The last time Andy Murray and Andy Roddick met was two years ago at the Wimbledon semifinals when Roddick had the last big hurrah of his career: making the finals of Wimbledon and nearly beating Roger Federer. Murray had his best chance to get to the finals, but two tiebreaks that went Roddick's way lead
What do the four semifinalists at Queen's Club, now dubbed The Aegon Championships (and they have 2-3 other similarly named tournaments have in common). The red, white, and blue! Oh, so you thought Americans were the only country to have red, white, and blue in their flag? Obviously not. The British also have the same
Although Andy Murray says his ankle is the best it's felt in a while, he must surely like the fact that Cilic had to withdraw due to his own injuries. This puts Murray in the semifinals where his opponent is likely to be Andy Roddick. Roddick skipped the French due to injury, but has used
The gap between the end of the French Open and the start of Wimbledon is a slender two weeks. John McEnroe said surely Rafa would not choose to play Queen's two days later where he had committed to play doubles with his sometimes doubles partner, Marc Lopez. But, indeed, Rafa did go. Novak Djokovic, however,
This year, the ATP organizers shuffled up the clay court schedule. Historically, it was Monte Carlo, then an ATP 250 event (or events), then Rome, then more ATP 250 events, then Hamburg, then ATP 250 events, then the French Open. Hamburg was demoted and Madrid converted from an indoor tournament to a clay event. Players
Let's start in Estoril, Portugal's only ATP level event. Last year, it was Albert Montanes, who upset Roger Federer, defending his title over local, Frederico Gil, who was trying to be the first Portuguese player to win an ATP singles event. This year, Federer didn't show up. Instead, we have Juan Martin del Potro trying
That didn't take long, did it? Many had expected del Potro to take at least 3 months, perhaps closer to 6 months to come back, and within two months or so, he's already won a title. del Potro went from winning a match in a tournament, to winning two matches, to getting to the semifinals
Novak Djokovic would point to the Davis Cup final against France as the source of his new-found confidence. Admittedly, Serbia really depended on Victor Troicki to pull in last-minute heroics to take the fifth match. Even so, Djokovic felt great about bringing Serbia its first Davis Cup. With this victory, Djokovic also found his serve.
Who knows if these meetings will become a regular event? Is Djokovic making a push to be in the top 2? As the defending champ, Djokovic actually has to win in Dubai to keep his points while Federer skipped Dubai last year due to an illness and only stands to gain points. Nonetheless, it says
This one ended with a fan screaming during the serve causing Verdasco to miss the return. Even so, Raonic raised his hands in victory. Few people knew who Raonic was until the Aussie Open when he qualified then took an improbably trip to the fourth round only to lose to veteran, David Ferrer. It was
