It would be nice to say something profound for the final major of the year; however, I will have to keep it simple. The 2019 men’s champion likely will come from a player in the top four. Despite his recent loss to Daniil Medvedev, I think that Novak Djokovic is the player to beat. Rafael…
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Final Day of Qualifying at the US Open The Only Male Remaining Eighteen-year-old Jenson Brooksby of the USA is having the tournament of his life. So far, he has been responsible for eliminating two Japanese players, if he can continue to keep his form and maintain his composure like he did against Yuichi Sugita, he…
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Perhaps we can trace the decline in confidence back to the initial insult. In 2014, Eugenie Bouchard got to the Wimbledon final and many expected it to be a great match against Petra Kvitova (Kvitova had won Wimbledon in 2011) because Bouchard had stormed through the draw without losing a set. Yet, she got to…
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WIMBLEDON, Great Britain This will be the fortieth meeting between [2] Rafael Nadal (ESP) and [3] Roger Federer (SUI). Despite Wimbledon’s attempt to get rid of Nadal early in the tournament by putting him in a position to play Nick Kyrgios, the Spaniard prevailed. Unfortunately for both these players, if they slug it out for…
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WIMBLEDON, Great Britain Despite the scores, there was a battle in all four quarterfinal matches. [11] Serena Williams (USA) will meet the dangerous thirty-three-year-old, who is in her first ever major semifinal, [54] Barbora Strycova (CZE). [7] Simona Halep (ROU) will meet [8] Elina Svitolina (UKR). Like Strycova, Svitolina is into her first ever major…
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I am a tennis fan; actually, more than just a tennis fan, so I had heard of Cori (aka: Coco) Gauff (DOB: 03.13.2004). I saw her play live for the first time in the qualifying rounds of the 2018 US Open (08.22.2018). 2018 US Open Qualifying Rounds I got to the stadium early enough to…
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