Andy Murray started Brisbane off slowly, dropping his initial sets in the first two rounds, but when it came to potentially tough opponents, he's cranked up his play. In the previous round, he beat up on Marcos Baghdatis with a straight set win including two breaks in each set. This time around, Murray was up
When Serbia won the Davis Cup in 2010--their first ever--the team not only celebrated, but it sent such a feeling of good will and accomplishment that Novak Djokovic went on to have his best year. But he wasn't the only one. Although Tipsarevic wouldn't play his best tennis until after the US Open, he won
Last week, in Basel, Djokovic called a trainer out early in the second set in his semifinal match against Nishikori. He asked for his shoulder to be attended to. With this turn of events, Nishikori found himself in more rallies. Even so, Djokovic had his chances to take the second set and the match. However,
In the US, you have to be a diehard tennis fan to watch tennis now. Many people stop watching after the US Open, especially if they follow American football. With the paucity of games in a football season (16 total, as opposed to 82 in basketball, and nearly twice as many in baseball), every game
Last year, around this time, Andy Murray was looking for a good tournament win. In 2010, Murray reached his second Slam final at the Australian Open and lost once again to Roger Federer. Not only did tears flow for the Scot, but Murray's game went into a mini tailspin. Murray finally righted the ship and
Let's start with the first fourth-round match of the day. Janko Tipsarevic played Juan Carlos Ferrero. The two have met twice but not in four years. Ferrero won both encounters but both times they met, the match was close. It was expected that this would be a long match too. And boy was it! The
Roger Federer hadn't looked all that solid in the two Masters 1000 events leading to the US Open. Even so, I felt that he had time to fix things up for the US Open. He's always targeted the Slams and played cleaner tennis in the Slams. His opponent in the third round was Marin Cilic.
It's pretty impressive when a guy who is as injured as Juan Carlos Ferrero can come back and play this well. Ferrero will be off for months, come back, and win a tournament, before fading away. Fortunately for him, he's playing well. Gael Monfils was his creative self, diving all over to get miracle shots
Today, seeds played quite well, with only one seed, Viktor Troicki, losing. Troicki lost to Alejandro Falla, the player that nearly knocked out Federer. Speaking of Federer, he beat Falla's Colombian compatriot, Santiago Giraldo. Federer lost his serve 3 times, which was a bit sloppy on his part, but at least he broke 7 times
The Rogers Cup is the sixth Masters 1000 event of the year. Four of the events are held in North America with 3 in the United States. The events start a few weeks after the Australian Open with Indian Wells, then Miami. Both are week and a half events. Then, off to Europe. Monte Carlo,
