Remember, it was Lopez who first exposed the crack in the Djokovic armor

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catherine writes:

I just find the whole men/women thing a kind of non-argument arising from non-questions. Men are physically stronger than women and that's a fact. There's no comparison. Good women players like to hit with men because obviously that helps their games but there's no way they are going to directly compete. Men and women should be judged by comparison with their own sex. Otherwise it's just sophistry, most of this stuff and usually only comes up for controversial discussion when there's nothing much else going on. After a few years I can assure you it gets really boring.

 

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catherine writes:

I just find the whole men/women thing a kind of non-argument arising from non-questions. Men are physically stronger than women and that's a fact. There's no comparison. Good women players like to hit with men because obviously that helps their games but there's no way they are going to directly compete. Men and women should be judged by comparison with their own sex. Otherwise it's just sophistry, most of this stuff and usually only comes up for controversial discussion when there's nothing much else going on. After a few years I can assure you it gets really boring.

I totally agree! My point is, you should be blaming the interviewer who was looking for notoriety, not Mac, who when pushed was honest

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

Tursunov 606060 vs Serena.

 

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Agreed! The only discussion would be how many points she would get! As an aside.. Tursunov at 700??? Wow...

 

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catherine writes:

Djokovic through in straights. Plenty happening in Eastbourne while the rain holds off.

 

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catherine writes:

In his post match interview Djoko was full of praise for Eastbourne and mentioned he'd 'been to Beachy Head. It does wonders.' Not sure if Novak is aware that Beachy Head is probably the most famous suicide spot in the British Isles. So maybe a trip there would concentrate the mind somewhat.

 

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catherine writes:

Kerber through in 3 sets. Odd match, 6-1 in the 2nd, but Angie got the job done.

 

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catherine writes:

If weather permits, some unlucky people Halep, Kerber. Mladenovic etc, could play twice today according to the timetable. Not good.

 

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Duke Carnoustie writes:

Donald Young advances to play Novak. They have met just once in the '06 USO. Call me crazy but I feel D-Young has some semblance of hope here. Another tough loss for Tiafoe. He just isn't breaking through on the tour yet but I predict it will happen.

 

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Chazz writes:

Yeah, another tough loss for Tiafoe against Gasquet. He will get there, just needs to start winning more of the close matches. Why isn't Sock playing any of these tournaments after a first round exit at Roland Garros? It seems he needs the match play to get out of his slump. His Wimbledon results will be interesting.

 

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Andrew Miller writes:

Yes, Djokovic was best from 2011-2016.

 

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Henk writes:

It's official: Wimbledon has seeded Roger at 3 and Rafa at 4, Andy no.1 and Novak no.2. So... there's a chance of another Roger-Rafa GS final. Thiem no.8 and Zverev no. 10. Feliciano Lopez gets 19 and Cilic 7. We may be in for one of the most interesting Wimbledons with potential huge upsets in the early rounds, or an amazing semi final line up of the top 4 battling it out.

 

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Duke Carnoustie writes:

Impressive wins for Fritz and Kudla as they move closer to SW19. Sandgen loses and Kozlov goes down to Novikov in a disappointment. Klahn, McDonald, Snyczek and Fratangelo all go down.

 

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Andrew Miller writes:

That's a USA wipeout in the qualies.

 

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Andrew Miller writes:

Wow, those men's Wimbledon qualifier and the ATP event are proof positive how tough the tour is and how good the players are. Novikov certainly isn't a favorite but his power game must work well on the grass. Guys like Rosol, Tsitsipas advanced. Of next Gen guys Jay Clarke, completely overlooked player from the wta, knocked off Elias Ymer from Sweden, one of the Ymer boys. And out of nowhere, nowhere! Christian Garin pulls a solid qualies win. No one saw that coming. Garin, the Chilean - nowhere!!! Mischa Zverev continues to be the standard for Harrison. You can tell where Harrison is by whether he can top Mischa Zverev, which he couldn't this time out. Among the ladies, I figure I'm alone in being surprised that Vickery and Asia Mohammed are one match away from the main draw, wow.

 

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Andrew Miller writes:

That wta event is confounding. Why is Muguruza losing so badly? 0 and 1? For a former Wimbeldon finalist? Yikes.

 

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Andrew Miller writes:

Jay Clarke is from the lta, not wta. Again I was surprised when UK journalists were lamenting the there's no one beyond Murray and our junior system is awful and this kid Clarke was top 20 juniors I think with almost no lta support.and here he is a match away from the draw.

 

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Andrew Miller writes:

Maybe Kudla really is a grass specialist.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

Kudla did well in Newport his first time up there about five years ago - A lot of shorter players do well on grass like Larcher De Brito Santoro Hewitt Darcis etc and I would expect Nishioka to be a grass court terror -

 

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catherine writes:

Andrew - you mentioned before Muguruza seems to have lost the plot and here seems more confirmation. And she's not the only Wimbledon finalist who's struggling. Maybe being runner-up in SW19 is not always the best thing. Looks like Eastbourne could be a washout.