Making picks for a Grand Slam event is hard. Few of us have the time or desire to sit, looking at all the factors that go into picking a player to make it far into the tournament.There are several ways to make the pick. For the winner, you look at the top seeds, or the
Rafael Nadal, world number 1 and defending Wimbledon champ, has just announced a bombshell. He has withdrawn from Wimbledon. Nadal has had knee tendonitis for several months. Although he did not blame it for his French Open loss to Robin Soderling, he had been out of sorts since Madrid. Nadal had withdrawn from Queen's Club
Wimbledon released its draw today. I'll give early thoughts and more complete ones later, but there appears to be a lot of intrigue early on.The biggest question, which may be answered today, is whether Nadal chooses to defend his title. After a more casual practice week than usual, Nadal played Hewitt in an exhibition and
Rafael Nadal was scheduled to play two exhibitions prior to Wimbledon to test his knees. On Thursday, he was scheduled to play Lleyton Hewitt. On Friday, he is scheduled to play Stanislas Wawrinka.Nadal suffered a loss against Lleyton Hewitt, 6-4, 6-3. His coach and uncle said it's difficult for Nadal to play. Reports say Nadal
Today, Wimbledon announced the seeds for the men and women. Wimbledon has traditionally picked seeds based on its own formula, favoring players that have played well historically and tweaking based on recent performance.They did so again. Here are the seeds:1 Rafael Nadal (ESP)2 Roger Federer (SUI)3 Andy Murray (GBR)4 Novak Djokovic (SRB)5 Juan Martin del
It happens in every Grand Slam. Someone makes it to the quarterfinals that you wouldn't expect. Last year at Wimbledon, the surprise semifinalist was Marat Safin. People predicted it would lead to a resurgence in his career, which it didn't.Let's take a quick look at the past three Wimbledons and see which players made it
The grass court season is pretty much non-existent these days, a fallout of the US Open first changing its surface to clay, then to grass, back in the mid 70s. For most players, the grass court season consists of three tournaments: Queen's, Halle, and Wimbledon.Since Queen's and Halle are played the same week, players can
As the days go by to the start of the biggest grass event on the tennis calendar, possibly the biggest of the Grand Slams, I thought I'd trot out a Monty Python line (though it's usually written as the "knights who say ni").Perhaps the single most compelling player is one who is not playing this
