It's often been said that Bernard Tomic plays like no one else. If comparisons are made to active players, it's often to Andy Murray who often uses change of pace, but even he plays a bit differently to Tomic, or to Alexandr Dolgopolov. Well, wouldn't you know it, the draw happened to put Tomic and
John Isner knows how to fight. There are clearly limitations to his game. He doesn't cover ground very well. He looks tired when matches run long. But he relies on his serve to bail him out of danger spots. Nalbandian took the first set 64, then there was a big exchange of breaks in the
AAMI Classic This is an exhibition held in the few days leading up to the Australian Open. This year, eight men participated: Tsonga, Berdych, Fish, Roddick, Monfils, Raonic, Melzer, and Tomic. Tsonga said he was a bit fatigued after his travel from Doha, but finished two matches before exiting (the exhibition allows for two matches
The Hopman Cup might be a model of how a different Davis Cup might be like. Although this is an exhibition, it tends to draw very good players. This year, were two top ten players in Tomas Berdych and Mardy Fish and also included Richard Gasquet and Fernando Verdasco. One advantage, for many players, is
Tomas Berdych is a rhythm player. If his timing is on, he can be one of the purest hitters in the game. But because he hits a pretty flat ball and needs to hit aggressive due to his lack of real footspeed, Tsonga, by contrast, has good footspeed, a good first serve, and a huge
Out of the 12 matches played in the round robin matches, six were upsets, which is a fair bit considering who they were. In particular, All three matches David Ferrer played were upsets. Murray and Djokovic were favored to win over Ferrer, though in hindsight, neither Murray nor Djokovic were 100%. Ferrer was expected to
Who knew? Roger Federer was right, after all. Before the tournament, he said that any of the top eight players had a chance to win the title. No one took this seriously. After all, only the top four players had won every Masters 1000 title. Fish was perhaps injured. Ferrer had lost all 3 round
This is one of the rare situations where a top-ten player, like Tomas Berdych, might have preferred to play an in-form Murray rather than Janko Tipsarevic. Until Paris, Berdych had never beaten Tipsarevic in four tries. Even the meeting at Paris, which had huge implications for everyone on the bubble of getting into London (Tsonga,
Heading into London, the big question was "How healthy is Djokovic?". Djokovic lost to Nishikori in the semis of Basel when it was clear that Djokovic was struggling with his shoulder. Djokovic then withdrew against Tsonga in the quarterfinals of Paris. It could simply have been Djokovic saving himself for London. That question was answered
The ATP World Tour Finals is a bit unusual. Almost every tournament is a single-elimination draw with possible bye for the top seeds. The WTF (World Tour Finals) is a round-robin. The event's name has changed over the years. It started as the Masters Grand Prix or the Masters. For years, it was held at
