Federer had been hoping to get back on the winning track beating del Potro. Ever since del Potro returned to tour after nearly a year off from playing, he has slowly, but surely been ascending up the ranks. Federer has, in the meantime, been able to beat del Potro on a regular basis, biding his
Even as Federer passes 30, he still has more records to achieve and more to preserve. First, with a victory, he exceeded the number of wins Lendl had at year-end championships. Second, he's had never lost to Ferrer, and had not been broken by Ferrer since 2010. This is impressive given that Ferrer is one
The year-end championship has gone through a lot of changes over the years. Initially, it was a round-robin event, but back in 1981, there was some gamesmanship by Ivan Lendl. Bjorn Borg had won enough in his group to qualify for the semifinals, so he took some strategic losses. This left the unheralded Gene Mayer
Novak Djokovic opened up his second round (he had a first round) ready for Halloween. He dressed up in a Darth Vader mask, perhaps aware that Disney had spent billions acquiring the Star Wars franchise, or maybe it was just coincidence. He stepped on court knowing that he would end the year at number 1
Let's rewind the clock some--back to 2008. 2008 was the year of the previous Olympics, back in Beijing. Andy Roddick decided not to play the Olympics that year, hoping that he could do well in the US Open series with a depleted field due to the Olympics. Heading into Los Angeles, he reached the finals
Last week, three ATP 250 events were being played. Given the proximity to the year-end finals in London, some top-ranked players opted to play. Let's start in Moscow. Andreas Seppi faced Thomaz Bellucci in the finals. Bellucci twice had chances to serve out the match in the second set, but ultimately lost in a tiebreak,
Everyone figured that del Potro might be the end of the road for Roddick. At this point in their careers, del Potro just has too many ways to beat a player like Roddick. It's a fascinating loss for two reasons. First, del Potro was the player that beat Safin before he retired. Second, del Potro's
Let's look at the top 8 seeds and see how they're doing Roger Federer Federer had easy opponents the first two rounds. Donald Young has been struggling to beat anyone this year, so he wasn't ready to beat Federer. Bjorn Phau is quick, but doesn't have enough weapons to bother Federer. Verdasco was his first
Shortly after Novak Djokovic's win over Juan Martin del Potro, a close match that did not end up in a close score, he was asked by the crew of the ESPN tennis team to name 3 other players that had won the Canada/Cincy double. People have said that it's hard to win at Roland Garros
One of the top three seeds fell on Thursday. Andy Murray lost 64 64 in straight sets to Jeremy Chardy. On the one hand, Chardy won two rounds in Toronto last week and elevated his rank 9 spots, so he's been playing solid tennis. On the other hand, Murray has blamed taking the tournaments prior
