Roger Federer vs. Pablo Cuevas The first meeting between these two comes in the first ever Istanbul final. Cuevas has reached 3 clay court finals in the past 2 seasons. He took a title earlier this year in Sao Paulo. He also just soundly beat Grigor Dimitrov who provides ideal sparring prior to facing Federer….
Month: May 2015
Estoril 2015: Gasquet vs. Kyrgios Prediction
Nick Kyrgios vs. Richard Gasquet H2H These two have played twice with Gasquet winning a one-sided match on clay and Kyrgios winning a 5 set classic at Wimbledon 2014. Gasquet has an experience advantage as Kyrgios is playing in his first tournament final. Gasquet holds 11 career titles. Everything on paper suggests Gasquet may clip…
Munich 2015: Murray vs. Kohlschreiber Prediction
Andy Murray vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber H2H These two produced an instant classic at Roland Garros last year. I like the contrast in stroke production between two players who use different techniques to produce all of the shots in tennis. This should be a fun match. Clay is probably the surface that gives Kohlschreiber the best…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 