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…
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3 Phases of the GOAT Discussion
GOATs on our Mind Tennis GOAT discussions and debates have been good for fans and the press because we’ve always got something to contemplate. Here is my breakdown of events that amped up GOAT debates: Career slams and Pete chasing Emerson get the credit or blame Andre Agassi completing the career Grand Slam in 1999…
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…
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….
Cincinnati Masters Predictions: August 13
Predicted Winners in BOLD Second Round Roger Federer (5) vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber – This match is a hard one to predict. If Roger plays at the level he did in Gstaad, I think Kohlschreiber pulls the upset. I think Roger will play better than he has in his past 3 events and pull out a tight win. Grigor…
Tennis Power Ranking 2013: Post Montreal
Power Ranking 2013 #10 A lot of movement as one would expect following a 1000 Series Event 1. Rafael Nadal – Rafa already has 4 Masters 1000 titles in 2013! Add in 2000 points from Roland Garros and Rafa has banked 6000 ranking points in 5 events. His win versus Nole pushes Rafa back to the…
John Isner is Captain America and other Thoughts
Isner: 6/7, 6/7 “Don’t Cross Me in North Carolina, Georgia, Rhode Island, DC” Does any player have a greater change in his success rate when playing on home soil than John Isner does? Isner on US Soil is a top 15 player and overseas he is a top 50 player. Isner has won 7 titles…
Tennis News: Mahut Doubles Up & Federer w/ 98 Square Inch Frame
Mahut on a Roll Carlos Berlocq and Fabio Fognini deserve a lot of credit for picking up titles last week. Nicolas Mahut receives a big shout out for winning the final event of the 2013 grass court season in Newport, Rhode Island. Mahut is a bit of a grass court specialist as he was runner-up…
Top 10 Gentlemen’s Championship Matches #4 – #1
As I said, I am only ranking finals that I had a chance to watch. I did not see the 1980 final. I am sure it would rank highly if I had seen it. 4. 2007 Roger Federer d. Rafael Nadal 7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 2-6, 6-2 In 2006, Rafa and Roger traded 4 set wins…
Top 10 Gentlemen’s Championship Matches #7 – #5
7. 1998 Pete Sampras d. Goran Ivanisevic 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 If only breaking Sampras were always that easy Pete won due to shots like these Goran also lost the 1994 Wimbledon Final to Sampras, but this was a much better match. Both men served exceptionally well. Pete survived a scare in the second…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 