Sunday, July 16, 2017

Who is the "Greatest of all Time" player in Tennis ?

A simple question with even simpler answer in Tennis - Who is Greatest of All Time - "GOAT"
The key thing in tennis is different surfaces it is played on,
Wimbledon & French clearly are the two most different surfaces.
For top players with atleast 8 Grand Slam wins
Simple look at the numbers below with two key variables -
A - Total Grand Slams won
C - Slams won excluding favorite surface
The variable "C' is created purely to remove the single surface impact
Roger Federer clearly leads in both the variables,
Pete Sampras comes 2nd on his consistency,
I expect Djokovic to come up the list by winning French, Wimbledon or US open
Bill Tilden, Rafael Nadal and Jimmy Connors clearly prefer one surface are not consistent across surfaces
Bjorn Borg has won 6 French & 5 Wimbledon - the only player to do well in these two different surfaces


Saturday, April 08, 2017

IPL 2017 Predictions

!! Om Shanischarya Namah !!

!! Om Ganesha Namah !!

With continuous support from all and blessings from the divine, presenting the  predictions for IPL 2017

Year 2017 - ruled by Sun 
League phase ruled by Venus 
Knockouts ruled by Gemini

Favorable numbers 
Highly Favorable  - 1,4,5,8
Medium favorable - 3,2,6,7

Tournament will have ups and downs, 
Leaders-Captains and Opening will play critical roles
Hard Hitters and high scoring will be flavor of the tournaments 
Favorites will come back from nowhere to be in playoffs

My top 3 favorites 

1. Gujarat Lions - Surely in Playoffs, Very likely in Finals and strong chances 

2. Rising Pune Super Giants - Will manage to scamper in playoffs, Steve Smith lifting cup is difficult, MS can do it if captainship changes

3. Kings XI Punjab - Surely a fantastic season for them , Miller can take them to finals, Maxwell can have up and down season but surely better

Mumbai - Will hover near middle of table, need luck to get through 

Sunrisers Hyderabad - can do well , but repeat of cup looks difficult

Bangalore will not win especially if Kohli returns as captain , they will struggle in away games
Teams need to beware from Delhi, they can upset in critical matches

Captains/Players with great stars -
Raina, Miller, Lynn, Karthik, Tahir,D Kulkarni, Henriques, Sanju Samson, Uthappa
MS Dhoni,  Malinga, Warner