Stan Wawrinka reached the top ten a few years ago, but has since dropped in the rankings to about 20 in the world. A little over a year ago, he married a Swiss TV presenter and former fashion model. She gave birth to their daughter. And shortly afterwards, Wawrinka chose to leave his wife (and
As we head into the second week of play, the top seeds continue to win. There's a decent chance that the top 8 seeds may reach the quarterfinals. The first player to finish his match at the bottom half of the draw was Novak Djokovic. He continues to have one of his easier runs to
After being pushed to 5 sets, Roger Federer got to play Xavier Malisse, someone Roger has known since he was a teenager. Roger has generally fared very well against his generation of players, whether it be Andy Roddick or Jurgen Melzer or Lleyton Hewitt or, indeed, Xavier Malisse. Although Malisse was able to break Federer
Maybe if Tomas Berdych had won, Chennai would seem like it was on par with Doha and Brisbane. Heck, the Hopman Cup, an exhibition had more star power (with Murray and Djokovic playing) than 2 of the 3 official tournaments played this week. But with Stan Wawrinka facing Xavier Malisse, Chennai felt something like the
When Nadal raised the Wimbledon trophy for a second time, he knew that there was only one achievement he needed: win the US Open. He won the Australian Open once. He won Wimbledon twice. He's won the French 5 times. Twice, he's reached the US Open semifinals. Historically, Nadal's clay court victories has meant that
These are the kinds of matches that separate the men from the boys, or at least the champions from the ones that aren't. Stan Wawrinka hadn't had such a great year, but after his four set win over Andy Murray, he had to feel good about his chances against Sam Querrey. Meanwhile, Querrey had beaten
What a peculiar match, with the hobbled facing the hobbled. Wawrinka earned a break in the first set to get a lead, but Murray reclaimed the break and then won in the tiebreak. In the second set, Murray twice got up a break but was broken back each time. Wawrinka would take the second set
