This was one of those matches that just wouldn't end. Slated to start at about 7 PM, rain delays caused the match to be mostly delayed until about 10:30 PM. There was another delay around 11:30. The first set was taken by Monfils off a late break. Isner got an early break in the second
Donald Young has been on the tour as long as Sam Querrey, but because Sam Querrey is tall with a huge serve, he had more early success than Young. Young has mostly been toiling in Challengers and has struggled to get a big win. He did get a big win earlier in the year, beating
Unless you happen to live in the West Coast of the US, you are likely in the middle of an American heat wave (apologies to non-Americans reading this). Temperatures are topping 100 (high 30s in C) in many locations. And in the middle of this heat wave, Atlanta is running a tournament. This is the
The top seeds continue to roll. Nadal has played Ryan Sweeting twice this year, once at the Australian Open and once at Indian Wells, winning both handily. He lost 4 games in both. Surely, he had to feel pretty confident playing Sweeting. Although Sweeting did win a few more games, he still lost handily in
The last time Andy Murray and Andy Roddick met was two years ago at the Wimbledon semifinals when Roddick had the last big hurrah of his career: making the finals of Wimbledon and nearly beating Roger Federer. Murray had his best chance to get to the finals, but two tiebreaks that went Roddick's way lead
Although Andy Murray says his ankle is the best it's felt in a while, he must surely like the fact that Cilic had to withdraw due to his own injuries. This puts Murray in the semifinals where his opponent is likely to be Andy Roddick. Roddick skipped the French due to injury, but has used
Everyone's asking whether Roger Federer has lost it. But, to me, he's like Chris Evert when Steffi Graf rose to the top spot. Martina was number 1 or 2 and Graf was behind her. However, Evert had been champ for years and years. The women's game still resembled Evert more than it resembled Graf and
Fognini must have channeled the spirit of Andy Murray. Perhaps it was a cramp, but it seems like it was a muscle pull. Whatever it was, late in the third set, Fognini was struck with something that impaired his movement. He went to the only strategy that's available if you want to keep playing. Go
Before we talk about "the streak", let's talk about a smaller match. Fabio Fognini vs. Albert Montanes. Both made some news last year in the clay season. Fognini was in a prolonged evening match with Monfils well past ten when neither player could see well, but Monfils was hoping for a pro-Monfils support to help
It's just about halfway through the French Open. The men have completed the third round matches. The fourth round begins on Sunday. Let's see how all the seeds are doing. Rafael Nadal Rafa started off the tournament in a new situation: a five setter at Paris. He played nervous in the two tiebreaks he lost,
