Sometimes, during a Slam, you'll see seeds do really well on the first day, then seeds struggle on the second day. Federer and Djokovic had an easy day, so clearly Murray, Nadal, and Soderling had to show them up. And they did. Both Murray and Nadal's opponents retired. Nadal was up 6-0, 5-0 when his
Nearly all the top seeds had pretty easy wins. Federer, Djokovic, Berdych, Verdasco, and Roddick, all top ten seeds won in straight sets handily. The seeds in the teens struggled. Gael Monfils had a tough first rounder against Thiemo de Bakker, needing 5 sets to win. He did win the last two sets comfortably. It's
Although Lukas Lacko had a 6-0 set against Nadal in Doha, Nadal chalked that up with being ill. And that Lacko, who was aggressive against Nadal looked like a deer in headlights. Lacko (pronounced Latch-ko, apparently), who looks like Shaggy from Scooby-Do, just looked dazed. He didn't appear to have much of a game plan.
I didn't catch any of the early parts of this match, but Querrey had a 2 set to 1 lead, but then lost the fourth set, 6-1. When I saw the fifth set, both were on serve, but Kubot seemed more aggressive, especially on return. Querrey escaped a few tough service games, but it generally
The 96 non-seeds were randomly placed on the board. Number 1 seed, Rafa Nadal is always in the top half at position 1, while number 2 seed, Roger Federer is at position 128 at the bottom of the bottom half. Ivan Lendl was selected to be the person drawing random numbers out of the trophy
2011 starts very differently than 2010. In particular, there are a few names that were nearly no-shows last year, and their presence makes thing more interesting. Consider the following names that were absent or at least irrelevant for much of 2010: Nikolay Davydenko (a few months), Gilles Simon, Ivo Karlovic, Radek Stepanek, and, of course,
Now that we're merely a week away from the start of the first Slam of the year, it's a good time to see the form of the top players. Rafael Nadal Last year, Nadal made a serious go at winning the year-end championships. He took a week off and chose not to play the Paris
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
