If you were paying attention to tennis around late January, just after the Australian Open, you would have thought Andy Murray was making strides. He had just hired Ivan Lendl. He had managed to fight in a fifth set where he was down a break to tie 5-all, before yielding one more break to Djokovic,
Dustin Brown made a splash this year. At least, for a guy who primarily played Challengers in Jamaica and Germany and has been ranked 400 or worse for at least 5 years of his carrer. He won a round in Queen's Club, then reached the quarters of Newport. With his flowing dreadlocks, he is reminiscent
As expected, Juan Martin del Potro will not defend his US Open title. He was expecting to mark his return at the end of September in Bangkok, but nothing sooner than that. With only a week before the US Open, del Potro has not played any tournaments since the Australian Open and only started practicing
With two days of play complete, let's look at how the top seeds are faring. Roger Federer Roger Federer had a bit of a tight first set, but then relaxed, and had a very easy first round match. He's playing like he did in Madrid, and that was just too much for Luczak. I think
You know how it is. You play someone who doesn't move as fast as they did when they were young, and they begin to bust out "old man" shots. Drop shots. Lobs. No one would accuse Roger Federer of being an old man, but as he gets older, he's relying on diversifying his game beyond
Although the Bryan brothers are as much the face of men's doubles, they know they play second fiddle to the big show, the first meeting between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in a year. This overshadowed a record-tying accomplishment. The Bryan brothers, who beat their rivals Zimonjic and Nestor, won their 61st title together. This
John Isner may be feeling down. He was close to winning his first title on clay. He had match points (well, one). He lost to his good buddy, Sam Querrey, in three sets, instead. And yet, when the rankings were updated on Monday, it was Querrey whose ranking had jumped up. Isner is ranked 19th,
Sam Querrey was wondering what was going on. He was down a break in the first, and almost down a double break to his good buddy and doubles partner, John Isner. He hadn't so much whiffed a break point on Isner's serve. Then, Querrey was a break down in the second set to his doubles
So much for predictions (I predicted Djokovic, Ferrer, Lopez, and Nadal--only 2 of 4 correct). Verdasco continued his mastery over Djokovic although Djokovic did make a match of it. Verdasco wins: 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4. David Ferrer shows that his defeat of Andy Murray was not simply a slumping Murray (Murray's main problems were first serve
Nikolay Davydenko announced just minutes ago that he is withdrawing from the BNP Paribas Open ATP event at Indian Wells, California. Apparently the lingering wrist injury that has given him problems for months is in fact a fracture that had been missed by his medical staff. Early reports are saying that he will be away
