American Players and the Clay Court Season
Inspired by the start of the clay season, I recently wrote a…
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What a difference a month makes. One month ago, Andy Murray was looking for his first ATP Tour win since coming back. Then a couple of weeks ago I wrote about how he was starting to show signs of life as a singles player. He had his first top win against Berrettini at the China ... Read more
Andy Murray is showing signs of life as a singles player. And when I mean signs of life, I mean signs of his old self. We’re a few tournaments into his singles comeback and in his last effort at the China Open he delivered two solid wins, one of them against the 13th ranked player ... Read more
Here we go again folks. We are about to embark on the third edition of the Laver Cup. What was initially talked about as simply an exhibition from fans and journalists has actually become a legitimate competition, with high ratings, exceptional displays of shot making and spirited encounters. This year as in the last two, ... Read more
It’s very interesting how everyone’s been talking about Federer and Nadal being outside favorites at the French Open. Most of the chatter has been legitimate given their results on the clay heading into the French Open. Nevertheless, both have come into the French Open and breezed into the fourth round, and only Nadal has lost ... Read more
The odds are out for the French Open men’s winner. It’s not a surprise that Nadal is the even money favorite. Rounding out the field is Djokovic (9-4), Thiem (11-2), Tsitsipas (18-1) and Federer at (20-1). This is no surprise of course, as these guys have been the most consistent of the bunch throughout the ... Read more
Inspired by the start of the clay season, I recently wrote a short blog about American women players, Madison Keys, Amanda Anisimova and Sloane Stephens, looking good on clay in advance of the French Open. I thought it would not be fair to leave American men out of the conversation! With Fabio Fognini capturing his ... Read more
Nadal lost to Fabio Fognini in the Semis of Monte Carlo. However, make no mistake, Nadal will tear up the Clay court season again. Yes, here we go again folks. We are about to head deep into the clay court season, where Nadal becomes Nadal. Every year it seems there’s questions about Nadal’s fitness as ... Read more
Fabio Fognini strikes back! It only took 90 minutes for Fabio Fognini to hand the world No.3, Alexander Zverev, a decisive loss at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. Prior to this meeting, the Italian had not taken a set off Alexander Zverev! Fognini who had entered the tournament with seven losses in his past eight tour-level ... Read more