Of course, no one expected Isner-Mahut to run 5 sets and last 3 days. Both players were probably relieved that there wouldn't be a marathon match. They played on a different court (Court 1) with a different umpire (Lars Graff instead of Mohamed Lahyani) and a different outcome. Isner was favored, although his ranking had
Before we talk about Federer, let's review the late matches yesterday. Yesterday afternoon, it began to rain and this cancelled all play except Centre Court which has, surprise, a roof! When the roof was ready to go in Wimbledon 2009, there was very little rain. Andy Murray played a 5-setter against Stan Wawrinka, and was
The best times to catch Rafa napping in his game is early on. Roger Federer knew this when he nearly won the first set off of Rafa in the finals of the French Open. The problem? It usually takes Rafa only half a set or so before his strokes are back in groove. This happened
On Sunday, it rained. And rained. And rained some more. Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were left to playing tennis and tweeting to pass the time away. Eventually, the match was called, and the spectators were given full refunds. The players would have to return Monday. Tennis Channel was scheduled to cover the finals early
The last time Andy Murray and Andy Roddick met was two years ago at the Wimbledon semifinals when Roddick had the last big hurrah of his career: making the finals of Wimbledon and nearly beating Roger Federer. Murray had his best chance to get to the finals, but two tiebreaks that went Roddick's way lead
What do the four semifinalists at Queen's Club, now dubbed The Aegon Championships (and they have 2-3 other similarly named tournaments have in common). The red, white, and blue! Oh, so you thought Americans were the only country to have red, white, and blue in their flag? Obviously not. The British also have the same
Although Andy Murray says his ankle is the best it's felt in a while, he must surely like the fact that Cilic had to withdraw due to his own injuries. This puts Murray in the semifinals where his opponent is likely to be Andy Roddick. Roddick skipped the French due to injury, but has used
The gap between the end of the French Open and the start of Wimbledon is a slender two weeks. John McEnroe said surely Rafa would not choose to play Queen's two days later where he had committed to play doubles with his sometimes doubles partner, Marc Lopez. But, indeed, Rafa did go. Novak Djokovic, however,
Both Mardy Fish and Olivier Rochus have been on the tour for a long time. They've only met three times, but each time, it's been a challenge. They first met back in 2002 at Long Island which Fish won 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. They met once again, this time in Lyon, France, and Rochus won 6-7(5),
Much like Queen's, nearly all the seeds lost (Newport only has 8 seeds), including top seed, Sam Querrey. The only remaining seeds were Olivier Rochus, 4th seed, and Mardy Fish, 5th seed. Fish's ranking has dropped some since he last played. He was the top seed last year, but left the tournament to play Davis
