One only wonders what might have happened had Roger Federer not contracted mononucleosis. It shows, after all, that Roger Federer is human, susceptible to disease. The timing was awful. It occurred late in 2007 or perhaps early in 2008, at a critical period for most tennis players. Once upon a time, tennis players may have
Federer took the first two sets by playing aggressive. Murray tried to play lots of shots to Fed's amazing tennis racket backhand swing, but that was ineffective, and Fed began his attack, 6-3, 6-4. In the third set, Murray played more aggressively. He took an early break but when it came to serve out the
Murray's game score will start first. 0-0 Fed hits inside out, 0-15. Ace, 15-all. Missed return, 30-15. Murray went for a big fh. 40-15. Fh hit long by Fed. 1-0 Fed hits short slice. Murray tries to drop and misses. 15-0. Long return, 30-0. Bh crosscourt winner by Murray. 30-15. Hard inside out fh by
With the men's finals about 9 hours away, let's take a look at how each man has been doing. Let's start with Roger Federer. Federer reached the US Open finals again, and although he was just this close to winning the US Open (he had a 30-0 lead in the second set trying to serve
This must seem like old hat to Roger Federer. This is Roger's 22nd Slam final and his eighth consecutive final. The record for consecutive semifinals, after Roger, was 10, by Ivan Lendl. At this point, Roger knows how to play the game, and that's not just the game on-court, but the game off-court. There could
Perhaps the one stat that mattered most in the semifinals is, at one point in the game, Federer had lost only 12 points in 12 service games, losing only 1 point a game. What's important to note is Federer lost 4 of these points at a 3-1 hold in the first set when the score
We're now down to four players. One semifinals will be played on Day 11 (Murray vs. Cilic) and one on Day 12 (Federer vs. Tsonga). Let's quickly see how everyone is doing. Andy Murray has yet to drop a set and had his most convincing win yet over Rafael Nadal. Tactically, he played smart and
Think about it. Roger Federer had a sublime moment, soundly beating his long-term rival, Lleyton Hewitt, his 15th consecutive win. This was Federer at his most confident, playing an opponent he has few worries playing. Hewitt won his first Slam title in 2001, a US Open win over Pete Sampras. He won his second in
With Nadal's loss to Andy Murray, Nadal will move from #2 to #3 and may drop to #4. Novak Djokovic has already reached the quarterfinals which matches his results last year. At the very least, he'll keep the 8310 points he has now. Rafael Nadal is 1000 points ahead of Djokovic, but because he is
With less than a week before the finals, the tournament heads into the second week. This is a good time to look at the contenders and see how the field is doing. Let's go from top to bottom. Roger Federer had a tough opening round, nearly pushed to five sets against Igor Andreev. Although Andreev
