Since we're only on the second day of Davis Cup (each round taking 3 days to complete), not every tie has been complete, but a few, like the Spain-France tie are complete. Russia is playing Argentina in Moscow. They are playing indoors at the Olympic Stadium. With Nikolay Davydenko barely back from his injury (he
In 1991, the US reached the finals of Davis Cup, and they met France in the finals. At that time, Yannick Noah was captain of the Davis Cup team. The captain is almost always a former player, and Noah was more of a player-captain, but he chose not to play in the finals instead playing
These two nations separated by the Pyrenees are probably responsible for more top tennis players than any other two countries in the world. It speaks to the two respective countries' talent development that produces players like Tsonga, Monfils, Simon, Mathieu, Benneteau, Llodra, etc. for France and Nadal, Verdasco, Ferrer, Ferrero, Lopez, etc. for Spain. Although
Much like Queen's, nearly all the seeds lost (Newport only has 8 seeds), including top seed, Sam Querrey. The only remaining seeds were Olivier Rochus, 4th seed, and Mardy Fish, 5th seed. Fish's ranking has dropped some since he last played. He was the top seed last year, but left the tournament to play Davis
Newport doesn't attract the best players in the world. At times, Fabrice Santoro who never got his ranking higher than about 20 and most of the time had his ranking around 40, was sometimes a top seed. The top 8 seeds at Newport are barely contained in the top 100. Having Sam Querrey, now number
Until recently, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal had mostly been number 1 and 2 in the world. Nadal has slipped in and out of number 2, dropping as low as 4, but now a resounding number 1. Because these two players have been at the top for so long, it's meant that the only way
Slams are worth so much that after each Slam, there is usually a rankings shakeup. Perhaps, most notably, is Roger Federer slipping from number 2 in the world to number 3 behind Novak Djokovic. Federer would have stayed at number 2 had Djokovic not reached the semifinals or similarly if he had reached the semifinals.Â
There's only 5 weeks of grass tennis in the entirety of the tennis schedule. The week after the French Open (Queen's and Halle). Two weeks after the French Open (Eastbourne and the UNICEF Open). The two weeks of Wimbledon. And the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships held in Newport, Rhode Island, that coincides with the
When Wimbledon started, there were a handful of questions that tennis experts were hoping would get answered from the tournament. Roger Federer had just lost, for the first time, to Robin Soderling in the quarterfinals. Up until then, he had been to 23 straight semifinals, a record that lasted nearly 6 years. Just as impressive,
Congratulations to Rafael Nadal winning his second Wimbledon. Although the telecasts barely cover it, there were other men's events going on. What do Philipp Petzschner and Jurgen Melzer have in common? They both lost to eventual champ, Rafael Nadal (Petzschner at Wimbledon and Melzer in the French). But, now they have something else in common.Â
