Most people figured this was the end of the road for Andy Murray. With a very solid performance against Robin Soderling, Nadal appeared to have cleaned up his game. In any case, Murray was still playing with an injury. This match opened up much like the Troicki match. Although Murray won his first serve game
It's probably been since 2006 French Open that the top four seeds in a men's Slam have met in the semifinals. Back then, it was Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, David Nalbandian, and Ivan Ljubicic. You might point to this year's Australian Open, but Andy Murray's rank had slipped enough and Robin Soderling had performed well
It was thought that the powerful Soderling would have a chance against Nadal. Nadal had yet to play anyone that hit as hard as Soderling. Nadal would have to up his game to face the one man that had beaten him on clay. But Nadal had done it twice before in Slams, once last year
Everyone's asking whether Roger Federer has lost it. But, to me, he's like Chris Evert when Steffi Graf rose to the top spot. Martina was number 1 or 2 and Graf was behind her. However, Evert had been champ for years and years. The women's game still resembled Evert more than it resembled Graf and
When the match was suspended last night due to darkness, the big question was: how would Murray start? His ankle was a little gimpy at the start. Or maybe it was the tight wrapping on his right ankle. Very quickly, Murray was down 5-0, but managed to reel off 4 games in a row before
By all rights, Andy Murray should not be playing a fourth round match. Michael Berrer had been struggling against Murray who was threatening to break throughout the early parts of the second set. Berrer hit a drop shot which caused Murray to twist his right ankle just as he hit a hard shot down the
Fognini must have channeled the spirit of Andy Murray. Perhaps it was a cramp, but it seems like it was a muscle pull. Whatever it was, late in the third set, Fognini was struck with something that impaired his movement. He went to the only strategy that's available if you want to keep playing. Go
Before we talk about "the streak", let's talk about a smaller match. Fabio Fognini vs. Albert Montanes. Both made some news last year in the clay season. Fognini was in a prolonged evening match with Monfils well past ten when neither player could see well, but Monfils was hoping for a pro-Monfils support to help
It's just about halfway through the French Open. The men have completed the third round matches. The fourth round begins on Sunday. Let's see how all the seeds are doing. Rafael Nadal Rafa started off the tournament in a new situation: a five setter at Paris. He played nervous in the two tiebreaks he lost,
Yesterday, Djokovic seemed a bit edgy. It was getting dark. del Potro was clocking the ball. Djokovic's timing seemed a hair off, and he was spraying balls just fractionally wide. Would the former top tenner take his biggest victory and the streak stop? Djokovic must have wondered how del Potro, a man who pretty much
