Recent content by aldeayeah

enough TTW for the year

Science fails to recognize the single most Potent element of human existence Letting the reins go to the unfolding Is faith, faith, faith, faith

But it gives birth to The Good Tennis.

Clay-wise Nadal by a wide margin.

He started hitting more DTL last year. He sends them wide a lot, though. At any rate, his current BH is considerably better than it used to be.

Yep. He's on the slow side, with sometimes sluggish footwork.

Depends on the year. Montecarlo tends to be windier and slower. I'd say Barcelona is closer.

I just rechecked. Other than the last set, Nadal and Verdasco were almost even on return point win %. Unsurprisingly Verdasco won more on the 1st and 4th, while Nadal won more on the 2nd and 3rd sets. I'm not sure your memory of the match is accurate.

The Rome stadium court is notoriously smaller than other clay center courts (and even Pietrangeli in the same Foro Italico facilities), which hampers back fence defense.

Considering how the usual favorites are looking, I wouldn't be surprised if Tsitsipas or Ruud won next RG. Hell even Rublev. (#ABZ)

He is not obligated to disclose his injury, other than privately to ATP to justify his absence from a mandatory event.

That's a pretty weird take on a match where Verdasco won the first set and 3 sets went to a tiebreak. Even if what you said may be right in hindsight, it didn't feel like that at the moment. Verdasco had already beaten Murray (who was considered a top contender for the title after his late 2008...

Nah the 4th set tiebreak is the truth.

I'm just glad he didn't make a scene. Hopefully the Dubai incident will be a turning point.

I like Rublev's shirt, even though (or maybe because) he looks like a walking ping pong table.