Let's take a quick look at some of the more interesting matches from Day 1. Andy Murray vs. Alex Bogomolov Jr. Last year, Murray had part 2 of a post-Australian Open loss funk. He had lost to Novak Djokovic, then lost to two "American" "juniors" as in Alex Bogomolov Jr. in Miami and Donald Young, Jr.
What a difference a few months make. For some reason, Europe seems to get John Isner in a funk. He's played well in Europe before, but the last two years, not so much. The solution, it seems, was return to home soil. Last year, Isner decided to play Newport. Newport is played the week after
Shortly after Novak Djokovic's win over Juan Martin del Potro, a close match that did not end up in a close score, he was asked by the crew of the ESPN tennis team to name 3 other players that had won the Canada/Cincy double. People have said that it's hard to win at Roland Garros
One of the top three seeds fell on Thursday. Andy Murray lost 64 64 in straight sets to Jeremy Chardy. On the one hand, Chardy won two rounds in Toronto last week and elevated his rank 9 spots, so he's been playing solid tennis. On the other hand, Murray has blamed taking the tournaments prior
On the heels of the news that Rafael Nadal will not play the US Open, the top seeds were on court at Cincinnati after receiving byes in the opening rounds. Last year, unknown Alex Bogomolov beat Andy Murray during one of his slumps. That victory was still enough to boost the former and now Russian's
Once Rafael Nadal dropped out of Cincy which ends a week prior to the start of the US Open, there were whispers whether he'd be ready to play the US Open. Well, the answer is out. Rafa is out of the US Open. Rafa tweeted this announcement earlier today. He's historically had problems with knee
It's hard to win a Masters 1000 title. The last time Richard Gasquet reached the finals of a Masters 1000 was at Toronto back in 2006 where he lost to Roger Federer in the finals. That was six years ago. It's true. Gasquet was a can't miss prospect from France who had as much attention
A year ago, Novak Djokovic was in a different place. When Montreal rolled around, he still only had one loss to his name, that to Roger Federer in the semis of the French Open. Nonetheless, he won Wimbledon for the first time, indeed, reached the finals for the first time. Like many top players, he
Toronto/Montreal (formerly the Canadian Open--the site alternates each year) used to be one of Andy Murray's favorite tournaments. Murray won the title in 2009 and 2010. However, in both years, Murray lost early in the US Open. In 2009, he lost to the up-and-coming Marin Cilic who is only starting to regain the form he
There were, of course, other men's events being played. Andy Murray, who won gold in men's singles, came back shortly after his performance to team up with Laura Robson in the mixed doubles final. Their opponents were the Belarussian duo of Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka. In a way, Mirnyi and Azarenka, as the number
