Is it Ian Westermann's dark haired Ukrainian right-handed doppleganger? Whatever the case, Sergiy Stakhovsky has won his fourth title, and his second this year. His opponent was Denis Istomin whose story of a car accident that broke his leg as a teen and left him playing no tennis for two years is one that might
Sigh. I suppose there's a tournament going on in New Haven. Marcos Baghdatis, semifinalist at Cincy, decided to come to New Haven to play. Mardy Fish, finalist at Cincy, decided to skip, even though he was scheduled to play. It happens somewhat surprising that players get deep in a tournament before a Slam, and the
Mardy Fish must feel his buddy, Andy Roddick's pain. Roddick had not lost serve until the final game that gave Wimbledon 2009 to Roger Federer. Fish hadn't been broken either, until 4-all in the third set, when Fed got to 30-40 and Fish netted a shot. Fed had had chances including a marathon third game
Roger Federer might point to his match in Indian Wells where he lost to Marcos Baghdatis in three sets as the first of a series of disappointments. He went to Miami and lost Tomas Berdych after being up match point. He went to Rome and lost to Ernests Gulbis in the 2nd round. He went
They say "give a man a fish and he eats for a day". Well, had to work in a Fish joke today. The last time these two met was in the finals of Atlanta, the first tournament in the US Open Series. Fish had just been fresh off a win in Newport on grass and
Few players have beaten Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in the same year. Andy Murray pulled the feat this year at Toronto. Nikolay Davydenko did it in Doha at the start of the year. Both these guys are in the top 10. But add Marcos Baghdatis to that list of names. Back in Indian Wells,
Of course, it's hard to call Roddick upsetting Djokovic an upset these days. Djokovic is fast becoming a guy who has the talent to beat anyone, and either lacks the mental or physical fortitude to do it. At the Australian Open and the French Open, Djokovic had a healthy lead over his opponents and could
In a match lasting nearly 3 hours, Murray won the first set 7-6 (9-7 in the tiebreak), but then got broken twice early on in the second set, and much like his Monfils match, Murray let that set go. The announcers predicted that Murray would try to rebound in the third set and at least
For some reason, Robin Soderling's power groundstrokes seem more intimidating on clay than on hardcourts. The last time Soderling played Roddick was this year, in Indian Wells, a match Roddick won in three sets. Roddick went on to the finals where he lost to Ljubicic before winning Miami the following tournament. This match was one
Today, the top four players in the world were out on court and doing what they do best, which is win. Novak Djokovic beat fellow Serb, Victor Troicki, 6-3, 7-5. Nadal played Taylor Dent and won by a similar score of 6-2, 7-5. Andy Murray had the toughest match of the top 4. He beat
