This has been a problem that has burnt me for a while now, and I fail to understand it. In professional sports your body is a major player in your outcome, especially tennis where you are the ONLY option to win. Your mind however is a significantly bigger factor, and while your body may suffer
Memphis ATP Feb. 15Top Players: Roddick, Del Potro, Blake, Soderling, StepanekUnderdog Pick: QuerreyFirst round matches to watch: Haas vs. Querrey: I picked Querrey as my underdog pick here, but Haas is 3-0 lifetime against him. That being said, all were in '07 when Querrey was 20 years old. Now Haas is now 31... So I
Marseilles ATP Feb. 16Top Players: Djokovic, Simon, Monfils, Tsonga, Berdych, Safin, LopezUnderdog Pick: Safin (I know he's the 7 seed, but he hasn't won anything... not even a single ATP title in 4 years)My Pick: TsongaTsonga has had a hot start to the year winning Johannesburg two weeks ago and losing to Nadal 4-6 7-6(5)
Buenos Aires ATP Feb. 16Top Players: 1. David Nalbandian2. Nicolas Almagro3. Tommy Robredo4. Carlos Moya5. Jose Acasuso(cut: Brian Dabul - 100)Underdog Pick: Nicolas MassuMy pick: Tommy RobredoJust coming off his win at the Brazil Open last week either Robredo feels red hot and marches through a relatively easy field or is tired... I'm hoping this
SAP Open daily results Feb. 15Top Players in the tourny: Roddick, Del Potro, Blake, StepanekUnderdog Pick: Hewitt: Out of the tournament Stepanek d. Roddick 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4 Stepanek over Roddick... did you call that? Obviously a well contested matchbut a pretty disappointing one to lose for Mr. Roddick. In trying to re-establish himself as a
Brasil Open feb. 14th To say this tournament has had some unusual results is an understatement.Robredo d. Acasuso 6-2 6-1What... the.... These players have played 6 times, 4 of which split sets and the other two weren't exactly blow outs. Did Acasuso try to play with his left hand on this one? I know Robredo
Rotterdam feb. 14th And we're coming down the home stretch now... so lets review Nadal d. Tsonga 6-4 6-7(5) 6-4 You can go ahead and say I'm behind the times on this one.. but I'm starting to come around on Tsonga. Since he first started making a splash I thought he had some serious potential
SAP Open daily results Feb. 14Top Players in the tourny: Roddick, Del Potro, Blake, StepanekUnderdog Pick: Hewitt: Out of the tournamentRoddick d. Haas 7-5 6-4Can anyone in this tournament beat Roddick? Maybe thats a foolish question as I know Blake/Fish have the games to take him down... but can they now?Lets take a closer look.
Brasil Open ATP Gil (pictured) over Almagro. I'll say it again, Frederico Gil the #86 ranked man from Portugal Over one of the best clay courters in the world Nicolas Almagro by a score of 7-6(5)7-6(4). I would gladly pay to see this match. I've had the opportunity to see Gil play several times and
Rotterdam Feb 13th results Nadal d. Dimitrov 7-5 3-6 6-2.Ok we'll start at the top of the mountain. Well done Dimitrov taking a set off this man. I'm guessing it's the only set Nadal will drop on his way to cruising through this tournament. Not that it's an easy tournament, but more so that Nadal
