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Great post, very funny!

And operating on a couple levels that folks here aren’t necessarily getting...

Yes, Nadal can be beat.

Thiem was winded from that ludicrous match w/ Djokovic — he played three straight days and gamely put up with a cry baby opponent. Thiem has the goods and has and can beat Nadal, hopefully next year. I hope his new coach, Massu, focuses on getting past lapses during long matches (Thiem and Wawrinka have a tendency to lose focus at times and let the opponent back in.) A similar situation was w/ Anderson’s loss to Nadal at the US Open was similar: he had a tough, emotional semi and couldn’t carry it into the final.

Biggest thing for Thiem is to carry wins over from one set to the next. When Wawrinka has won his Majors he kept that focus throughout— maybe Thiem, along w/ Tsitsipas, will benefit from the Warwrinka tat: “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”

As for women competing with men, we’ve been through that here on FR: http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3564368/posts

Thanks for this post, great fun!