The first week of official tennis saw a great number of tournaments, official and otherwise being held. For those that skipped last week's event in Abu Dhabi which, to be fair, only invited 6 players, this was the first week to see how December training turned out. Long criticized for his passive hitting style, Andy
Now that the tennis season is over, let's take a quick look back at 2009 and a quick look forward. Roger Federer. Federer started off 2009 making it to yet another Slam final. Although he started 2009 much like 2008, that is, struggling to find form, he still did his part by reaching the final.
Anyone know what's going on? I think I'm Audi (out) but the rules aren't worded too well. Andy Murray tweeted this shortly after Juan Martin del Potro beat Roger Federer. When that happened, 3 players in the Group A had a record of 2-1, each winning and losing the same number of sets. Indeed, Federer
Group A consisted of Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Juan Martin del Potro, and Fernando Verdasco. With 3 Slams won by members of this group, Group A was considered the tougher group. Today was the last day of the round robin for Group A and the results came down to the wire. Andy Murray played earlier
Last night, Nikolay Davydenko faced Novak Djokovic once again. The last time these two met, they played three sets in Shanghai in the semifinals with Davydenko taking control of the tiebreak and the winning the tournament over Rafael Nadal. The two met again, and they went three sets once more except this time, Novak Djokovic
Each day, two matches are being played among the world's best male singles players. This is the ATP World Tour Finals, formerly, the Masters Cup, formerly the Masters. On Day 1, Roger Federer showed that he could still hit a ball, and took Verdasco down in three sets, including a lopsided 6-1 third set. The
The never-ending men's tour is finally getting ready to finish. The year-end tournament starts on Monday with the world's eight best players competing. To be sure, no year-end championship is as unrecognized by the public as this one. While it is certainly a feather in one's cap, most pros know that greatness is not measured
Roger Federer had not played a tournament since the US Open, minus a few matches for Davis Cup. Well-rested, he headed into Basel as three time defending champ, made it to the finals, where he lost in 3 sets to Novak Djokovic. Then, he came to Paris, had his first round bye, and faced mostly
Roger Federer was coming into the finals having won three straight titles at Basel and hoping to win a fourth. Compared to other years, Federer lacked the match practice he would normally have. Federer hadn't played a match since the Davis Cup tie a week after the US Open, resting and practicing and presumably handling
Perhaps the match that most fans remember between Andy Murray and Fernando Verdasco was the epic quarterfinal meeting at the Australian Open. This match had a weird final score: 2-6, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. Murray had not been feeling well during the Australian Open, reporting that he was mostly bed-ridden. Even so, he gave Verdasco
