Bernard Tomic is big news in Australia. With Lleyton Hewitt heading to 30 and unlikely to reclaim his number 1 ranking that he had nearly a decade ago, all eyes are on Tomic. Tomic is some weird amalgam, as if Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe were somehow merged together. He combines the touch of McEnroe,
Of all the personalities, Novak Djokovic is the one who has most embraced his fame. Rafael Nadal does his duty, but you get the sense he's shy and prefers a quiet time. Roger Federer is friendly, but aloof. Andy Murray is moody and when he isn't, he seems kinda dull. Djokovic likes being Djokovic, and
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
Most of the top four are taking the week off. Indeed, Roger Federer said he wouldn't return until Basel, which is after Shanghai. Djokovic had said he would skip next week's event, but hasn't mentioned whether he'll play Shanghai or not. Rafael Nadal is still slated to play Tokyo where he is the defending champ.
Roger Federer hadn't looked all that solid in the two Masters 1000 events leading to the US Open. Even so, I felt that he had time to fix things up for the US Open. He's always targeted the Slams and played cleaner tennis in the Slams. His opponent in the third round was Marin Cilic.
It's pretty impressive when a guy who is as injured as Juan Carlos Ferrero can come back and play this well. Ferrero will be off for months, come back, and win a tournament, before fading away. Fortunately for him, he's playing well. Gael Monfils was his creative self, diving all over to get miracle shots
Mardy Fish vs. Nikolay Davydenko seemed like a good match. Davydenko had nearly taken a set off of Djokovic and his game seemed to be getting back in order. Not so much, it turns out. Davydenko is still apparently nervous about his first serve so he spins it in to keep the percentage high. Fish
This is what you get with a Masters 1000 event. You can have a tough first match right off the bat, and even more if you are a top seed. Juan Martin del Potro has been on the comeback trail. He's ranked 19th in the world, but would be 11th if the rankings were only
Let's face it. Niklolay Davydenko hasn't been playing at the top of his game for nearly a year. He's lost in numerous opening rounds. So, while his game has headed south, Djokovic, by contrast has gone swimmingly. Even so, there were a little concern. First, Davydenko has started to play better. He won one round
