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“And then basically midway through Indian Wells, the app stopped working and I have not heard from them. So this is where my information on what's going on is very limited. I don't know what happened, but I think it's safe to assume Bulkie is not going to be a thing. I hope everyone's okay over there. More likely than not, they probably just axed the project and they haven't been communicative with me.”

“The funny thing is this week, coincidentally, the ATP has launched its own fantasy tennis game. I was not a genius for the last three years thinking that this is something that should get done. And I've even reached out to other podcasts and I've been like, hey, can we do this together? Well, the ATP, they have made a move here. So for now, let's just do that. I have signed up. I have made a league. It's called Monday Match Analysis.”

“It is of the clay tournaments. It generally reads as the slowest. It's windy and it is slow. The ball is going to lose a ton of energy on the court surface. And the real sort of natural clay quarters, especially because there's less time for the less natural players to even make that adjustment and to get comfortable again on the dirt, the real natural clay quarters are usually going to do pretty well at this tournament.”

“I also want to say before we go quarter by quarter, this is a pretty significantly weakened field based on just withdrawal. So I'm going to go down the list right now. It's Djokovic, Fritz, Draper, Davidovic, Vakina, Feis, Munnar, Korda. And then a few Americans didn't sign up. Shelton, Tommy, Paul, a couple others. So, there are plenty of players who you would normally expect to see in a Masters 1000 tournament that we will not be seeing.”

“I want to pick from the section with Tiafoe and Bublik because as far as which unseated player is most likely to make a deep run, it's going to probably be out of that section. And then you have a very close on-paper matchup against Martan Fucovic, who actually beat Tabilo in Bucharest in 2024. But I just feel like Fucovic will have a lot of trouble hunting forehands against Tabilo's lefty precision. And I like the way Tabilo is playing overall. And to me, he's just easily the most dangerous unseated player in that particular section.”

“DMinore hit 10 winners, Vachero only two. But DMinore made 20 unforced errors in the rallies over nine shots, and Vashero only made six. So that gives you an idea of exactly who was trying to take initiative offensively as these rallies dragged on. And there are so many occasions in which Alex was the first one to take on extra risk because he had enough. And that was stunning to see because, generally, it is Demonor who's going to hang in rallies longer than his opponents.”

“Carlos is gonna hit high, spinny forehands into Vacheron's forehand. And Vacheron has a lot of height, but when you can kinda take the pace off and try to get it up out of his strike zone, I'm not sure how Vashero's gonna handle that ball. DMinore can't hit that ball. It's actually antithetical to how Demonor hits his forehand cross court. He can't really hit it with a lot of height and spin. He's not going to. Alcaraz will.”

“Fonseca didn't recognize the quality of his ball enough to anticipate his opponent dropping the next ball short. Right? So he he wasn't looking for the short ball. And then once he got the short ball, his feet weren't quick enough to get up to it. It's a two pronged issue, but I see this sometimes with Fonseca, and it really should never happen. You should never have to slice four hands after your opponent just played defense.”

“Zverev did a great job coming forward in this match. He was 18 out of 25. He's done a much better job recently when he gets downhill. He is committed. He's very determined to not let the point get back to even. Wasn't always the case. Zverev, at times, has had almost an I'm gonna say it's an Andy Murray like mindset. I'm attacking. If you neutralize me, that's fine. We'll just go back. Zverev is trying to kind of shift gears out of that mentality.”

“Do I still believe in my pick pre tournament when I said Zverev will beat sinner even though I think Yannick has won eight in a row maybe. I still think circumstantially in in a lot of ways in terms of Sinners, mileage, Zverev's form, the fact that it's on clay where I do think Zverev typically plays his best tennis. Circumstantially, yes. I think officially, I'm gonna stick with my pick because what fun is it to change it now? But watching them play in these conditions, I mean, I recognize the massive challenge challenges for Zverev.”

“DMinore hit 10 winners, Vachero only two. But DMinore made 20 unforced errors in the rallies over nine shots, and Vashero only made six. So that gives you an idea of exactly who was trying to take initiative offensively as these rallies dragged on. And there are so many occasions in which Alex was the first one to take on extra risk because he had enough. And that was stunning to see because, generally, it is Demonor who's going to hang in rallies longer than his opponents.”

“Carlos is gonna hit high, spinny forehands into Vacheron's forehand. And Vacheron has a lot of height, but when you can kinda take the pace off and try to get it up out of his strike zone, I'm not sure how Vashero's gonna handle that ball. DMinore can't hit that ball. It's actually antithetical to how Demonor hits his forehand cross court. He can't really hit it with a lot of height and spin. He's not going to. Alcaraz will.”

“Fonseca didn't recognize the quality of his ball enough to anticipate his opponent dropping the next ball short. Right? So he he wasn't looking for the short ball. And then once he got the short ball, his feet weren't quick enough to get up to it. It's a two pronged issue, but I see this sometimes with Fonseca, and it really should never happen. You should never have to slice four hands after your opponent just played defense.”

“Zverev did a great job coming forward in this match. He was 18 out of 25. He's done a much better job recently when he gets downhill. He is committed. He's very determined to not let the point get back to even. Wasn't always the case. Zverev, at times, has had almost an I'm gonna say it's an Andy Murray like mindset. I'm attacking. If you neutralize me, that's fine. We'll just go back. Zverev is trying to kind of shift gears out of that mentality.”

“Do I still believe in my pick pre tournament when I said Zverev will beat sinner even though I think Yannick has won eight in a row maybe. I still think circumstantially in in a lot of ways in terms of Sinners, mileage, Zverev's form, the fact that it's on clay where I do think Zverev typically plays his best tennis. Circumstantially, yes. I think officially, I'm gonna stick with my pick because what fun is it to change it now? But watching them play in these conditions, I mean, I recognize the massive challenge challenges for Zverev.”

“I have not heard from them. So this is where my information on what's going on is very limited. I don't know what happened, but I think it's safe to assume Bulkie is not going to be a thing. I hope everyone's okay over there. More likely than not, they probably just axed the project and they haven't been communicative with me. So Bulkie's gone.”

“The funny thing is this week, coincidentally, the ATP has launched its own fantasy tennis game. I was not a genius for the last three years thinking that this is something that should get done. Well, the ATP, they have made a move here. So for now, let's just do that. I have signed up. I have made a league. It's called Monday Match Analysis.”

“I also want to say before we go quarter by quarter, this is a pretty significantly weakened field based on just withdrawal. So I'm going to go down the list right now. It's Djokovic, Fritz, Draper, Davidovic, Vakina, Feis, Munnar, Korda. And then a few Americans didn't sign up. Shelton, Tommy, Paul, a couple others. So, there are plenty of players who you would normally expect to see.”

“I promise I'm not being paid by Alejandro Tabilo. I'm not in his payroll. But for, I cannot believe this, but it's three straight tournaments. He has been my dark horse. Indian Wells, where I don't think he made me look smart. Miami, where he did make me look somewhat smart. He got a couple of wins over Komasanya and Rublev before losing a tight one.”

“It is of the clay tournaments. It generally reads as the slowest. It's windy and it is slow. The ball is going to lose a ton of energy on the court surface. And the real sort of natural clay quarters, especially because there's less time for the less natural players to even make that adjustment and to get comfortable again on the dirt, the real natural clay quarters are usually going to do pretty well.”