Category Archives: Grand Slams
Cynical Voices
US Open, Fourth Round and Quarterfinals (21) Roddick d. (5) Ferrer, 6/3 6/4 3/6 6/3 Andy Roddick today defeated David Ferrer in four sets, as comprehensive an upset as the difference in their respective rankings would suggest, notwithstanding that it … Continue reading
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Rambling…
From the perspective of a rapacious media obliged to shovel grist in the 24-hour news-mill, a Grand Slam tournament is something of a free ride. Two weeks of constantly self-generating content, with another few days of follow up afterwards (assuming … Continue reading
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Historical Precedent
US Open, Fourth Round (3) Federer d. Monaco, 6/1 6/2 6/0 (11) Tsonga d. (8) Fish, 6/4 6/7 3/6 6/4 6/2 Exceptional in so many ways, Roger Federer also eludes the various cliches directed at the elderly, most particularly that … Continue reading
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Casualties
US Open, Third Round Ferrero d. (31) Granollers, 6/1 3/4 ret. (20) Tipsarevic d. (9) Berdych, 6/4 5/0 ret. Word is that the ATP record for most retirements in a single tournament stands at ten, a tally that was today … Continue reading
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Scintillating and Spiritless
US Open, Second Round (4) Murray d. Haase, 6/7 2/6 6/2 6/0 6/4 The distinct character defining each of the US Open’s first four days gave way on day five to a more heterogeneous mash-up of results, although at least … Continue reading
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A Comprehensive Threshing
US Open, Second Round The 2011 US Open is well into its first week, which in the final reckoning will be the week that no one remembers. It is ever thus, especially in New York where the final set tiebreak … Continue reading
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Subtle Iterations
US Open, First Round Gulbis d. (16) Youzhny, 6/2 6/4 6/4 Ernests Gulbis today won just his second set at Grand Slam level since Wimbledon 2009. Apparently delighted by the sensation, he then won his third and fourth, which proved … Continue reading
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The Merely Talented
US Open, First Round (7) Monfils d. Dimitrov, 7/6 6/3 6/4 (27) Cilic d. Harrison, 6/2 7/5 7/6 Tomic d. Yani, 6/3 6/4 6/4 If compelled (under duress) to say what it is about Grigor Dimitrov that makes him the … Continue reading
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Luck of the Draw: US Open
The US Open draw ceremony has been completed, having proved about as interesting as these things can, which is to say not very. Rafael Nadal was on hand to lend the affair some cachet, and he performed his assigned task … Continue reading
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Blasphemies and Break Outs
At an unguarded moment some days prior to The Championships just gone, the idea occurred to me that the world’s most prestigious tennis tournament is not as good as it should be. I utter this sotto voce, the way all … Continue reading
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