Novak Djokovic looked a bit shaky in his win against Viktor Troicki. However, he came on strong at the end and won 6-1. Djokovic had mentioned in interviews that his shoulder would be fine, even if it wasn't great, but perhaps money was on his mind. Had Djokovic not played Paris, he would have lost
When Serbia won the Davis Cup in 2010--their first ever--the team not only celebrated, but it sent such a feeling of good will and accomplishment that Novak Djokovic went on to have his best year. But he wasn't the only one. Although Tipsarevic wouldn't play his best tennis until after the US Open, he won
Last week, in Basel, Djokovic called a trainer out early in the second set in his semifinal match against Nishikori. He asked for his shoulder to be attended to. With this turn of events, Nishikori found himself in more rallies. Even so, Djokovic had his chances to take the second set and the match. However,
For a while, Nishikori seemed to be in a fog. Djokovic was hitting deep balls and Nishikori was unable to track them down, hitting errors. It didn't help that his serve was not finding the target. It seemed like this would be a quick match with a 6-2 double break. But early in the second
When Pete Sampras was playing Andre Agassi, he seemed to have supreme confidence. No matter how well Agassi had been playing or how poorly Sampras had played, if the two met, Sampras believed his serve and his groundies could bother Agassi. Agassi would think he could play with Sampras but he'd lose a few points
Basel Djokovic steamrolled over Kubot, 61 62. Stan Wawrinka was bullied by Robin Haase for a set but came back strong and took sets 2 and 3: 46, 61, 62 Andy Roddick also dropped the first set to Radek Stepanek before coming back in 3 sets: 26, 63, 63 Quaterfinals have Djokovic taking on Baghdatis,
Breaking News Rafael Nadal has opted to skip Paris next week for the second year in a row. He wishes to focus his training on the year-end championship and Davis Cup. Valencia Sam Querrey's biggest goal may be staying healthy. Two years ago, he had a freak accident in Bangkok where he sat on a
Andy Murray probably knows the math. He's got a good head-to-head over Federer. Djokovic has been practicing and looks ready to continue his winning streak. With Murray entering Basel as a wildcard, he's hoping that Federer loses in the semifinals and that Murray himself reaches the semifinals. At the very least, he wants to keep
The penultimate Masters 1000 event starts next week in Shanghai. Roger Federer already announced a week ago that he was going to skip Shanghai and not return until Basel. Djokovic was expected to withdraw too, especially after he withdrew from Beijing where he is defending champ. However, he waited until today to make that announcement.
Now that the US Open is over and each of the top 4 has played in Davis Cup, let's see how the top 4 are looking for the rest of the year. Novak Djokovic Djokovic has said that his pain was bad enough to prevent him from completing his match against del Potro, but not
