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Actually Medvedev had shown off some of his varieties in this SF match; so he’s not just grinding his way through matches.

I saw him throwing in drop shots, good volleying at the net, great passing shots and […]

Well done Medvedev; I didn’t watch the first two sets but watched the last. Well, didn’t see such an aggressive Medvedev before; I mean he’s winning short point tennis in the third set, very unlike those long […]

Unless Medvedev could play like Stan Wawrinka, ie relentless power hitting from both wings to overpower Djoko, I think Djoko will beat Medvedev just like at the AO, Medvedev may get a set.

Djoko doesn’t like p […]

Against Djoko, a very slim one. Djoko hardly missed anything. Pouille tried his best in set one, reached the TB but soundly beaten despite all his resistance, and then lost quickly set two.

Such is how Djoko’s […]

I hope Gasquet wins this match. He’s playing inspired tennis at the moment, though none of them would beat Djoko (most probably) in the final. Gasquet plays better than Goffin here imo, so hopefully if he r […]

Kind of expected that Djoko would win. Maybe Khachanov could offer more resistance but still would lose.

I doubt Medvedev could do the job either. Djoko is the hot favourite for the title.

Aren’t we talking about tennis here?? And yeah, his main rivals, ask them, how hard it is facing Rafa across the net, esp in major events.

Why so sensitive? I didn’t even mention Fed fans here! But there are people here (Fed fans or not) who predicted a Medvedev win over Rafa in that final.

I don’t expect much but it’s you people who big him up, after seeing how he beat Thiem and Khachanov. Frankly, I expect Rafa to beat him in the Montreal final, and sure Rafa did.

Why lol? Not everyone, don’t you think? Rafa is what? 10-4 vs Fed and 9-6 vs Djoko in slams, can anyone else boast about that?

So? Medvedev has to learn how to deal with the wind! If you can’t adjust your play to handle windy conditions, then you’re not good enough!

Medvedev simply doesn’t have Rafa’s full arsenal of shots and varieti […]

Rafa is just a bad match up for Medvedev, in fact for most. Even if they switch their draw at Montreal, Rafa would still come through it victorious beating Thiem, Khachanov and then Medvedev. Not everyone can […]

I don’t understand why Kyrgios must drag Rafa’s name into this. Rafa no doubt is slow when he’s preparing to serve, but with the shot clock there, Rafa always looks at it before he serves and most of the times […]

Kyrgios’s behaviour towards the umpire was atrocious; he’s lucky he wasnt given more stern warnings or penalties from the umpire. I don’t see why the umpire has to tolerate all these nonsense from him. […]

Er.. all these youngsters, they’re having problems! Shapo is one, followed by Sasha, and now Tsitsipas. FAA is also starting to lose early in tournaments. I think they still need more time to get used to the w […]

It seemed that Dimi just couldn’t sustain any good form during a match for long; more often than not, he managed to lose the plot even when he had the upper hand.

The courts at Cincy is slower than that at Montreal. The CPI at Cincy is 37 whilst that at Montreal is 42 or 43. Do they play with the same type of balls at both places? Cincy does look slower to me. Will this […]

I’ve checked, Rafa had only lost Masters finals to non big three/four members only thrice – once to Nalby at Paris Masters 2007, twice to Davy at Miami 2008 and Shanghai 2009.

Those two were his seniors back […]

I feel Agut, Thiem, Nishi, Cilic, Coric and Goffin, anyone of those could make it to the final from the other half of the draw.

Djoko has possibly Kyrgios or Khachanov and Fed has potentially Medvedev or […]

Oh and Canada Masters (at Montreal in 2005) was his first ever HC Masters (and HC title too); it’s just amazing that he’s still winning there after 14 years with the most HC titles at that event, and doing bet […]