On the third day of the Australian Open, Americans were not faring well. Mardy Fish and Donald Young both lost, and John Isner nearly lost too. Let's start with the Isner match. John Isner's second round match was against David Nalbandian. John Isner's strengths and weaknesses are well-known. He serves big. He has a big
Sam Querrey spent a lot of 2011 not playing that much tennis. He had had a similar experience when he had a freak accident in Bangkok where he sat on a glass table that broke under his weight (when asked why he sat on the table, he said that he had just taken a shower
AAMI Classic This is an exhibition held in the few days leading up to the Australian Open. This year, eight men participated: Tsonga, Berdych, Fish, Roddick, Monfils, Raonic, Melzer, and Tomic. Tsonga said he was a bit fatigued after his travel from Doha, but finished two matches before exiting (the exhibition allows for two matches
Andy Murray must be thinking--finally. Murray had played two three setters in a row and claimed maybe he was too relaxed coming out of the gates leading to rusty play in opening sets against Kukushkin and Muller. Against Marcos Baghdatis, who Murray had a losing record against, Murray steamrolled to a 62 62 win getting
After struggling initially with Philipp Kohlschreiber in the first round, Rafael Nadal found things considerably easier with Denis Gremelmayr in the second round. Gremelmayr had to hit winners from all over the place just to hold what few serves he had, but he couldn't do it enough to bother Nadal as Nadal tightened up his
When Pete Sampras was playing Andre Agassi, he seemed to have supreme confidence. No matter how well Agassi had been playing or how poorly Sampras had played, if the two met, Sampras believed his serve and his groundies could bother Agassi. Agassi would think he could play with Sampras but he'd lose a few points
Of all the personalities, Novak Djokovic is the one who has most embraced his fame. Rafael Nadal does his duty, but you get the sense he's shy and prefers a quiet time. Roger Federer is friendly, but aloof. Andy Murray is moody and when he isn't, he seems kinda dull. Djokovic likes being Djokovic, and
Today, in Tokyo, there were quite a few three setters. Murray had a pretty tough opening round playing Marcos Baghdatis who reached the finals of Kuala Lumpur last week. He needed three sets to beat the Cypriot. Tipsarevic, who won Kuala Lumpur, had chances to beat Tursunov but despite being breaks up on him, Tursunov
Andy Murray is on a chase to do something he's never done before. Become #3 at the end of the year. OK, when you're in a culture that only values number 1, this may not seem like much, but when #1 is a guy having the season that hasn't happened in 25 years and when
Kalamazoo is maybe best known, in tennis circles, for hosting the USTA tournament for juniors. In particular, the winner of the USTA 18 and unders is often given a wildcard into the US Open. This year, that winner was Jack Sock. But back in 2005, it was Donald Young. He beat Sam Querrey in 3
