Nadal, it seems, doesn't like it when he plays poorly. If he plays a match, and it's as close as his near-loss to Victor Troicki, he gets upset, and sometimes, the next opponent pays the price. That opponent was Gael Monfils. Sporting mini-dreads, Monfils had few answers for Nadal in the first set as Nadal
When the temperature starts dipping from the infernal heat and humidity of summer, when American collegiates put on football helmets on and their professional counterparts do the same, the American tennis-watching public tunes off tennis and turn their attentions elsewhere. It's the post-season in baseball. College and pro (American) football is starting up. Basketball and
Is David Nalbandian back? After being bothered by a hip injury which caused him to spend a great deal of time on tour, Nalbandian made a decision to skip Wimbledon and play Davis Cup against Russia in Russia. There, he was the hero of Argentina. With Juan Martin del Potro still recovering from his wrist
This wasn't the tournament that organizers had hoped for. For the last few years, Andy Roddick has made his way to finals, but this year, Roddick, and all the other Americans lost before the semifinals. With this loss, Andy Roddick is likely to slip out of the top 10 and leave the top 10 without
During the mid-to-late afternoon, storms hit the Washington DC area, which meant matches were delayed until the evening. As it approaches midnight, matches are still being played to keep on schedule. Earlier today, which really means, earlier this evening, top seed and Wimbledon finalist, Tomas Berdych beat Andrey Golubev in three close sets: 6-3, 5-7,
It used to be a spring ritual. When the tour headed to Europe on a 7 week clay excursion, most players were playing for second place. Rafael Nadal would typically play four clay events heading into the French: Monte Carlo (an optional Masters 1000), Barcelona, Rome, and Madrid (this used to be Hamburg, until Hamburg
Fernando Verdasco, who reached his first Master 1000 semis last week in Monte Carlo, continues to play well in Barcelona. Verdasco, apparently, had not planned to play Barcelona but was given a wildcard. He faced talented but erratic, Ernests Gulbis, in the quarter finals and won, 6-2, 7-6(4). Gulbis has been having a solid, if
Juan Carlos Ferrero is a contemporary of Roger Federer. He won his only Slam in 2002 at the French Open, and his best years were from 2000 to 2003, especially at the French where he reached the semis twice, the finals, then won the French. In 2003, Ferrero reached the finals of the US Open
If this were a political thing, perhaps there would be more antagonism between Novak Djokovic, a Serb, and Ivan Ljubicic, a Croatian. But each player has their own drama, independent of which country they play for. In particular, Novak Djokovic, who came from nowhere in 2007 to be a solid number 3, and entered Dubai
After Andy Murray was dismissed in straight sets by Roger Federer, some may have thought Murray would have gone back to the drawing board, figuring how to retool his game to beat the number 1 player in the world. However, the tears that came during the post-match ceremony was only the tip of the iceberg,
