Tennis Abides 2015 Power Ranking #9 A lot has changed since Wimbledon Novak Djokovic – Nole is still number one in my power ranking heading into Cincinnati and will be #1 heading into the US Open. Andy Murray will be a challenge if the two meet in the US Open final, but Novak has played…
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Montreal 2015: ATP Quarterfinal Predictions for August 14
Predicted Winners in BOLD [16] John Isner (USA) vs. Jérémy Chardy (FRA) – John Isner has to thank the draw gods a bit here. He reached the round of 16 and received massive crowd support in defeating George Costanza Nick Kyrgios. Now, he has a workable quarterfinal match. His title in Atlanta and runner-up finish…
Quick Hits – Momentum Before Canada 2015
Kei Nishikori avenged his 2014 US Open loss by rallying from 1 set down vs. Marin Cilic to reach the DC final. He then avenged a 2015 loss to Isner in Miami by rallying from 1 set down to take a 500 level title and reclaim some momentum. Kei Nishikori is hitting form at the…
Wimbledon 2015: July 1st Gentlemen’s Singles Predictions
#NovakDjokovic opens play on Centre Court again on Wednesday – this time vs Jarkko Nieminen: http://t.co/K8CHOHs8vK pic.twitter.com/rauVF1Lr3c — Live Tennis (@livetennis) June 30, 2015 Predicted Winners in BOLD Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] v Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) – Nole should win against the classy veteran. Santiago Giraldo (COL) v Kei Nishikori (JPN) [5] – How healthy…
Wimbledon 2015: June 29th Gentlemen’s Singles Predictions
Wimbledon 2015: Novak Djokovic hits back in cheat storm provoked by Boris Becker – Telegraph http://t.co/XywkhRu38Y — UK_Tennis aggbot.com (@UK_Tennis_News) June 28, 2015 Predicted Winners in BOLD [1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) – I would not be surprised to see this go 4 sets as this is no easy draw for the…
Halle 2015: Semifinal Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD Ace profesörü Dr. Ivo Karlovic’e 45 toplu kutlama 🙂 pic.twitter.com/6jdPGSVIKR — TenisHaberleri (@SadeceTenis) June 19, 2015 [1] Roger Federer (SUI) vs. [8] Ivo Karlovic (CRO) H2H – Dr. Ivo is capable of winning this match. His serve is a massive weapon as Tomas Berdych was reminded of on Friday. I am close to…
Tennis Power Ranking 2015: Stan Surges after Roland Garros Title
2015 Power Ranking #7: Stan Powers His Way to a Second Grand Slam Title .@SteveTignor on Stan Wawrinka’s stunningly self-assured win over Novak Djokovic in Paris: http://t.co/qs3x4lbDdA pic.twitter.com/UHHHAhaXur — TENNIS.com (@Tennis) June 7, 2015 Novak Djokovic – Novak is firmly the number 1 player in the world. That may be small consolation after another…
French Open 2015: Nishikori vs. Tsonga Quarterfinal Prediction
[5] Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs [14] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) Nishikori leads their head-to-head 4-1, but none of these meetings have taken place on clay. Also, only one of their matches took place in the past 52 weeks. Therefore, I think this match does not have an obvious favorite. Nishikori has demonstrated great clay court form. Tsonga has…
French Open 2015: May 31st Men’s Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD This is a great slate of matches, but I could see getting 3 or even all 4 of these matches wrong [4] Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs [14] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) – My gut says Tsonga wins this match, but Berdych beat Tsonga in a fairly straight forward manner in Madrid. Berdych has…
French Open 2015: May 27th Men’s Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD Fed and Cuevas are in action in Paris [2] Roger Federer (SUI) vs. Marcel Granollers (ESP) – I don’t think this is the easiest match for Federer. As enticing as Roger’s second week draw is, but matches through the round of 16 are not necessarily ideal. Fed is still obviously favored…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 