Czech Dynasty in Federation Cup

Pliskova dug deeeeep Despite Caroline Garcia’s warrior performance on the part of France, the Czech Republic just claimed its 5th Federation Cup title in a 6 year period!  That is remarkable even if I am not the first voice to push Federation and Davis Cup results in this era of incredibly globalized tennis.  These 5…

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ATP World Tour Finals 2016: Nov. 14 Round Robin Predictions

First, I want to offer an apology for not having day 1 picks.  Life has been busy the previous 10 days, and I just could not get to them.  Also, I will put something up later today regarding the Czech Republic bringing home its 5th Federation Cup title in 6 years. Predicted Winners in BOLD…

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Djokovic vs. Murray for #1 – Let them Play Risk

Novak Djokovic plays chess with Boris Becker. pic.twitter.com/0hPrHLCvlS — Mechanics’ Institute (@MILibrary) May 27, 2016 Novak likes board games The Rules: Each Man Gets Armies Based Upon Championship and Runner-up Finishes in 2016.  I simply cut two zeros off of the ranking points of any of these finishes to determine the number of armies.  In…

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Bercy 2016: Andy Murray vs. John Isner Championship Prediction

Andy Murray vs. John Isner This match is fairly straight forward.  Andy Murray returns better, moves better, and has a more stable all-around game than John Isner.  Does that mean Andy Murray will win? Probably, but John Isner has one of the top 5 serves in men’s tennis.  His serve may be the best serve…

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Tennis History: Andy Murray is the 26th Man to be Ranked #1 since 1973

Andy #Murray is World No.1 #HistoryMaker pic.twitter.com/bi8LqjjdrY — British Tennis (@BritishTennis) November 5, 2016 I will write more about the tug-of-war between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray over the #1 ranking after the Paris Indoor ends.  I do think it is amazing that only 26 men have had this distinction in a period the encompasses…

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Bercy 2016: Quarterfinal Predictions

Let me just say @DjokerNole shows to the world in sports why he is the champ…#paris #ATPMasters1000 #StreetFighter #1 — Boris Becker (@TheBorisBecker) November 3, 2016 Boris is fired up Predicted Winners in BOLD John Isner (USA) vs. Jack Sock (USA) H2H – I’m expecting at least 2 sets that end in tiebreaks. [1] Novak Djokovic…

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Bercy 2016: Round of 16 Predictions

Novak Djokovic: Pepe Imaz is part of my team, but he's no 'guru' | https://t.co/rwaHyuJvsJ pic.twitter.com/BtjaLP2ryt — TENNIS.com (@Tennis) November 2, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Predicted Winners in BOLD (9) Marin Cilic VS (8) David Goffin – David Goffin has won all 3 of their matches (all held in 2016) and has won 7 of his 8 sets versus Marin Cilic…

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Bercy 2016: November 2nd Predictions

It’s great to be back 👍🏼#BNPPM #LoveParis w/ @nenadzim pic.twitter.com/1yyBl5SkvR — Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) October 29, 2016 Predicted Winners in BOLD Court Central [5] Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs. Viktor Troicki (SRB) H2H – Nishikori has to be the pick, but legitimate questions can be asked about his durability.  Did his deep run last week open a…

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Bercy 2016: October 31st Predictions

Predicted Winners in BOLD Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs. Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) H2H – PCB has had a nice fall season so this could be a bad pick, but part of me is fascinated by the mess that is Fabio Fognini. Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs. [Q] Robin Haase (NED) H2H – I am taking a second erratic…

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