Day 3 saw most of the seeds progressing fairly easily. Rafael Nadal took on Lukas Lacko and found himself a 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 winner. Given his struggles in the first round, Nadal found himself striking the ball better. Darren Cahill commented that Nadal had played around with a different forehand and serve motion in London
Everyone knew that Igor Andreev was a tough opponent. Two years ago, the wily Russian with the big forehand and the big serve gave players like Rafael Nadal trouble. In his 2008 US Open run, Roger Federer needed five sets to beat Andreev. Since then, Andreev's rank has dropped some, though he remains in the
On paper, this didn't look to be much of a match. Roger, being Roger, had proclaimed how well his training had been, how well he'd been hitting. And Igor Andreev? The last time we heard of him? It was the 2008 US Open where he took Roger Federer to five sets with big serves and
With so many matches, I can only see a handful of them, especially with the time-zone differences. The first match I watched was Andy Roddick playing Thiemo de Bakker. After a while, it seemed clear that de Bakker played a nervous first set. He didn't hit the ball cleanly, nor that smart. Hitting ill-advised drop
Day 1 at the Australian saw the top seeds play according to form. Andy Murray had an easy opening round beating South African, Kevin Anderson, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. Anderson won a tournament back in 2008 and played college tennis for University of Illinois. The tall South African, however, had few answers for Murray's versatile game.
The Australian Open draw was partly done by Ana Ivanovic on the women's draw and John McEnroe on the men's draw. The 3rd an 4th seed were picked out of a bowl by Mac, then every 4 seeds after. Andy Murray had an unusual distinction. Because he failed to defend his points at Doha, he
In a mere hours, the Australian Open (AO) will release the draw for this year's tournament. People will speculate who might win, but of course, it depends on how the draw turns out, among many other things. Who are the favorites heading into the AO? Once upon a time, you looked at the big 3
With the Australian Open less than a week away, it's a good time to look at the top 6 players and see why they will (or won't) win the Australian Open. Why Roger Federer will win No one has been more consistent in the Slams than Roger Federer. Most people considered 2008 and 2009 as
