Tomas Berdych is a rhythm player. If his timing is on, he can be one of the purest hitters in the game. But because he hits a pretty flat ball and needs to hit aggressive due to his lack of real footspeed, Tsonga, by contrast, has good footspeed, a good first serve, and a huge
During the Asian swing, Andy Murray made a bold proclamation. He said he wanted to finish the year as the world number 3. Some would say that's a wimpy statement. However, Djokovic had paced the field with 3 Slam wins and 5 Masters 1000. It was out of the question for Murray to accumulate enough
Who knew? Roger Federer was right, after all. Before the tournament, he said that any of the top eight players had a chance to win the title. No one took this seriously. After all, only the top four players had won every Masters 1000 title. Fish was perhaps injured. Ferrer had lost all 3 round
It was unclear, heading into London how Nadal was going to fare. Much like last year, Nadal had a somewhat indifferent fall losing to Murray in the final of Tokyo and to Mayer in Shanghai. Nadal opted, for the second year in a row, to not play Paris and prep for the year-end championship by
Today is the first of seven days of competition to decide the best of the best. Group B played today, and it featured Federer against Tsonga in the early match. These two played just last week in the finals of Paris. Federer won that match in straight sets although he was pushed to a tiebreak
The ATP World Tour Finals is a bit unusual. Almost every tournament is a single-elimination draw with possible bye for the top seeds. The WTF (World Tour Finals) is a round-robin. The event's name has changed over the years. It started as the Masters Grand Prix or the Masters. For years, it was held at
The quick answer, in case you don't want to read further, is yes, he can, but it'll be tough. Andy Murray has laid the gauntlet down. He has made it challenging for Federer to pass him. Andy Murray has a 710 point lead heading into the year-end championship in London. Neither are in the Davis
The nine Masters 1000 has been shuffled around a few times, but the Paris Indoors has been a mainstay of this series. It's also been a tough one for the big names to win. Murray has never won it. Nadal has never won it. Federer has never won it. Indeed, of the three, only Nadal
When you watch a match like Federer vs. Berdych, today's semifinals, you see how each player works the strengths and weaknesses of the other player. Let's start with Berdych. Berdych has a pretty big serve, but his strength is his forehand. He hits one of the hardest, yet most effortless forehands. He can hit it
Once the US Open ended, Roger Federer found himself wondering how another US Open slipped from his fingers. In 2009, his last best chance to win, he was serving out the second set when he approached the net on del Potro's forehand (what was he thinking) getting passed twice. Federer would lose that second set
