When the weather turns cold, American fans turn to cold weather sports. Even ardent fans of tennis forget there are matches played after the US Open. It's time for college football or pro football. It's time for baseball season to go into postseason. It's time for hockey season to get started. Indeed, these sports remind
Andy Murray hadn't played since the US Open. Roger Federer hadn't played since a Davis Cup qualifying tie against Italy where he played two singles matches. Murray cited a left wrist injury which impacted his plat at the US Open. Federer cited injury and fatigue, and presumably, fatherhood. While the remaining players on tour continued
People forget that Nikolay Davydenko used to be number 4 in the world. That means the guy can play tennis. The viewing public only cares about finalists. How important was it for Andy Roddick's reputation to make it to the finals of Wimbledon? Very important. Most players are remembered for winning multiple Slams. If not
For a change, Rafael Nadal is the one who has stayed healthy at Shanghai while a slew of players have retired. Add one more to that list. Ivan Ljubicic retired after splitting sets with Rafa. Ljubicic took the first set 6-3, and Rafa returned the favor taking the second set, 6-3. This result is still
Shortly after both Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick complained that the season was too long, Andy Roddick retired from his match, as did Juan Martin del Potro and Tommy Haas. You can add two more names to that list: Gel Monfils retired after going down 6-2, 3-0 to Croat, Ivan Ljubicic. Similarly, Stanislas Wawrinka also
Once the US Open concludes, all but the most ardent fans stop paying attention to tennis. American fans begin to pay attention to American football, either of the college or pro variety. Indeed, one barely knows there's tennis still being played. Shanghai is the first Masters 1000 event after the US Open and as such,
Two ATP 500 events just concluded this past Sunday. One was held in Tokyo, Japan where Juan Martin del Potro was the top seed when both Roger Federer and Andy Murray skipped to recover from injuries and fatigue. Since del Potro lost early, this left the talented Frenchman, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as the highest seed remaining
There are two ATP 500 events being run at the same time. One is being held in Beijing, China, the other in Tokyo Japan. These are the results of Wednesday's play [2] N Djokovic (SRB) d Troicki (SRB) 63 60 [4] N Davydenko (RUS) d P Kohlschreiber (GER) 61 60 [5] F Verdasco (ESP) d
What a difference a year makes. Last year, Gilles Simon won 3 tournaments and played very solid tennis starting just before the US Open until the end of the year. His ranking went up to the top 10 and he managed to get into the year-end Masters championships in Shanghai when an injured Rafael Nadal
Five years and counting. That's how long Roger Federer has been making Grand Slam semifinals. That's five years of staying healthy, never retiring, and winning. Roger Federer used to fear powerful baseliners, players like Lleyton Hewitt and David Nalbandian. He even got intimidated by other serve-and-volleyers like Tim Henman. But Roger Federer worked hard to
