Day 1 at the Australian saw the top seeds play according to form. Andy Murray had an easy opening round beating South African, Kevin Anderson, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. Anderson won a tournament back in 2008 and played college tennis for University of Illinois. The tall South African, however, had few answers for Murray's versatile game.
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
The experts used to talk about a big 3, and then a big 4, then maybe a big 5. Those would be Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, and Juan Martin del Potro. But before there was a big 5, the big 3 used to be Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Nikolay Davydenko.
Doha had, for the most part, its dream semifinals. On the one side was Rafa Nadal playing 5th seed, Viktor Troicki. This was an easy match for Rafa, winning comfortably, 6-1, 6-3. The other side pitted the number 1 and 3 seed, Roger Federer against Nikolay Davydenko. At one point, Federer simply owned Davydenko. He
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
It was only late November when the men's tour wrapped up the year, and already, into the new year, 2010, we're only 2 weeks away from the first Slam of the year. Most of the men spent December training. There are maybe 2-3 times during the year to hone your fitness. December is one of
Now that the tennis season is over, let's take a quick look back at 2009 and a quick look forward. Roger Federer. Federer started off 2009 making it to yet another Slam final. Although he started 2009 much like 2008, that is, struggling to find form, he still did his part by reaching the final.
You would think, with the year-end championship, this year called ATP World Tour Finals, which was played November 29th, that there would be no more tennis to be played. Au contraire. There was one last piece of unfinished business. The Davis Cup Final. Spain, again, found itself in the finals. They were heavily favored on
At this point, Rafael Nadal's record is 0-2. You would think, with such a deficit, that he was "eliminated" from semifinal consideration. But it's not that simple. He is eliminated, yes, but there is a scenario where this would not be as obvious. Let's imagine the following scenario. Nadal beats Djokovic in straight sets. Soderling
