In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Peak Performance", Data is asked to compete against against Sirma Kolrami, an expert at the game of Strategema. When he loses, Data questions if he is flawed and this bothers him for the entire episode. Eventually, he schedules a re-match. In it, he "beats" Kolrami by playing
For a long time, the British lacked good players. The last good singles player was a transplant, Greg Rusedski, who was Canadian, but had a English tie from one of his parents. When he realized Canada was even worse off than the UK when it came to tennis, he fled to the relatively money-rich British
The last two years, Andy Murray went into a funk, after losing in the finals of the Australian Open. In 2010, he lost to Federer in the finals, then skipped Marseille, lost in Dubai to Tipsarevic. He did OK in Indian Wells, losing to Soderling in the quarterfinals, but lost early to Mardy Fish in
Well, you knew Federer had the edge after the first game. Murray came into the match hoping to keep up a streak that has meant a winning record over Federer in the past few years. With a new coach, Ivan Lendl, Murray had elevated his game. He beat Novak Djokovic who, frankly, was not looking
The two kept even early on at 2-all. But that was as far as it would go, as Murray went on fire the rest of the set. Neither Murray nor Djokovic had played exceptionally well to get to this point. Murray, in particular, had seemed a bit nervous in an effort to close his match
The fourth seed at Dubai is Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and newly ranked number 5, ahead of David Ferrer. With his upsets over Federer in 2011, everyone said Tsonga was going to be in the top 4, and of course, replace Andy Murray, since the top 3 seemed pretty solid. This, despite the fact that Juan Martin
One wonders whether Djokovic will have a 2012 like he did in 2011. It almost didn't seem that way after an indifferent match against Russian, Sergiy Stakhovsky, who took a minibreak lead twice in the first set tiebreak, but gave up minibreaks as well to lose the first set. Stakhovsky went up an early break
Dubai, an ATP 500 event, has become the single toughest tournament played this year since the Australian Open. This year, in the top ten, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Andy Murray are among the top seeds in this event. This marks Djokovic's return back to tour, as well as Andy Murray. Federer, interestingly enough, decided
Andy Murray has been called a counterpuncher, but he's not exactly a counterpuncher in the classic way. Back when Andy Murray was rising in the ranks, he relied more on change of spins and pace and finesse drop shots to win matches. Murray's big strength then as it is now is his tremendous speed and
Rafael Nadal must be so thrilled. He had come off a tough four set challenge from the Swiss maestro who, once again, could not figure out a way to beat the beast of Mallorca. They say, in football, a good defense wins championships, and Rafa showed, if you can chase enough would-be winners, your opponent
