It's easy, at the conclusion of a grueling Australian Open, to believe all of tennis is being played by the top four. The entirety of the top four took a week off. For some, like Rafa, it's rest and training. Rafa promised not to play until Indian Wells and has chosen not to play Davis
For a guy who struggled to win his first tournament title (losing 4 finals before winning his first), Janko Tipsarevic is hitting his stride. With his win in Kuala Lumpur, Tipsarevic become Serb #2 ahead of Viktor Troicki. Novak Djokovic credits his success due to the Serbian maiden win in Davis Cup last year, but
The US Open series is often used by Americans to showcase their talents. It starts in Atlanta and ends in New York City at the US Open. Many non-Americans often skip the first month of the US Open series and start play in Canada. The downside of all this play is Americans generally play poorly
Some early round results in Tokyo. Nadal d Soeda 63 62 Raonic d Sugita 67 63 76 Giraldo d Haase 63 76 Gulbis d Kubot 63 36 75 Ito d Sela 64 36 63 Tomic d Troicki 76 76 Ferrer d Nishikori 64 63 Bogomolov d Nieminen 64 64 A little surprise with Ito, a
Much like Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal won a match that wasn't nearly as clean as it could be, but it's certainly an advantage in the US Open to play someone ranked a bit lower. Golubev is a big hitter, evidenced by nearly 60 unforced errors to Nadal's paltry 16 errors. Golubev broke Nadal's serve six
Gulbis reached a turning point in his career. Back in Rome in 2010, he upset Roger Federer in the second round. He reached the semifinals where he took one of two sets that anyone had taken off him in the clay season (the other player to take a set was Nicolas Almagro). But he got
Muller's one of those players that had potential when he was a junior. One of the rare players from Luxembourg, Muller has had random success. He was the last player, other than Federer, to beat Nadal at Wimbledon (well, prior to this year). He beat Andy Roddick during the "mojo" year at the US Open
Unless you happen to live in the West Coast of the US, you are likely in the middle of an American heat wave (apologies to non-Americans reading this). Temperatures are topping 100 (high 30s in C) in many locations. And in the middle of this heat wave, Atlanta is running a tournament. This is the
del Potro must know what Andy Roddick felt like when he faced Roger Federer in the finals of Wimbledon in 2009. Roddick had not been broken all day long, but at 14-15, he finally cracked and lost serve and with it, his best opportunity at winning a second Slam. del Potro has lost to Nadal
Of course, no one expected Isner-Mahut to run 5 sets and last 3 days. Both players were probably relieved that there wouldn't be a marathon match. They played on a different court (Court 1) with a different umpire (Lars Graff instead of Mohamed Lahyani) and a different outcome. Isner was favored, although his ranking had
