Tennis Fans: Reasons to be Excited about Nishikori vs. Cilic

Saturday Blues I will admit that I was sad when Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer lost on Saturday.  I thoroughly enjoyed Novak Djokovic’s performance at the 2007 Miami Masters event.  From that point forward, I’ve been a fan of his.  Similarly in 2001, I predicted Roger Federer to beat Pete Sampras at Wimbledon and told…

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US Open 2014: Quick Hits – Analysis Misfires & Successes

Television commentators will talk about serve speed because the radar gun gives us that data.  They fail to go a step further and talk about placement within the box.  6’6″ Marin Cilic and 6’1″ Roger Federer both might hit a serve at 125 mph.  The thing is Cilic’s greater height and reach allow for him…

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US Open 2014: Marin Cilic vs. Kei Nishikori Championship Prediction

Odds If someone looked at the draw and picked this final, I want to have you pick some lottery numbers for me.  Kei Nishikori had established himself as a dangerous if fragile player in 2014 after being seen largely as a potentially good player.  Kei beat Roger Federer in the Miami quarterfinal round only to…

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Sunday Shock

Originally posted on thesportport:
It is that time of the week to look back at the last 7 days in sport, and find the thing that we think was a shock. Don’t forget you can nominate something you would like to see, and we may just use it next time. Our Sunday Shock is……………. Novak…

US Open 2014 Issue 14: 7 September

Originally posted on The Satellite Serve:
By: Tom Cochrane Monday will see Flushing Meadows play host to a men’s final that nobody expected, a match-up whose odds of eventuating were 5000-1 at the beginning of the tournament. Day 13 saw Kei Nishikori shock top seed Novak Djokovic and Marin Cilic outclass second seed Roger Federer…