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Zverev looked sick in the 3rd set. Heat/humidity, maybe? It seemed to affect his play for the better since he started going for his shots instead of moping around the back of the court.

I don’t like Rublev […]

Oh, I was referring to Tsitsi and Zverev. Add in “arrogant” there in my description.

A pair of talented nitwits. I couldn’t care less which of them wins.

If a solution to his foot issue can be found Rafa and his team will find it. Vamos Rafa, always!

As long as Djoker gets honestly beaten, rather than DQ’ed, no asterisk. Sigh, maybe I shouldn’t give Thiem an asterisk for 2020. Getting DQ’ed due to a temper tantrum is a part of who the Djoker is, after all.

Shapo usually plays well there, doesn’t he? Ricky has him going out early. If Rafa gets to Diego I don’t think he’ll lose to him. But his foot is still going to be a problem some of the time, I think. Doubt he […]

Good news for me! Can’t stand his game. I won’t miss Djokovic either. Lots of players there though, of course. Still a strong field.

@NNY,

Don’t let the losers here upset you, dear. Last night’s loss was barely a blip on Rafa’s radar. The tournament loved him, the fans adored him, he had a great time in DC and he got in some good practice. […]

Nadal in 2 and I’ll go with Sinner in 3.

What’s really shocking to me is that Sock is also losing badly in doubles.

“A rose by any other name…” would play tennis just as well?

He won it two years ago, didn’t he? But he’s two years older now…and very out of shape.

Yes, Djokovic pulled out of the mixed bronze match so Barty/Peers won.

I’ll be a bit surprised if Rafa wins his first hc tournament since the AO, but I don’t see him losing to either Fritz or FAA… Dimitrov can give him trouble if he’s playing well.

I’m not at all sure that there’s some kind of right to earn a living by doing something that produces nothing and no one will pay to see. And yes, the ATP is a peculiar place to start. The big bucks come from the […]

But winning the USO this year would complete his all 4 in one year slam, something that no man has done since Laver, while somebody wins the men’s tennis gold every Olympics.

Are there going to be line judges? Or Hawkeye only?

Little article about him up on the ATP site today. Talks a good game. Time will tell. 🙂

Rafa knows, for one.

You’re making the assumption that there’s actually someone in charge of the tennis year. The slams are run by their country’s tennis federation, supposedly under the control (a fairly loose control) of the […]

LOL! My guess is that Djokovic is “Goliath” and “David” is he who will “slay” him. (Hopefully by defeating him at the USO, not by actually hitting him with a stone from a slingshot. I do NOT want some crazed fan […]