holy fucking curmudgeons… I want to throw my computer through a window and most of you know why… why? why? why? sigh… let’s get it over with… although the last match of the semis… it still gets through… ARGH!!! Now, needless to say, it was a full match… and Sinner was less than prepared for this tournament… One only needs to look back at the round of 16 to find a chink in the armor… and now… asshat… one step from 25… and only one person to stop him… #2 Sinner was not enough to take out Djokovic… and please mind you… the Men’s matches were NOT straight forward… at ALL… 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 and done… ouch… only four hours long and it came down to converting on breakpoints… the stats for winners to unforced is decidedly in favor of the Italian… but with 18 chances and only 2 converted points… that is the name of the game… you have to cross the fucking line Italy… fine… Sinner… penance for you… lots and lots of it… sigh… Alcaraz at least knocked off #3 the wife beater… 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 6-7(4), 7-5… I saw some of the highlights and it was some great tennis regardless of the tall lanky idiot on one side of the court… Alcaraz was +20 on the winners to unforced and the other one was +1… so… there you go… Men’s draw set…

For the ladies… this was pretty straight forward… Sabalenka takes out #12 Svitolina 6-2, 6-3… there was an interesting oddity wherein Sabalenka hit the ball with a grunt… stopped the sound and then said something… she was called for a hinderance… and it was… they reviewed it and yeah, don’t talk lady… I still think the grunting is out of control… but alas, I haven’t heard of anything they are doing to curb it any more… maybe at the Junior level? Hopefully… I don’t hear it as much as the older generation… ok… lawd… hardly older… anyway… what is a generation in tennis, like 4 years? LoL!!! anyway… Rybakina took a bit more energy to close out her match up against #6 Pegula 6-3, 7-6(7)… nice solid match from both players winners to unforced is +2 for Rybakina and -5 for the American… so, very thin margins… Rybakina had 6 aces on the match… so, that wasn’t much of the story… and that is where the ball lands theydies and gentlethems…

So, while Kresimir is still leading in the Men’s draw… and Peter is JUST behind… IF Alcaraz lifts the trophy, Kelly will claim the crown… followed by Denise and Phirman… Kotonias who also has Alcaraz to win will land somewhere around sixth… if not, this is the final points and standings… Ladies draw is being led by Dan, who selected this exact final… If Rybakina wins, Dan gains more points and no one else does… IF however, Sabalenka wins… Eric will take the lead and Dan will be in second place… Kresimir doesn’t have enough points to take over Dan… so, second it is and third for Kresimir… don’t overthink it… it just is… phew… what a semifinal for both draws… so many ups and downs… and now… will it be a New AO Champion on both sides with the Alcaraz attempting a career grand slam or will Sabalenka and asshat get another trophy with asshat breaking through to 25… EEK!!!

Men’s Draw

Name	Points	Champion
Kresimir	214	Sinner
Peter	209	Sinner
Kelly	202	Alcaraz
Eric	200	Sinner
Len	193	Sinner
Denise	189	Alcaraz
Phirman	183	Alcaraz
Dan	173	Sinner
Kotonias	169	Alcaraz

Women’s Draw

Name	Points	Champion
Dan	214	Rybakina
Eric	188	Sabalenka
Kresimir	181	Sabalenka
Kotonias	177	Anisimova
Len	171	Anisimova
Denise	161	Sabalenka
Phirman	159	Anisimova
Kelly	159	Sabalenka
Peter	155	Sabalenka

Sheesh… how did this all go by soooooo fast… and solution on the horizon for the draw for the French Open… Hopefully it will be easier… BUT, who knows… maybe not… It should have the ability to select the finalist from the get and it will backfill accordingly… however, it will not be able to take a removal very well… I will send instructions when the time comes… Hopefully those of you who like that feature will be happy… and those of you who don’t know any better will think me a genius… I prefer the latter… Happy Friday kids… Enjoy the tennis…

The Commish!