Perhaps if the French Open were played indoors, the French would fare better. In the battle of the two countries divided by the Pyrenees, Spain has had the decided edge over Spain boasting more top 100 players and, at one point, the number 1 player in the world. They've also fared much better in Paris
Everyone points to the rivalry of men's tennis today as Federer vs. Nadal. After epic meetings in the finals of the French, Wimbledon, and Australian, it's easy to see why everyone case so much about this. However, when all is said and done, they may point to the rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal
Roger Federer had not played a tournament since the US Open, minus a few matches for Davis Cup. Well-rested, he headed into Basel as three time defending champ, made it to the finals, where he lost in 3 sets to Novak Djokovic. Then, he came to Paris, had his first round bye, and faced mostly
On the surface, this was the kind of match you'd give to Rafael Nadal. Davydenko is the kind of player that generally doesn't get his due respect. He doesn't have a big serve. He doesn't have huge shots, at least, not in the conventional way. He's never reached a Slam final and often fails to
People forget that Nikolay Davydenko used to be number 4 in the world. That means the guy can play tennis. The viewing public only cares about finalists. How important was it for Andy Roddick's reputation to make it to the finals of Wimbledon? Very important. Most players are remembered for winning multiple Slams. If not
For a change, Rafael Nadal is the one who has stayed healthy at Shanghai while a slew of players have retired. Add one more to that list. Ivan Ljubicic retired after splitting sets with Rafa. Ljubicic took the first set 6-3, and Rafa returned the favor taking the second set, 6-3. This result is still
Shortly after both Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick complained that the season was too long, Andy Roddick retired from his match, as did Juan Martin del Potro and Tommy Haas. You can add two more names to that list: Gel Monfils retired after going down 6-2, 3-0 to Croat, Ivan Ljubicic. Similarly, Stanislas Wawrinka also
Once the US Open concludes, all but the most ardent fans stop paying attention to tennis. American fans begin to pay attention to American football, either of the college or pro variety. Indeed, one barely knows there's tennis still being played. Shanghai is the first Masters 1000 event after the US Open and as such,
Two ATP 500 events just concluded this past Sunday. One was held in Tokyo, Japan where Juan Martin del Potro was the top seed when both Roger Federer and Andy Murray skipped to recover from injuries and fatigue. Since del Potro lost early, this left the talented Frenchman, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as the highest seed remaining
There are two ATP 500 events being run at the same time. One is being held in Beijing, China, the other in Tokyo Japan. These are the results of Wednesday's play [2] N Djokovic (SRB) d Troicki (SRB) 63 60 [4] N Davydenko (RUS) d P Kohlschreiber (GER) 61 60 [5] F Verdasco (ESP) d
