We could not have asked for a better final four. I just finished the Stan v Murray match; Stan moving-on has to be what most non-Brits/Scots would like to see. Stan, on form, can be pretty breath-taking. That's more or less what we saw in the Murray match, but a few questionable stretches and some …
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Group Nasty
Even a mere tennis fan knows the kind of free pass Nadal got from the WTF administration. Getting put into a group with two of the most inconsistent "heavy weights" on the tennis planet is, well, a way to get Nadal into matches with higher stakes. Stan is down 1-4 in the first to Ferrer, …
Stan v Rafa
I'm going to try and shorten my posts, and quadruple my production! I meant to write this after I watched the replay of this a day after it played live. Paris QF. Brilliant stuff. Stan is like a super hero. Stan is a monster. Stan the man the ball One-handed backhand Leaves fall in a park …
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 …
Association of Tennis Professionals: 2015
Are we safe to assume that men's professional tennis is secure in its ability to parade for us generational greatness and feed us, so to speak, this insanely delectable meal of world class tennis that seems perpetual, eternal? We have had an amazing run. The 70s and 80s to the 90's and early aughts to the …
On the Eve of Hard Courts
The hard court season is upon us, with Washington D.C. beginning this week, followed by two consecutive ATP 1000s in Montreal and Cincinnati, and a final tune-up at Winston-Salem before we're dropped at the doorstep of the United States Open. Anticipation without a doubt builds for this final major of 2015. We know the stakes for the …
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