Recent content by Rjtennis

Watching rubles hammer balls to the lines and Meddy float it back down the middle must drive Rublev’s coach crazy. Totally unwilling to follow amazing shots to the net.

I think his legs left him. He looked gassed early in the third. Weird for an indoor match with big hitting.

That was interesting all the slices he was throwing in. Clearly part of his coaching plan.

He’s not my fav but he was 1 match from another uso a month ago

Fed and Novak were more fun to watch for me. More shotmaking and variety.

Very true.

Why would they schedule this why would this put this match on Ashe at night?

Is he seriously trying to out grind Meddy. Horrible matchup for him but might as well try a winning game plan.

Agree that it will be hard to improve the BH to a large degree and he loses a bunch of matches because of it. He can do well on clay with it but it’s a challenge to return on fastest surfaces. A better slice would help him imo.

Novak was spent physically and mentally at the USO but even then he got crushed. I’m sure the pressure had a ton to do with it. Take that away and I think he beats Medvedev comfortable. The problem with that argument is that Novak will have pressure in every GS tournament the rest of his career...

Rubles looks like he has the plague or something; skinny, super pale and has bags under his eyes like he hasn’t slept. Can’t imagine he’s going to be a fav for sponsors, maybe if he smiled once in a while it would help. He is a good player though and is only going to get better. If he can cut...

On TV, they said they made the decision based on the overall heat index — not subjective. Plus, the tournament got a tone of flack for having players on the court during oppressive and dangerous conditions. I'm sure the negative media press factored into the decision. On the night matches, of...

I agree that he had a much tougher path.

At least when Nole and Murray were healthy, you likely had to beat 2 of the big for plus a player such as Stan in the quarters. That’s a pretty big difference don’t you think?