After struggling initially with Philipp Kohlschreiber in the first round, Rafael Nadal found things considerably easier with Denis Gremelmayr in the second round. Gremelmayr had to hit winners from all over the place just to hold what few serves he had, but he couldn't do it enough to bother Nadal as Nadal tightened up his
Everyone knows that Andy Roddick used to play a more aggressive game back in his youth and everyone knows in the past few years, he's gone to a more conservative, passive style. For a long time, the combination of his big serve and the ability to hang in long rallies was enough to beat most
If you looked at the semifinal lineup at Valencia (which the announcers have taken to calling "Valenthia" to imitate the lisp that Spaniards have), you would have seen del Potro vs. Granollers and Ferrer vs. Monaco. Granollers is ranked 34 in the world, and he's the fifth ranked Spaniard behind Nadal, Almagro, Lopez, and Verdasco.
Basel Djokovic steamrolled over Kubot, 61 62. Stan Wawrinka was bullied by Robin Haase for a set but came back strong and took sets 2 and 3: 46, 61, 62 Andy Roddick also dropped the first set to Radek Stepanek before coming back in 3 sets: 26, 63, 63 Quaterfinals have Djokovic taking on Baghdatis,
Last year, around this time, Andy Murray was looking for a good tournament win. In 2010, Murray reached his second Slam final at the Australian Open and lost once again to Roger Federer. Not only did tears flow for the Scot, but Murray's game went into a mini tailspin. Murray finally righted the ship and
John McEnroe looked at Donald Young and found a lot to like. He had been a number 1 junior. He's a lefty like Mac. He's a junior like Mac. And, he's African American. The women have the Williams sisters. The men, well, they had James Blake, but he peaked for a few years and is
Much like Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal won a match that wasn't nearly as clean as it could be, but it's certainly an advantage in the US Open to play someone ranked a bit lower. Golubev is a big hitter, evidenced by nearly 60 unforced errors to Nadal's paltry 16 errors. Golubev broke Nadal's serve six
Djokovic had played somewhat shaky tennis in his first two rounds, beating Davydenko when Davydenko had 2 breaks, then a third before giving up the first set then disappearing in the second. Against Cilic, Djokovic again struggled a bit with trying to take control of the match, but did good enough to win. But it
If you were to take a bet as to who would make it deeper, Roger Federer or Stanislas Wawrinka, surely you would have said Roger Federer. Of course, Roger Federer had to play Tsonga, a former top tenner, where Wawrinka played Kevin Anderson who is hoping to be in the top ten. Roger Federer was
Before we talk about "the streak", let's talk about a smaller match. Fabio Fognini vs. Albert Montanes. Both made some news last year in the clay season. Fognini was in a prolonged evening match with Monfils well past ten when neither player could see well, but Monfils was hoping for a pro-Monfils support to help
