With the Australian Open already half a day old, Roger Federer has hoisted yet another trophy adding to his bevy of Slam titles. He has long since passed Pete Sampras and now eyes the women champs who were, unlike the men, always head and shoulders above their competition. With each passing Slam, the winds of
Given a choice between watching Federer-Davydenko or watching Djokovic-Tsonga, I opted to watch the first, which got a particularly late start because both Williams sisters played tight three setters. Venus Williams was cruising over Li Na and seemed assured of a straight set win. However, with a 5-3 lead, Venus lost serve then subsequently lost
With Nadal's loss to Andy Murray, Nadal will move from #2 to #3 and may drop to #4. Novak Djokovic has already reached the quarterfinals which matches his results last year. At the very least, he'll keep the 8310 points he has now. Rafael Nadal is 1000 points ahead of Djokovic, but because he is
With less than a week before the finals, the tournament heads into the second week. This is a good time to look at the contenders and see how the field is doing. Let's go from top to bottom. Roger Federer had a tough opening round, nearly pushed to five sets against Igor Andreev. Although Andreev
For those who don't know Nikolay Davydenko's record against Fernando Verdasco, they might think the flashy Spaniard would have a good shot beating Davydenko. And yet, the head-to-head record is 6-1 to Davydenko. Historically, Davydenko's ability to take the ball off the rise has neutralized the big-hitting Verdasco. Still, Verdasco is in the top 10,
Day 6 saw the top men in a game of one-ups-manship. Anything you can do, I can do better. Roger Federer played 31st seed Albert Montanes. Montanes is a veteran of the tour having played for a little over 10 years. Perhaps like Ivo Karlovic, Montanes is playing some of his best tennis ever. Sure,
Novak Djokovic, sporting his new Sergio Tacchini clothing (once worn by John McEnroe), had a weird match against Marco Chiudinelli, the 3rd best Swiss player and a friend and comtemporary of Roger Federer. Djokovic looked pretty lackluster, missing easy shots and seemingly distracted losing the first set. Fortunately, Djokovic woke up taking the next two
In a mere hours, the Australian Open (AO) will release the draw for this year's tournament. People will speculate who might win, but of course, it depends on how the draw turns out, among many other things. Who are the favorites heading into the AO? Once upon a time, you looked at the big 3
With the Australian Open less than a week away, it's a good time to look at the top 6 players and see why they will (or won't) win the Australian Open. Why Roger Federer will win No one has been more consistent in the Slams than Roger Federer. Most people considered 2008 and 2009 as
It's unusual for an ATP 250 event to feature players in the top 5. Usually, most ATP 250 events scrounge to get a single player in the top 10. Yet, Doha, year after year, boasts a stellar field. This year, Doha's field includes world number 1, Roger Federer, world number 2, Rafael Nadal, and world
