It's the third Slam in a row that world number 1, Novak Djokovic, will face world number 2, Rafael Nadal. When the curtains closed on 2011, the big questions were "Is Novak healthy" and "Is Rafa mentally ready?". Murray knew the answers to these questions. He was asked what he thought of his competition prior
These days, second round matches can be pretty interesting.  Let's take a look at a few of today's more intriguing matches. Haas vs. Nadal OK, Haas shouldn't really pose any problems to Nadal. He's a veteran, but injuries have put him on the sideline for many years, so he's played rather infrequently. Although Nadal was
Just for the fun of it, I thought I would look at Wednesday's matches and give some thoughts about them. Fernando Verdasco vs. Juan Carlos Ferrero These two haven't played in two years. Verdasco leads 3-2 and won the last two. Ferrero is a strange player. He's frequently injured, but when he comes back, he's
It's been more than two years since Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have been in the finals of a Slam. This used to be more routine because Federer kept making it to final after final. That streak was stopped last year at the French Open when Federer lost to Soderling in the quarterfinals. Federer also
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
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
