There was every reason to believe that Andy Murray would win this match easily. He had yet to drop a set. He was hitting well. This was Marin Cilic's first Slam semi. More than that, Cilic has logged a lot of hours on court. He played a five setter against Aussie teen, Bernard Tomic, who
We're now down to four players. One semifinals will be played on Day 11 (Murray vs. Cilic) and one on Day 12 (Federer vs. Tsonga). Let's quickly see how everyone is doing. Andy Murray has yet to drop a set and had his most convincing win yet over Rafael Nadal. Tactically, he played smart and
Andy Roddick is a man playing against time. For him, 2003 must seem like forever ago. Back then, he was young. He was impetuous. He was on top of the world. He had won his first Slam, at the US Open, over Juan Carlos Ferrero, and he had no reason not to believe more titles
With less than a week before the finals, the tournament heads into the second week. This is a good time to look at the contenders and see how the field is doing. Let's go from top to bottom. Roger Federer had a tough opening round, nearly pushed to five sets against Igor Andreev. Although Andreev
They say the second week of any Slam is where the big boys come to play. Nowhere is this more literal than Day 7 of the Australian Open. Today, the tallest men left in the draw were all on tap. First up, John Isner. John Isner stands 6'9" with some claiming he's taller than that.Â
John Isner. Gael Monfils. The average tennis fan has probably heard of one, but not the other, and possibly neither. Monfils, the talented and athletic Frenchman, would seem like the shoo-in favorite to beat John Isner. Yet, if you looked at their head-to-head, it's Isner who leads 2-1, and all 3 meetings have been closer.Â
Now, just a little over a week before the Australian Open, several tournaments are wrapping up play. The final in Doha was completed Saturday with Davydenko pulling off the rare double-beating Federer and Nadal in the same tournament, making it two tournaments in a row that Davydenko has achieved this unlikely feat. Today, there were
