It seems only yesterday we were wrapping up Wimbledon. However, there is no time to waste in the WTA and ATP tours. While the men head to Toronto, the women will head to Montreal for the latest edition of the Canadian Open. As usual, both the Canadian Open and the...
It is official. Novak Djokovic will not be a Golden Slam winner. In the grand scheme of things, this does not matter. Although it would have been nice for Novak to hold all four slams and a gold medal, from a professional tennis perspective, the Grand Slam is where...
The Nick Kyrgios show landed in Atlanta with a bang. After pulling out with an abdominal injury in the third round of Wimbledon against Auger-Aliassime, Kyrgios showed no signs of rust in a clinical and business-like win against former top 10 and Wimbledon finalist...
Seems like players are dropping out of the Tokyo Olympics faster than a tricked-out Honda Civic. Players have given all sorts of excuses for not participating. For example, Roger Federer has a knee Issue, Nick Kyrgios doesn’t want to play in front of empty stadiums,...
The argument for who is the best ever is nearly over. Djokovic has now tied Nadal and Federer with 20 Grand Slams and will be the clear favorite to win every Grand Slam he enters for the next two years. He now has the potential to win the next nine Grand Slams. With...
For tennis and soccer fans around the world, July 2021 marked a special time. The Wimbledon tournament was rolling out as the UEFA European Championship 2020 games were also reaching their crescendo. Fans everywhere were on the edge of their seats, anticipating the...
The final everyone wanted to see is not the one that we’re getting. Instead, we’ll see the big Italian, Matteo Berrettini play Novak Djokovic. This will be another Grand Slam final where the two starring players will be Novak Djokovic against a younger upstart. At the...
Two worthy opponents will contest the 2021 Women’s Wimbledon final. Pliskova vs. Barty promises to be a contrast in styles. Pliskova has a massive serve and hits long, flat, and deep penetrating strokes, while Barty’s game relies on a toolkit of beautiful strokes that...
The quarterfinals are upon us. For the most part, we’ve witnessed a pretty predictable men’s draw, with the top two favorites, Djokovic and Federer, advancing to the quarterfinals. If they keep taking care of business, they are on their way to a collision course in...
As messy as the women’s draw seemed during the first couple of rounds, it has now tightened up for the quarterfinals. The final eight includes the top two seeds, a former champion, and one of the best servers in the women’s game. Four out of the eight women are legit...
“Kyrgios could be so good if he wanted to be.” -- A text I sent this morning. I wonder how many times that, or a similar message, has been sent among tennis-watching friends. Undoubtedly, the answer is too many times. The enigmatic, world-class tennis player is...
Nick Kyrgios flew into London four days before Wimbledon, without entering any grass-court tune-ups or real practice on grass. He came in five months after his last match at the Australian Open and 18 months after being mostly inactive on tour. Did any of this matter?...
