Australian Open

Djokovic wins 2nd Australian Open crown

It was last year after a semifinal win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during a post-match interview with Jim Courier that Roger Federer said "I know he'd like to win a first for British tennis in, what is it? 150,000 years?".  It was a light-hearted moment that was, nonetheless, a dig at his opponent, one that he

AO Men’s Final: Can Andy Murray Win?

Roger and Rafa have made many players' lives miserable.  That is, if you feel the best of the best should win Slam titles.  The 2008 Australian Open was the last Slam that didn't have either Roger or Rafa in the final.  Roger lost to Novak Djokovic in the semifinals.  Roger had had mono and was

AO Day 12: Murray joins Djokovic in final

It's well-known that the seedings prevent number 1 and number 2 from meeting each other until the final.  What's not as well known, because people often neglect non-favorites, is that number 3 and number 4 can also not meet each other in the final. With Federer and Nadal being so dominant, usually one or the

AO Day 10: Thoughts on the QF matches

Everyone loves to do it, but it really doesn't make sense.  Back in December, people were asked "make predictions who will win the Slams in 2011".  You never know which player will come out of nowhere to make an impression.  If you were to ask, at the end of 2008, who would win the Slams

AO Day 10: Semifinals set

Andy Murray had only played Alexandr Dolgopolov once, nearly 4 years ago, in a clay court in a Davis Cup match.  Murray won this against a very young Dolgopolov.  He expected a far different match from the one he had played so many years ago.  Dolgopolov has a reputation for being a tricky player to

AO Day 9 (QF): Djokovic joins Federer in semifinals

Sometimes those big victories resonate in the mind more.  Tomas Berdych beat Novak Djokovic in the semifinals of Wimbledon to reach his first final.  People forget that Berdych and Djokovic met twice more that year with Djokovic winning both encounters (Davis Cup and the round robin at the ATP World Tour Finals). Much like Wawrinka

AO Day 8: Spaniards win

The road through up-and-comer success goes through David Ferrer and he's not letting anyone pass.  In the third round, he beat Richard Berankis in a thumping.  Then, he needed 4 sets to beat Milos Raonic of Canada.  Raonic was able to use his power serve and groundies and good approaches to the net to take

AO Day 8: Murray cruises while Dolgopolov pulls the upset

Up until now, Murray hadn't faced a really tough opponent.  He played 32nd seed, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and pummeled him.  Garcia-Lopez seemed confused and unable to pressure Murray.  However, Melzer was seen as a crafty lefty with more power than Garcia-Lopez.  Melzer had had an indifferent career for nearly a decade, his rankings mired in the

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