Oh my children… well, this was a bit of a crazy round… So many losers… ok, the same amount of losers – but some interesting winners… Makes it MUCH more exciting… You never know what will happen… Sinner starts off the winners of round three with #27 Shapovalov of Canada not winning, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3… Bublik took down #14 Paul of the USA in five sets… 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-1… Musetti draws a retirement out of #24 Cobolli of Italy, 6-3, 6-2, 2-0… buh-bye… Munar takes out Bergs of Belgium, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4… that walkover from Draper didn’t do him any favors… Auger-Aliassime ousts #3 Zverev… yes, that happened… 4-6, 7-6(7), 6-4, 6-4… Zverev did seem to have an issue with his hamstring and as soon as I saw him grab that part of his leg… I thought, Felix just won… Rublev needed five sets to knock out Wong from Hong Kong… (I like saying that one…), 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3… Riedl over Majchrzak of Poland with a 5-3 retirement… de Minaur over Altmaier in a retirement, 6-7(7), 6-3, 6-4, 2-0… Asshat got a win in four over Norrie of the UK, 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-3… Struff over # 17 Tiafoe… 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(7) – every time I looked up this match, Tiafoe was on the ground… I checked it at least four times… what was going on? I literally just laughed… poor Francis… his smile will be missed at the Open… Machac made quick work of Blanchet beating him 7-5, 6-3, 6-1… it will be interesting to see what the Frenchie does next… that was a solid result… Fritz over Kym of Switzerland, 7-6(3), 6-7(9), 6-4, 6-4… Mannarino over #6 Shelton in four sets… well a retirement at the end of the fourth set… 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4… Lehecka over Collignon of Belgium in a triple 6-4 manner… nicely done… Rinderknech over Bonzi in a Frenchman showdown… 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2… and he will play Alcaraz who kicked out #32 Darderi of Italy, 6-2, 6-4. 6-0 (BAGEL)…

Hi Ladies… what did you do today? Sabalenka bests #31 Fernandez of Canada, 6-3, 7-6(2)… Fernandez had some chances to make it more interesting and couldn’t capitalize on them… oh well… Busca over #19 Mertens of Belgium, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3… Seems we lost a lot of Belgians in the third round… this is at least the third! (Thank you Kim and Justine and a touch of Goffin and Xavier)… Rybakina beat the tar out of Raducanu of the UK, 6-1, 6-2… I think I went to the bathroom and it was over… it didn’t feel like much of a match at all… Vondrousova over #7 Paolini of Italy… 7-6(4), 6-1… this Czech player is very crafty… not a lot of power, but she won Wimbledon for a reason… Pegula over Azarenka, 6-1, 7-5… Li over Hon of Australia, 7-5, 6-3… Krejcikova, not really a surprise win here… but, it could have gone either way and we say good bye to #10 Navarro of the USA like the Von Trapps in the sound of music… gooooood NIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!! Get out… Townsend… yes, she did it… took out #5 Andreeva… now, there were again tears… and she is 17… so… 7-5, 6-2… Townsend is playing some good tennis and it isn’t the blitzkrieg of her 2019 run to the fourth round… She has a much more rounded game… I would like to see her in the quarters… I like Taylor a lot… she deserves some flowers this fortnight… Kostyuk over Parry of France, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2… much better result for the Ukrainian… Muchova ousts her countrywoman #21 Noskova of Czechia… well both of them… 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-2… Osaka over #15 Kasatkina of Australia… Heavy Russian accent, but living with her fiance in Melbourne… Gauff, looking MUCH better this round… at least her mental composure was there… 6-3, 6-1 over #28 Frech of Poland… Anisimova took three sets to take out Cristian of Romania, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2… Haddad Maia over Sakkari of Greece, 6-1, 6-2… well, back to the drawing board Maria… Alexandrova over Siegemund in one hour, 6-0 (BAGEL), 6-1 (BREADSTICK)… I mean… ouch… and a VERY interesting match… #29 Kalinskaya was up 5-1 in the first set… had two chances to serve it out… Swiatek crawled up to 5-5 and was broken again… broke back and then took the tie breaker… It was a tighter second set but Swiatek prevails, 7-6(2), 6-4… It was like someone was REALLY on, the other wasn’t… then the other TOOK OVER… the other relaxed… you get the picture… I mean, dead horses and all…

For you… well, things are shaking up here as well… No, no one has toppled Kresimir on the women’s side… and Eric is still in the lead with the Men (by one point)… but, the rest of the pack is moving forward… ready to strike… I have listed the people you have left in the draw, from the quarterfinals to the end and which position you have them in… W – Winner; F – Finalist; SF – Semifinalist; QF – Quarterfinalist…

Men’s Draw

Name	Points	What’s Left?
Eric	100	Sinner (W)/ de Minaur (SF)/ Djokovic (SF) / Fritz (QF) / Alcaraz (F)
Phirman	99	Sinner (W)/ Rublev (QF) / de Minaur (SF) / Djokovic (QF) / Fritz (SF) / Alcaraz (F)
Dan	99	Sinner (W)/ Rublev (QF) / Fritz (SF) / Alcaraz (F)
Rob	96	Sinner (QF) / de Minaur (QF) / Fritz (SF) / Alcaraz
Kresimir	92	Sinner (F) / Djokovic (SF) / Fritz (QF) / Lehecka (SF) / Alcaraz
Kelly	91	Djokovic (QF) / Fritz (SF) / Alcaraz
Denise	89	Musetti (QF) / de Minaur (SF) / Djokovic (QF) / Fritz (SF) / Alcaraz
Kotonias	86	Sinner (SF) / de Minaur (QF) / Djokovic (QF) / Fritz (SF) / Alcaraz
Tim	79	Djokovic (QF) / Fritz / Alcaraz (SF)

Women’s Draw

Name	Points	What’s Left?
Kresimir	125	Sabalenka (F) / Rybakina (QF) / Gauff (SF) / Anisimova (QF) / Swiatek
Dan	107	Pegula (QF) / Osaka (SF) / Swiatek
Eric	107	Sabalenka / Pegula (SF) / Gauff (F) / Anisimova (SF) / Swiatek (QF)
Kotonias	106	Sabalenka / Rybakina (QF) / Pegula (SF) / Anisimova (QF) / Swiatek (F)
Denise	105	Sabalenka / Pegula (SF) / Gauff (QF) / Swiatek (F)
Rob	105	Sabalenka (F) / Rybakina (QF) / Pegula (QF) / Gauff (SF) / Swiatek
Kelly	104	Sabalenka (F) / Pegula (QF) / Gauff (SF) / Anisimova (QF) / Swiatek
Phirman	98	Sabalenka (SF) / Pegula (QF) / Gauff (QF) / Swiatek
Tim	95	Sabalenka (QF) / Pegula (SF) / Gauff (SF) / Anisimova / Swiatek (QF)

This fourth round is going to be a DOOZY!!! I am so excited… busy day… Happy Sunday and enjoy the day off tomorrow! Oh, how could I forget… Ostapenko did “apologize” for the uneducated comment… she stated that English is her second language and did not mean it in a pejorative manner… ok… it was meant to say that she had no class and didn’t understand the game of tennis… never in her MANY years of playing has she seen a player not apologize for a let cord… I think, really… why is that so important to you? I need Elsa on set please… Elsa on set… we are cueing the music… yes… and play… “LET IT GO…. LET IT GOOOOOOOO!!!” Thanks for listening…

The Commish!