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
The Spaniards may have fell by the wayside during Wimbledon (except, of course, Rafa), but they have come out in force at the US Open, and no more so fully than today. Let's start with Rafa Nadal. He played Gilles Simon. Simon has beaten Nadal before, but it was back in 2008 when Simon was
As the first week of the Open begins to wind up, we're getting to the serious part of the tournament. Roger Federer has still not dropped a set. He beat Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. He faced only 4 break points, and didn't get broken. Federer was also efficient breaking winning 4 of 6 break
Two years ago, the prospects for American tennis seemed bleak. Andy Roddick was, of course, a fixture in the top ten. But Americans had been spoiled by the heyday of American tennis in the 1980s and the 1990s. At one point, we had two Americans in the top 3 with Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe.
Ryan Harrison is only 18 years old and may become one of the top Americans. It's tough for American tennis at the very top. Querrey and Isner are in the top 20, but the question is whether either player can play top 10 tennis. Querrey probably has the better upside because he moves better, but
Novak Djokovic was probably thrilled playing an evening match. His breathing issues are well-known and they may have cost him at least getting a little deeper in the first two Slams of the year. Indeed, even his match against fellow Serb, Victor Troicki, went 5 sets, and although he recovered to win the match, it's
What's happened to Marin Cilic? Last year, he reached the quarterfinals of the US Open and took a set off Juan Martin del Potro. Some felt, if he hadn't given into nerves, he might have toppled the Argentine giant (though, the Croat, is just as tall as del Potro). He took one more step forward,
This is why form sometimes doesn't matter heading into the US Open. If you were to look at the list of players that were playing well heading into the US Open, that list would be: Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Marcos Baghdatis, Mardy Fish, and David Nalbandian. You could even argue that Roddick was starting to
When Roddick is unhappy with a call, he can be really unhappy. Conversations can run long, as he is unable to put it past him. While Roddick never promised to stuff tennis balls down a person's throat, his complaint that his right foot was not the cause of a foot fault (although his left foot
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
