Playing Ostrava: Azarenka, Svitolina, Gauff
Who wants to go home and just practiceover the past two months? Many of the players have stopped playing WTA events. What exactly should they do rather that playing matches in real events. Watching the exhibitions, it could be OK, but it could be boring. Many of the top 30 WTA women are dpme but […]
Roland Garros, Day 11: ‘Hang it all out’
What is fascinating in the Roland Garros second week is there are some well-established players, but also some of the new breed. On the Thursday and Friday, all the men and the women will compete in Paris. The traditional players are still there, such as Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Petra Kvitova and Sofie Keni , […]
Will Garbine Muguruza push it again?
Garbine Muguruza is battling now. While she couldn’t play at all until reaching this year’s Australian Open final, she just hung in there, and, at the end, she edged Tamara Zidansek 8-6 in the third. Muguruza didn’t start fast this year, but she has been improving, smashing her forehand and her backhand. She was dinking […]
Hello, Roland Garros: Nadal & Djokovic are favorites
On Monday, in the final in Rome, Novak Djokovic already knew that if he was playing respectably, he was going to win another ATP 1000 That is not easy. He wasn’t perfect, but he was good enough, and he mixed it up a lot. He confused Diego Schwartzman, and the Serbian was slightly in the […]
Nadal: Back and hustling on every point in Rome
Rafa Nadal is finally back, and he has not played at a tournament since late February. There he is, in Rome, at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, blasting Pablo Carreno Busta 6-1, 6-1. Careno Busta, who reached the semis at the US Open, barely losing against Alexander Zverev. The steady Carreno Busta was close to a […]
Nadal, Federer and Djokovic: the 20-20 thing
In the great but very cold at Roland Garros. Rafa Nadal smashed Novak Djokovic 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 to win it again. He is now 20 Grand Slams, on all surfaces, with an astronomical 13 on clay. He is tied with Roger Federer with the “20-20 thing,” and we do not really know whether they will win another […]
Roland Garros, day 8: Simona Halep: No drama, just locked in
The dramatic Simona Halep always hustles, and when she is so steady, then she can smack the ball deep and with variety. The Romanian absolutely crushed Amanda Anisimova, a very good young player, who can panic. She did immediately and she lost 6-0 6-1. That was super quickHalep has won two Grand Slams, and right […]
Roland Garros begins with: Stan Wawrinka vs. Andy Murray
Roland Garros will start on Sunday, and they will slide on the somewhat slippery surface of the famous clay. It has always been so many great matches over the years, which are intense and mind boggling. The there will be 256 players – men and the women. Some fans will know the popular players and […]
Djokovic continues to make case as greatest male player
It’s been an eventful year for Novak Djokovic. Starting by leading Serbia to an inaugural ATP Cup triumph, he followed that up with his obligatory Australian Open title – a record-extending eighth. So began a 26-match winning run that also took included titles in Dubai and the Western & Southern Open either side of the […]
Finally, a new men’s Slam winner
A few days ago, Alexander Zverev was on court at the semis against Pablo Carreno Busta, and the German was flailing in the first two sets. Zverev was spaced out, and he could not play patient. In the third set, he was ticked off. To have any chance, he had to target it. Pretty quickly, […]