It was not unexpected that Rafael Nadal won his second Wimbledon. Nadal exposed some of Berdych's weaknesses. He gives you so few opportunities to take advantage of a match that you have to take them when it's available. Right now, it seems the only way Nadal will lose is some player that can outhit him
With less than a day before the men's final, the odds-on favorite to win Wimbledon is Rafael Nadal. Looking at Nadal's Recent Losses But, it may be instructive to look back at Rafael's losses for the last year and see if there's anything interesting. Queen's Club Rafael Nadal lost to Feliciano Lopez in the quarterfinals
Vera Zvonareva of Russia played the match of her career, claiming her 1st Grand Slam Championship by upsetting defending champion and World No. 1, Serena Williams of the USA at Wimbledon 2010 Saturday. It was Vera's first appearance in a Grand Slam final.
It's been nearly two weeks since Wimbledon started, which means it's about to end. The tournament started off with an oddity in tennis: a first round match that became the longest in all of tennis, last a little over 11 hours and taking three days to complete. For the second year in a row, the
Robin Soderling went into the French Open finals, ready to do what he did the previous year--beat Rafael Nadal. He started blasting the ball in an attempt to overwhelm Rafa with power. Nadal weathered the storm. He looped shots up giving himself time to recover, and took one blow after another. When Nadal won the
Murray looked like he had everything he needed. He was serving well, with first serve percentages near 70%, and impossibly high number for Murray who often sees 40% more than he sees 60%.  He had his "Nadal strategy" in place, trying for big shots rather than the usual passive style he uses against most players.
Tomas Berdych wasn't getting enough love. He had just upset Roger Federer, but it was Novak Djokovic that was slightly favored. Two reasons: Djokovic had never lost to Berdych (they'd only played twice, to be fair) and Djokovic had beaten Hewitt, considered a dark horse to win Wimbledon, and then demolished Lu. It was felt
220 points. That's all that separates Roger Federer from Rafael Nadal. It seems slender. But the gap is much bigger than that. The reason is two-fold: Roger Federer is defending champion, and Rafael Nadal skipped Wimbledon last year. That means, just to keep the gap the same, Roger Federer would have to win Wimbledon again,
For all of Federer's troubles since 2008, he showed an amazing consistency in Slams. By the end of this year's Australian Open, he had reached his 23rd straight Slam semifinal. He had reached his eighth straight Slam final. He had reached 18 of his last 19 Slam finals. This is an imperious record, showing a
Everyone felt that the easiest of the quarterfinals was Novak Djokovic vs. Yen-Hsun Lu. Lu was reaching his first quarterfinals ever. He had upset Andy Roddick. Novak had just come off a solid win over Lleyton Hewitt. He had not reached a semifinals in quite some time. This was a perfect chance for Djokovic to
