Murray's camp probably didn't expect this. After the quarterfinal matches, many felt that Berdych was peaking, hitting hard shots, having upset Roger Federer in four sets. Berdych had given Murray problems in the past. He had a 4-2 head-to-head. Berdych's power is something most players struggle against, but he plays so up-and-down that lesser players
Let's look at the top 8 seeds and see how they're doing Roger Federer Federer had easy opponents the first two rounds. Donald Young has been struggling to beat anyone this year, so he wasn't ready to beat Federer. Bjorn Phau is quick, but doesn't have enough weapons to bother Federer. Verdasco was his first
Andy Roddick might love nothing more than to have a Jimmy Connors-like run through the US Open. One might never see a 39 year old make a deep run in a Slam again, though as recently as 2005, Andre Agassi, in his mid 30s, made a run to the finals. Roddick just turned 30 years
Paolo Lorenzi is no young'un on the tour. The Italian is about to turn 31 which means he's around the same age as Roger Federer. He's generally not done well enough to get out of qualifiers, but 2012 has been good to him. His rank has given him enough to get into the main draw.
Shortly after Novak Djokovic's win over Juan Martin del Potro, a close match that did not end up in a close score, he was asked by the crew of the ESPN tennis team to name 3 other players that had won the Canada/Cincy double. People have said that it's hard to win at Roland Garros
One of the top three seeds fell on Thursday. Andy Murray lost 64 64 in straight sets to Jeremy Chardy. On the one hand, Chardy won two rounds in Toronto last week and elevated his rank 9 spots, so he's been playing solid tennis. On the other hand, Murray has blamed taking the tournaments prior
On the heels of the news that Rafael Nadal will not play the US Open, the top seeds were on court at Cincinnati after receiving byes in the opening rounds. Last year, unknown Alex Bogomolov beat Andy Murray during one of his slumps. That victory was still enough to boost the former and now Russian's
It's hard to win a Masters 1000 title. The last time Richard Gasquet reached the finals of a Masters 1000 was at Toronto back in 2006 where he lost to Roger Federer in the finals. That was six years ago. It's true. Gasquet was a can't miss prospect from France who had as much attention
A year ago, Novak Djokovic was in a different place. When Montreal rolled around, he still only had one loss to his name, that to Roger Federer in the semis of the French Open. Nonetheless, he won Wimbledon for the first time, indeed, reached the finals for the first time. Like many top players, he
Toronto/Montreal (formerly the Canadian Open--the site alternates each year) used to be one of Andy Murray's favorite tournaments. Murray won the title in 2009 and 2010. However, in both years, Murray lost early in the US Open. In 2009, he lost to the up-and-coming Marin Cilic who is only starting to regain the form he
