Almost everyone likes to imagine their favorite team or their favorite player winning. As tennis fans we want to see our favorite players win the Slams and the Masters1000s(men) or Premier(women) events and this year, the Olympics.
Well, it's Tuesday night and now the European clay court season is in full swing. This week the top 16 fit men and the top 16 fit women in the world are entered in the Mutua Madrid Masters event.
It's still not apparent for the world how significant this development is, but for men's professional tennis in the USA, we have begun a new age, The Isner Era.
Ferrer came into Miami with a 19-2 record with his only losses to Djokovic at the Australian and a bad loss to Istomin at Indian Wells, but with 3 tournament trophies for his trouble.
I promised you a little review of my trip to Indian Wells. As I said in my report on the finals, I got sidetracked by that virus going around Coachella Valley during the tournament.
As wonderful as Federer played, it is all the more amazing that he was able to deal with his wife and twin girls having this virus while he was playing the tournament.
I would keep an eye on Sara Errani and she lost to American Vania King in straight sets today. Perhaps the transition from the clay to the hard courts in such a short time had something to do with that.
Okay, the men's singles draw came out yesterday and the women have actually already started their main draw matches today. 96 players in each field. How do you make sense of it?
As a coach, I look for more specific details that will enable me to help my player. I want to know if they are missing forehands or backhands. In scouting a future opponent, I want to know where they are going to serve in a specific situation
It was a great showing for Federer, winning the Dubai final in straight sets against a seemingly streaking Andy Murray, just having knocked off Djokovic in straight sets in the semis.
Williams. The trophy engraver at SW19 must be sick of the name, or perhaps he’s become so accustomed it that it’s intuitive muscle – like writing a signature.
Andy Murray will test the power of positive thinking as he carries a long-standing back injury with him to Paris as the countdown ticking of the French Open gets louder.
Federer was gambling and tried to blast his way through the former #1 Spaniard, and in the second set was unable to produce his high-risk tennis consistently enough to close it out
