Alcaraz breaks out - is he another Nadal?

 5 of last 8 wins against top 10 players

McNamee on Novak after Chanda Comments

 

Azarenka quits match.

 https://www.rfi.fr/en/fruhvirtova-16-becomes-youngest-player-in-miami-fourth-round-since-2004

 Azarenka quits the match after losing the first set 6-2 and down 3-0 in the second. Injury or just losing?

Others say it's nerves because her kids are watching.   Who knows.

American Tennis - is it becoming a Powerhouse

 https://www.tennis-prose.com/articles/american-tennis-near-powerhouse-status/

Enforce the Rules of Tennis Behavior Consistently

 Brooksby flings racket - gets to keep playing.   

Coria complains about unequal treatment.

Tsitsipas on the three set change for Slam Events

 Tsitsi

Is is better to be confident or scared going into a match?

 Rafa Nadal plays in anticipation of the pain of losing.   It makes him play harder. 

This conforms to what I've learned. It's better to play hungry for success and have confidence tempered by a realistic fear of loss. This often increases your focus.

 To most, I think success means reaching goals and seeing the opponent as an obstacle to that objective. I wanted to write playing scared, but some don't do well in that condition. It's a tightrope walk between being fearful and having a healthy fear equivalent to worry of failing. I only know that overconfidence leads to complacency, and that is death in any endeavor. Nadal always looks as if he's playing for his life out there, and maybe that is how he feels. I read somewhere that he detests losing, and you often can see it in his face in those rare times he does lose. To Nadal, I suspect success hinges on walking off the court a winner that day, and each match is a goal.

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