The major fallout of grass's demise as a competitive surface is the lack of a venue for grass court specialists to make a name for themselves. There are plenty of clay events around, small and large, that let players like Carlos Berlocq make a nice living on the tour. Let's quickly talk about the Argentine.
Today was a day of disaster which started off with a litany of injuries. Steve Darcis, who beat Rafael Nadal, had a shoulder injury and could not play his second round. Isner managed two games, but then retired in his match against Mannarino. Cilic did not play his match against Kenny de Schepper. Tsonga retired
Seems like Steve Darcis is the new Lukas Rosol. While Rosol was tumbling out of the first round of Wimbledon, Nadal was finding himself in a heap of trouble against a little heralded Belgian player, 29 years of age, ranked 110 in the world trying to take Nadal out of Wimbledon early for the second
What do Roger Federer, Jurgen Melzer, Gael Monfils, and Nicolas Mahut have in common? It's a toughie. Three of the four players listed have reached the semifinals of a Slam, and of course, in Roger Federer's case, he's won 17 Slams. Mahut, however, seems to be the odd man out. The answer? All four have
Today was the day where the Nadal ping pong ball was going to land in the quarter of one of the top 4 seeds. As the number 5 seed, Nadal had an equal shot of playing Djokovic, Federer, Ferrer, or Murray, and wound up with third seed, Roger Federer. Let's see how everyone else did.
Two of the "big four" have decided to forgo grass tennis prior to Wimbledon. In particular, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have chose not to play any tournaments heading into Wimbledon. However, the other two, Roger Federer and Andy Murray both decided to play. Roger Federer managed to get his match first because he didn't
Before we get started with how two of the top four players did today, let's review what happened this week. The grass season is among the shortest in the tennis calendar. There's the week after the French Open where Queen's Club (officially, the Aegon Championships) and Halle (officially, the Gerry Weber Open) are played. There's
There were, of course, other men's events being played. Andy Murray, who won gold in men's singles, came back shortly after his performance to team up with Laura Robson in the mixed doubles final. Their opponents were the Belarussian duo of Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka. In a way, Mirnyi and Azarenka, as the number
What a difference a month makes. Exactly four weeks ago, Andy Murray had played a good first set to give the British fans hope that maybe there might be a British winner of Wimbledon for the first time since before UK joined World War 2. Federer came back in the second set, and from then
Recap: Murray vs. Djokovic In the end, this match boiled down to the number of times Murray was able to escape dangerous situations on his own serve. The stats will show that both Murray and Djokovic had 4 break opportunities each, but Murray saved all 4 while Djokovic only saved 2 of 4. Murray was
