Hadoop
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More seasons similar to his season in 2016? It's not like the sky's the limit with Raonic. His upside is the best player in the world outside of a healthy big 4 and that's exactly what he did 3 years ago.
Tennis: US Open 2019
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More seasons similar to his season in 2016? It's not like the sky's the limit with Raonic. His upside is the best player in the world outside of a healthy big 4 and that's exactly what he did 3 years ago.
I have to disagree.
Fully healthy, Raonic is easily a top 7 player in the world. He's already done it...
He is better than Isner.
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discostu
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I also think if he got a long period of full health, that he'd been able to expand his game more.
I've always found him to be someone who is very focused on improving. I just think that he's always coming back from injury and has to build a rhythm.
I think it's quite possible that even at a later age, that he'll have a healthy year or two and get back to a high ranking. I think with all the health issues, it's remarkable that he's never really dropped too low in the rankings. I think the lowest he's been is 40th since he broke out on tour 8 years ago. That shows a fair bit of dedication and resilience that he's not often associated with.
He had a great year in 2016, no question. The main thing that says to me is that a lot of players of his generation didn't--so I think of that lofty ranking as an anomaly. I think of him as kind of a Tomas Berdych-type in terms of potential. Good enough to hang around in the nether reaches of the Top Ten for a long time but lacking the complete game, consistency and imagination that would have allowed him to achieve greater things. In his healthy years, he showed some improvement in these areas but not enough to warrant much higher expectations had he not been beset by injuries. What you see with Milos is pretty much what you can expect to get.
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Experience and success as big-game players, plus the bona fides that come with having already won at least one Grand Slam.
I wonder if Zverev will show some improvement now, with some of the distractions around him resolved.
While there are still issues with his former manager, signing with a new agency should allow him to focus more on his game.
Hopefully this bodes well for next season and the rest of this one.
While there are still issues with his former manager, signing with a new agency should allow him to focus more on his game.
Hopefully this bodes well for next season and the rest of this one.
Dr Pepper
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Nothing says Bouchard more than admiring a shot while Seavastova returns it to win the match.
Kihei is sitting on a corner, cup in hand, begging strangers for spare change at the moment, but I would take that bet if I could. Things might be looking up tomorrow, though.
1k, though? I leave that for tips. Let's make it 10k, shall we?
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Hadoop
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I actually consider Berdych to be a little underrated, and someone who has a more complete game than he gets credit for. Consider this match from Miami 2017. Berdych loses in the end but he is fantastic.
Djokovic on the men's side for me; one of my two "dark horse" picks on the women's side, either Andreescu or Keys--if I had to choose one, currently leaning toward Keys at the moment.
Gotta wonder how much longer Berdych is going to keep at this.
Got a feeling Serena is gonna get upset tonight. Seems most of the higher seeds are struggling. Often times when you see that early it carries through the whole first round. Convinced it fires up the underdogs and tightens up the favorites somewhat. Serena should be immune to that sort of thing by now but I still believe seeing all this going on mentally impacts the players in later matches
So much for the oddsmakers picking Kerber to go farther than Bianca. Venus only lost 1 game and looks 36. She's 21-0 in US Open first rounds.
Edit: My pick Opelka wins and Fognini fires kihei as his coach.
Edit: Serena and Sharapova are undefeated in the first round of the US Open.
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Gotta love the upsets unless you got money on the favs haha, hot take Flipkens eliminates Bianca.
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Given his movie star good looks and Next Gen pedigree, it is truly remarkable how uncharismatic Fritz is.
Lopez in a relatively easy four sets. Feliciano always has the potential to do some damage to higher seeded players in the first week and this was just another example.
Lopez in a relatively easy four sets. Feliciano always has the potential to do some damage to higher seeded players in the first week and this was just another example.
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This isn’t even close. If Serena plays like this the entire time nobody is gonna beat her but the weather won’t also be 70 with no humidity every time she plays and at 37 she’s probably not going to be able to sustain this level of play for 6 matches
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