Easily, easily, the best Murray has played against Nadal in their meetings. This tops his brilliant performance over Nadal back in 2008 Open when the upstart 6th seed upset the second player in the world. To give you some idea of how good Murray's performance was, Murray has only ever taken a 6-0 set off
Andy Murray is ranked 4 in the world. David Ferrer is ranked 5 in the world. You would think the two might be a bit closer in skill, but they do call the "top 4" for a reason. Ferrer is as tough a fighter as you'll ever see, but he is a bit like Justine
The top four seeds have made their way into the Tokyo semifinals with the expected final showdown between Nadal and Murray. In the first match of the day, Mardy Fish took on Bernard Tomic. Although Tomic is fairly talented, he still struggles with errors and this may be because he plays relatively few tournaments, especially
Perhaps one day there will be a player with a huge serve that plays huge off the ground. That's tough because with a huge serve, there's not much need to be a great baseliner. Such was the dilemma of Milos Raonic when he faced Rafael Nadal in the second round in Tokyo. Raonic had a
Today, in Tokyo, there were quite a few three setters. Murray had a pretty tough opening round playing Marcos Baghdatis who reached the finals of Kuala Lumpur last week. He needed three sets to beat the Cypriot. Tipsarevic, who won Kuala Lumpur, had chances to beat Tursunov but despite being breaks up on him, Tursunov
Even a tournament as small as Bangkok or Kuala Lumpur can have a significant impact on rankings, especially if you're not ranked in the top ten. Most players ranked around 30 or 40 in the world usually have one very good tournament, possibly a win or a finals, and then a few solid results, a
Andy Murray is on a chase to do something he's never done before. Become #3 at the end of the year. OK, when you're in a culture that only values number 1, this may not seem like much, but when #1 is a guy having the season that hasn't happened in 25 years and when
Kalamazoo is maybe best known, in tennis circles, for hosting the USTA tournament for juniors. In particular, the winner of the USTA 18 and unders is often given a wildcard into the US Open. This year, that winner was Jack Sock. But back in 2005, it was Donald Young. He beat Sam Querrey in 3
Most of the top four are taking the week off. Indeed, Roger Federer said he wouldn't return until Basel, which is after Shanghai. Djokovic had said he would skip next week's event, but hasn't mentioned whether he'll play Shanghai or not. Rafael Nadal is still slated to play Tokyo where he is the defending champ.
Now that the US Open is over and each of the top 4 has played in Davis Cup, let's see how the top 4 are looking for the rest of the year. Novak Djokovic Djokovic has said that his pain was bad enough to prevent him from completing his match against del Potro, but not
