1989 – To Be 17: Chang and Sanchez-Vicario Pull UPSETS to Grab Singles’ Titles Chang rallied to beat Lendl in the round of 16 and then toppled Edberg in 5 for an improbable title Sanchez-Vicario defeated a seemingly invulnerable Graf in 3 sets to take the title 1999 – Graf Caps 22 Slams While Agassi…
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Roland Garros: June 5th 2019 Match of the Day – Djokovic vs. Zverev
Novak #Djokovic and Alexander #Zverev have split their four career meetings- who will move ahead, and reach the French Open semi-finals on Wednesday? Preview >>> https://t.co/WoXDn93xRl pic.twitter.com/J1nPn3NUJi — Live Tennis (@livetennis) June 5, 2019 Novak Djokovic (1) vs. Sascha Zverev (5) The world #1 has put the top ranking into a strangle hold. He is…
Roland Garros 2019: June 4th Match of the Day – Federer vs. Wawrinka
🇨🇭 @rogerfederer v. @stanwawrinka 🇨🇭 Their 26th @FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting takes place on Tuesday at #RG19! — ATP Tour (@ATP_Tour) June 3, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Roger Federer (4) vs. Stan Wawrinka (24) Roger Federer has generally dominated his head-to-head with Wawrinka. In 2015, Wawrinka beat Federer en route to taking the Roland Garros title. A…
Roland Garros: Men’s Match of the Day – June 6th 2019
Superstar Stan 💪@stanwawrinka defeats Dimitrov 7-6(5), 7-6(4), 7-6(8) and will play @StefTsitsipas in a HUGE 4R clash 😱 at #RG19 pic.twitter.com/lts9U0CKb1 — ATP Tour (@ATP_Tour) June 1, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Stefanos Tsitsipas (6) vs. Stan Wawrinka (24) This is a generational clash. Tsitsipas may have a win over each of the big 3 in the past…
Roland Garros: June 1st 2019 Match of the Day -Fognini vs Bautista Agut
Roberto Bautista Agut (18) vs. Fabio Fognini (9) Each player has had an interesting 2019 with some notable wins. Fabio Fognini beat Rafael Nadal en route to taking the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 shield. Roberto Bautista Agut has two wins over Novak Djokovic in 2019 with each match taking place on a hard court. The…
Rafa and Federer Post Gaudy Numbers
Making his 14th R4 appearance at Roland Garros! 👏 🇪🇸 @RafaelNadal serves up a 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win over Goffin. | #RG19 pic.twitter.com/0DIq5H9UpD — ATP Tour (@ATP_Tour) May 31, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Rafael Nadal is 89-2 at Roland Garros! 89-2! One could be 18-2 and have a 90 percent winning percentage. Just add an extra…
Roland Garros 2019: Day 7 Twitter
Just found out I will be receiving the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. Arthur was a man of great courage. Tune in July 10, this is a special honor! #ESPYsABC #ArthurAsheAward @NBA @espn @celtics @BleacherReport @SLAMonline @BostonGlobe @ESPYS pic.twitter.com/AybfEZOzAb — TheBillRussell (@RealBillRussell) May 30, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Tsitsiboom.@Eurosport_UK #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/WdShnRPCqp — Matthew Willis (@MattRacquet) May 31, 2019…
Roland Garros 2019: Day 5 Men’s Match of the Day Edmund vs. Cuevas
Kyle Edmund (28) vs. Pablo Cuevas I picked Edmund for a match of the day earlier in the event and it went 5 sets. I am not sure he has to go the distance again or that he will win, but again his match is the one with the least obvious outcome in my view….
New Feature – Matches of the Day
Victory for Vika 💪 The two-time Grand Slam champion defeats Ostapenko 6-4, 7-6(4) in R1 at the French Open.#RG19 pic.twitter.com/HSexeYW8QR — US Open Tennis (@usopen) May 28, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js I used to get a lot of traffic doing predictions. I moved away from that for several reasons. Still, breaking down one or two matches per…
Roland Garros 2019: Day 4 Men’s Match of the Day – Dimitrov vs. Cilic
Marin Cilic (11) vs. Grigor Dimitrov Dimitrov has gotten a lot of press over the years, but his results in the biggest venues have not been what many predicted. Granted he was a few games away from reaching the 2017 Australian Open final and also reached a Wimbledon semifinal in 2013. He also won the…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 