Weekend Tennis Roundup

Couldn't really argue with Novak Djokovic brushing aside Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4 in Cincinnati, to become the first man to win all nine Masters 1000 tournaments.

There are all sorts of ways to calculate who the Greatest of All Time is -- and the arguments for Federer and Rafael Nadal are extremely compelling. But with Nole's being the only one to hold all four majors simultaneously, having a winning head-to-head against his two rivals (thus far) and now this remarkable feat, there's certainly a case to be made for him as well, assuming he adds to his Grand Slam titles. 

UNIQLO vs. Lacoste ...

Masters of Sets: Nadal, 33/ Djokovic, 31 / Federer, 27

Things on the women's side were as silly as ever. No sooner did Simona Halep finally begin to look like a real number one player -- winning her first major and then capturing the Canadian Open -- she lost to Kiki Bertens, squandering a match point along the way. To be fair, Bertens is a rising star. But I guess I just have to get used to the idea that unlike Evert, Navratilova, Graf, Seles, Serena and Henin, being No. 1 doesn't mean you won't routinely lose to people you shouldn't. (Anyone remember her third-round match against Hsieh Su-wei i at Wimbledon?!) Now wouldn't it be nice if Kiki could keep this up ... you know what I mean, Karolina?

By the way ...

Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares -- who have an Australian Open title -- won their first Masters 1000 title in Cincy, beating Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, the latter of whom Jamie had a nice bromance going with earlier in the week!

And finally: 

‪Something about the timeline in this story doesn’t quite make sense. (Can anyone help?) The loss to Johanna Konta was July 30. So the police never told anyone of his parole (conceivable?) but Serena was devastated to learn he was re-arrested -- and that was how she first discovered he had been previously paroled? The reason I'm asking is that he was in jail when the match happened, so to say she had learned he'd been "released" before the match isn't entirely correct. Does she mean "previously released"? (The article then goes on to say Serena is chasing Steffi Graf's record of 24 majors!)

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