Donald Young has been on the tour as long as Sam Querrey, but because Sam Querrey is tall with a huge serve, he had more early success than Young. Young has mostly been toiling in Challengers and has struggled to get a big win. He did get a big win earlier in the year, beating
Ah, Ernests, Ernests, Ernests. You've been a fan favorite for years now. Everyone sees you're clearly talented. A year ago, you looked like you were going to break through. You won Delray Beach over Ivo Karlovic. You upset Roger Federer. You took a set off Rafa Nadal. Everyone thought, finally--finally, you were going to be
Gulbis reached a turning point in his career. Back in Rome in 2010, he upset Roger Federer in the second round. He reached the semifinals where he took one of two sets that anyone had taken off him in the clay season (the other player to take a set was Nicolas Almagro). But he got
Last year, Fish followed up a Newport win with an Atlanta win and this began his steady progress to eventually reach the top ten for the first time in his career. This year, John Isner, who was the Atlanta finalist last year, hoped to do the same. While Fish was playing Davis Cup this year,
Gilles Simon may be the ultimate counterpuncher. He lacks huge weapon. He doesn't have a big serve. He doesn't try to go for big shots much. He is quick. Apparently, Almagro had chances to break in the first set, but Simon staved off break point after break point. Simon eventually captured the first set, 6-4,
Muller's one of those players that had potential when he was a junior. One of the rare players from Luxembourg, Muller has had random success. He was the last player, other than Federer, to beat Nadal at Wimbledon (well, prior to this year). He beat Andy Roddick during the "mojo" year at the US Open
Unless you happen to live in the West Coast of the US, you are likely in the middle of an American heat wave (apologies to non-Americans reading this). Temperatures are topping 100 (high 30s in C) in many locations. And in the middle of this heat wave, Atlanta is running a tournament. This is the
There's the big four: Djokovic, Nadal, Federer, and Murray. Then, there are the next two. Soderling and Ferrer. While their games aren't quite good enough to beat the top 4, they are good enough to beat pretty much everyone else. Soderling does his part supporting the two hometown tournaments. This one is played outdoors on
It's rare for anyone to pay attention to the rankings beyond the top 3 or 4. Djokovic is number 1 by far, then Nadal is 2 by far, then Federer is 3 by far. Then, Murray is number 4 by far. Each successive player is about 2000 points ahead of the next one. But peruse
