Roger Federer is rarely pushed to 5 sets in a first round match in a major. Indeed, he's rarely pushed to a fourth set in a first round match. You can thank seeding for that. The top 32 seeds usually consist of the top 40 players in the world minus a few who don't make
Secretly, Wimbledon must have been happy with this match. Due to Federer's five-setter, Djokovic's matches got a late start. This meant Wimbledon got a chance to roll the roof over the five setter that Novak Djokovic found himself in, and on the longest day of the year, have the longest day at Wimbledon, courtesy of
Wimbledon is such a different surface that it can be difficult to predict upsets. The top seeds tend to move on, but the lower seeds, who knows? Let's look at some results that concluded. Nikolay Davydenko had to withdraw from Indian Wells after the first round due to a fractured wrist. What was originally predicted
Martina Navratilova, who won a ton of Slams, used to say the women had it tougher to win Slams. In a best of 3 situation, you can't have a mental lapse. To be fair, the top women often have greater power or speed, especially during the Evert-Navratilova era. The women past 5 were so much
Let's take a final look at the favorites and how they are doing coming into Wimbledon. Roger Federer Positives Won Wimbledon 6 times Best surface is grass Negatives Lost to Lleyton Hewitt, his second loss on grass in almost 7 years Ranked number 2 behind Nadal Hasn't won a tournament after the Australian Open Lost
Each year, several players that did well the previous year aren't able to play due to injury. This year is no exception. For recent injuries, Ivo Karlovic has a foot injury that has been bothering him for some time. Mario Ancic has a back injury. Richard Gasquet has a rib injury. Radek Stepanek has a
OK, Wimbledon released the draw a few hours ago. Let's take a look. We'll divide the draw into 8 sections from Section 1 (where Roger Federer is) to Section 8 (where number 2 seed Rafael Nadal is). Each section is 16 players. The top half of a section is the 8 players (the winner of
Tomorrow, the Wimbledon draw comes out, so I thought I'd look at the top players heading into Wimbledon, and some dark horses. Favorites Roger Federer Fed is looking for his 6th Wimbledon title and was given the top seed despite being ranked number 2 in the world. Here's the downside. Fed has only won one
For the tennis cognoscenti, and these are the "true" fans of tennis, those who pin their hopes on players, and then complain when these players are unable to fulfill expectations, Sam Querrey went through a mini-brouhaha when he admitted that his heart wasn't into tennis shortly after a loss to fellow American, Robby Ginepri. With
Wimbledon is the only major that chooses to do its own seeding. For the most part, it follows the rankings, but it adjusts them from time to time. This year, despite Roger Federer being number 2 in the world, he is the number 1 seed. 1 Roger FEDERER (SUI) [2] 2 Rafael NADAL (ESP) [1]
