Andy Roddick might love nothing more than to have a Jimmy Connors-like run through the US Open. One might never see a 39 year old make a deep run in a Slam again, though as recently as 2005, Andre Agassi, in his mid 30s, made a run to the finals. Roddick just turned 30 years
Shortly after Novak Djokovic's win over Juan Martin del Potro, a close match that did not end up in a close score, he was asked by the crew of the ESPN tennis team to name 3 other players that had won the Canada/Cincy double. People have said that it's hard to win at Roland Garros
It was shaping up to be a fairy tale ending. Xavier Malisse was the last man to beat Brian Baker in a Slam in the second round of the 2005 US Open. Stan Wawrinka beat Baker in the finals of the French Open junior title two years earlier. Had Baker gotten past Simon, he would
Andy Roddick had been on the top of men's rankings for so long that it seems a shame to see how far he's fallen. Injuries have meant that Roddick has missed a few weeks or more each year. A noted hard-worker, Roddick's training may have lead to additional injuries. Roddick did not play any of
If you really had to press Roger Federer and ask him whether it was more important, for his legacy, to win Slams or Davis Cup, you know what the answer would be. If Nadal has had master over Federer, he's also had a sidekick named David Ferrer, ranked 5th in the world, who makes Davis
Roger Federer doesn't play much Davis Cup. It's hard enough for him to stay healthy for Slams, so he frequently skips Davis Cup even though he has a reasonably solid number 2 in Stan Wawrinka behind him. Andy Murray, for example, skips a lot of Davis Cup too, but he has no one ranked in
On the third day of the Australian Open, Americans were not faring well. Mardy Fish and Donald Young both lost, and John Isner nearly lost too. Let's start with the Isner match. John Isner's second round match was against David Nalbandian. John Isner's strengths and weaknesses are well-known. He serves big. He has a big
Sam Querrey spent a lot of 2011 not playing that much tennis. He had had a similar experience when he had a freak accident in Bangkok where he sat on a glass table that broke under his weight (when asked why he sat on the table, he said that he had just taken a shower
Bernard Tomic is big news in Australia. With Lleyton Hewitt heading to 30 and unlikely to reclaim his number 1 ranking that he had nearly a decade ago, all eyes are on Tomic. Tomic is some weird amalgam, as if Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe were somehow merged together. He combines the touch of McEnroe,
Doha tournament organizers surely didn't expect this. When you have Federer and Nadal in the draw, you hope for Federer and Nadal in the final, or at least one or the other. Federer had to withdraw due to a back issue that had him in danger of missing his match against Seppi. He worked a
