Kind of an opposite day for the World’s number two and number four. Andy Murray was behind by two sets against Robin Haase but made an incredible comeback to push through into the third round? Rafael Nadal? He needed only two sets against Nicolas Mahut before the Frenchman retired just over an hour into the match. More
Rafael Nadal, if you remember or not, is the defending US Open champion. He certainly hasn’t looked like that any time he faced Novak Djokovic this year, and he wasn’t exactly cruising yesterday in his first round match facing Andrey Golubev, ranked 98th in the world. Nadal won, but far from convincingly. More
Distinguishing the styles of the best servers in the game today or from the last few years. So, do you prefer watching Karlovic Smash-Serve or Federer’s elegance and deception with his toss? More
Rafa. What a name, what a tale. After 25 years on this planet, after 10 years as a pro, with 10 Grand Slam titles, with one Olympic Gold Medal, Rafael Nadal, by tomorrow, will be the next athlete to have an Autobiography on the market, telling his story way before his career comes to an end. More
The pain was too much. The body to weary. Winning both Montreal and Cincinnati is a gruesome task, even for someone with a nearly perfect year like Novak Djokovic. His second loss of the 2011 tennis season came before Andy Murry could win the second set. Djokovic’s shoulder was killing him. Andy Murray made quick and easy work against the World’s number one, winning 6-4 and 3-0 before Djokovic raised the white flag. More
Days before turning 30, Roger Federer is mounting up for another title chase and hopefully a 17th Grand Slam before time really runs out for the Swiss legend. As usual, there’s that Rafael Nadal problem in the way, and more. More
Roger Federer and Martina Hingis might team up for Switzerland in the 2012 London Olympics, if Hingis can overcome a few requirements in time to compete in the new Mixed Doubles event. More
Novak Djokovic became the world’s number one player officially today, as the new ATP rankings were published, for the first time in his career. He plans to stay there for a long time. More
Novak Djokovic – Wimbledon champion, world number one, the best player in the world. The Serb dominated Rafael Nadal in three out of the four sets, winning his third Grand Slam title and first on the All-England Club grass. More
Petra Kvitova won her first Wimbledon and Grand Slam title, beating Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-4 in the 2011 Women’s final. The question arising from her win – Is she here to stay? More