Mardy Fish used to lack enough speed and endurance to play much from the baseline. He would get to net. But the last few years, he's played more baseline. Weight loss has left Fish lean and mean and better able to play long points from the backcourt. But, against Tipsarevic, Fish came to net a
Djokovic had played somewhat shaky tennis in his first two rounds, beating Davydenko when Davydenko had 2 breaks, then a third before giving up the first set then disappearing in the second. Against Cilic, Djokovic again struggled a bit with trying to take control of the match, but did good enough to win. But it
If you were to take a bet as to who would make it deeper, Roger Federer or Stanislas Wawrinka, surely you would have said Roger Federer. Of course, Roger Federer had to play Tsonga, a former top tenner, where Wawrinka played Kevin Anderson who is hoping to be in the top ten. Roger Federer was
Sometimes you need a perfect storm to beat Rafael Nadal. Nadal had taken a few weeks off after Wimbledon, skipping the Davis Cup tie against the US to rest, recover, and figure out what he might do against the new number one, Novak Djokovic. Nadal often comes back a little rusty when he takes a
Let's face it. Niklolay Davydenko hasn't been playing at the top of his game for nearly a year. He's lost in numerous opening rounds. So, while his game has headed south, Djokovic, by contrast has gone swimmingly. Even so, there were a little concern. First, Davydenko has started to play better. He won one round
There are many countries that host effectively a national tournament, and often, that country laments the last time one of their own has won that tournament. When's the last time a Frenchman was won the French Open (that would be 1983 when Yannick Noah won)? When was the last time an Australian male won the
Andy Murray was probably happy for the heat wave in the US. Last year, it was a bit cool, so Murray decided to take a wildcard to Los Angeles, reached the finals, but lost to Sam Querrey. Nonetheless, Murray went to defend his title at Toronto. He lost to Fish (for a third time) in
Nikolay Davydenko has been struggling with his game ever since he came back from a broken left wrist around Wimbledon of last year. Things were so bad that, during a Davis Cup match in Russia, Davydenko wanted to take himself out of the reverse singles and was only convinced by his wife to continue to
The Rogers Cup is the sixth Masters 1000 event of the year. Four of the events are held in North America with 3 in the United States. The events start a few weeks after the Australian Open with Indian Wells, then Miami. Both are week and a half events. Then, off to Europe. Monte Carlo,
Is it Ian Westermann's dark haired Ukrainian right-handed doppleganger? Whatever the case, Sergiy Stakhovsky has won his fourth title, and his second this year. His opponent was Denis Istomin whose story of a car accident that broke his leg as a teen and left him playing no tennis for two years is one that might
