
New York
Sure, the videos are not my normal look, but we can still enjoy them; and, in fact, isn't this the best time of the year to step-up your game? Ha. Call it my chip and charge, catching the reader off guard (more on that momentarily). It's time for New York City tennis, folks. American bias aside, …
The Federer Reminder: Cincinnati 2015
In light of the sensational year Novak Djokovic is having, this 2015 campaign usurping his legendary tennis of 2011, Roger Federer's dominant 7th Cincinnati Masters over the weekend reminds us, again, that he is still here and he's the greatest to ever play the sport. This has never been clearer. Those who disagree, I am eager …
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