All of them have dangerous opponents, the top 4 seeds through to the final 8, it's Friday, Quarters Day at the Dallas Open: Paul and Koepfer, Shelton and Thompson, Tiafoe and Giron, Mannarino and Duckworth. All the others just weren't up to it, not this week. This week all the others lost, for various reasons, in various ways. They'll be more losing to come, but for now, for this entire morning, we're surrounded by winners. Then, it'll be 2 o'clock, when the losing starts again.
As a tennis observer, journalist, and fanatic, it's important to be on record, create a bit of credibility, predict. All you tennis gamblers get ready, I'm a minor clairvoyant, take note. Koepfer loses to Paul due to flying his backhand on big points, Thompson loses to Shelton because he can't handle the serve, Giron loses to Tiafoe in a classic 3 setter, and Mannarino loses to Duckworth in a beat down. Take all that to the bank, trust me, I've done lots of analysis since I stupidly picked Brooksby over Opelka in the '22 Dallas Open final.
Uomosport Inc. was on the brink then, they had a winner on the horizon. He wore their $135 shorts with gold tipped drawstrings. Then an injury, then a this, then a that, then an 18 month doping suspension from the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), then poof, Jensen Brooksby can't play professional tennis until January 2025. Explains alot, Uomosport isn't even here this year, no apparel, no wristbands, no models, no nothing. With that, take my predictions with a gulp of coffee, getting wired for the Quarters, let's do it.