Having recently turned my focus to tennis on this blog (tennis has always been a first love outside of social media), I have become much more aware of the drama surrounding Roger Federer. In my naiveté, he was purely a tennis great with a persuasive GOAT case. Like most, I loved his style of play, his …
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More Tennis Analysis
Tennis fans are in full hypothetical mode (some might say there's a lot of hype, too), looking at comparisons, history, using common sense and bias to try and figure-out where Djokovic ends-up in the big picture of men's tennis. A very common approach is to compare Nole to Federer and Nadal, looking at age, majors accumulated, at …
Novak Djokovic
Pardon this reiteration. I must not be paying attention. I have, counter to much of the tennis world, had Djokovic an all-time great for a couple of years now. Granted, anything can happen; I suppose we can't assume too much, but when you see a consistent game starting to emerge and do things like Djokovic …
Wimbledon Men’s Final and Serena Follow-up
The men's final today was fantastic, for two sets at least. Indeed, we were graced with another Wimbledon men's final that captured much of the beauty and competitive history of that grand major championship (for instance, seeing past champions dressed to the nines, aging splendidly, is always a treat). Despite the dramatics of the first two …
European Tennis and (a little) American Mountain Running
Let's start with the grass, then move-on to the harder stuff. I stated the obvious in a previous post that Roger and Andy, though each a little tight out-of-the-gate at their respective Wimbledon warm-up tournaments, were finding good form. They both came away victorious, Roger actually claiming his eighth Halle, Germany title (Gerry Weber Open). The …
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