For a while, this looked like a straight set match for Djokovic. Djokovic broke to take the first set, 7-5, then again, to take the second, 6-4. Then, it seemed like Djokovic was going to suffer from health issues, a problem that knocked him out of the Australian Open, and partly explained why he lost
On this, the most match-laden day of any Slam, all fourth round matches are played. Federer was up early and won his match quickly over Jurgen Melzer. There were eight men's matches scheduled for today. Two more are completed not including Federer's win. Tsonga played countryman Benneteau and got off to a quick start winning
Roger prefers playing players he's played a long time. There was a time that a handful of players gave Roger trouble. Lleyton Hewitt, David Nalbandian, and, yes, even Arnaud Clement. Federer overcame many of his nemesis by 2004 when he started becoming the Roger Federer of today. You have to credit Arnaud Clement, at 32
The match continued much where it had left off. Isner, who said he was delirious when he came off the court, and wondered a day after why he wanted the match to end despite Mahut looking the fresher of the two, was back to serving well. His first few serves went awry, and it seemed,
It was said that President Richard Nixon was talking to an Olympian who had won a silver medal and consoling him on not winning the gold. The Olympian didn't bother to tell the President that he was very happy with the silver medal. Nixon embodied the win at all cost mentality that sometimes pervades sports.
There's been a complaint that no one serves and volleys any more. The days of Patrick Rafter and Pete Sampras are gone, and no one seems ready to claim the mantle, so sure they are that today's players pass better than ever, and the percentages that used to favor the serve and volleyer has yielded
Wimbledon is such a different surface that it can be difficult to predict upsets. The top seeds tend to move on, but the lower seeds, who knows? Let's look at some results that concluded. Nikolay Davydenko had to withdraw from Indian Wells after the first round due to a fractured wrist. What was originally predicted
Federer probably wishes his game would have taken him back to the 1960s when so many tournaments were played on grass. He'd have to adjust, admittedly, to wooden racquets and such, but his game seems so much better suited to grass. Today, in a second round match marked by rain (and a quick roof that
Going into the French Open, you'd give it a toss-up as to who was playing better after Rafael Nadal: David Ferrer or Fernando Verdasco. I mean, sure you could point to Roger Federer, but he only had one good tournament, and two "bad" ones (Estoril and Rome). You wouldn't have expected David Ferrer to struggle
This is one of those matches that shows Roddick isn't exactly a clay courter. Gabashvili is one of those dangerous players who hits hard but whose errors typically do him in. But not today. Gabashvili kept hitting balls hard and Roddick, in an effort to keep up, made a few too many errors. Roddick came
