Ramara

That could be a word for it. As a Rafan, I’m terrified. I know, it was Zverev, but he wasn’t playing badly. Sinner’s power kept AZ pushed way back. (I think he likes to roam around back there anyway – hopefully […]

Jannik Sinner is showing that it is possible to hit through the court. Rafa’s doing fine, guys. Zverev, not so much. (Sorry Tennis Channel has switched to the Sinner-Zverev match and my other tennis channel is […]

Not so much! Rafa’s bakery still doing a fine business. I just woke up so haven’t seen the match yet, but looks like we’re with the “windy”. Maybe Korda not great in the windy.

Indeed. It’s been upset week at RG for sure. Maybe it’s even more amazing that 6 of Ricky’s top 8 in the poll are still alive.

Me too. I wish him well, but not on Sunday! 🙂 Nice to see a likeable young American.

Rafa’s Paris Bakery is still open for business! Bagels and breadsticks on special this week!

Thanks for the recap. Haven’t seen the match yet, but I’ve been aware that Rafa has been flattening out his shots. He’s no dummy! And neither is Charley! This is not the normal RG!

Sorry to see that Stan went […]

Thanks!

Fortunately Rafa doesn’t have a dog to not give those balls to.

Pablo Carreno Busta or PCB for short. If you’re going to use the patronymic, that’s “Carreno” (sorry, don’t know how to do a tilda on my kb), which is how Rafa usually refers to him.

Busta is his mother’s […]

Great predictions, Scoot! Wawa looking tough! And Rafa looking like…Rafa.

Agree with Cheryl’s picks. 🙂

Rublev and Tsitsi are young and dumb and wanted more match play on clay before RG. Rafa is older and wiser – he would have *liked* more match play but he knows better than to play a tournament the week before a slam.

Tsitsi pulled himself together to win the 3rd. Can he pull a Rublev? 🙂

I guess Rublev likes doing it the hard way. Hope he gets some rest in his bubble before Thursday.

Well, Ricky was close. Gerasimov hurt his ankle early in the 3rd but he toughed it out to lose in 3, winning 10 games.

Oh, yeah, vamos Rafa! I had the feeling that Rafa was mostly using this as a practice […]

Dazzled by the magnificence of the 12 time champ, his opponent will retire (possibly from tennis) after losing the first two sets.

Ricky calls ’em like he sees ’em. What’s your problem? Some prognosticators are picking your beloved. Some aren’t. None of them *know* who’s going to win, except that you claim to be able to see the future. Can […]

You’re a master of understatement! They seemed to suit Stan, and Sasha did well.

Sampras won the USO and retired on the spot. Figured he’d done enough. Borg says he retired because he hadn’t been “feeling it” for over a year. I don’t think he lost his last RG, just his Wimbly and then USO […]