With the ATP World Tour Finals concluded, it's a good time to look back at the year in tennis. Yes, yes, there's still a Davis Cup final to be played, but we know enough to start looking back. Where we thought we were heading in 2012 At the end of every year, fans prognosticate about
There were records, of sorts, to be broken. This year, Nadal still has an outside shot of winning six Masters 1000 titles if he can win Paris. This would break the record that he and Djokovic share of five Masters 1000 titles. However, it's surprisingly rare to win 4 ATP 500 events. Indeed, with del
Back in 2009, the biggest ask in men's tennis was beating both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in a Slam, The two had such divergent styles, and yet both were huge winners. It was a daunting task for anyone to beat both. Ask Robin Soderling, still the only man to beat Rafael Nadal at Roland
If there's anyone who understands what Nadal went through when he took 7 months off the tour, it has to be Juan Martin del Potro. At the end of 2009, del Potro looked like he might be the man to crack the triumvirate of Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic. He had won the US Open by
Prior to teaming up with Lendl, Murray would play matches like this. More than any player in the "big 4", he would often let his opponents push him around, while he would retrieve and retrieve, hope to elicit some errors and hit a few winners. Since he's worked with Lendl, Murray has played more aggressively,
Was away at the US Open, so have barely had a chance to report about it. Let's quickly get to the top pros. Rafael Nadal Rafa played on the last match in the day session on Arthur Ashe. His opponent was Ryan Harrison. Harrison's a hard worker with a huge serve, but he has liabilities
Let's take a quick look at each of the finalists before discussing the finals. Last time we saw Juan Martin del Potro, he was playing the best match of this year's Wimbledon in a losing effort to Novak Djokovic. In two previous matches, he had hyper-extended his knee, so no one knew much how he
The big question entering this match was "How is del Potro's knee?". Twice, in two consecutive matches, del Potro hyper-extended his knee. Twice, he came storming back. Against Zemlja, he won 3 games in a row to close out the third set and a match. Against Ferrer, he dominated the match start to end, despite
Ah, Wimbledon Wednesday, the day all the men play their quarterfinal matches. Unlike previous years, the quarterfinal matches were more of a surprise. No Nadal, no Federer, and no Tsonga will do that to a tournament. The matches are played two at a time. Two played on Centre Court, and two played on Number 1
It was improbable. del Potro had just beaten Murray and Djokovic, but it took 3 sets each to do it, on back to back days. And Sunday was hot. When Nadal rushed to a 3-0 lead off high loopers and sharp angles, del Potro looked like he had nothing to repel the Spaniard's attack. Then,
