Well, it is coming soon… the close… but we are not there yet… hopefully we have some amazing matches coming up… and we can end this grand slam season with a BANG… The men look pretty set and I cannot imagine that much is going to stop #1 and #2 from colliding in the final… If you have a comment to make about that… sound off to the left of your screen…

The Men’s draw… Sinner ousts fellow Italian in exactly two hours, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2… #10 Musetti aww… come here, cry on my shoulder… I might touch your butt once… it’s ok… alright twice… anyway… Auger-Aliassime (I am sure that Dan was dancing all about the house) who hasn’t done a lot in the last bit of time is all of a sudden in his second semifinal after dispatching #8 de Minaur of Australia… the little demon didn’t have enough to make a mess of the match… he’s quick, not that quick… Asshat wins over the #4 freak of jesus from the USA… that was a match I couldn’t watch… two smarmy idiots… I hope you all enjoyed… I just can’t… 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4… and the shortest match on the men’s draw was Alcaraz over #20 Lehecka of Czechia, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4… and we’re done… moving on…

Sabalenka got a walk over from Vondrousova… will that help… or will it hurt? I know that some players are good with it and it allows them to reset… but she now goes on a five day streak without a competitive match… but, I don’t know… her competitor is Pegula who took down Krejcikova in a double 6-3 manner… Sabalenka has a 7-2 head2head… so… it would look to be in the favor of Sabalenka… but, you never know… Osaka… <big eyes emoji> wow… she is back in a semifinal after defeating #11 Muchova, 6-4, 7-6(3)… wow… good for her… honestly… after that win, she is my favorite to win the tournament… Sabalenka and her are the only champions left in the draw… so… it comes down to this… wait… wait… #2 Swiatek is now out of the tournament… she loses to the player she dusted in the Wimbledon final… Anisimova… Tim & Eric… amazing pick… Yes, it is a different surface… but, beating one of the top players of the game isn’t easy… and she did it 6-4, 6-3… Anisimova leads the head2head 2-0; but both of those wins came after Osaka had her baby back in 2022… so, three years later… we have a very different Osaka… We shall see…

For you… it isn’t looking good for anyone but Eric right now… he has taken the lead in both the men’s and women’s draws… figure that one out… I am still sitting down from the shock and horror… but, numbers are numbering and here we are… Kresimir has clawed his way to second in the men’s draw and remains in control of second in the lady’s draw… for now… nothing is done aside from Tim in the men’s draw… His selection of Fritz beating Zverev in the final will not happen this year… and he will be miserable last… fear not… he could win the lady’s draw… and that would be divine justice… start praying for a Pegula v. Anisimova final with Anisimova winning and Tim will take the day… however, if Sabalenka sneaks in there, the goose is cooked and this will be a fight to the finish… Sounds like fun to me… I think I need a jello wrestling competition now… see who wins!!!

Men’s Draw

Name	Points	Champion	Runner-up
Eric	155	Sinner	Alcaraz
Kresimir	154	Alcaraz	Sinner
Phirman	144	Sinner	Alcaraz
Rob	136	Alcaraz	Zverev
Dan	134	Sinner	Alcaraz
Kotonias	131	Alcaraz	Zverev
Denise	124	Alcaraz	Paul
Kelly	116	Alcaraz	Zverev
Tim	104	Fritz	Zverev

NOW as a side note… I happened to be in the car with Rob and Eric and Rob decided to let me know that I had selected the number 1 and number 2 seeds to the final… yes, I have made that comment before that just picking #1 and #2 isn’t the way one should always go… HOWEVER, with this #1 and #2… really… and by the way… I did see your selection of #1, #2, #3, & #4 to the semifinals… oh and who did you have to the women’s final? Oh, right… #1 & #2… then #3 and #5 to the semis… wow… what a HUGE risk there mister… sometimes, silence is your friend… let’s see what happens next 😛

Women’s Draw

Name	Points	Champion	Runner-up
Eric	157	Sabalenka	Gauff
Kresimir	150	Swiatek	Sabalenka
Kotonias	146	Sabalenka	Swiatek
Denise	140	Sabalenka	Swiatek
Tim	135	Anisimova	Paolini
Kelly	134	Swiatek	Sabalenka
Dan	132	Swiatek	Sabalenka
Rob	130	Swiatek	Sabalenka
Phirman	123	Swiatek	Andreeva

Now, in the lady’s draw… Phirman will take miserable last… but, I want to applaud him for taking a risk with Andreeva… I know she will have a slam soon… just not this time around… Rob, you are skating by your teeth and maybe you will overtake Tim if Osaka makes the final… but maybe I will deduct some points for insubordination… you know… life…

I hope you all have an amazing rest of your day… I will be headed to Canada tomorrow, so you may not hear from me until I return… I am not taking a lap top, just my phone… but, I may just make a random report… who knows… weirder things have happened…

The Commish!