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
Serena Williams of the USA successfully defended her title at Wimbledon by defeating Vera Zvonareva of Russia at Wimbledon 2010 on Saturday, 6-3, 6-2. World No. 1 Serena kept the No. 21 seed, Vera, on the run throughout the 1st set, breaking serve to go up 5-3, then holding to take the set 6-3. Serena
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
Justine Henin, seven-time Grand Slam champion, and two-time U.S. Open champion, will miss the U.S. Open this year due to a partially torn ligament in her right elbow. The injury came as the result of a fall in the 1st set of her 4th-round match on Monday against countrywoman Kim Clijsters. Justine went on to
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,
