Ah, the rankings. How did Rafael Nadal go from number 4 to number 3 without playing? Last we say, Nadal was retiring from his quarterfinal encounter with Andy Murray at the Australian Open. As the defending champion, Nadal lost a ton of points when his results from last year fell off. For those who don't
In American football, it's said that a good defense beats a good offense. American football, it seems, is a game of errors. The defense attempts to make the offense produce errors that cause the ball to go from the opposition's defense to a favorable position for their own offense. For a long time, tennis was
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
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
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
There was every reason to believe that Andy Murray would win this match easily. He had yet to drop a set. He was hitting well. This was Marin Cilic's first Slam semi. More than that, Cilic has logged a lot of hours on court. He played a five setter against Aussie teen, Bernard Tomic, who
We're now down to four players. One semifinals will be played on Day 11 (Murray vs. Cilic) and one on Day 12 (Federer vs. Tsonga). Let's quickly see how everyone is doing. Andy Murray has yet to drop a set and had his most convincing win yet over Rafael Nadal. Tactically, he played smart and
