With the Australian Open already half a day old, Roger Federer has hoisted yet another trophy adding to his bevy of Slam titles. He has long since passed Pete Sampras and now eyes the women champs who were, unlike the men, always head and shoulders above their competition. With each passing Slam, the winds of
One only wonders what might have happened had Roger Federer not contracted mononucleosis. It shows, after all, that Roger Federer is human, susceptible to disease. The timing was awful. It occurred late in 2007 or perhaps early in 2008, at a critical period for most tennis players. Once upon a time, tennis players may have
Federer took the first two sets by playing aggressive. Murray tried to play lots of shots to Fed's amazing tennis racket backhand swing, but that was ineffective, and Fed began his attack, 6-3, 6-4. In the third set, Murray played more aggressively. He took an early break but when it came to serve out the
Murray's game score will start first. 0-0 Fed hits inside out, 0-15. Ace, 15-all. Missed return, 30-15. Murray went for a big fh. 40-15. Fh hit long by Fed. 1-0 Fed hits short slice. Murray tries to drop and misses. 15-0. Long return, 30-0. Bh crosscourt winner by Murray. 30-15. Hard inside out fh by
Fed games are listed first 0-0 Fed serves first. Murray starts to a 0-30 lead by playing aggressive, but Federer plays aggressive on his own. Some bh to bh exchanges. Fed holds when Andy nets a backhand. 1-0 Murray serves next. Again, starts with the backhand, and an error. Double-fault to 0-30. Murray goes with
With the men's finals about 9 hours away, let's take a look at how each man has been doing. Let's start with Roger Federer. Federer reached the US Open finals again, and although he was just this close to winning the US Open (he had a 30-0 lead in the second set trying to serve
In preparation for the upcoming finals of the 2010 Australian Open, I'll briefly review the match DVD from TennisDVDWarehouse of the 2005 Australian Open Semi-Final between Marat Safin and Roger Federer... It was a dazzling 4 and 1/2 hour five set thriller and one of the best matches in recent memory in Melbourne, in my
This must seem like old hat to Roger Federer. This is Roger's 22nd Slam final and his eighth consecutive final. The record for consecutive semifinals, after Roger, was 10, by Ivan Lendl. At this point, Roger knows how to play the game, and that's not just the game on-court, but the game off-court. There could
Serena Williams of the USA holds her 2nd straight Australian Open championship trophy after defeating a determined Justine Henin of Belgium. In doing so, Williams, ranked No 1 in the world, also broke the even year curse at the Australian Open. She has not been able to advance past the Quarterfinals in even years while
Perhaps the one stat that mattered most in the semifinals is, at one point in the game, Federer had lost only 12 points in 12 service games, losing only 1 point a game. What's important to note is Federer lost 4 of these points at a 3-1 hold in the first set when the score
