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Vamos Rafa! I have not heard anywhere that Mackie is “expected to beat Rafa! He’s mostly said to “have a chance”. Anyway, I’m off to bed, it’s 11 am here.

Nice, except that Serena has lately been claiming that she’s “not retired”.

It’s very possible to be both an excellent tennis player AND a total jerk. Nastase, Connors, J McEnroe, for openers. On the other hand it’s certainly not necessary to be a dickhead to be a great player.

I was happy that Djoker beat Tsitsi since the latter could have taken the #2 ranking with a title in Paris. But it seems Rafa’s going to be the #1 seed at the WTF with Alcaraz out of action for a few weeks? […]

I’m not qualified to judge great matches. I will say that for me personally Wimbledon 2008 was the greatest I ever saw or hope to see.

Mahut-Isner was certainly NOT great tennis but there was something […]

I don’t think any of the remaining semifinalists can beat Alcaraz unless he beats himself. He did have a very tough match v Sinner but he’s only 19 and tough and he has two full days to recover.

Obviously […]

Fingers crossed, good people, that the Rafa from practice shows up in his match today! Rafa usually does rise to the occasion. Believe it or not, he actually enjoys this stress stuff!

I really, really wish I […]

Who thought a tennis tournament in DC in August was a great idea?

Maybe he’s planning to play Rogers Cup and Cincy? Playing Citi Open as well might be a bit much.

Rafa in 3, BVDZ in 3

Is Alcaraz flying under the radar a bit? Haven’t seen much about him lately.

Darren Ramey thought the ab kinesio was due to a bit of “discomfort”. He said it was normal to feel some discomfort there when trying to serve bigger. Let’s just hope Rafa doesn’t crack another rib! Darren didn’t […]

So sorry for Murray. Hoped he could go much farther. I never watch Isner matches. Just fast forward to the tiebreaks at most.

Not sure why Rafa is struggling. He did well in 2019 until losing to Fed in the […]

I just finished watching THAT MATCH for the first time! I found it very hard to watch, not sure why. I love the USO final they played in 2013, watched it through again recently. Both in their prime, amazing rallies.

What VR said! 🙂

You think Amy is a Nazi?!?!? LOL! Nor is she a “racist”. Do you even know the meaning of these terms? Or are you just hurling random insults? If she talks about Novak fans as if they were a lower class it’s […]

Big servers tend to do well in Madrid but none of them seem to be “hot” atm. Tsitsi has done well there, just hasn’t quite won it. If Thiem were in form he’d be a favorite.

Nonsense. If Rafa “didn’t want to offend anyone” he would have played the events as he always does. This year he couldn’t even do full training during the events. Cracked ribs HURT and won’t heal if you don’t rest it.

Predicting the WTF has been a bit of a crapshoot since 2015. Different winner every year and none of ’em the Big Three. I’d just go with Djoker, but will he be the least bit motivated? Does he really want another […]

Yeah, I saw the incident when I watched my recording of the match. That ball kid was scared of him! I guess Djoker has a bit of a rep among court personnel. Don’t think a 10K fine will do much do get him to learn […]