I know – most of you don’t really follow tennis and if truth be told, you would prefer more golf chatter. But that is one of the advantages of being the blogger vs. the bloggee. SU is a big Djokovic fan and although he has only won the US Open one time, I think he will add #2 in two weeks time. He has a potential quarterfinal match up with Nadal which would be entertaining and of course, Federer and Murray are both playing great this year. It often comes down to the weather. Djokovic seems to not like playing in the extreme heat even though he’s in great shape. I do think the 3 out of 5 set format helps him against both Murray and Federer and he will make it through to collect another grand slam.
On the women’s side, SU is not a Serena fan. It’s always all about her and she has never been gracious to her opponents when she loses. She also berated that lineswoman here in NY several years back and never fully apologized for that either. While I can’t actually identify any player who can beat her, I will take the rest of the field and say she will come up short of winning the Grand Slam. I actually think she will go out before the semi-finals as the pressure gets to her. It’s hard to actually identify any player who can beat her but I think it will be someone not in the top 10.
Stephen Drew is torturing SU. Just when you think the Yankees will finally look at someone else to play 2nd base, he comes through with a 4 for 4 day to get his average over .200. I actually called the homerun yesterday although I was watching by myself. You just knew he was going to do it and guarantee himself 4 more weeks of starting at 2nd base. But when he talks about his performance, there is no apology for the .200 average. He talks like it’s just fine and he deserves to be starting. Man, the Atlanta Braves are a bad, bad team. SU will be interested to see how the Yankees hit over the next week against the Red Sox and Rays. The 20-run games cover up statistics-wise for all of the 1- and 2-run efforts by the offense.
The Mets came back down to earth for a couple of games but that’s baseball. You don’t win all of the close games. They are still right where they need to be. The line up is so much more complete and balanced now. You have to give Alderson props for the moves he’s made this year at the trade deadline.