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Whoa, Djoko over Schwartzman in the final? I mean Schwartzman in a HC Masters final? I mean no other candidate from that half of the draw?

Wise decision by Rafa to withdraw from Cincy.

I was happy watching how Rafa played, AFTER losing that crappy first set against Foggy. He managed to change things, played with varieties to beat a difficult […]

How can you say that this is more a 500 than a Masters title?

So Djoko winning at Canada in 2012 and 2016 when the top players were missing due to the Olympics, did anyone call those two titles won at 500 […]

I saw Rafa smiling out there! And, he finally wins the match!

So happy for him! He plays so well in the wind!

So he finally defends a non clay title! One item strikes off the ‘to do’ list! He’s now the r […]

No, unless the SFs are played concurrently (ie on different courts at the same time), if not, it’ll be unfair to the finalist from the second SF(ie he’ll have shorter rest time before the final in the evening.

Very difficult, even if he could outlast the big three, he himself will grow old too, and players like Tsitsipas, FAA, Sasha and Medvedev may then reach their prime or peak to give him a hard time.

Murray is […]

I think Foggy may pull out of Cincy too. He doesn’t look ok physically.

The Monfils and RBA match is postponed to Sat due to rain delay. Whoever wins will be at a disadvantage against Rafa in the SF.

I think Rafa will reach the final and keeps his no.2 ranking for another week. […]

If Rafa wins at Montreal, I doubt he’ll play at Cincy.

If he’s able to reach the final and beats Medvedev or Khachanov there, then he’s already playing well and should have enough match play by then. I doubt […]

Too much respect for Foggy’s abilities on court; Rafa should show some confidence and belief in himself; he’s not 11-4 vs Foggy for nothing! He just has to remember that (and that he CAN beat Foggy!).

I actually don’t understand why Rafa is so rusty after playing on grass transitioning to the HCs, as it’s not that radically different these days when Wimbledon is playing more like a HC tournament.

I mean it’ […]

And I don’t understand Rafa, how come he could serve so well at Wimbledon until he met Fed; and now he’s serving relatively poorly on the HCs; whatever happened to his AO great serve??

It’s like once he faced […]

Rafa could play better than this; he’s just wary of Foggy. He lifts his level in set two and is up a break now.

Rafa can’t afford to start slow against players like Foggy and Djoko, because these players kno […]

If Rafa can’t beat Foggy on the HC, then he will have no hope against Djoko on the HC. He playing against Foggy may serve as a good gauge of his HC level at this moment, not very positive so far.

Looks like Rafa needs to play at Cincy, because he’s playing crappy tennis at the moment against Foggy.

He certainly needs more matches on the HCs if he wants to do well at USO. Foggy plays like he’s the bet […]

Medvedev is one fiery character, he’s quite ill tempered. Don’t be fooled by his seemingly harmless and boyish look, he can be quite nasty.

But, I like his tennis, he’s quite a special tennis player, has t […]

Montreal is not slow hard court, so Thiem has problem against Medvedev who seems to love quicker conditions. Medvedev loves to play on grass too.

I’m really impressed with Thiem for beating Shapo and Cilic B2B on the HCs. I think if he beats Medvedev, he’ll reach the final (and hopefully Rafa is there)!

I like it that four young guys in the top ten […]

Good matches so far in R3.

A good field at Montreal despite the absence of Fed and Djoko (and Delpo, Anderson due to injuries).

There are so many good matches even at R3 stage, esp Thiem vs Cilic, Khachanov vs FAA, Sasha vs Basil, even […]