Doubles has never been the same since John McEnroe and Peter Fleming stopped playing regularly. When serve and volley was king, the top players routinely played doubles since it honed their volley game. The top pros play doubles sparingly, but do it once in a while. Even Federer and Nadal have played every now and
In 2007, Andy Murray left Brad Gilbert and decided to work with someone closer to his style. Brad Gilbert may have worked a number of years with Andre Agassi, but Gilbert is known to be "in your face". He not only coaches, but has a habit of dominating your life with his opinionated manner. He
Roger Federer is a bit unusual when it comes to coaching. Technically, Federer has done without a coach for a while. He had had Jose Higueras on his team trying to find ways to beat Rafael Nadal, but parted ways when it didn't seem to help his clay game that much. He then looked to
Juan Martin del Potro has basically been off the tour since Indian Wells. He got wrist surgery and was expected to be off the tour for at least 3-6 months. del Potro has signed up to play in Thailand, but that is at the end of September. The US Open starts the last week of
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.
Wayne Odesnik is one of those names that only the most avid of tennis fans know. There are more well-known American players: Andy Roddick, James Blake, Sam Querrey, John Isner, even Robby Ginepri and Mardy Fish. Odesnik is a lefty clay court player born in South Africa. Earlier this year, Odesnik illegally brought HGH to
Juan Martin del Potro is expected to get wrist surgery at the Mayo Clinic. He had played only one official tournament all year long (the Australian Open) and has yet to play since then. He had hoped to avoid surgery, but has determined it is needed. The expected recovery time is somewhere between 3 and
If Wayne Odesnik had not been American (born in Johannesburg), I would have probably known almost nothing about him. Odesnik is a lefty who likes to play on clay courts. One of his best results in 2009 was making the final of Houston where he played Lleyton Hewitt. Hewitt was on the mend trying to
