Wimbledon is the only major that chooses to do its own seeding. For the most part, it follows the rankings, but it adjusts them from time to time. This year, despite Roger Federer being number 2 in the world, he is the number 1 seed. 1 Roger FEDERER (SUI) [2] 2 Rafael NADAL (ESP) [1]
Wimbledon is the toughest tournament to do a preview for. There is really no grass court season. For most players, it lasts all of one week. Grass favors big servers with big groundstrokes. The French is different. There's six weeks of tournaments with three Masters 1000 events. You get a long time to see clay
Roger Federer (SUI) vs. Peter Luczak (AUS) Roger Federer opens his defense of Roland Garros by playing Australian, Peter Luczak. He is the second match on court at Court Philippe Chatrier. These two have never played each other. Quick. If you had to guess, is Luczak a young guy or an old guy (for a
The French Open released the draws earlier today. Let's begin by seeing who is missing. Clearly, Juan Martin del Potro and Nikolay Davydenko are missing. del Potro reached the semis last year and pushed Roger Federer to five sets. Davydenko reached the quarters and lost to eventual finalist, Robin Soderling. Lower down, Radek Stepanek is
Madrid is the last of 3 Masters 1000 clay events. There's Monte Carlo, which is optional (you aren't fined for not showing up--it doesn't count as a 0). There is Rome (required). There is Madrid. For those of you who have not followed tennis in about a year, Hamburg used to be Madrid and Madrid
