Let's get caught up on other news before addressing the subject at hand. Two matches were postponed due to lateness. The shorter of the two matches was Jo-Wilfried Tsonga against Stanislas Wawrinka. Tsonga was up 4-2 in the fifth before the match was called. Wawrinka was able to break and tie it up at 4-all,
Having heard that David Goffin, Roger Federer's fourth round opponent, had posters of him in his room, Federer recalled a match he played against Patrick Rafter. He took a set off of the Aussie, but the Aussie claimed the next 3 sets. He felt, once Goffin claimed the first set, that it was his job
With overnight rains slowing down the court, Djokovic found himself playing his style and possibly better. Andreas Seppi has been on the tour a long time floating around 50 in the rankings, but this year, he lifted his game. In particular, Seppi did it in Djokovic's own tournament. Djokovic decided not to play Belgrade because
Since I haven't reported in the last few days, let's start with John Isner. With Mardy Fish's heart problems causing him to leave the tour since March and Andy Roddick's quick exit and Ryan Harrison not quite ready to make the leap, John Isner has become the beacon of men's tennis. Brian Baker might become
It was shaping up to be a fairy tale ending. Xavier Malisse was the last man to beat Brian Baker in a Slam in the second round of the 2005 US Open. Stan Wawrinka beat Baker in the finals of the French Open junior title two years earlier. Had Baker gotten past Simon, he would
First, Rafa had a much first round than he did last year when he was pushed to a five setter for the first and only time by John Isner. This year, he played Simone Bolleli and had a straight set romp dropping no more than 2 games a set. Andy Murray's opponent, Tatsuma Ito, said
If you were paying attention to tennis around late January, just after the Australian Open, you would have thought Andy Murray was making strides. He had just hired Ivan Lendl. He had managed to fight in a fifth set where he was down a break to tie 5-all, before yielding one more break to Djokovic,
The last time Brian Baker was in a Slam was 2005, seven years ago. He was a wildcard, and managed an opening day upset, beating clay court specialist, Gaston Gaudio. In the second round, he lost in four sets to Xavier Malisse. Malisse is a Belgian player that was once a reasonably high-ranked junior. While
There's still a few players that Roger Federer hasn't played. Tobias Kamke, for instance. One thing you notice is that more players can keep up, at least, somewhat, with Roger Federer. We've seen so many players blown out by Federer's aggressive play that it's weird to see that more and more players are able to,
Andy Roddick had been on the top of men's rankings for so long that it seems a shame to see how far he's fallen. Injuries have meant that Roddick has missed a few weeks or more each year. A noted hard-worker, Roddick's training may have lead to additional injuries. Roddick did not play any of
