Daniil Medvedev is achieving supreme levels of consistency. The quarter-final win over his good friend Rublev was his 19th straight one on the tour. Incredibly, he is 11-0 against top-10 players since USO 2020. Medvedev had earlier enjoyed such consistency during and after the North American hard-court swing in 2019, when he had reached six…
Category: Tennis
The Fedal Final @ Rome 2006: The Greatest Clay Court Match of 2000s
Roger V. Rafa had already achieved marquee status. The scenario at the top had become tense. Nadal seemed to have a measure of Roger, and Roger knew not why or how was he regularly losing to the Spaniard. Roger still found him ‘one-dimensional’ despite losing four losing four times to him in their five meetings….
A Long Rant – On Djokovic Being Ruled Out (A Poem)
Footage finds the crime but did the ‘perp’ intend? Oh! so grievously hurt ,the lady didn’t pretend! Such better ways to fake it, Neymar left ashamed, Rules mean rules only if they cannot be bent. (4) Serena is never asked why she’s obliged to offend, Don’t get me wrong, I’m not here to defend Novak,…
DJOKOVIC- 17 & Counting
“Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row.” Vitas had beaten Jimmy Connors the first time they played at New York in 1972. In the next 7 years, Jimbo thrashed him 16 times in a row. After he finally overcame Connors in January 1980 at Masters, New York, Gerulaitis had exclaimed the famous…
A LONG RANT – AGAINST CROWDS BOOING NOVAK DJOKOVIC
Crowds don’t owe anything to anyone. Novak is a great champion , one who has won 17 Grand Slams and has been Number One for 276 weeks , and counting. Yet crowds cheer for Roger and boo him when the two play final at Wimbledon , applaud when he commits faults or misses points at…
NO FIZZ NOVAK
If and when he gets over his constant whinging over feeling unloved, Novak must ponder over the necessity and timings of his injury revelations. If mass popularity is the prize he seeks, it would pay to be seen as slightly more forthright about his ailments, and a tad more gracious in defeat. Gamesmanship never…
DRAGONS in the DRAW : Checkmate Djokovic @RolexParisMasters
Roger Federer has a clean record against Medvedev (3-0), as does Rafa (2-0). Daniil did manage to take the US Open final to the fifth set, but the result never seemed in doubt. But the Russian has defeated Djokovic in their last two match-ups (Monte Carlo, Cinicinnati) and had earlier given him quite…
DJOKOVIC Vs TWO FUTURE WORLD NUMBER ONES- TWO MOST ANTICIPATED MATCHES AT SHANGHAI MASTERS
These days, Daniil Medvedev reaches the final of every tournament that he participates in .He might falter at the final hurdle, like he did at the US Open and the Canadian Open against Nadal or at the Washington Open against Kyrgios, but that’s a different story. Sometimes he goes all the way, like he…
Novak Djokovic Vs Everyone Who Matters
NOVAK FACES STAN-MEDVEDEV-ROGER-RAFA in NEXT FOUR MATCHES No one has ever conquered a Grand Slam by overcoming a field of opponents whose combined Grand Slam tally is more than 26. Novak Djokovic defeated Roger (then 16 Slams winner) in the semis and Rafa (then at 10) in the US Open final in 2011. …
Daniil Medvedev – The Next US Open Champion ?
Anger seems deeply rooted inside Daniil Medvedev. Whether it comes from being born in the Yeltsin era of the Russian shame, one cannot say. Occasional venting used to give him much grief earlier. Eruptions from this man mountain of six-foot-six used to mirror Putin’s Russia – sporadic ,shocking and disruptive. In 2016, at a Challenger…
Sardar Patel is Not Enough, Go Grab Djokovic Or Novak- One of Our Own ?
Their agenda being fluid , and ideology kalaeidoscopic , the Hindu Right is ever in need of new poster boys to extol their culture and hide ignorance and inferiority complexes . The newest trophy that they have been flaunting this past one week is Novak Djokovic , his avowed loyalty to the Serbian…
A Long Rant – Against Novak’s Need to Feel Loved
Roger Federer transfixes audiences with the exhibition of his racket skills with the ball . Rafael Nadal earns their respect by resorting to ‘shock and awe’ tactics. Roger is an artist, Rafa a warrior. At one time ,the master had lulled the tennis world into sweet slumber by playing his sonatas and symphonies . Alone…
