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Oct/20

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Can Wawrinka Win Another Major Title?

It happens to every professional sportsperson – the gradual winding down of their careers and the realisation that perhaps their best days are behind them. For Stan Wawrinka, those best days came later than for most. The Swiss player has been something of late bloomer, reaching his career high ranking (3) at the age of […] Continue to read full article...

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Oct/20

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The Intrigue of Djokovic vs Carreno Busta Rematch

Everybody knows what happened the last time these two dueled at US Open. World no. 1 and heavy favorite to win the US Open Novak Djokovic mishandled a 5-4 40-love first set advantage and then mentally fell apart and was disqualified for striking a lineswoman with a ball hit wrecklessly out of frustration after losing […] Continue to read full article...

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Oct/20

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The NEXT GEN Dam Has Finally Broken

For years the tennis world wondered and waited, waited and wondered…why aren’t any new young players stepping up to threaten and push out Djokovic, Nadal and Federer? The NEXTGEN young star players were clogged and stagnated behind a sort of psychological fence which prohibited them from interfering with or interrupting the ATP royal elites. Well […] Continue to read full article...

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Oct/20

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Iga Swiatek Will Win Roland Garros

Iga Swiatek is ready to become a major champion. Today she decimated Simona Halep 61 62, making the Romanian two-time major queen look like an ordinary NCAA player. Swiatek is 19 now and ranked 48 in the WTA, and she has never looked better on a tennis court. Firepower off both wings and in all […] Continue to read full article...

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Oct/20

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Is Rafael Nadal a clay court supremacist?

Rafael Nadal is the King of Clay, aptly nicknamed because of his extraordinary prowess and dominance on red clay since winning his first major title in Paris in 2005 against Mariano Puerta in four sets at age 19 (and two days). For his career, the 34 year old has won 59 clay court titles and […] Continue to read full article...

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Oct/20

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Agassi Impact Edifying Dimitrov

He’s 29 now and “Baby Federer’s” trophy case is still lacking a Grand Slam memento. Projected as a future major champion, the Bulgarian has fallen short of fulfilling that potential but he’s still working hard on improving and getting beyond a major semi, his best result in Australia, upended by some guy named Rafa Nadal. […] Continue to read full article...

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Oct/20

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What happened to Coco?

Coco Gauff was cruising 4-love on the qualfier Martina Trevisan in the second round of Roland Garros but ended up blowing the match 64 26 57 to the Italian lefty. I watched the match to 4-0 and retired for the evening, expecting a total blowout win for Gauff, to successfully follow up her first round […] Continue to read full article...

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