Ramara

Thanks for my laugh of the day!

Yes, RG starts 2 weeks after Rome this year, and Sunday start as usual, I guess.

Belgrade is in Serbia so I guess Djoker feels he “has” to play it, and, yes, there was a clay tournament in Belgrade the week […]

Tsitsi probably a good bet to go deep. Maybe Zverev if he can get it together for a slam. Both of them have tendencies to get involved in long 5 setters early on which can saps them for the late rounds. Thiem’s a […]

Vamos Rafa! He continues to amaze. After Madrid, when I saw the Rome draw I just thought “there’s no way!”. Well, it wasn’t always pretty but Rafa found a way. Simply amazing. Kudos to the Rafans here who can […]

My money’s still on Djoker to pull this out. He’s the “clutchiest” player of all time.

I’m guessing Sonego is really pumped up by playing in Rome and Novak is probably a bit flat. He played a tough match v Tsitsi, some of it today. Of course Sonego played a whole match today already v Rublev who […]

Sorry, RC, got distracted by my own rant. It’s not enough Djoker has the pro-Italian crowd against him? But commies usually pull for the underdog (unless ROGER is playing) so take heart. The final will be Rafa v […]

TC commies are mostly the worst! Courier and Annacone aren’t that bad but the rest…! Arias is my nominee for most annoying though. He specializes in calling the match *he thinks* the players should play. Of […]

And the winner is …. Rafa! As expected! Congrats to the nine-time and counting Rome champion and all Rafans! Vamos!

Nothing so bad that the TC commies can’t make it worse!

It’s 12:30 PM Eastern Time and Rome has just pulled the tarps off the main court! Live tennis soon. Maybe.

Thanks, RC! For all the sound and fury from the young’uns, I have a feeling the final will come down to…ta daaaa… Nadal v Djokovic! lol

Amazing that Rafa won that match! He’s got to be exhausted. It’s not even 24 hours since his marathon squeak vs Shapovalov.

Strangely, I’m not too worried about Opelka. His wins so far have been against guys […]

And Rafa did lose to the guy who eventually won the tournament. Still, there’s no question that Rafa is well short of his clay court best. But give his opposition some credit. Sinner played a great match and […]

Well, it’s good prep for RG. I guess. I really don’t expect Rafa to win Rome this year but I did want him to get some good matches in! He’s still short on matches this year. But he doesn’t recover the way he used […]

Just wanted to add that the best source about Rafa’s losses is Rafa’s pressers. The man is smart and honest. He’s especially honest with himself, about himself. It’s one of the secrets of his huge success imo.

Nice post, NNY, thanks!

I’m pretty concerned over Rafa’s tennis so far this year, but it’s probably not time to panic yet. His fighting spirit is still intact, obviously. That’ll probably be the last thing to […]

I dunno. This is looking like a tournament made for the big servers. Still, I’ll go with Nadal and Thiem, both in 3.

Meddy is not the #2. Winning Barcelona gave that back to Rafa! (Of course with the covid rankings it’s still hard to tell what’s what).

Thiem in 3 tight sets. I think Isner is playing well enough to win one tb but Thiem looked impressive v the Demon and will only get better.