Expected Points, May 14: The Opportunistic, One-Dimensional Reilly Opelka

Expected Points, my new short, daily podcast, highlights three numbers to illustrate stats, trends, and interesting trivia around the sport.

Up today: Opelka’s success in Rome suggests he has skills that the stats don’t bear out, and 60 years ago this week, an armada of past and future stars gathered on hard courts in Los Angeles.

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Expected Points, May 13: The Reckless, Rising Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

Expected Points, my new short, daily podcast, highlights three numbers to illustrate stats, trends, and interesting trivia around the sport.

Up today: Sofia Kenin’s losing streak continues, Davidovich Fokina steadily climbs the ATP ranks, and a few men are raising hopes for an eventual Italian titlist in Rome.

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Expected Points, May 12: The Remarkably Resilient Sara Sorribes Tormo

Expected Points, my new short, daily podcast, highlights three numbers to illustrate stats, trends, and interesting trivia around the sport.

Up today: Sorribes Tormo fights through another marathon to face a familiar foe today, Dusan Lajovic struggles on his best surface, and we take a look back at a Norwegian multi-sport athlete from the 1910s.

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Expected Points, May 11: The Marvelous Meandering Petra Kvitova

Expected Points, my new short, daily podcast, highlights three numbers to illustrate stats, trends, and interesting trivia around the sport.

Up today: P3tra comes back for a roller-coaster battle with Magda Linette, American men have faded even on hard courts, Serena Williams looks ahead to an opponent with clay-court experience.

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Expected Points, May 10: The Almost Unbreakable Alexander Zverev

Expected Points, my new short, daily podcast, highlights three numbers to illustrate stats, trends, and interesting trivia around the sport.

Up today: Zverev barely gives his opponents a chance, Aryna Sabalenka forces the clay to play her way, and the 2021 ATP Masters Series is a young man’s game.

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Expected Points, May 7: Casper Ruud Ekes His Way to Opportunity

Expected Points, my new short, daily podcast, highlights three numbers to illustrate stats, trends, and interesting trivia around the sport.

Up today: Ruud narrowly upsets Stefanos Tsitsipas, Aryna Sabalenka posts a series of eye-popping winner totals, and Nuno Borges is back down to ITF 15Ks.

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Expected Points, May 6: Diego Schwartzman Can’t Keep Up

Expected Points, my new short, daily podcast, highlights three numbers to illustrate stats, trends, and interesting trivia around the sport.

Up today: Schwartzman loses another lopsided battle against Aslan Karatsev, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova finally benefits from the luck of the tiebreak, and Rafael Nadal finds new opponents to beat on clay.

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Expected Points, May 5: Aryna Sabalenka Makes It Look Easy

Expected Points, my new short, daily podcast, highlights three numbers to illustrate stats, trends, and interesting trivia around the sport.

Up today: Sabalenka has barely broken a sweat in Madrid, Benoit Paire breaks a dreadful losing streak, and Barbora Strycova says goodbye to the tour.

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Expected Points, May 4: Albert Ramos Dominates His Own Kind

Expected Points, my new short, daily podcast, highlights three numbers to illustrate stats, trends, and interesting trivia around the sport.

Up today: Ramos wins his third ATP title against left-handed competition, Petra Kvitova guns for another upset in Madrid, and Marcos Giron is the hardest-working man on the Iberian peninsula.

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Expected Points, May 3: A First Meeting for Barty and Swiatek

Expected Points, my new short, daily podcast, highlights three numbers to illustrate stats, trends, and interesting trivia around the sport.

Up today: Dominic Thiem is back on tour, Barty-Swiatek is one of several first time meetings in the Madrid round of 16, and Jan Lennard Struff reaches his first final.

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