Running tennis thread 2016 / 2017

Who is going to be that person who steps up, though?

Coco Vandeweghe is still alive at the Australian, and she pounds the ball, but there is a reason she has been around forever and has only done so much. Of the other Americans -- Madison Keys, maybe Sloane Stephens, would be the best of what is left. But they have been ready to take a next step for several years now, and I don't see it in them. Women's tennis for me is kind of meh -- has been for a long while now. The American women aren't even on the radar of that meh. ... when you get past Serena, of course (who pretty much has exploited that meh to dominate).

I agree with you about the American men being a bunch of "will never bes." Every tournament, it is the same mix of Isner, Sam Querrey and Jack Sock being the hopes for American tennis. It ain't gonna happen. I look a little farther down, and I think there may be more potential with the younger men than there are with the younger women -- but I don't know the younger women well enough to say that with good enough knowledge of the 16 and 17 year old women who may be ready to take a step up. The one name I am stuck on with the men is Taylor Fritz. Not sure if he will continue to develop, but he has a ton of potential and has looked really good against some decent players.

 

That would be me, right?

I just made it "2016 / 2017." Is that OK or do you want it to be something else?