You just can't beat him. Not unless he's injured. David Ferrer won fairly easily yesterday over Nicolas Almagro, but he said it took a lot out of him. And his reward? Play Nadal. Again. He just played him in Monte Carlo, but couldn't take a set off him. Ferrer didn't start well going down two
Nadal is at it once again. Ever since he burst on the tennis scene, he became the king of clay, and nothing has really stopped him except his own injuries. Nadal beat Dodig, a Croatian that's maybe a year older than Nadal, but far less successful. Dodig is having his best week in some time
Of the eight quarterfinalists in this Barcelona event mostly owned by Nadal, 5 were Spaniards. This included Nadal, Ferrer, Ferrero, Almagro, and Lopez. The other three were Gael Monfils, Jurgen Melzer, and Ivan Dodig. Ivan who? Yeah, basically. Is Dodig a up-and-coming 19 year old ready to make a big splash? No, not really. He's
It's hard to fathom 7 times in a row. With his tight victory over fellow Spaniard, David Ferrer, Rafael Nadal just won Monte Carlo seven times in a row. There are "couldas and wouldas". Had Federer won Wimbledon 2008 then captured it in 2009, he would have 7 Wimbledons in a row. He's had 5
The match almost didn't start at all. An announcement was made at the start that Murray wasn't ready to play right away due to a possible injury and it would start 15 minutes late, if at all. But Murray did show up, and the question became, what's his health like. Murray immediately opened with a
It was said, when you had a player that scored as much as Michael Jordan, that he would get his. You just hoped to contain everyone else. When Nadal is on clay, he generally gets his. You have to be playing some amazing dirt ball, and then, you have to hope he's injured. If you
Gilles Simon was expected to give Murray a tough test. He is very steady player, The French do, as a group, tend to perform better on faster surfaces. However, given they are the home of clay tennis, they do know how to play on the stuff. Gilles Simon was at his best in late 2008
Didn't expect this. Robin Soderling didn't have a particularly good Indian Wells. He lost to Phillipp Kohlschreiber in the 3rd round. This was one indication that Soderling wasn't on top of his game and that del Potro would have a good shot of beating Soderling. Before del Potro was injured, he used to play Soderling
That didn't take long, did it? Many had expected del Potro to take at least 3 months, perhaps closer to 6 months to come back, and within two months or so, he's already won a title. del Potro went from winning a match in a tournament, to winning two matches, to getting to the semifinals
Who knows if these meetings will become a regular event? Is Djokovic making a push to be in the top 2? As the defending champ, Djokovic actually has to win in Dubai to keep his points while Federer skipped Dubai last year due to an illness and only stands to gain points. Nonetheless, it says
