Of the top 6 seeds, the 6th seed, Tomas Berdych looked most vulnerable. Since losing in the finals of Wimbledon, he has had a subpar year. He lost to Llodra in the opening round of the US Open (a bit of an unlucky draw as Llodra just barely missed getting seeded), in the quarters in
Today, Group A played. Djokovic came into finals playing good tennis. Meanwhile, Tomas Berdych playing the inconsistent tennis that marked his recent years of play. Much was hoped for when he reached the semis of the French and the finals of Wimbledon, but instead, Berdych backpedalled and went back to losing to whomever, showing the
It is a bit weird. The Spanish game seems better suited to clay than other surfaces. Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, Fernando Verdasco, Juan Carlos Ferrero. Sure, many of these players can play other surfaces, but clay seems to be very Spanish. This is backed up by recent Spanish winners of the French Open. Aside from
For some reason, Robin Soderling's power groundstrokes seem more intimidating on clay than on hardcourts. The last time Soderling played Roddick was this year, in Indian Wells, a match Roddick won in three sets. Roddick went on to the finals where he lost to Ljubicic before winning Miami the following tournament. This match was one
In the past, Federer has shown he can handle players older than him, though those numbers are getting smaller as Federer edges to 30 years of age. He beat Juan Ignacio Chela, 7-6, 6-3 in the second round (he had a bye in the first), and beat Michael Llodra 7-6, 6-3 in the third round,
Where was this guy? For a few years, Nalbandian had been somewhat irrelevant. Sure, he was like Hewitt or Safin, the guys that came on tour when Federer did and gave Fed his share of trouble. Unlike Hewitt or Safin, who each won a pair of Slams, Nalbandian's best efforts came in 2002 when he
During the mid-to-late afternoon, storms hit the Washington DC area, which meant matches were delayed until the evening. As it approaches midnight, matches are still being played to keep on schedule. Earlier today, which really means, earlier this evening, top seed and Wimbledon finalist, Tomas Berdych beat Andrey Golubev in three close sets: 6-3, 5-7,
It was not unexpected that Rafael Nadal won his second Wimbledon. Nadal exposed some of Berdych's weaknesses. He gives you so few opportunities to take advantage of a match that you have to take them when it's available. Right now, it seems the only way Nadal will lose is some player that can outhit him
With less than a day before the men's final, the odds-on favorite to win Wimbledon is Rafael Nadal. Looking at Nadal's Recent Losses But, it may be instructive to look back at Rafael's losses for the last year and see if there's anything interesting. Queen's Club Rafael Nadal lost to Feliciano Lopez in the quarterfinals
It's been nearly two weeks since Wimbledon started, which means it's about to end. The tournament started off with an oddity in tennis: a first round match that became the longest in all of tennis, last a little over 11 hours and taking three days to complete. For the second year in a row, the
