Wimbledon round 1

The strange trend of retirements persisted in day 2 of Wimbledon 2017. My draw predictions got hit badly a few times when in-form players left early. Both Roger Federer (read about Roger’s racquet or brand) and Novak Djokovic (read about coach Agassi or Lacoste sponsorship) got an easy pass into the next round when Martin Klizan (he tried the new HEAD MxG earlier in the season) and Alexander “The Dog” Dolgopolov both retired in the second set. There has been some talk about giving a fine to players who play Wimbledon when they’re already nursing an injury and I think it’s a good idea because it …

Injury problems plagued an otherwise nice first day of tennis at Wimbledon 2017. My draw predictions got hit badly when Wawrinka and Kyrgios left the tournament early. The player of the day was young Daniil Medvedev (read about his Tecnifibre racquet here) who looked very confident in his 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 win against Stan Wawrinka (and his Yonex racquet). The Wimbledon twitter account posted that “the next generation is here” but I would wait a bit with those kind of statements considering Wawrinka had a knee that troubled him throughout the match and one win needs to be backed up …