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
Rafael Nadal's become a bit of an enigma. Twice he's returned from injury and looked good or at least won against lower ranked opponents. Nadal returned after Wimbledon to Montreal where he got to the quarterfinals and lost to Juan Martin del Potro. del Potro is an up-and-comer, and by some measures, he's arrived, especially
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
Rafael Nadal has had quite the summer. Having been undefeated at the French Open, he suffered his first loss ever to unheralded Swede, Robin Soderling. Afterwards, he decided not to defend his Wimbledon title and let his knees heal so he could play the US Open, the one major he had not won, and and
This year, the US Open brought with it a lot of questions. Could Roger Federer win his 6th straight US Open and 16th Grand Slam title? Could Andy Roddick return from a good, but not great hard court season where he lost twice to del Potro and once to Querrey? Was Sam Querrey ready to
What was that at the US Open? I believe they call it...sun. The rain started Thursday night, washed out play on Friday, and washed out most of the day on Saturday. One wondered if any match would be played on the final weekend. Finally, finally, the sun came out and a full day of play
Last year, with rain imminent on Super Saturday, tournament officials moved the first semifinals to 11 AM. When it looked like it wasn't possibly to wait until the conclusion of the first semifinal to finish, they started the second semifinal in an adjoining court at 12:30 AM. That match featured Andy Murray playing Rafael Nadal.
Last year, there was a hurricane moving up the east coast. Rain was predicted to hit the US Open on Super Saturday, the day both men's semifinals would be played in addition to the women's final. Tournament organizers, concerned the day may be washed out decided to move up the first match. Roger Federer and
