For a guy who struggled to win his first tournament title (losing 4 finals before winning his first), Janko Tipsarevic is hitting his stride. With his win in Kuala Lumpur, Tipsarevic become Serb #2 ahead of Viktor Troicki. Novak Djokovic credits his success due to the Serbian maiden win in Davis Cup last year, but
The US Open series is often used by Americans to showcase their talents. It starts in Atlanta and ends in New York City at the US Open. Many non-Americans often skip the first month of the US Open series and start play in Canada. The downside of all this play is Americans generally play poorly
Andy Murray probably knows the math. He's got a good head-to-head over Federer. Djokovic has been practicing and looks ready to continue his winning streak. With Murray entering Basel as a wildcard, he's hoping that Federer loses in the semifinals and that Murray himself reaches the semifinals. At the very least, he wants to keep
It's always tough to summarize a match when all you see is a final score. Yesterday, I caught some of the Tipsarevic-Davydenko semifinal in Moscow. Alas, Davydenko is still struggling with control issues. He lost the first set 6-2, but had game points to keep it to one break. Yet, Tipsarevic broke anyway. The story
Jarkko Nieminen might be the best player to come out of Finland. Scandinavians have mostly been represented by Sweden, which is pretty impressive given it's a county of less then 20 million people. The Swedes are struggling a bit with Robin Soderling being the only top player, but at least, they have a history of
Here are today's results from Stockholm. Monfils d. Anderson 75 75 Raonic d Dimitrov 75 64 Nieminen d Kame 36 75 61 Blake d Nalbandian w/o The semis put Monfils against Raonic. Again, a good opportunity for Raonic to get to another final, but Monfils should be favored. Then Blake gets a break and doesn't
Even a tournament as small as Bangkok or Kuala Lumpur can have a significant impact on rankings, especially if you're not ranked in the top ten. Most players ranked around 30 or 40 in the world usually have one very good tournament, possibly a win or a finals, and then a few solid results, a
Andy Murray is on a chase to do something he's never done before. Become #3 at the end of the year. OK, when you're in a culture that only values number 1, this may not seem like much, but when #1 is a guy having the season that hasn't happened in 25 years and when
Kalamazoo is maybe best known, in tennis circles, for hosting the USTA tournament for juniors. In particular, the winner of the USTA 18 and unders is often given a wildcard into the US Open. This year, that winner was Jack Sock. But back in 2005, it was Donald Young. He beat Sam Querrey in 3
Most of the top four are taking the week off. Indeed, Roger Federer said he wouldn't return until Basel, which is after Shanghai. Djokovic had said he would skip next week's event, but hasn't mentioned whether he'll play Shanghai or not. Rafael Nadal is still slated to play Tokyo where he is the defending champ.
