Here are today's results from Stockholm. Monfils d. Anderson 75 75 Raonic d Dimitrov 75 64 Nieminen d Kame 36 75 61 Blake d Nalbandian w/o The semis put Monfils against Raonic. Again, a good opportunity for Raonic to get to another final, but Monfils should be favored. Then Blake gets a break and doesn't
As the "new four" try to climb their way to the top (whether they can do this is another question), they need to secure big victories at some point. Let's think about the big four. Roger Federer's big win was beating Sampras in the fourth round of Wimbledon in 2001. At the time, Sampras had
In the US, you have to be a diehard tennis fan to watch tennis now. Many people stop watching after the US Open, especially if they follow American football. With the paucity of games in a football season (16 total, as opposed to 82 in basketball, and nearly twice as many in baseball), every game
Andy Murray is on a chase to do something he's never done before. Become #3 at the end of the year. OK, when you're in a culture that only values number 1, this may not seem like much, but when #1 is a guy having the season that hasn't happened in 25 years and when
Kalamazoo is maybe best known, in tennis circles, for hosting the USTA tournament for juniors. In particular, the winner of the USTA 18 and unders is often given a wildcard into the US Open. This year, that winner was Jack Sock. But back in 2005, it was Donald Young. He beat Sam Querrey in 3
Most of the top four are taking the week off. Indeed, Roger Federer said he wouldn't return until Basel, which is after Shanghai. Djokovic had said he would skip next week's event, but hasn't mentioned whether he'll play Shanghai or not. Rafael Nadal is still slated to play Tokyo where he is the defending champ.
It's been a long time since the French have won the French Open. The peculiar part is that most French players play better on fast courts than on clay. It's not that their incompetent on clay, far from it. Perhaps one day they'll do something that would be almost heretical in modern tennis: changing the
Julien Benneteau has been on the tour for over ten years. In that time, he's never won a tournament. So, for him, winning Winston-Salem was far more likely than going deep in the US Open. Benneteau would have been happy winning the tournament and losing in the first round at the US Open. Ah, but,
In this peculiar point, Robin Haase (pictured on the right) has retrieved a drop shot. However, he leaves it very close to Julien Benneteau (on the left). Haase sticks out his racquet like a shield and happens to block Benneteau's pass for what looks like Haase's point. However, the chair umpire sees Haase's volley is
Julien Benneteau has been on the tour a while. He joined the tour back in 2000, making it his 11th year on tour. His ranking is normally around the top 40. He played a few doubles ties in Davis Cup with Michael Llodra. His ranking has slipped some, and now he's 113. It's so low
