Shortly after Novak Djokovic's win over Juan Martin del Potro, a close match that did not end up in a close score, he was asked by the crew of the ESPN tennis team to name 3 other players that had won the Canada/Cincy double. People have said that it's hard to win at Roland Garros
One of the top three seeds fell on Thursday. Andy Murray lost 64 64 in straight sets to Jeremy Chardy. On the one hand, Chardy won two rounds in Toronto last week and elevated his rank 9 spots, so he's been playing solid tennis. On the other hand, Murray has blamed taking the tournaments prior
On the heels of the news that Rafael Nadal will not play the US Open, the top seeds were on court at Cincinnati after receiving byes in the opening rounds. Last year, unknown Alex Bogomolov beat Andy Murray during one of his slumps. That victory was still enough to boost the former and now Russian's
It's hard to win a Masters 1000 title. The last time Richard Gasquet reached the finals of a Masters 1000 was at Toronto back in 2006 where he lost to Roger Federer in the finals. That was six years ago. It's true. Gasquet was a can't miss prospect from France who had as much attention
A year ago, Novak Djokovic was in a different place. When Montreal rolled around, he still only had one loss to his name, that to Roger Federer in the semis of the French Open. Nonetheless, he won Wimbledon for the first time, indeed, reached the finals for the first time. Like many top players, he
Toronto/Montreal (formerly the Canadian Open--the site alternates each year) used to be one of Andy Murray's favorite tournaments. Murray won the title in 2009 and 2010. However, in both years, Murray lost early in the US Open. In 2009, he lost to the up-and-coming Marin Cilic who is only starting to regain the form he
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Peak Performance", Data is asked to compete against against Sirma Kolrami, an expert at the game of Strategema. When he loses, Data questions if he is flawed and this bothers him for the entire episode. Eventually, he schedules a re-match. In it, he "beats" Kolrami by playing
There was a brief period, sometime around 2003, when Andy Roddick must have felt he was escaping from Pete Sampras's long shadow, that he would be the American heir apparent, the next in a long line of American tennis players that had dominated world tennis since the early 1990s. Little would he know that this
The score says 63 64. This would show a comfortable win over a difficult opponent. It looks like one break a set, but it was actually four breaks, two in the first, two in the second, with Rafa getting one break back in each set. The match was delayed a few hours because of rain
Not going to say too much here, but that when you have a big serve and can hit big off the ground, you give yourself a chance. Isner has improved his ability to run down shots. One difference between Isner and Querrey is Isner's fight. He can hit big when he needs to. Djokovic wasn't
