For some reason, Andreev gives Federer trouble. Apparently, Andreev trains a fair bit with David Ferrer, and his team has said that Andreev's game is huge in practice. He almost never misses, and he has a huge forehand. But there's practice and there's real matches. Federer didn't look bad, by any means. He's playing his
Who knows if these meetings will become a regular event? Is Djokovic making a push to be in the top 2? As the defending champ, Djokovic actually has to win in Dubai to keep his points while Federer skipped Dubai last year due to an illness and only stands to gain points. Nonetheless, it says
Oh, I had to do it. This is what happens when you have a name that ends in a word in the dictionary. Milos Raonic was, once again, in the semifinals of a tournament. He already had two solid wins. He beat Verdasco for the second time in consecutive tournaments in the opening round at
Only 5 matches done so far. Let's look at each in turn. Roddick d. Kunitsyn. The key, it seems, to many matches, is winning the first set. Kunitsyn beat Pole Prysiezny, who only seems to get in Slam draw due to his relative low rank. He kept even with Roddick, but once Roddick won the
Although Lukas Lacko had a 6-0 set against Nadal in Doha, Nadal chalked that up with being ill. And that Lacko, who was aggressive against Nadal looked like a deer in headlights. Lacko (pronounced Latch-ko, apparently), who looks like Shaggy from Scooby-Do, just looked dazed. He didn't appear to have much of a game plan.
In the 2 hours I was out of my place, Djokovic made short work of Mardy Fish. Many had hoped, with his weight loss, that he would be able to give Djokovic a challenge. Fish had been having a career half year. However, Djokovic is often underrated as a talent. If he had been in
Once you get to Labor Day, you move from the obligatory early round matches to the business end of a Slam. Those that want to seriously make a run need to get to Labor Day, when the fourth round begins. Let's begin with a quick recap of what happened so far. Among those coming in
As the first week of the Open begins to wind up, we're getting to the serious part of the tournament. Roger Federer has still not dropped a set. He beat Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. He faced only 4 break points, and didn't get broken. Federer was also efficient breaking winning 4 of 6 break
What's happened to Marin Cilic? Last year, he reached the quarterfinals of the US Open and took a set off Juan Martin del Potro. Some felt, if he hadn't given into nerves, he might have toppled the Argentine giant (though, the Croat, is just as tall as del Potro). He took one more step forward,
For a second day in a row, the temperature reached the 90s (around 30C) in New York City, and the heat appears to have produced upsets. Marcos Baghdatis may be rethinking his decision to play New Haven. He didn't win the tournament, but he had been playing hot tennis up to then. The lesson? Be
