Now that the US Open is over and each of the top 4 has played in Davis Cup, let's see how the top 4 are looking for the rest of the year. Novak Djokovic Djokovic has said that his pain was bad enough to prevent him from completing his match against del Potro, but not
Sometimes the finals is best looked through the lens of those who don't make it. On paper, Federer and Murray can commiserate together, though both in their own way. On the one hand, Roger Federer has won 16 Slams and still feels he's so close to getting back to where he's used to being. This
Now that we're getting to the final 4, let's see how everyone is doing so far. Roger Federer Federer beat Giraldo and Sela in the first two rounds. These are matches Fed rarely loses especially to someone like Sela who lacks the firepower that Federer has. Fed bullied Sela like an 18 yr old would
With Federer's dismissal of Juan Monaco in the fourth round, Federer found himself in yet another Slam quarterfinal, his 30th in a row. The iron man of tennis had saved his best tennis for Monaco in a thorough beatdown using his power to leave Monaco hapless. However, Federer really hoped that his tennis was going
In three matches, Juan Monaco had dropped only one set, to the venerable Tommy Haas. So he had to be feeling pretty good about his game and giving Roger Federer a good match. Little did he expect that Roger Federer would have his best performance of the tournament. It's intriguing to watch Federer. When it's
Roger Federer hadn't looked all that solid in the two Masters 1000 events leading to the US Open. Even so, I felt that he had time to fix things up for the US Open. He's always targeted the Slams and played cleaner tennis in the Slams. His opponent in the third round was Marin Cilic.
It's pretty impressive when a guy who is as injured as Juan Carlos Ferrero can come back and play this well. Ferrero will be off for months, come back, and win a tournament, before fading away. Fortunately for him, he's playing well. Gael Monfils was his creative self, diving all over to get miracle shots
Today, seeds played quite well, with only one seed, Viktor Troicki, losing. Troicki lost to Alejandro Falla, the player that nearly knocked out Federer. Speaking of Federer, he beat Falla's Colombian compatriot, Santiago Giraldo. Federer lost his serve 3 times, which was a bit sloppy on his part, but at least he broke 7 times
It can be a little deceptive to use a player's form heading into the US Open as a prediction of how the US Open will turn out. Let's take a look at last year's US Open and how various players did leading up to that point. Recall Roger Federer reached the finals of Toronto and
It seemed like a danger sign, didn't it? Tomas Berdych dispatched of Nicolas Almagro, 6-2, 6-2. Almagro is no chump. He's had one of his best years. But Berdych is a player when he's on, and that's rare, he may be the most talented pure hitter on the planet. Alas, he's not usually on, and
