Roger Federer hates reporters at moments like this. Are you slipping? Will you ever win another major again? Can you beat Nadal and Djokovic again? Federer always gives the same answers. He's feeling good. He expects to play 5 more years. Stop asking him these questions. Fans of Roger Federer are so used to seeing
Sports fans have short memories. They believe the results of the last week should matter more than the results of a year ago. Alas, the men's tennis rankings say otherwise. The ranking is a culmination of a year's work. If you played fantastic a year ago, your rankings will reflect this. Part of Soderling's lofty
Sometimes you watch a pro, and you see the way they plan to win. Other times, you wonder, how do they do it? Let's look at the number 1 and 2 in the world. How does Rafa win? Rafa wins with speed, precise hitting leading to instant offense, great shots on defense, and tenacity. Most
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
I started watching tennis in the early 80s. In those days, cable was just starting to get popular. ESPN was already the premier sports channel because, well, there was no such thing anywhere else. Even so, it competed against the three big American networks: ABC, CBS, and NBC. For the most part, CBS and NBC
Currently, Soderling has 5580 points to Andy Murray's 5760 which means Soderling is 180 points behind Murray. With Soderling's win at Brisbane, he will replace a quarterfinal result in Marseille worth 45 points with a 250 point win or a net of 205 points, and just move ahead of Andy Murray. This means, with both
Now that we're merely a week away from the start of the first Slam of the year, it's a good time to see the form of the top players. Rafael Nadal Last year, Nadal made a serious go at winning the year-end championships. He took a week off and chose not to play the Paris
Around the time of the US Open, Andy Roddick finally admitted that he had been suffering a bout with mono. Keen fans of tennis will recall that Roger Federer was afflicted with mono at the start of 2008. He "only" reached the semifinals of the Australian Open. That year was the duo surprise of Novak
Ivan Lendl had a peculiar career. He reached 4 Slam finals before winning his first one, the 1984 French Open final, and even then, he barely won, courtesy of John McEnroe's serve fizzling in the last few sets. He would lose 2 more Slam finals before winning his second Slam, giving him a paltry record
