Predicted Winners in BOLD Play it again Jiri Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) v [7] Jiri Vesely (CZE) – Jiri has never won a head-to-head match vs. the Spaniard. It is telling that two of the semifinalists in Romania are from Spain despite the unofficial Spanish national title being held this week in Barcelona. Spain has a…
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2015 Power Ranking: Nole has the House Edge in Monte-Carlo
2015 Power Ranking #4 Novak Djokovic – Novak holds the 1st Grand Slam and the first 3 Masters 1000 events of 2015. His straight set win over Nadal was not without some tension, but Novak is going to enter Paris as co-favorite. Andy Murray – Andy can’t be docked for going on his honeymoon. Roger Federer…
Monte Carlo 2015: April 14 Predictions
What do I think will happen at the Masters 1000 Emeritus Event? Read on Predicted Winners in BOLD [14/W] Gaël Monfils (FRA) vs. [Q] Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) H2H – I have come to expect the unexpected with Gael, but I think clay is his best surface. [11] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs. [LL] Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) H2H – Tsonga has [1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. [Q] Albert…
Davis Cup 2014: Day 3 Analysis and Predictions
I did not post anything about the doubles today because the line-ups could be changed so close to match time and because doubles is a different animal. The remaining singles matches set Switzerland as 1 win away from a first ever Davis Cup title, but France will likely have 27,000 fans and a winnable set…
Davis Cup Final 2014: Day 1 Thoughts and Predictions
Thoughts I did not write about the dust up between Federer and Wawrinka this past Saturday because it was so minor. In a team sport, it would not even have registered. I think the individual nature of tennis made this into a bit of fodder for many tennis sites, but if Boris Becker and Michael…
US Open 2014: Quick Hits – French Toast
Gael Monfils outplayed Roger Federer for most of the first 4 sets of their US Open quarterfinal match. The 5th set was not as close as the 6-2 scoreline would indicate. Whatever belief La Monf had in the first four sets, it was gone in the fifth. Marin Cilic keeps making believers out of people….
US Open 2014: Federer-Monfils & Berdych-Cilic Predictions
These Should Be Good Tomas Berdych (CZE) [6] vs. Marin Cilic (CRO) [14] This year might be known as the year of the celebrity coach. Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Amelie Mauresmo and Michael Chang have gotten a lot of press for their roles with top ranked players. Goran Ivanisevic’s work with Marin Cilic should not go unnoticed….
US Open 2014: Day 9 Men’s Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) [7] vs. Gael Monfils (FRA) [20] – I like Dimitrov to win this match, but if Gael wins and Roger wins, Gael will have had some great sparring. Also, Vika singing to Gael has to make it less likely that he advances. Grigor will have to play better than he…
Andy Roddick Tweets Up Some Controversy on Monfils
Nothing pisses me off more when watching someone giving a horrible effort. Showboats when winning and rolls over when down #hatethat — andyroddick (@andyroddick) June 4, 2014 The thing about Andy Roddick being in the press I like most is that he will be bluntly honest when it comes to tennis. Even if I disagree…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 