Friday, June 9, 2023

Alcaraz falls to Pressure

All of the hype around Alcaraz put a lot of pressure on him. It's not helping him. The tennis media and establishment make him seem the inevitable winner and odds-on favorite. Novak came in as the underdog taking lots of pressure off of him.


 

 

 

Sunday, May 21, 2023

Halep facing new allegations

Halep Allegations


This may end her career.  Very sad story.   I'm beginning to doubt the whole testing regimen for athletes.   It would be easy to expose someone to various banned substances without their knowledge whether intentionally or unintentionally.


Friday, May 19, 2023

Win loss ratio with during weeks at #1


 
I prefer ratios.
 
Percentage of losses relative to weeks at #1.
Sub 20% loss rate with 300+ weeks.

Djokovic -  70/387 = 0.180 <20%
Sampras  -  69/286 = 0.241
Federer    -   56/310 = 0.181 <20%
Lendl.      -   44/270 = 0.163
Nadal       -   44/209 = 0.210