The match had been nip and tuck the whole way. Raonic had a chance to win the first set, but played a sloppy point, and let Roddick take the first tiebreak. Then, Roddick took an early break in the second set, and it seemed Raonic's spirits was dashed. But, no, he broke back, and eventually
Once the weekend rolls around, most tournaments are heading into the semis and finals. Last week, there were three tournaments being played. This week, three more: in Memphis, in Marseille, and in Buenos Aires. Next week, in Acapulco, in Delray Beach, and in Dubai. Today, in Memphis, Andy Roddick beat Juan Martin del Potro in
Oh, I had to do it. This is what happens when you have a name that ends in a word in the dictionary. Milos Raonic was, once again, in the semifinals of a tournament. He already had two solid wins. He beat Verdasco for the second time in consecutive tournaments in the opening round at
Perhaps Verdasco could have been forgiven for a loss to upstart Milos Raonic who made a splash with a fourth round appearance in the Australian Open as a qualifier. He had never played him before, and lost playing great service games, but was unable to win the tiebreaks, despite a 6-2 lead in the first
Roger Federer has a sense of history, doesn't he? He chose to play Stockholm, a tournament he hasn't played since 2000, because he knew it would be a relatively easy draw. He could always point to Peter Lundgren, one of his earliest coaches, who was from Sweden as one reason he played the tournament. Winning
Let's start in Basel. Roger Federer is a five-time finalist at Basel. He reached the finals back in 2000 and 2001 before he became the Roger Federer. He also won the title three times in a row starting in 2006. However, last year, in 2009, Djokovic decided to play on Roger's home tournament. In a
The semifinals are set for Basel and Valencia. Basel is Federer's home tournament, no doubt one reason it is an ATP 500 event. Fortunately for tournament organizers, Federer is still in the tournament. The semifinals include Roger Federer playing Andy Roddick and Novak Djokovic playing Victor Troicki. Let's took at the top of the draw.
The big news is that Andy Murray, defending champ of Valencia, lost in 3 sets to Juan Monaco. Murray has lost to Monaco before, but on clay. He did mention that, due to his brother's wedding (last week), he wasn't as prepared as he had hoped to be. He is now pinning his hopes on
With the Paris Masters and the ATP World Tour Finals and the Davis Cup finals up ahead, the end of the men's tennis season is wrapping up very soon. This week, a pair of ATP 500 events are being played: Valencia (in Spain) and Basel (in Switzerland). Last year, Djokovic went on Federer's home tournament
Djokovic had to wait a day to beat David Ferrer as rain washed out Sunday's play, with Djokovic up a break and 3-1 in the first. The extra day didn't do the Spaniard much good as he won only one more game in the first set, to lose 6-2. Djokovic then won the second set,
