Let's rewind the clock some--back to 2008. 2008 was the year of the previous Olympics, back in Beijing. Andy Roddick decided not to play the Olympics that year, hoping that he could do well in the US Open series with a depleted field due to the Olympics. Heading into Los Angeles, he reached the finals
The last few years, Novak Djokovic has challenged Federer at his home tournament in Basel. This year, he opted not to play. Let's see how this impacts Federer's chances at number 1. Currently, Federer has 12165 points to Djokovic's 11970 points for 195 point lead. However, Djokovic played last year and reached the semis. This
In many ways, this final has similarities to the US Open final minus the wind. Novak Djokovic strolled to the finals without struggling too badly. Given his form heading into the finals, he was favored over Murray who had yet to win his first Slam and had struggled in several of his matches--matches that went
Shanghai is one of Murray's favorite tournaments. He won the event in 2010 and again last year in 2011. He's rarely dropped sets in this tournament (one prior to this against Stan Wawrinka last year, but this year, Radek Stepanek took a set off Murray, and had him on the ropes. Stepanek is a clever
One motivation for Federer to play Shanghai, regardless of whether he ends up at number 1 at the end of the year, was to extend his streak of weeks at number 1. Currently, Federer leads Djokovic by 835 points. If Djokovic wins Shanghai, an event he skipped last year, he would pick up 1000 points.
Lots of play today at the Shanghai Masters. It's the second round and the top seeds were mostly in action today. It's not unusual for players that do well in a previous tournament to fade in the next one. Raonic and Nishikori were finalists in the Japan Open last week. Nishikori lost to Querrey in
Ivan Lendl had it rough. When he started, he was the new kid on the block. There was Connors. There was Borg. And although he and McEnroe were quite close in age, McEnroe matured earlier, so there was McEnroe. Lendl played well starting about 1981 when he reached the French Open final. He would make
No one had expected the US to make it this far. In the opening round, the US was pitted against Switzerland, on clay, with Roger Federer playing, but Isner pulled a big upset, and the US got past them. Then, the US plays against France, at France, on clay, even though the French might actually
The main ATP site keeps track of two races. The rankings, as they stand now, which include one year of ranking points, and the rankings starting from January 1. Despite Roger Federer being number 1, Novak Djokovic has a healthy lead in the 2012 rankings. Novak Djokovic (9910) Roger Federer (8905) Rafael Nadal (6840) Andy
A month ago, you wouldn't have expected this result. In Halle, Berdych lost to Haas in the quarterfinals. At Wimbledon, Berdych lost to Gulbis in the first round. In the Olympics, he lost to Darcis in the first round. At Toronto, he lost to Gasquet in the third round. At Cincy, he lost to Raonic
