Well, as Meatloaf once said…”Two outta three, ain’t bad.” Late last week, I made my predictions on the Davis Cup Semifinals, as well as the Great Britain/Austria Playoff Tie, and as you can guess, correctly predicted two of them. Read more »
Our resident tennis writer Jeremy Howard previews the weekends Davis Cup tennis action. Over to Jeremy……
Well, it has been awhile, and now with the 2008 US Open fast becoming a distant memory, I’ll take this time to look ahead to this weekend’s Davis Cup action. Read more »
The tennis world certainly seems split in two, which I’ll touch on a bit more, for now here are some of the results from the last week in tennis:
Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina continued his incredibly hot summer by winning the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles yesterday. He defeated American Andy Roddick (one of the few big names not competing in Beijing) 6-1, 7-6 in the finals. In doing so, del Potro vaulted into the top 20 at spot #19 for the first time in his career. This is the third tournament in a row that del Potro has won (also Austrian Open and Stuttgart). Regardless of how he does in the final couple weeks leading up to the US Open, NO ONE will be excited to see del Potro in there portion of the draw. Read more »
Two big events going on this week- Cincinnati for the Men & Montreal for the Women. So, there are quite a few names out there playing, winning, losing, getting hurt, etc…
Perhaps the most major development this week is coming from Canada, where Maria Sharapova pulled out after a second round win over Read more »
Andy Murray has beaten Fabrice Santoro of France 6-3 7-5 7-6 (7-5) in the first round at Wimbledon, but did not have an easy ride.
Santoro was a tricky customer, playing some fantastic shots throughout and giving Murray plenty to think about. Read more »
The Wimbledon Draws were released today, and I have a few thoughts I’d like to share heading into the grandest of the Grand Slams.
Marcos Bagdhatis was without a doubt the biggest beneficiary of Wimbledon using their own seedings (Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam that does not follow current rankings to seed the tournament). As a result of his previous Grass Court Results - quarter finalist and semi finalist in the last two years at Wimbledon, the 25th ranked player in the world has been moved all the way up to 10th seed. Of course, David Nalbandian is in his part of the draw, Djokovic is in his quarter, and Federer is in his half, so the chances of Bagdhatis reaching his second Grand Slam final are next to nothing. Read more »
The short Grass Court season is upon us, and so I thought I would share a few of my thoughts.
- First off, don’t be fooled by Federer’s ’struggles’ during the clay court season. If my struggles meant I would win one tournament (Estoril), make it to the finals of a Masters event (Hamburg), and make the finals of the French Open for the Read more »