2010 seemed like just another Rafa-Roger year, and in a way, it was. The top two players in the world have dominated proceedings for so long, one forgets that the competition was hardly at its best. Let's take a look back. Karlovic was injured for half the year. Tsonga was pretty much gone after Wimbledon.
Sometimes, during a Slam, you'll see seeds do really well on the first day, then seeds struggle on the second day. Federer and Djokovic had an easy day, so clearly Murray, Nadal, and Soderling had to show them up. And they did. Both Murray and Nadal's opponents retired. Nadal was up 6-0, 5-0 when his
With the Paris Masters and the ATP World Tour Finals and the Davis Cup finals up ahead, the end of the men's tennis season is wrapping up very soon. This week, a pair of ATP 500 events are being played: Valencia (in Spain) and Basel (in Switzerland). Last year, Djokovic went on Federer's home tournament
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,
It's the last Slam of the year. Let's quickly go over today's matches. Let's start with the seeds. Davydenko (6) beat Michael Russell 6-4, 6-1, 6-3. This is a solid win. Davydenko seems like he's regaining form. At least, he's beating players he should beat. Robin Soderling (5) beat unheralded Haider-Mauer, but it took 5
One reason Roger Federer has had the longevity he's had is due to good scheduling. There have been those that have suggested a "streamlined" calendar would make it more interesting for the fans, thus, the idea would be to have 8 months of tennis, with 2 months devoted to the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon,
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.
During the mid-to-late afternoon, storms hit the Washington DC area, which meant matches were delayed until the evening. As it approaches midnight, matches are still being played to keep on schedule. Earlier today, which really means, earlier this evening, top seed and Wimbledon finalist, Tomas Berdych beat Andrey Golubev in three close sets: 6-3, 5-7,
Since we're only on the second day of Davis Cup (each round taking 3 days to complete), not every tie has been complete, but a few, like the Spain-France tie are complete. Russia is playing Argentina in Moscow. They are playing indoors at the Olympic Stadium. With Nikolay Davydenko barely back from his injury (he
I was at the Essential Tennis Clinic, Day 2, in Baltimore (it's really closer to Towson, but good enough), so most of what I'm going to cover is just reaction from hearing the scores. The only matches (or parts of) was the Sharapova-Henin third set. Since there weren't that many matches, let's go over each
