Although most people know what a great singles player Rafa Nadal is, few realize that he occasionally plays doubles, and has won doubles titles before, typically with Marc Lopez, who looks like a young Tim Allen. At Indian Wells, 4 of the top 5 players are playing doubles. Federer is teaming up with Stan Wawrinka,
For some reason, Andreev gives Federer trouble. Apparently, Andreev trains a fair bit with David Ferrer, and his team has said that Andreev's game is huge in practice. He almost never misses, and he has a huge forehand. But there's practice and there's real matches. Federer didn't look bad, by any means. He's playing his
Now there's a name we haven't heard in a while. James Blake was once a top ten player, someone who came back from scoliosis (affecting his spine) where had to wear a back brace for most of a day, then from shingles and the death of his father. His ranking has since dropped, and he
It's not clear where Andy Murray's head is. Murray lost in the first round at Rotterdam to Marcos Baghdatis. Now he's lost to a guy that was once number 1 in the world--as a junior. Donald Young once thought he would be knocking on the door of the top ten. The US gave him wildcard
Last year, the US lost in the first round to Serbia at Serbia. Losers of the first round in Davis Cup must qualify to stay in the World group, so later in the year, US had to go down to Colombia to play on clay. Mardy Fish pulled the rare triple, winning both his singles
That didn't take long, did it? Many had expected del Potro to take at least 3 months, perhaps closer to 6 months to come back, and within two months or so, he's already won a title. del Potro went from winning a match in a tournament, to winning two matches, to getting to the semifinals
Novak Djokovic would point to the Davis Cup final against France as the source of his new-found confidence. Admittedly, Serbia really depended on Victor Troicki to pull in last-minute heroics to take the fifth match. Even so, Djokovic felt great about bringing Serbia its first Davis Cup. With this victory, Djokovic also found his serve.Â
Who knows if these meetings will become a regular event? Is Djokovic making a push to be in the top 2? As the defending champ, Djokovic actually has to win in Dubai to keep his points while Federer skipped Dubai last year due to an illness and only stands to gain points. Nonetheless, it says
The match had been nip and tuck the whole way. Raonic had a chance to win the first set, but played a sloppy point, and let Roddick take the first tiebreak. Then, Roddick took an early break in the second set, and it seemed Raonic's spirits was dashed. But, no, he broke back, and eventually
Once the weekend rolls around, most tournaments are heading into the semis and finals. Last week, there were three tournaments being played. This week, three more: in Memphis, in Marseille, and in Buenos Aires. Next week, in Acapulco, in Delray Beach, and in Dubai. Today, in Memphis, Andy Roddick beat Juan Martin del Potro in
