Let’s start with the obvious:
Scary good and
Especially
Relentless against Stosur
Everyone else (including Justine) has
No chance to win the
Australian Open
AND:
Free to
Experiment with his plan
D
Even Hewitt
Realized that the match was an
Entertaining
Recreation for Roger
Disagree? Consider this an acrostic smack down.
Roger Federer probably won’t have as much fun against Nikolay Davydenko in the quarterfinals. Kolya’s beaten Roger the past two [...]

Sveta played a late night match on Friday, getting past Angelique Kerber in three close sets. Gotta love that game face. . .

Now onto Day Six Down Under, which was notable for retirements, withdrawals and old fashioned beat-downs. The men didn’t get to four-sets until Tsonga and Haas played the last match on Hisense. It’s [...]

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I missed most of Sunday’s Rafael Nadal vs. Nicolas Almagro match due to air travel, but my mom gave me the update when I landed: Rafael Nadal took his shirt off and the crowd went wild! And he blushed and said he was “shy” when Mary Joe Fernandez [...]

Spaniards Rafael Nadal, Fernando Verdasco and Tommy Robredo all won their third round match ups Thursday at the Barcelona Open. Take a look at the highlights, above.
All four of the top seeds will advance, with Friday’s quarterfinals as follows:
Nikolay Davydenko (3) vs. Radek Stepanek (Czech leads head-to-head 4-3), David Ferrer (4) vs. Tommy Robredo (Ferrer [...]

Venus Williams, Nicolas Almagro and Mardy Fish joined Dubai champ Novak Djokovic in the winners’ circle this weekend.
Mardy Fish won his third career title today in Delray Beach over qualifier Evgeny “Kournikova’s cousin” Korolev, who was in his first ATP final. This was a MUST win title for Mardy, considering the inexperience of his opponent [...]