This wasn't the tournament that organizers had hoped for. For the last few years, Andy Roddick has made his way to finals, but this year, Roddick, and all the other Americans lost before the semifinals. With this loss, Andy Roddick is likely to slip out of the top 10 and leave the top 10 without
During the mid-to-late afternoon, storms hit the Washington DC area, which meant matches were delayed until the evening. As it approaches midnight, matches are still being played to keep on schedule. Earlier today, which really means, earlier this evening, top seed and Wimbledon finalist, Tomas Berdych beat Andrey Golubev in three close sets: 6-3, 5-7,
Doubles has never been the same since John McEnroe and Peter Fleming stopped playing regularly. When serve and volley was king, the top players routinely played doubles since it honed their volley game. The top pros play doubles sparingly, but do it once in a while. Even Federer and Nadal have played every now and
Sam Querrey's best win against a top player was against Andy Roddick. Querrey beat Roddick in Cincinnati last year and beat Roddick in Memphis this year. By contrast, Querrey had never won a set against Andy Murray. Murray accepted a wildcard to play LA when Novak Djokovic decided to pull out at the last minute
This was the kind of match Sam Querrey used to lose. He'd play close against a top 30-ish player and if it got tight, his chances of losing were about the same as it was to win. Sam knew that he had to get through the majority of these matches. Janko Tipsarevic is one of
Novak Djokovic was planning to play LA which is something the top 4 have avoided, waiting to play the hardcourt tournaments as late as possible, starting with Toronto, a Masters 1000, followed by Cincinnati, another Masters 1000, followed by a week off, an the US Open. However, Djokovic cited personal reasons for not attending and
In 2007, Andy Murray left Brad Gilbert and decided to work with someone closer to his style. Brad Gilbert may have worked a number of years with Andre Agassi, but Gilbert is known to be "in your face". He not only coaches, but has a habit of dominating your life with his opinionated manner. He
Roger Federer is a bit unusual when it comes to coaching. Technically, Federer has done without a coach for a while. He had had Jose Higueras on his team trying to find ways to beat Rafael Nadal, but parted ways when it didn't seem to help his clay game that much. He then looked to
I would love to say something intelligent about the match, but a whirlwind storm hit my viewing area. The 20 minutes was enough to take down power in a huge swath of area where I live. I had expected my satellite to go down, and watch the match on ESPN 3, but with no power,
Next week, Los Angeles starts. Novak Djokovic, who hasn't played this event in recent memory, was scheduled to play. One advantage of Djokovic playing would be getting some separation between him and Federer so he could secure the second seed at the US Open. However, Djokovic has withdrawn from Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Andy Murray, who
