Muller's one of those players that had potential when he was a junior. One of the rare players from Luxembourg, Muller has had random success. He was the last player, other than Federer, to beat Nadal at Wimbledon (well, prior to this year). He beat Andy Roddick during the "mojo" year at the US Open
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
It's probably been a few years since Andy Roddick had a serious shot at winning a Slam. Roddick's always done well when he starts with a new coach, and then the relationship stales. It happened with Gilbert, Connors, even briefly with Patrick McEnroe, and Larry Stefanki. A few months after working with Stefanki, Roddick made
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
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
Sometimes tennis fans forget there are over 1000, nearly 2000 tennis pros. For many, if there's 2 digits in your rank, then you're not worth paying attention to. Many players with 3 digits to their names are living the dream, playing the pro tour, knowing full well they can't be a Slam winner. They hope
Kohlschreiber has a lot going for him. He hits hard off the ground. Last year, he waxes Andy Murray. But this year, he drew Roger Federer. Murray didn't grow up on clay. Federer did. Murray was in the doldrums wah-ing his way to a lopsided loss that eventually energized him to play better. Federer has
The weather was windy and Simon wasn't sure he wanted to be on the court. Simon had given Federer all he could handle in a five set match in Australia, but today, he went down two breaks and said he couldn't play. Apparently Fed's previous match against Rochus started very late, but that was 2
Still the early rounds going on. Nadal, who rarely loses to fellow Spaniards (although he did lose to Lopez at Queen's last year and to Garcia-Lopez in Bangkok--something about that Lopez name, I guess) faced fellow lefty, Feliciano Lopez. This was a routine 6-3, 6-3 win. Federer had a tougher match, requiring a 6-4, 7-6
For a few years, Devvarman was at the top of the game. The college game, that is. The star player at the University of Virginia, Devvarman reached the finals of the NCAA Division 1 Men's Championship, and won it two years in a row including a win over John Isner. Since then, Devvarman has been
