Perhaps Nike is pushing the pink. Nadal came out with a bright magenta-pink outfit that tries to show off his chest. Nadal also came out rusty making all sorts of unforced errors against Stanislas Wawrinka. This kept Wawrinka fairly even in the match. Wawrinka even had chances to take the first set. However, Wawrinka was
When Wimbledon started, there were a handful of questions that tennis experts were hoping would get answered from the tournament. Roger Federer had just lost, for the first time, to Robin Soderling in the quarterfinals. Up until then, he had been to 23 straight semifinals, a record that lasted nearly 6 years. Just as impressive,
It was not unexpected that Rafael Nadal won his second Wimbledon. Nadal exposed some of Berdych's weaknesses. He gives you so few opportunities to take advantage of a match that you have to take them when it's available. Right now, it seems the only way Nadal will lose is some player that can outhit him
With less than a day before the men's final, the odds-on favorite to win Wimbledon is Rafael Nadal. Looking at Nadal's Recent Losses But, it may be instructive to look back at Rafael's losses for the last year and see if there's anything interesting. Queen's Club Rafael Nadal lost to Feliciano Lopez in the quarterfinals
It's been nearly two weeks since Wimbledon started, which means it's about to end. The tournament started off with an oddity in tennis: a first round match that became the longest in all of tennis, last a little over 11 hours and taking three days to complete. For the second year in a row, the
Murray looked like he had everything he needed. He was serving well, with first serve percentages near 70%, and impossibly high number for Murray who often sees 40% more than he sees 60%. He had his "Nadal strategy" in place, trying for big shots rather than the usual passive style he uses against most players.
Everyone felt that the easiest of the quarterfinals was Novak Djokovic vs. Yen-Hsun Lu. Lu was reaching his first quarterfinals ever. He had upset Andy Roddick. Novak had just come off a solid win over Lleyton Hewitt. He had not reached a semifinals in quite some time. This was a perfect chance for Djokovic to
Perhaps the warning signs were there. Robin Soderling was on his way to a pretty easy win over David Ferrer when a bad call upset Soderling and he spent the rest of the match trying to regain control of a situation that went out of control. Soderling needed five sets to beat Ferrer. The day
This is Yen-Hsun's resume heading into Wimbledon. First round loss in Chennai. First round loss in the Australian Open. Reached the quarterfinals of Johannesburg (losing to Monfils). First round loss in San Jose. Second round loss in Memphis (to Andy Roddick). Second round loss to Indian Wells (to Andy Roddick). Second round loss in Miami.
Sometimes, a match comes down to nerves. Soderling was cruising in this match. Almost right out of the gate, Ferrer seemed despondent, thinking Soderling might overpower him. Now, Ferrer probably wasn't thinking that. Ferrer is one of the better competitors on tour. Despite his diminutive size, he is quick and chases down lots of balls.
