When your livelihood depends on traveling across the world, a little planning is important. Bob Bryan, who got married somewhat recently, was expecting his first child. The good news was that it wouldn't exactly happen during the Australian Open. The bad news is, the baby was expected to arrive the last day of the tournament.
Rafael Nadal must be so thrilled. He had come off a tough four set challenge from the Swiss maestro who, once again, could not figure out a way to beat the beast of Mallorca. They say, in football, a good defense wins championships, and Rafa showed, if you can chase enough would-be winners, your opponent
As usual, Federer looked sharp out of the gate, but Nadal again caught up before Federer could close out the set and feel good about it. Federer took a 3-0 lead and looked sharp, hardly missing any serves, but as soon as Nadal began holding serve, Federer's sharp play started showing edges. Shots that were
If I were asked to rank how the players played in their quarterfinal matches, hmm, I think I would go in this order. 1. Roger Federer In his win over Juan Martin del Potro, Federer moved as well as I've seen in a while, and was pulling out magic tricks. It's hard to evaluate this
How does it feel to be David Ferrer? He is a most worthy top 5. He pretty much beats everyone ranked below him. He might struggle against a Berdych or Tsonga, but pretty much everyone below that, he does well. Ferrer made Nadal's life a lot easier by being his Davis Cup teammate. Nadal is
A week and a half ago, the draw didn't look so friendly to Andy Murray. He was expected to play a series of Frenchman for four rounds. He played Roger-Vasselin in the second round and Michael Llodra in the third round. The expected player was Gael Monfils in the fourth round, but due to an
Juan Martin del Potro had it all. He beat Nadal in three easy sets in 2009 in the US Open semifinals. Then, he took down Federer in five sets in the finals to be the only player outside of Djokovic, Nadal, and Federer to win a Slam since 2005. Six years of Slams have only
Lleyton Hewitt is a bit old school. He said he modeled his game not after the great Aussies which were in a dry spell in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but after Mats Wilander. One of his famous moves, where he bends his wrists and stares at the tips of his fingers is a
Prior to this match, I predicted if there was going to be an upset, it would be Nishikori over Tsonga. That's because two of the other matches seemed pretty lopsided (Murray over Kukushkin and Djokovic over Hewitt). Indeed, even Ferrer over Gasquet should be a sure thing based on their past head-to-head, but Gasquet is
We're getting to the business end of the Australian Open fortnight with the top half playing their fourth round matches today. Let's take a look at these matches. Tsonga vs. Nishikori On paper, this match should be Tsonga's. He's had pretty straight-forward matches while Nishikori has struggled with slow starts. Alas, this is nothing new
