Fed's USO curse is older than Rafa's at AO. maybe he'd have a path to the trophy if every seeded player caught Upsilon variant and had to pull out.
I do want him to make good on that promise to play doubles with Rafa at Laver though.
Federer has such a strange history at the US Open, he's won it 5 years in a row, and then never again. He's had a couple of close losses in finals and some matches against Djokovic where he was up match point, as well as some baffling losses like to Dimitrov or Millman.
Alexis Galarneau with a big upset of #124 Liam Broady at the Cleveland Challenger event winning 6-1 7-5 and is into the quarter-finals. Alexis is currently ranked #375
Quite the day for the Ymer brothers yesterday, Elias knocks off top seed Aslan Karatsev at a tourney in Pune, India while Mikael takes care of Monfils 6-1 6-2 in Montpellier.
Unfortunately, it looks like the top Canadian talent have prioritized ATP Cup over Davis Cup at this point, and frankly I don't blame them. Sad to see Davis Cup reduced to this.
Unfortunately, it looks like the top Canadian talent have prioritized ATP Cup over Davis Cup at this point, and frankly I don't blame them. Sad to see Davis Cup reduced to this.
Mike McIntyre nails it with his tweet NF, really poor scheduling is the reason the top guys are not partaking...
