2008 was a great year in tennis. Andy Murray won his first Masters 1000 title, Roger Federer didn’t win a Masters 1000 title and lost that epic final to Rafa at Wimbledon. Sadly Justin Henin retired, Djokovic won his first Australian Open title and Ana Ivanovic won the French Open. What also happened that year... Continue Reading →
Ok, I'm smiling. There is just something about nights in New York isn't there? Maybe my choice of phrase will be a bit unfair but Grigor was close to rock bottom. The Bulgarian was on the verge of slipping out of the top 80 in the world, recently had his worse loss to world 407... Continue Reading →
Sunday was not a day of rest at Flushing Meadows. Comebacks, surprises and for some business as usual ahead of the second week of the final major of 2019. Federer's 56th Major Quarter Final! Quite the record for Roger Federer, he may not have won at Flushing Meadows for 10 years but the former world... Continue Reading →
The final major of the year is here. With the main draw not even underway at Flushing Meadows the stories coming out have been pretty big. Serena v Maria Where do I start? First round at the US Open where they've never played before we have two of the greatest battling it out. Serena leads... Continue Reading →
By the time Roger Federer hits a ball in Cincinnati he will be 38 years old. He has done soo much in his tennis career but that Wimbledon defeat to Novak Djokovic after having match points will be one of his biggest heartbreaks. At 37 the former world number one who has the most Grand... Continue Reading →
Well, if you had a ticket for Arthur Ashe last night you would not be short of drama. Maria Sharapova and Roger Federer were in action looking to secure their place in the quarter finals and lost. Maria Sharapova who had never lost a night match on Ashe in her career with a record of... Continue Reading →
R1 is done. We have seen big upsets, comebacks, withdrawals and much more over the last 48 hours, so what are the stories? Halep out! This is the main story, Simona Halep has been dumped out of Flushing Meadows by Kaia Kanepi who was too strong from the baseline and Halep could not shift the... Continue Reading →
All expectations are on New York to be a three horse race between Novak, Roger and Rafa but will it be one of these usual suspects or another but who are the other contenders? Juan Martin Del Potro Former champion in 2009, career high of world number three and is in the same half as... Continue Reading →
Following last night’s match I did a piece this morning looking at the performance of Novak Djokovic in his 6-4 6-4 win against Roger Federer but now a look at Federer’s performance which has raised a lot of questions and placed doubts with Flushing Meadows around the corner. The performance on a whole was shaky... Continue Reading →
Novak Djokovic' performance against Roger Federer was near on perfect. Throughout the week in Cincinnati Novak's performances were a little bit shaky but this one against Roger was something else, it had it all and he has sent out a massive statement ahead of the US Open. The first part of his game I want... Continue Reading →
