Tennis Olympic Behavior

[arturohernandez]

Good points jimlosaltos. I hadn't heard that Novak Djokovic dropped out of the doubles but that doesn't surprise me for a number of reasons.

Novak is quite an enigma. A riddle wrapped in a mystery. We will have to wait and see how it plays out and how he plays his hand. I suspect that he is far from through. He has been a master at taking care of his body and Lord knows what he is taking to keep up his physique...not to mention his mental acumen. He has the best stuff that is for sure. But the rest of the rest are waning and the wannabes have not gotten into his head yet. Tsitsipas and Zverev appear to be closing in. It is only a matter of time to be sure. That is a thing that I know.

To be ultra clear...I am not predicting anything either. I'm just thinking out loud...online.

Novak showing cracks that will fill or grow larger. We have no idea. Both Zverev and Tsitispas look particularly good. For some reason, I think Zverev is the kind of player that will make Djokovic's life difficult. He is hard to hit through and you cannot hit through his backhand.

His forehand is better and the serve is at least hmmm... serviceable. He has the height and can bomb it. The second serve is still suspect.

Zverev seems to be on a high at the moment. Tsispas is close. Medvedev is snake oil. He is a giant killer with the kind of game that defies convention. All three are big guys that Djokovic would have to try and hit through for five sets. It looks like Djokovic would have to go through two of them if the seedings hold.

Two 20+ year olds that are gunning to win their first slam and take the GS away from Djokovic. They are not Sara Errani but it would still be an upset.

The US Open is going to be very interesting.

[don_budge]

The US Open is going to be very interesting.

Interesting in more ways than one. Twentieth anniversary of September 11, 2001 as we return to the scene of the crime of the century. Here we are twenty years on and how the world has changed. Tennis has changed too. Not necessarily for the better. What a surprise that tennis metaphors life once again.

[arturohernandez]

Interesting in more ways than one. Twentieth anniversary of September 11, 2001 as we return to the scene of the crime of the century. Here we are twenty years on and how the world has changed. Tennis has changed too. Not necessarily for the better. What a surprise that tennis metaphors life once again.

Twenty years and the Taliban are still the subject of headlines. Who would have thought?

Twenty years ago, Agassi was still playing. Sampras had one more major left in him. None of the big four had broken through. Didn't Andy Roddick win the US open that year? Or was it in 2003?

In any case, Roddick would be the last American to win the US Open. If someone had bet me it would be 20 years with no American US Open champion, I would have taken that bet.

Tennis has changed!!!