This must seem like old hat to Roger Federer. This is Roger's 22nd Slam final and his eighth consecutive final. The record for consecutive semifinals, after Roger, was 10, by Ivan Lendl. At this point, Roger knows how to play the game, and that's not just the game on-court, but the game off-court. There could
Perhaps the one stat that mattered most in the semifinals is, at one point in the game, Federer had lost only 12 points in 12 service games, losing only 1 point a game. What's important to note is Federer lost 4 of these points at a 3-1 hold in the first set when the score
There was every reason to believe that Andy Murray would win this match easily. He had yet to drop a set. He was hitting well. This was Marin Cilic's first Slam semi. More than that, Cilic has logged a lot of hours on court. He played a five setter against Aussie teen, Bernard Tomic, who
We're now down to four players. One semifinals will be played on Day 11 (Murray vs. Cilic) and one on Day 12 (Federer vs. Tsonga). Let's quickly see how everyone is doing. Andy Murray has yet to drop a set and had his most convincing win yet over Rafael Nadal. Tactically, he played smart and
Given a choice between watching Federer-Davydenko or watching Djokovic-Tsonga, I opted to watch the first, which got a particularly late start because both Williams sisters played tight three setters. Venus Williams was cruising over Li Na and seemed assured of a straight set win. However, with a 5-3 lead, Venus lost serve then subsequently lost
Think about it. Roger Federer had a sublime moment, soundly beating his long-term rival, Lleyton Hewitt, his 15th consecutive win. This was Federer at his most confident, playing an opponent he has few worries playing. Hewitt won his first Slam title in 2001, a US Open win over Pete Sampras. He won his second in
With Nadal's loss to Andy Murray, Nadal will move from #2 to #3 and may drop to #4. Novak Djokovic has already reached the quarterfinals which matches his results last year. At the very least, he'll keep the 8310 points he has now. Rafael Nadal is 1000 points ahead of Djokovic, but because he is
Ever since the draw came out, a draw that was partly determined by Murray's slip in the rankings from 4 to 5, and Murray found himself in the same quarter as Nadal, this quarterfinal matchup was the most hotly anticipated. On the one hand, there was Andy Murray. Long touted as the most talented of
Andy Roddick is a man playing against time. For him, 2003 must seem like forever ago. Back then, he was young. He was impetuous. He was on top of the world. He had won his first Slam, at the US Open, over Juan Carlos Ferrero, and he had no reason not to believe more titles
With less than a week before the finals, the tournament heads into the second week. This is a good time to look at the contenders and see how the field is doing. Let's go from top to bottom. Roger Federer had a tough opening round, nearly pushed to five sets against Igor Andreev. Although Andreev
