All players play with knocks.
The likes of sky always look for excuses when their favourites lose.
not often you see Federer serve at 50% first serve and move like that though.
) against Siniakova, 3 games in a row, leading 3-1 in the 1st set.
Sharapova got a wild card into US Open.
Wildcards given to the likes of Fritz, Fratangelo and Eubanks rather than Shapovalov
I think there's going to be a surprise finalist in the men's. Rafa is vulnerable in any round. Federer should make the final but it's wide open. I'm not to fussed who wins as long as it's not Raonic.
What's your thoughts on Bautista Agut and Carreno Busta? Do you think they will be carrying Soanish tennis for the next few years. There's a young Spaniard called Nicola Kuhn coming through the challengers. He looks top class.
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I think he's the most dull player I've ever seen. He gets talked about as a grand slam winner but in the best of 5, the top players will pick his serve off eventually. I don't particularly like big servers although to contradict myself, I love Karlovic.What's wrong with Raonic?
The draw next Friday will be very interesting. Nadal will be seeded number one although with Fed not playing this week, Murray should still be #2 (if he plays) - will be interesting to see what part Fed ends up at, but yeah, wide open for someone to put a bit of a run together especially if they are on the opposite half to Fed. Maybe a home player like Isner, Sock or even a young Tiafoe or Donaldson could do OK with the vocal home support and a reasonable draw. I'll be analysing the draws massive next week
To be honest, my knowledge of women's tennis is a lot stronger than men's. Strange one is RBA, he's 29 now but has only really been on the grand slam stage for 4 or 5 years so is probably a 'young' 29, seems a solid enough player. Carreno has had some notable wins and tournaments this year. I've not really heard of the young lad, but always interested in the next generation coming through. It will be grim if the likes of Anderson, Querrey, Berdych remain going deep when the big four are injured or retired.
. There is one more women's Premier event next week but nowt really for the men and pretty much all the 'stars' and favourites will be having next week off before the Open starts a week on Monday.
I've got a stream up very much in the background to being on here. I've got Mugu-Keys on the telly and that is a better game with constant breaks although Mugu has just taken 5 of the last 6 games to win the first set 6-4. Konta and then Giorgi are on the same court as Caroline so they'll all just follow on.
It's a bit like a mini 'Manic Monday' at Wimbledon today with 8 men last 16 games and 8 women last 16 matches, plus the doubles as well. Hard to keep up.
