So I'm moving the Tennis Updates You Will Probably Ignore (TUYWPI) over here to the blog, thus making them far easier to ignore. WAYYY too many people were actually reading them on Facebook, making the 'ignore' part invalid. I won't stand for that. So here is today's update:
TUYWPI: Serena looks only a shade off her 2002-3 form. And that is scary. back then, she was 22 and had every tested veteran in the world gunning for her and she still won four consecutive majors. Her serving in 2011 is consistent and unrelenting. Her movement is back and she will absolutely crush anything that isn't deep and hard. (TWSS) Everybody else is playing to be runner-up.
Men's -
Federer seemed to remember he was Federer after Cilic took a set off him. I would bet that he makes the Semis. And as always, if you truly want to have a transcendent analysis of Federer in his prime, I refer you to the one and only DFW, here.
Roddick beating Jack Sock was a fun moment in time. The next time they play, once Jack has had a year of hitting at ATP speed, the young man from Nebraska is going to beat Mr. Roddick. If I'm wrong I'll look foolish, but I predict Mr. Sock is going to win more major tournaments than Mr. Roddick. Luck for him, Jack will come of age as Roger, Novak, and Rafa are all in the autumn and winter of their careers. Andy? No such luck. That's okay, he's been lucky elsewhere in life.
Final note: If Brad Gilbert keeps calling her "Boom-Boom" Lisicki, I am going to blush. Sabine is pretty. And very, very good.
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