Kevin

You’re right, Jim. It could be difficult for Stan to grind for another long match, given what he went through in the last match. I guess I just believe that Stan will have recovered just fine. There is no q […]

I’m going Stan in 4 or 5. His physical stamina and fitness has always been extremely underrated. Since he became Stan, as we know him, he has been just a bad matchup for Fed on clay. I just can’t get the str […]

I just checked the match stats and going on that, Rafa played damn near perfectly! High first serve percentage. High percentage of first and second serve points. Went 50% on break points (6-12). And had FORTY […]

I see people saying that Rafa didn’t play well today. How could he have played poorly if he only lost 8 games? I mean, I understand that he was playing a relative nobody, but c’mon…

I didn’t see anything too concerning about Rafa’s match today. While I was surprised that Goffin was able to get a set, I see it as nothing more than Rafa taking one of those little mid-match “walkabouts” that we […]

I don’t know if I’ve ever seen Fed serve at this high of a first serve percentage for three straight matches before. He’s serving 68% first serves so far today, and that’s lower than the last two matches! If he’s […]

To be fair, VR, wasn’t it fair at the time to think that anyone wouldn’t be able to have longevity after having so many injury problems at such a young age? Frankly, I think Rafa himself is surprised at how wel […]

I’m with Ramara: in-form, out-form, over-form, Top-form- doesn’t make even the slightest difference! On clay, and even more so at a major, Goffin could play the absolute greatest he has ever played, while Rafa cou […]

Not for the benefit of Fed- for the benefit of us! And having an epic final at RG should not mean anything for being ready for the Wimbledon final… They’re in their early to mid 30’s, not 40! If Fed makes the […]

In my opinion, Rafa and Novak are the clear-cut favorites, and everyone else is considerably behind them. If this wasn’t a best-of-5 set Major, then I would say that Thiem and maybe Tsitsipas would be not too f […]

I’m not religious, but I pray that we get a Rafa-Djoko Final! A 5 set epic, preferably! And then I pray we get a either a Fedal or Fedole Wimbledon final! These classic matchups may go away sooner than we think- I […]

Big confidence booster for Rafa, for sure. It doesn’t make me view Novak as any less of a co-favorite with Rafa for RG, as beating Novak at Slam again is a much taller task than Rome. As I said yesterday, If R […]

I think I slightly favor Rafa tomorrow, as he has won their last two matches on clay, has had to grind much less than Novak in the tournament so far, and is in excellent form. I will say, however, that I believe […]

I understand, Ramara. 🙂 I would prefer that Rafa play someone else in the Final if I were at hardcore Rafan like you! But for me, I’ve always loved Rafa-Nole clay matches so much. We haven’t necessarily had a Raf […]

Omg, I DESPERATELY want to see a Rafole final in Roma… I really think that it should be a toss-up. We already know that Djoko and Rafa are two of, if not THE two, of the favorites for RG. Thiem’s stock has o […]

Dude…. I know he wasn’t facing top opponents, but…. OLY TWO GAMES LOST IN TWO MATCHES IN ONE DAY?!! Just insane. If Rafa keeps this form, he will be extremely hard to beat from now through RG. Fed did well t […]

The thing that was so surprising for me about Rafa at Madrid was that in the QF, against Stan, it was a situation where he played so incredibly well that I found myself thinking, “How could I ever have thought t […]

Joe- I guess I wouldn’t be surprised if Fed can make a decent run. However, I would be less surprised if Fed goes out to Sousa or Coric. Especially Coric. Coric has wins over Fed on surfaces that were much more f […]

“Chardy is an even 12-12………following his defeat of fellow Frenchman Jeremy Chardy.” 😂🤷‍♂️😉

I predict Federer goes out immediately to Sousa. Sousa is an extremely good clay courter. If this were Madrid, I would think otherwise. But given the conditions, I see Sousa coming through that one. And as someone […]