Power Ranking 2013 #12 A lot of movement after 2013’s FInal Grand Slam 1. Rafael Nadal – What can be said. He missed the Australian Open and lost at the first round at Wimbledon. Heck, Rafa has lost 2 clay court matches this year. All of that is true, and Rafa has locked up the…
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US Open 2013 Weekend Quick Hits
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have met at every slam except for the US Open. That seems apt to change as both men are in good to frightening form. Sloane Stephens has a lot going for her in terms of mobility, power etc. I like her chances to make big strides over then next 18…
US Open 2013: Day 5 Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD Second Round Marcel Granollers vs. Rajeev Ram – Ram’s Samprasesque game has a chance here, but he is not the favorite. I hope I am wrong about the pride of Indianapolis. Tobias Kamke vs. Denis Istomin – This should be a good match. Kevin Anderson (17) vs. Marcos Baghdatis – I’ll take the big man in 4 sets. Juan Martin…
US Open 2013: Day 3 Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD First Round David Goffin vs. Alexandr Dolgopolov – I am taking Goffin in an extremely interesting match. This match should have a lot of fun rallies. Benoit Paire (24) vs. Alex Bogomolov Jr. – Paire is playing quite well in 2013. Tim Smyczek vs. James Duckworth Kevin Anderson (17) vs. Daniel Brands – This will come down to who can impose his…
The Top 5 Tiers of Tennis Champions
In any career comparisons or GOAT discussions it becomes clear that there are constellations of players with similar levels of achievement. Running through various players in my head, I have arrived at 5 levels of achievement. For the sake of simplicity I am going to move from Jimmy Connors forward as he strikes me as…
US Open Draw Analysis
I. Djokovic’s Quarter: Novak Djokovic has a reasonable path to the quarterfinal round. He could face some resistance in the 3rd round from Grigor Dimitrov and his first round match is not easy, but this is a good draw for Nole to add confidence during the first week of the event. 2009 US Open champion Juan…
Tennis Power Ranking 2013: Cincinnati to NY
Power Ranking 2013 #11 Again a lot of movement as one would expect following a 1000 Series Event 1. Rafael Nadal – Rafa already has 5 Masters 1000 titles in 2013! He is putting a strangle hold on the race to finish #1 in 2013. He continued dominating form and won entertaining to memorable matches against…
Cincinnati Masters Tennis Predictions: August 17, 2013
Predicted Winners in BOLD Semifinals Juan Martin del Potro (7) vs. John Isner – If their match in DC is a template, Isner had better hope the JMDP of sets 2 and 3 does not show up today. Delpo returned from deep in the court to minimize aces from Isner. Maybe Isner can adapt to that strategy by…
Tennis Masters Cincinnati Predictions: August 16, 2013
Predicted Winners in BOLD Quarterfinals Novak Djokovic (1) vs. John Isner – Novak should win this match. If Isner holds with great frequency he always has a puncher’s chance, but I think Novak’s return game generates at least one break per set. Juan Martin del Potro (7) vs. Dmitry Tursunov – The Russian has earned a lot of computer points that…
Tennis Masters Cincinnati Predictions: August 15, 2013
Predicted Winners in BOLD Third Round Milos Raonic (12) vs. John Isner – This should be a match full of long rallies and multiple service breaks. This is a 50-50 match that will come down to tiebreaks and maybe one or two service breaks. I’ll take Isner as Raonic has more or less backed up last week’s result….
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 