It was Saturday morning, so the story goes, two days before the start of the Australian Open, Roger Federer had an idea to raise money for Haiti earthquake victims. He quickly contacted friends and tournament organizers and they quickly got the word out so fans could attend this impromptu event. Federer convinced Novak Djokovic, Rafa
While it's certainly possible that someone unseeded might win the tournament, let's look at the the top seeds favored to win. Number 1. That's Roger Federer. On the plus side, Federer won the Australian Open and looked pretty solid doing so. On the negative side, he got a lung infection and had to rest for
The NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Championships, or "March Madness", as it's often called, has been pondering increasing the number of teams from 65 (don't ask why it's not 64) to 96. They only have to look at Indian Wells to see a 96 person draw with the top 32 players get a bye and
Indian Wells is some 150 miles north of Los Angeles. This is the first Masters 1000 event of the year and has historically been a major tournament. However, until the past decade or so, this tournament was not covered nationally. Basically, US tennis coverage used to be restricted to the French Open, Wimbledon, and the
Davis Cup is the closest that tennis has to a team challenge outside of the Olympics. Because we're so obsessed with the best players playing Davis Cup, we fret that Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, and Andy Murray have frequently begged out of Davis Cup duties to focus on the Slams. It's interesting how many people
On paper, the US had a slim shot at winning this tie, played in Belgrade on an indoor clay court. Clay has always been the weakest surface. Looking back at recent history, perhaps Andre Agassi was the best American clay courter? Or perhaps Jim Courier? Both would say hard courts suited their power games better.
With US down 2-0 to Serbia, it came once again to the Bryan brothers, the world's number 1 doubles team to salvage the doubles and push competition into a third day. The bad news? Mike Bryan, eating chicken curry in Belgrade, came down with food poisoning and was unable to play. What were the choices?
This is the first time the Davis Cup hasn't had one of Andy Roddick or James Blake in recent memory. Roddick told Davis Cup captain, Patric McEnroe, that he was advised not to play Davis Cup because the change of playing hard courts to clay courts wasn't good for his body. Roddick has had an
Some would say that Gulbis winning his first ATP title was a tall order. Mostly because his opponent was 6'10", Ivo Karlovic. Hoho! Ernests Gulbis has long been touted as a talented player, someone that might come through like Djokovic or Cilic or Murray. Indeed, Gulbis trained at the same center that Djokovic did. With
Juan Carlos Ferrero is a contemporary of Roger Federer. He won his only Slam in 2002 at the French Open, and his best years were from 2000 to 2003, especially at the French where he reached the semis twice, the finals, then won the French. In 2003, Ferrero reached the finals of the US Open
