Skip to main content

Dallas Open Gonzo 7: Wu Waits For No One

 

The scheduling couldn't be better, by the time the Super Bowl began, I was exhausted.  Wu had just beat Isner in the Sunday Dallas Open singles final and I was riveted, it was like military tennis as someone put it:  rockets, bombs, whips, whops, giants, Chinese, Americans, laser beam line calling, offensives, defensives.  All 3 sets were tiebreakers, each player held numerous championship points.  Finally, Wu found the mid pace angle shots and Isner failed in the end, his crumpled miss at the net on one of his match points will likely haunt him a bit.  It was right there, he was just too tall.

Once again, the local tournament launched the tennis year big and bold.  Forget France, ignore Argentina, Dallas is where we got down to it.  The JD Miles piece about the cancer smashing ball boy was the best journalism of the tournament, the VIP Lounge is a waste of space, and Uomosport research indicates pickleballers are cheaper than tennis players.  Thrifty is thrifty, taste is taste, exercise is excersise, I prefer strings.  Pickleball is not related to tennis, its more ping pong, and there's nothing wrong with that, if that's your thing.  The gut feeling, the absorbing, the spinning, the cutting, the going for it, that's for me, myself, and me, and a few others, I'm sure.

Wu looked like a top 10 player; taking out Mmoh, Mannarino, Fritz, and Isner is no fluke, he's got demeanor, he's got the mind.  The Wu Cru, Wu Man Chu, Woo Hoo Wu, the Wudoo Voodoo, Who is Wu, Wu What, Wu Why, Wu Where, Wu When, Wu How, Wu Won.  Wonder if JJ needs a doubles partner, he could probably use some volly work, might be what's missing, might be his weakness, might be why he lost to Isner in the semifinals.  Get better or get behind, JJ, Wu waits for no one, and he won't wait for you.


Popular posts from this blog

Red Mud Gonzo: Twenty Nine

  "No Controversy" by jpg Researching Max Purcell.  Has a Wimbledon title in doubles.  No controversy to speak of, but he's only won a third of his singles matches for his career.  Michael Mmoh's got wins against Zverev, Auger-Alassime, and Hubie.  Both 26 years of age, Purcell's won $3.5 million, Mmoh's at $2.5 million.  Not bad. "Whataburger Sucks" by jpg TTop was curious about the knife.  This dude spent 5 years in the Mojave desert, said he lost his sense of reality, said he'd defend his country again if he had to, I thought he wanted something to go down.  Told TTop the knife was for killing humans, if needed.  He wore his pistol in a holster for everyone to see.  *The double meat burger at the TX Burger in Fairfield, Texas was 5 of 5 stars.  Deep down, we all know Whataburger sucks. "1st Victim" by The Mayor Dumb ass.  Loses the element of surprise and becomes the 1st victim.  Add to it, he is carrying an oversi...

Maniacs And Friends

last night i dreamed i forgave everybody for anything ever done anytime before. there were fathers, brothers, sisters, and mothers, not to mention extended family. then the people all around -- toilers, drivers, watchers, lovers, maniacs, and friends. things they did, said, implied, yelled, things they ignored, they insisted, they resisted. i was talking with each of them individually, taking my time, and we were committed. nods and shakes, aknowledgments accepted and replaced with a debt of some sort. a responsibility to forgive others in the same manner, slate picked clean and put up. minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, and generations will pass either way.