Much like Roger Federer, who has often bowed out from playing Davis Cup because of the additional demands it places on his schedule, Rafael Nadal informed the media that he would not play Davis Cup in 2012. 2012 is an Olympic year and Nadal wants to focus on defending the Olympic gold that he won
Entering the third day of competition, the big question was who would play for Argentina. On paper, it was going to be del Potro. But del Potro had not only the misfortune of losing to Ferrer, he did so in five sets, unable to muster the energy in either the fourth or fifth set to
Justin Gimelstob doesn't know what "overrated" means. He called the Spanish doubles team of Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez overrated. You can say a player like Andy Murray is overrated or a player like Caroline Wozniacki is overrated. That is, players that have won a lot but can't close the big ones out. But Lopez
The last time these Argentina and Spain faced each other was in the finals of 2008 in Argentina. The Argentinians had to be feeling good. They played on a hardcourt instead of clay because they had no idea whether Nadal would play or not. Then Nadal didn't play, so Argentina was hoping to pull a
Around the time that Andy Murray was winning Shanghai which was about October, he announced that he wanted to finish the year at number 3. It seemed a modest goal, but both Djokovic and Nadal were so far ahead that reaching anything higher than number 3 was a mathematical impossibility. Djokovic and Nadal were too
Roger Federer may be the old man of tennis, but he's still breaking records. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga wasn't the player he expected to play in the finals. Perhaps it should have been Rafael Nadal or Andy Murray or Novak Djokovic. But Nadal was affected by a stomach bug, and just lacked his usual intensity. Andy Murray
Tomas Berdych is a rhythm player. If his timing is on, he can be one of the purest hitters in the game. But because he hits a pretty flat ball and needs to hit aggressive due to his lack of real footspeed, Tsonga, by contrast, has good footspeed, a good first serve, and a huge
During the Asian swing, Andy Murray made a bold proclamation. He said he wanted to finish the year as the world number 3. Some would say that's a wimpy statement. However, Djokovic had paced the field with 3 Slam wins and 5 Masters 1000. It was out of the question for Murray to accumulate enough
Out of the 12 matches played in the round robin matches, six were upsets, which is a fair bit considering who they were. In particular, All three matches David Ferrer played were upsets. Murray and Djokovic were favored to win over Ferrer, though in hindsight, neither Murray nor Djokovic were 100%. Ferrer was expected to
Due to the round robin format and the various wins and losses, Djokovic needed help to get into the semifinals. In particular, the straight set loss to Ferrer meant Djokovic needs help from Ferrer to get to the semifinals. Basically, if Djokovic won in straight sets, he could get in, provided Ferrer won at least
