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 Ya man... he's a far better player than his opponent (whose name is for some reason sensored in this forum). He just looks like a tired player. Tired mentally, tired physically, tired in every definition of the word. If I'm not mistaken, this is his first full year on tour, so it may not actually be all the surprising that he is worn out at this stage of the season. Might be in his best interest to say screw all this and just rest up in preparation of next year. I don't know how many ranking points he needs for AO or any of that, but it would just make sense to take a break, because he's a shadow of the player he was this summer - as you said. 

Not sure if anyone is watching this now, but Tiafoe is an absolute mess at the moment. He may still come back and beat Klien, but his form lately has been god awful. So many unforced errors and he just looks like a tired, worn out player at the end of this season. He's talented as all hell, but my god, at the moment it looks like I could beat him. 

Kontinen and Peers are no chumps as they're headed to London and have played very well recently... just a bit surprised that they turned over Mahut and Herbert as they're a rock. Anything can happen in doubles, though... I would have had them if I had bet earlier. Actually most of the matches I would have taken today came up brown, so kinda glad I didn't have a go. 

Might have an in-play on Opelka to come back strong in the 3rd in Charlottesville... not a whole lot on the cards for tonight though in the world of tennis. Few challenger tomorrow but other than London, it's basically the waiting game until January, now. 

 absolutely agree. I think the odds are really high given the circumstances. The best players were out early in Eckental but I'd say De Minaur has played very well. Melzer is a shadow of his old self, but that win there is a solid one regardless. Was watching the first round when he beat De Schepper and honestly didn't think he'd have a chance in that one, but surprised me in a good way. Just been riding the form all the way to the final. 

 Herbert/Mahut is one I would definitely be interested in taking tomorrow in front of the home crowd in Paris. 

The most interesting to me, though, is De Minaur. I think he's still not 18 (may be wrong) but good price in a late season tournament for a very talented Australian. 

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 Thanks man, I do love tennis and love to play it, too... but it's the end of the season now and there isn't a whole lot left to comment on other than the end of Paris, London, this second tier WTA finals in China and some challenger events. 

 

Looking forward to Svitolina and Konta as they're fairly evenly matched and both are interesting players who have made big improvements to their game and have climbed the rankings as a result. Svitolina has improved her serve (her second serve used to be a meatball) whereas Konta has improved basically everything (but most importantly her defense).  Should be far more entertaining than Zhang-Kvitova was, anyway.

 

Anyway, instead of giving any tips on who I think will win today, I'm gonna name drop three young players to look out for in 2017that are not the obvious ones, like Alexander Zverev.

Mikael Torpegaard (Denmark) - Going to go pro after playing college in the US - already fairly complete as a player, good off both wings, good serve and jumped in to have immediate success in several US challengers. May be a bit shaky on clay to start out with. 

Duck Hee Lee (Korea) - Not only just a cool name, but doing quite well in Asian challenger circuit. Bigger game than countyman Hyeon Chung and higher ceiling. Good serve. Will be interesting to see if he can make the next step up in his game. 

Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) - Big serve and currently the #1 ranked junior. Good results at Moroccan challengers and other high profile ITF events. Also won boys Wimbledon this year. Has the tools to be an elite ATP player and high expectations on his shoulders. Could rise fairly quickly in 2017 and become a regular on ATP circuit if he gets early results to start the year. 

Anyone, please feel free to add to this list who you think will rise in 2017