I said it last year, and I’ll say it again: the World Tour Finals is the coolest concept for a tournament in the season. Yes, the fact that it’s at the end of a tough year and that some players are hurt and don’t take it so seriously can detract from it, but at the [...]
Posts Tagged With 'Djokovic'
Djokovic All But Locks Up Year-end #1
Roger Federer is still World #1, but unless he gets a miracle that will not last through December. Federer’s #1 ranking is currently built on a lot of points earned in November of last year in addition to having a very good year this year. Djokovic, on the other hand, did almost nothing last November. [...]
US Open Final Preview: Novak Djokovic vs Andy Murray
Murray’s Keys to Victory: 1. Follow the game plan- Murray has said that he worked out different strategies with his new coach Ivan Lendl for how to play against each of Murray’s top 3 rivals. This has done two things. It has been effective in helping Murray compete against each of them. But, more importantly, [...]
2012 Wimbledon Preview: Favorites, Dark Horses, and Bad Bets
Well, the French Open ended one short week ago, which means that qualifying at Wimbledon starts tomorrow and that main draw play will start a week later. We have seen an unprecedented level of dominance by two players at the top of tennis, with Djokovic and Nadal facing each other in the last four Grand [...]
French Open Quarterfinals Preview
The men’s tournament has gone pretty much as expected, with a few minor blips here or there. The two notable non-chalk results are Richard Gasquet (instead of Andy Murray) and a bit of an upset with Juan Martin Del Potro beating Tomas Berdych in the fourth round. Berdych looked dominant early in the tournament, but [...]
French Open Round 3 Recap
Top Players Roundup: Federer struggled a bit against Frenchman Nicolas Mahut in a bit of an atypical match for him. Federer had trouble getting into the Mahut service games, which led to the sets being close. That, coupled with a few poor service games of his own sprinkled throughout the match, didn’t come too far [...]
2012 French Open Draw Analysis
With the 2012 French Open draw now out, we can look at which players have the easiest and toughest paths to get deep in this tournament. As always, we will rank the quarters from toughest to easiest. These rankings aren’t determined by the number of top players in the draw. Rather, we will judge each [...]
French Open 2012 Preview: Favorites, Dark Horses, and Bad Bets
Well, the end of the month of May means 2 weeks of watching the top men in the world battle out best-of-five set matches on the red clay in Paris. Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer in the final last year, matching Bjorn Borg’s record of six Roland Garros titles. This year he will go for [...]
The Fight for Seeding at the French Open
The rankings are always a very important factor to keep in mind as we approach every Grand Slam. They determine the seedings for the Slam draw, which can have a major impact in the course of the Slam. High seeds cannot meet certain other seeds until a certain point in the tournament (we’ll explain that [...]
How to react to Monte Carlo
Rafael Nadal won his eighth straight Monte Carlo Masters last week, becoming the first player in history to win a tournament 8 consecutive times and only the second to win any tournament 8 times (Guillermo Vilas won Buenos Aires 8 times as well). This record is a tremendous milestone in any career, and both Nadal [...]
