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Berrettini is a better player than Shapo! Shapo’s game is basically going for broke, and once his serve is being returned with interest, he would normally lose in the rallies.

Shapo might have improved his […]

He will withdraw from Wimbledon regardless of winning or not at RG, because fatigue will be there more so having to play the final.

He said, that there’s only two weeks between FO and Wimbledon instead of […]

I agree with Mira.

Rafa needs to fix his serve issue. I guess he needs time to fix that and without a good serve it’s difficult to win on grass. Also, he needs rest too and not over exert his back. If I’m […]

Amy, 👍

And yeah, a Murray vs Djoko match at Wimbledon will be nice. Murray seems to be playing well and he has no ‘fear’ of Djoko on grass. Fed just lost to FAA at Halle in R2 so I’m not sure Fed is ready to […]

Happy, I think you’re too harsh about Rafa. Rafa didn’t chicken out when he lost three straight slam finals to Djoko from 2011-2012; and when he was down and out in 2015.

If Rafa really skips this Wimbledon, […]

Nevermind Sanju, as long as Rafa has the desire to carry on playing, he’ll improve and has his chances to beat whoever and wins some more slams. Rafa said he would come back to Paris next year, so there’s no des […]

I think Rafa will play Wimbledon; it’s an important event that Rafa surely won’t want to miss. I think he may skip Olympics instead as it’s just two weeks after Wimbledon.

I think if Rafa can fix his serve […]

I’ve to add that to date, none of the next generation players has beaten any of the big three in a slam final; they may beat them before the slam final but when in a final, the big boys are different animals! B […]

Eugene, you sounded so disappointed with Tsitsipas and his generation of players. Well you can’t expect them to be like Fed/Rafa/Djoko. The trio are special; Tsitsipas &Co may just be like the rest of the o […]

Yes Eugene, and I’m surprised that Tsitsipas wasn’t doing that, at least in the third set, when he was about to win the match in straight sets. He could play with some unpredictability, S&V and one two punch to […]

Happy, I’m not talking about Tsitsipas; Eugene mentioned Fed and some others, so my thought is Djoko has a complete or close to complete game.

Tsitsipas choke here no doubt, and I already expected that from h […]

I think it has something to do with Djoko’s game. He’s good at controlling the court, changing directions at will as he’s good at both wings and he really can hit well from all directions – BH and FH, CC or DTL. […]

Mira, Rafa has his own problems to solve before he can win another slam.

If his serve is clicking, he can shorten points when playing on grass. He’s good when he’s at the net, and on grass he tends to play […]

Why?

Sigh, as expected, Tsitsipas is fond of throwing away a winnable match. How often he does that! He really needs a head shrinker to help him solve this mental issue of always going wandering mid match and […]

Sorry thats Luckystar.

I read somewhere his interview after the loss, that he said he’s going back to Majorca with his family, and will look forward to coming back next year to RG to try to win again. I think that’s good news, that […]

I think is not that Rafa didn’t want to shorten points but mentally he’s not that confident to do so.

For one, he must have a dependable serve to start with, so that he could at least have the chance to rush […]

Amy, Rafa is 35 now and so a physical decline is reasonable. When the match got to five sets, he struggled to win (USO 2019 final Vs Medvedev), lost a five setter against Thiem at AO2020 and lost in five to […]

Sorry NNY that you think I’m trashing Rafa. I’ve seen Rafa lost important matches, and I’m always honest with how I feel about the way he plays/played.

If he’s good I would praise him for that and if he […]