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,
With two days of play complete, let's look at how the top seeds are faring. Roger Federer Roger Federer had a bit of a tight first set, but then relaxed, and had a very easy first round match. He's playing like he did in Madrid, and that was just too much for Luczak. I think
It's fair to say that the Federer playing in Madrid is not the same Federer playing the last few months. But it's fair to say that this Ernests Gulbis was not the same that played Roger Federer a mere two weeks ago. Ah, the journey of Ernests Gulbis. Two years ago, many touted this man
The match should have been played earlier, but due to the weather, it was delayed til past 5 PM, the rain creating heavy conditions. Roger Federer was looking to right the ship. He had not played well since Australia. A loss to Marcos Baghdatis at Indian Wells. A loss to Tomas Berdych at Miami. Then,
Today was a mix of first and second round action. In first round action, Victor Hanescu must be tired of seeing Stanislas Wawrinka. The two met in Casablanca last week with Wawrinka winning the title. Then, they meet in the first round of Monte Carlo. Wawrinka wins 6-2, 6-4 again. Horacio Zeballos was also deep
Some said that Federer was still hungover from his loss to Baghdatis in Indian Wells. That loss occurred in the 3rd round. Many chalked that loss to being ill with a lung infection. Federer skipped Dubai to recover from a lung infection. Doctors told him not to play for two weeks. So there was bound
Fernando Gonzalez had chosen not to go to Indian Wells so he could head to Chile to assist with relief efforts. He returns to Miami, but had to face hard hitting Soderling. Soderling took the first set, 6-0, but Gonzalez worked hard to take the second set in a tiebreak. Gonzalez was testy, complaining that
Today was the first day that the seeds played. There were few upsets on the day, but the most notable one was Marin Cilic losing tamely to Garcia-Lopez, 7-6(1), 6-0. Yes, he was bageled in the second set. Gilles Simon was the other seed that feel, losing to qualifier Brian Dabul of Argentina. Simon had
It's the week after the Australian Open and more tournaments are being played. Consider how many players get to the fourth round of a Slam. It's 16. With 128 players in the original draw, more than 100 players have already failed to reach the fourth round, and are therefore out in the first week of
With the Australian Open already half a day old, Roger Federer has hoisted yet another trophy adding to his bevy of Slam titles. He has long since passed Pete Sampras and now eyes the women champs who were, unlike the men, always head and shoulders above their competition. With each passing Slam, the winds of
