Sigh. I suppose there's a tournament going on in New Haven. Marcos Baghdatis, semifinalist at Cincy, decided to come to New Haven to play. Mardy Fish, finalist at Cincy, decided to skip, even though he was scheduled to play. It happens somewhat surprising that players get deep in a tournament before a Slam, and the
Roger Federer might point to his match in Indian Wells where he lost to Marcos Baghdatis in three sets as the first of a series of disappointments. He went to Miami and lost Tomas Berdych after being up match point. He went to Rome and lost to Ernests Gulbis in the 2nd round. He went
Few players have beaten Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in the same year. Andy Murray pulled the feat this year at Toronto. Nikolay Davydenko did it in Doha at the start of the year. Both these guys are in the top 10. But add Marcos Baghdatis to that list of names. Back in Indian Wells,
For some reason, Robin Soderling's power groundstrokes seem more intimidating on clay than on hardcourts. The last time Soderling played Roddick was this year, in Indian Wells, a match Roddick won in three sets. Roddick went on to the finals where he lost to Ljubicic before winning Miami the following tournament. This match was one
Is David Nalbandian back? After being bothered by a hip injury which caused him to spend a great deal of time on tour, Nalbandian made a decision to skip Wimbledon and play Davis Cup against Russia in Russia. There, he was the hero of Argentina. With Juan Martin del Potro still recovering from his wrist
David Nalbandian is back. Or at least, he seems like he is. True, Marin Cilic hasn't exactly played brilliant tennis since the Australian Open, but one expected Cilic to at least keep it close. Cilic appeared to be bothered by a leg problem and was never able to seriously threaten for the win: 6-2, 6-2.
This wasn't the tournament that organizers had hoped for. For the last few years, Andy Roddick has made his way to finals, but this year, Roddick, and all the other Americans lost before the semifinals. With this loss, Andy Roddick is likely to slip out of the top 10 and leave the top 10 without
Novak Djokovic was planning to play LA which is something the top 4 have avoided, waiting to play the hardcourt tournaments as late as possible, starting with Toronto, a Masters 1000, followed by Cincinnati, another Masters 1000, followed by a week off, an the US Open. However, Djokovic cited personal reasons for not attending and
Early in the French Open, where daylight often lasts close to 10 PM, there was a significant controversy in the match between Gael Monfils and Fabio Fognini (that's Fognini in the photo). Originally, the referee had left it up to the players to play, and both seemed to agree. Then, Fognini's coach instructed him not
With all the rain that affected play on Wednesday and Thursday, matches were backlogged. Matches that were supposed to be played Thursday were pushed into today. In an effort to catch up, matches that were originally planned for today, i.e. 3rd round matches, were played today. All top 5 seeds play Friday which include Federer,
