David Nalbandian had to be the hottest player of the quarterfinalists playing the Rogers Cup today. Prior to this, Nalbandian won two key matches in Davis Cup against Russia in Russia beating Nikolay Davydenko and Mikhail Youzhny. He came to Washington DC last week and won the event over Marcos Baghdatis in the finals. At
Where was this guy? For a few years, Nalbandian had been somewhat irrelevant. Sure, he was like Hewitt or Safin, the guys that came on tour when Federer did and gave Fed his share of trouble. Unlike Hewitt or Safin, who each won a pair of Slams, Nalbandian's best efforts came in 2002 when he
Perhaps Nike is pushing the pink. Nadal came out with a bright magenta-pink outfit that tries to show off his chest. Nadal also came out rusty making all sorts of unforced errors against Stanislas Wawrinka. This kept Wawrinka fairly even in the match. Wawrinka even had chances to take the first set. However, Wawrinka was
Sam Querrey's best win against a top player was against Andy Roddick. Querrey beat Roddick in Cincinnati last year and beat Roddick in Memphis this year. By contrast, Querrey had never won a set against Andy Murray. Murray accepted a wildcard to play LA when Novak Djokovic decided to pull out at the last minute
This was the kind of match Sam Querrey used to lose. He'd play close against a top 30-ish player and if it got tight, his chances of losing were about the same as it was to win. Sam knew that he had to get through the majority of these matches. Janko Tipsarevic is one of
Novak Djokovic was planning to play LA which is something the top 4 have avoided, waiting to play the hardcourt tournaments as late as possible, starting with Toronto, a Masters 1000, followed by Cincinnati, another Masters 1000, followed by a week off, an the US Open. However, Djokovic cited personal reasons for not attending and
In 2007, Andy Murray left Brad Gilbert and decided to work with someone closer to his style. Brad Gilbert may have worked a number of years with Andre Agassi, but Gilbert is known to be "in your face". He not only coaches, but has a habit of dominating your life with his opinionated manner. He
Next week, Los Angeles starts. Novak Djokovic, who hasn't played this event in recent memory, was scheduled to play. One advantage of Djokovic playing would be getting some separation between him and Federer so he could secure the second seed at the US Open. However, Djokovic has withdrawn from Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Andy Murray, who
Until recently, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal had mostly been number 1 and 2 in the world. Nadal has slipped in and out of number 2, dropping as low as 4, but now a resounding number 1. Because these two players have been at the top for so long, it's meant that the only way
When Wimbledon started, there were a handful of questions that tennis experts were hoping would get answered from the tournament. Roger Federer had just lost, for the first time, to Robin Soderling in the quarterfinals. Up until then, he had been to 23 straight semifinals, a record that lasted nearly 6 years. Just as impressive,
