For all of Federer's troubles since 2008, he showed an amazing consistency in Slams. By the end of this year's Australian Open, he had reached his 23rd straight Slam semifinal. He had reached his eighth straight Slam final. He had reached 18 of his last 19 Slam finals. This is an imperious record, showing a
Everyone felt that the easiest of the quarterfinals was Novak Djokovic vs. Yen-Hsun Lu. Lu was reaching his first quarterfinals ever. He had upset Andy Roddick. Novak had just come off a solid win over Lleyton Hewitt. He had not reached a semifinals in quite some time. This was a perfect chance for Djokovic to
Serena and Venus Williams were each fined $4,000 at Wimbledon for skipping a news conference after their loss in the doubles quarterfinals. Serena said Thursday she is "shocked to hear" about the penalty, adding she and her sister rarely speak to the media after Grand Slam doubles matches other than finals. Serena and Venus were
As happened 5 times in the last 8 years, Serena Williams will appear in the Wimbledon Final as she goes up against Vera Zvonareva. World No. 1, 28-year-old Serena of the USA earned her berth in the Final by defeating unseeded but determined 19-year-old Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic 7-6 (7-5), 6-2. Petra pushed
I love playing tennis and working out - a lot. I supplement my on-court time with some serious time in the gym a few days a week so that I can continue to be at the top of my game. I am however, starting to cruise towards the forth decade of my life, and with
For a while, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was taking a page out of the book to beat Andy Murray. Play aggressive off the forehand and pressure Nadal. The two stayed on serve throughout the first set. In the first set tiebreak, Murray made a few errors, and Tsonga was able to 7 points to 5. Murray seemed
Perhaps the warning signs were there. Robin Soderling was on his way to a pretty easy win over David Ferrer when a bad call upset Soderling and he spent the rest of the match trying to regain control of a situation that went out of control. Soderling needed five sets to beat Ferrer. The day
Well, what can you say? Berdych is always a dangerous player, and he proved it again. Federer looked like he was hitting his stride especially with easy wins over Clement and Melzer. To be fair, these two players are actually older than Federer, and neither hit with the pace of Berdych. Federer tried to keep
John Isner's visibility to the sports world at large shot up on June 23, when an otherwise insignificant match was being played on an outer court, away from the hubbub of the show courts. 7 hours later, he and Nicolas Mahut had gone into history, playing the longest match ever, and even then, it wasn't
The Semifinals for Wimbledon 2010 have been determined. One match pits No. 21 seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia against No. 82 ranked Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria. These two have met once before at Moscow in 2009 where Tsvetana won 6-0, 6-2 on hard court. Tsvetana, 22-years-old, has never made it past the 2nd round of
