Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt go way back. Hewitt was contending for Slams nearly a decade ago winning a US Open in 2001. Roddick followed suit two years later. The two were considered rivals for the number 1 spot. All this was, of course, prior to Federer breaking out and leaving both of them in
It may be the start of the new year, but tennis has made a roaring start with three tournaments just concluding, plus an exhibition in the Hopman Cup. The tournament with the most star power is in Doha, Qatar, which featured Federer, Nadal, Monfils, and Tsonga, Brisbane was the only men's tournament in Australia. The
Milos Raonic is doing the best of the "new 4" which is Raonic, Tomic, Dimitrov, and Harrison. Raonic has done the best of the four having won a tournament (San Jose) and been runner up at another (Memphis). Raonic's big weapon is his huge serve. This wins him a lot of free points. His weakness
Andy Murray accepted a wild card late last week for what promised to be a powerhouse lineup in Basel, but Murray dealt the tournament a blow when he withdrew this morning citing a right gluteal muscle strain. Murray said we woke up early Tuesday morning and felt pain. Although he did have a light practice
Jarkko Nieminen might be the best player to come out of Finland. Scandinavians have mostly been represented by Sweden, which is pretty impressive given it's a county of less then 20 million people. The Swedes are struggling a bit with Robin Soderling being the only top player, but at least, they have a history of
Here are today's results from Stockholm. Monfils d. Anderson 75 75 Raonic d Dimitrov 75 64 Nieminen d Kame 36 75 61 Blake d Nalbandian w/o The semis put Monfils against Raonic. Again, a good opportunity for Raonic to get to another final, but Monfils should be favored. Then Blake gets a break and doesn't
In the US, you have to be a diehard tennis fan to watch tennis now. Many people stop watching after the US Open, especially if they follow American football. With the paucity of games in a football season (16 total, as opposed to 82 in basketball, and nearly twice as many in baseball), every game
China, the site of the Shanghai Masters, has been on a quest. They want to produce a top 200 male player. Obviously, top 100 would be great too. They've done plenty fine producing good women players, most notably, French Open champion, Li Na. And they've done well enough producing players that can win a few
They may eventually become the new "fab four", but they have yet to show the kind of talent that Nadal, Djokovic, and Murray have shown. These "fab four" are Tomic, Harrison, Raonic, and Dmitrov. All four are playing this week at the Shanghai Masters 1000 and three of them played today. Of the four, Tomic
The top seeds continue to roll. Nadal has played Ryan Sweeting twice this year, once at the Australian Open and once at Indian Wells, winning both handily. He lost 4 games in both. Surely, he had to feel pretty confident playing Sweeting. Although Sweeting did win a few more games, he still lost handily in
