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Good news for Kyle too as he faces Nick next round if he wins. Glad Milos is out just because TC is pimping him again. Berdych needs to retire. He's had so many first round loses this year. He has dropped to a new low of #22 in the world. And Dan Evans is back...guess his suspension is over with....

He played 4 straight weeks and then two weeks in Paris.....so he shouldn't be tired? Even the commentators said he looked tired.

Borna 6-1 first set over Sasha.....Sasha still looks like he is out gas physically and mentally.

Graham Winton (Caleb Snyder #2) appeared on last night's episode of 'Elementary' on CBS. Did anyone see it? I missed it!

https://people.com/tv/roseanne-barr-walks-away-spinoff/

Andy vs Kyrgios first round next week The draw looks real good for the tourney in England. After the first set Roger hoping and praying that Kyrgios is not on his side of the draw at Wimbledon.

I love golf as well and it has the advantage of having 3 of the 4 majors in the US. Also as @DramatistDreamer pointed it out they have break out stars like Jordan Spieth and other American males. The ratings for the Masters final round this year was....7.9 rating and 13.0 million viewers....a lot higher than any tennis match this year.

Not surprising since the French is the least accessible of all the Grand Slam tournaments to watch. Actually the 1.1 rating and 1.62 million viewers isn't that bad. Last year's final with Nadal vs Anderson at the US Open was much lower and didn't even come close to hitting the million mark in total viewers and had a lower than a 1.0 rating . The problem with tennis is that the media pimps the same players and doesn't feature the up and comers(Thiem wasn't even shown until the fourth round)....and the American males suck so no interest for some to watch. I am surprised the women's wasn't higher with Sloane in the finals. The US Open numbers for the women's matches were higher.

Not a surprise but at least we'll see him at Wimbledon. Can't say that about Roger and Paris. He could have easily lost today. Roger is not that dominate anymore on grass like he use to even though he wins it....imagine Rafa losing the first set of a clay court tournament in the opening round....would never happen.

http://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Tennis_Stories/56234/sara-errani-banned-until-february-2019/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

I thought Murray wasn't playing? And Joker was about to retire it seemed from his exist interview? Looks like a loaded field..... Just read where Joker was a late entry. Joker sure is a drama queen.

Ha! Lawd...

What? This is the first time I am hearing about this....

Ah thanks.....my dad who use to watch tennis during my HS and College years playing days hasn't kept up with it but says something fishy with Nadal winning 11 times....LOLOL

+1

Nadal said he was going to but I haven't heard anything since. And back to the women's vs men's golden era....with Sloane and Madison's games heating it up along with the Williams Sisters the ratings will only improve for women's tennis. I don't see any American male player stepping up to the plate. Ratings will continue to stay low with only Rafa and Roger winning slams.

Yeah, it doesn't wash. Serena and even last year's all American Women's semis at the US Open got higher ratings than a Roger match and Nadal didn't even come close. I posted on social media on how boring Nadal's win was yesterday. The grass court season has started but pretty much have it on as background noise. The field is very weak with only Roger playing....everyone took the week off to recover from Paris. I am doing the same thing.

I am glad that TC mentioned how some viewers have described Nadal winning every year as boring. I guess they do check social media. They said it was history in the making...I am like blah...its boring.