Although there are two quarterfinals left, and either lower-ranked win would constitute an upset, I'm going ahead and listing the upsets of the tournament so far. Bernard Tomic d. Feliciano Lopez, 2R. It's really his defeat of Lopez and Chardy in the first round that make this a relatively huge upset. Tomic is ranked 199
Sometimes those big victories resonate in the mind more. Tomas Berdych beat Novak Djokovic in the semifinals of Wimbledon to reach his first final. People forget that Berdych and Djokovic met twice more that year with Djokovic winning both encounters (Davis Cup and the round robin at the ATP World Tour Finals). Much like Wawrinka
Stan Wawrinka had made some big changes. He had hired Peter Lundren, an early Federer coach. This had lead to a title at Chennai. He had thumped Andy Roddick. Although the thinking was Wawrinka could beat Federer, the ESPN announcers knew that Roger wasn't Andy. Even Andy knew he wasn't Roger. For one, Roger is
The road through up-and-comer success goes through David Ferrer and he's not letting anyone pass. In the third round, he beat Richard Berankis in a thumping. Then, he needed 4 sets to beat Milos Raonic of Canada. Raonic was able to use his power serve and groundies and good approaches to the net to take
Up until now, Murray hadn't faced a really tough opponent. He played 32nd seed, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and pummeled him. Garcia-Lopez seemed confused and unable to pressure Murray. However, Melzer was seen as a crafty lefty with more power than Garcia-Lopez. Melzer had had an indifferent career for nearly a decade, his rankings mired in the
It's half way through the Australian Open with the top half of the draw needing to complete their fourth round matches. Let's see how the top seeds are doing. Rafael Nadal. Nadal beat an injured Marcos Daniel, then a qualifier in Ryan Sweeting. Bernard Tomic nearly took a set off Nadal. It's hard to say
In 2008, Andy Roddick made an unusual decision. He chose not to play the Olympics. Roddick has always been a big supporter of the US Open Series, the group of tournaments played from just after Wimbledon to just before the US Open. As an American, he has a huge fanbase despite having had his peak
Stan Wawrinka reached the top ten a few years ago, but has since dropped in the rankings to about 20 in the world. A little over a year ago, he married a Swiss TV presenter and former fashion model. She gave birth to their daughter. And shortly afterwards, Wawrinka chose to leave his wife (and
As we head into the second week of play, the top seeds continue to win. There's a decent chance that the top 8 seeds may reach the quarterfinals. The first player to finish his match at the bottom half of the draw was Novak Djokovic. He continues to have one of his easier runs to
For a guy ranked nearly 200, Bernard Tomic is fairly well-known. Still only 18, Tomic has both excited and exasperated his Aussie fanbase. For a guy as tall as Tomic (6'4", possibly taller), he has a versatile game that some compare to Andy Murray. Tomic can slice off both sides, and often does. His slices
