Competed over 9 days, the Olympic tennis has half as many participants, but runs in half the time. A full 128 field takes two weeks to complete, another 5 days more. This compressed schedule means three rounds on played on consecutive days, and for half the players, four rounds are played on consecutive days. Every
As they say, stats lie. Andy Roddick's head-to-head with Novak Djokovic showed a 5-3 lead for the American. However, the two hadn't played each other since 2010 prior to Djokovic's breakout year in 2011. And Roddick's ranking has taken a tumble to roughly 30, before his recent success at Eastbourne and Atlanta which has elevated
With Roger Federer's recent ascendancy to number 1, there was one thing, for sure. Djokovic and Federer wouldn't be in the same half of the draw. That only leaves where Andy Murray falls in the draw. Neither option is good, and it looks like, unlike Wimbledon, Murray has to go through both Federer and Djokovic
Less than three weeks after the conclusion of Wimbledon, grass tennis will be played once again. London serves as host of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Wimbledon, the venue of the tennis tournament. The downtrodden grass has been replanted, and competition will start on Saturday. The men's event is a draw of 64. Round 1
I may not be able to do this fully as I have to catch a flight, but we'll go for about 3 hours. FIRST SET The roof is open, so the match will start outdoors. Murray called tails, but the coin toss came out heads. Roger elected to serve. *Federer-Murray 0-1. Fed seems a little
Heading into the finals, there are a bunch of stories that one can focus on. It's the first Slam in a while where neither Rafael Nadal nor Novak Djokovic are playing. The last time this happened was only a year ago, at the French Open, when Federer beat Novak Djokovic, to reach the finals and,
Going into the semifinals, my thoughts were that Djokovic would be like a human backboard and Federer would frustrate himself into a loss. I also thought Murray would tough out a win over Tsonga, a player that he'd only lost to in their initial meeting back in Tsonga's run to the Australian Open final in
FIRST SET *Murray-Tsonga 3-0. Murray started serving well, to 40-0. Tsonga came back to 40-15. Tsonga was up on his serve, played sloppy points, and eventually got broken. Murray held a close match. Expect longer rallies and Tsonga coming to net. Murray-Tsonga* 3-1. Nice hold for Tsonga. *Murray-Tsonga 4-1. This looks to be more entertaining
When the Wimbledon draw came out about two weeks ago, fans had to be thinking, oh no, not again. Roger Federer was once again put in the same half of the draw as Novak Djokovic, a trend that seems to defy statistical odds. And that meant, once again, Andy Murray was put in the same
As many a tennis journalist will remind you, Brian Baker had no ranking a year ago, had asked for a last minute entry into a Pittsburgh event--which he had to drive from Nashville and to qualify for--an event that he won, that spearheaded Baker's unprecedented rise through the ranks. A year later, he had entered
