Wimbledon begins

Karlovic straight sets Coric – 37 year old Dr Ivo still a lethal force on the ATP Tour. Querrey is locked in a marathon battle with Rosol 7-7 in the fifth. Q Ball really needs this. He has lost a lot of close ones like this in majors over the years. Needs this win badly.

Giorgi plays like a prime Pierce but she has a better athleticism but not the height reach and leverage – I’d like to see Spadea coach Giorgi – Federer looking okay so far – barely ekes out the first set by Pella who has stepped up in the last year – Pella looks like a potential top 30 player – Just looks like he belongs and is a natural fit for the big stage –

Aravane Rezai – wow – now that is a player who totally disappeared – I did a Biofile with her in Key Biscayne about four years ago and she was so nice but she just vanished – I’d guess it was injuries – Pmac tried to coach Giorgi and so did Cahill according to my South FL source – but the father does not want any long term commitments – and from all I hear Sergio Giorgi is a decent coach for his daughter but not equipped to take her to the elite level where she does seem to have the potential to be – He is too tense and some of his decisions for training and practicing are highly unusual and questionable –

Andrei Kozlov is sub coach for Giorgi and he says Sergio Giorgi pays cash on the spot based on her results in the tourney that he works – so he pays but just does not want anything long term – Kyrgios vs Step is a great battle here – They first played three years ago at Roland Garros and Kristos Kyrgios told me Nick won the first two sets on the clay and Step tried to bully Nick on a changeover with an intentional bump but Nick wasn’t bothered and finished it – Step just won the third set tiebreaker and now they are into the fourth –

Didn’t Becker retire South African Godwin because of an injury in middle of match (knee)? Roddick losing to Lu was a shocker too –

Ryan you are right it was the wrist – but I was watching that match and Godwin was playing really well up to the point of stoppage – Loving this Willis guy he is the happiest guy I ever saw on a pro tennis court – never saw a player smile so much before the match even started – Hope Willis gets a bunch of WCs the rest of the year he is a star player now – incredible achievement by Willis to get to this point of playing Fed on Center court – and he’s doing well despite first set bagel he was in just about every game –

jg: the thing is there are a lot of younger more worthy and deserving players who should get wildcards like Kozlov and Tiafoe and even Spadea 🙂 But yes after what Willis has accomplished this month I think he now has a substantial fanbase and a lot of tennis fans want to see him again at the ATP level.

Dan, it seems Serena and BJK KNOW Serena will lose badly to Johnny Mac. If they were truly confident they would say “Bring it on John.” Funny how all the sudden BJK has cold feet towards the idea of a new “Battle of the Sexes” – a platform which elevated her popularity and status considerably. Beating John McEnroe would also do the same for Serena and it would surely be a nice part of her overall legacy.

Would love to see Willis get that gig 🙂

Catherine: I think the Battle of the Sexes in tennis would always intrigue and captivate the public but with BJK winning that night vs Riggs they decided to take the $$$ and run – I have read there was supposed to be a rematch but BJK refused it and did not honor that part of the deal – BJK will never advocate another Battle of the Sexes because they got what they wanted and they will never give it back –

Dan you said you were not going to inject politics into the tennis discussions anymore 🙂 Johnny Mac vs Serena would be absolutely HUGE – bigger than Riggs vs BJK FAR BIGGER as both Serena and John have greater public profiles than Riggs and BJK did back then and also tennis is a bigger sport now in the culture than it was back in the late 60s – Tennis would benefit greatly by a new Battle of the Sexes showdown which could possibly overshadow baseball soccer golf and all the other sports if it were to happen – BJK and Serena should not be stonewalling that aspect – Dan I think we have to interview players about this and try to get the snowball rolling –

Catherine: If the media presented it as a circus the people would see it as such – if the media presented it fairly and unbiased without any agenda the public would enjoy the spectacle – presentation is the key – I see Johnny Mac vs Serena as far far more appealing and entertaining than Riggs vs BJK because both John and Serena are far far FAR more popular and colorful larger than life iconic characters –

QBall is up two sets to love on Djokovic – No this is not a typo – Q Ball is playing perfect Q Ball tennis – deadly serving and steady baseline pounding – Djokovic can’t handle that serve which when it’s ON it’s the best serve ever – Proof? Querrey has the record of serving ten consecutive aces vs Blake in Indy – Pete or Goran never did that – Q Ball is serving incredibly well – Djokovic looks helpless and can barely win any points when Q is serving – Querrey is finally playing the level of tennis we all knew was inside of his lanky loosey goosey whip like body – Djokovic looks absolutely dazed and confused – no injury just bewildered by the level of tennis QBall is showing –

TT: Querrey just played perfect tennis and Djokovic was shocked at what was happening – It’s like a boxing champion expecting a trouble free title defense against a mediocre contender he doesn’t feel threatened by and then he starts getting rocked by heavy punches over and over and over and he gets dazed and confused – Djokovic tried everything but it wasn’t enough to shake Querrey – Djokovic saved the mini break in the tiebreaker but then Sam answered that challenge and continued making huge serves and big shots – Second set Djokovic just crumbled because he was in a state of shock – if it was a boxing match Querrey would have won by knockout – Querrey is that kind of player that can blast great players off the court – I saw he did it to Berdych on grandstand at US Open years ago 62 62 62 – Querrey is capable of playing that kind of devastating tennis – it’s just that he only has shown this level on very rare occasions –