If you were to place a bet on who had a better chance to beat Rafa on clay, Djokovic or Federer, who would you pick? Federer has only beaten Rafa on clay sparingly. In Hamburg some number of years ago, and in Madrid, during its inaugural start. He may have another win here or there,
Given how often Rafa and Novak were competing against each other, they seemed so far ahead of everyone that no one would catch them, but Federer had an outstanding end of the year where he won Basel, Paris, and the year-end championship. Federer continued to have a solid 2012, starting off better than he has
Rome is the last big tournament where many of the names expecting to contend for honors at Roland Garros will play. Let's just say that 2012 is significantly different from 2011. 2011 was the year of Novak, and the question then was "Can Novak win on clay?", and the answer was yes, but. He beat
For a long time, the British lacked good players. The last good singles player was a transplant, Greg Rusedski, who was Canadian, but had a English tie from one of his parents. When he realized Canada was even worse off than the UK when it came to tennis, he fled to the relatively money-rich British
Andy Murray has been called a counterpuncher, but he's not exactly a counterpuncher in the classic way. Back when Andy Murray was rising in the ranks, he relied more on change of spins and pace and finesse drop shots to win matches. Murray's big strength then as it is now is his tremendous speed and
On the third day of the Australian Open, Americans were not faring well. Mardy Fish and Donald Young both lost, and John Isner nearly lost too. Let's start with the Isner match. John Isner's second round match was against David Nalbandian. John Isner's strengths and weaknesses are well-known. He serves big. He has a big
Most guys that play tennis want to hit big. Look at someone like Fernando Verdasco. He likes to hit big. He gets upset when his big shots don't land in. Indeed, most juniors have to be taught to rein in that power and play more conservative tennis rather than being told to hit big. With
Cable saved television in so many ways. In the old days of American television, when there was just network TV which comprised of four channels (ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS), the channels had to serve several functions. They had to have local news. They had to have national news. They had prime time television in
Here's a little discussion concerning off-court talk. First, there was the remarkable comeback by Bernard Tomic over Verdasco. Aussie commentator Darren Cahill felt like Verdasco's fitness would be too much especially as he went up two sets to none. Cahill was very impressed by Tomic's ability to hang in which Tomic attributes to playing possum.
Ivan Lendl was announced as Andy Murray's coach. Murray had been looking for a new coach for almost a year and a half. He struggled to find someone with the clout to give him advice that might win him a Slam, and someone that could travel with him about 25 weeks of the year. He
