I don’t know if it is just me but I am starting to lose interest in this year’s US Open. The poor scheduling, the lacklustre matches and crowds on Ashe and no stand-out quarter-finals have made me feel a bit meh about this tournament right now. Flavia Pennetta making the semi-finals is a huge headline,…
I really thought there was an error with the US Open app when I saw a tick next to Tommy Robredo‘s name this morning. I know Federer has been struggling all year, but to lose in straight sets to Robredo, a player he has a 10-0 head-to-head record against was a real upset. Richard Gasquet…
I feel like I have come down pretty hard on the mens tournament this week so I thought it was fair to at least preview some of the third round matches for Sunday. I am not going to lie though that the line-up is still rather pedestrian because of a surprising number of upsets from…
1. Caroline Wozniacki v Sorana Cirstea (Toronto, R2) Caroline Wozniacki Aside from a run to the final at Indian Wells, 2013 has been largely forgettable for Caroline Wozniacki. This will be her first match since Wimbledon where she slipped and suffered an injury on Black Wednesday, but kept fighting, before falling to to Petra Cetkovska…
1. Stanislas Wawrinka v Richard Gasquet Richard Gasquet The star of Monday’s schedule is between two of the nearly men who are both a joy to watch at times, but have let their mental frailties from reaching their true potential. Stanislas Wawrinka and Richard Gasquet have both had good, solid seasons and this should make…
Stanislas Wawrinka The mens tournament in Madrid has been a bit of a strange one; Novak Djokovic fell to Grigor Dimitrov in a epic second round match, Roger Federer limped out to Kei Nishikori in round three and then Andy Murray lost to Tomas Berdych in the quarter-finals; granted that was not much of a…
1. Rafael Nadal v Pablo Andujar Tomas Berdych This ATP draw is Madrid has been a real brain twister; Djokovic out in round two, Federer out in round three and now Pablo Andujar, who has won just five main draw matches on the ATP tour in 2013, has reached the semi-finals of a Premier Mandatory…
1. Rafael Nadal v Grigor Dimitrov Grigor Dimitrov It has been business as usual for Rafael Nadal in Monte-Carlo with two pretty routine wins over Marinko Matosevic and Philipp Kohlschreiber. Nadal beat Kohlschrieber, 6-2 6-4 in the third round, facing no break points on his serve. Nadal’s next opponent is the unseeded, Grigor Dimitrov, who…
1. Stanislas Wawrinka v Andy Murray Stanislas Wawrinka Andy Murray opened his clay court season with a comfortable 6-1 6-4 victory over Edouard Roger-Vasselin, beginning much quicker than some of his previous matches and facing no troubles in making the third round. Murray will now face a significantly steeper challenge against Stanislas Wawrinka. The Swiss…
Wow… the Australian Open has been somewhat flat so far with no real epic high quality matches in either draws. The second set of Federer/Tomic had been the best up till now, but that was blown out of the stratosphere with Novak Djokovic‘s 1-6 7-5 6-4 6-7(5) 12-10 win over Stanislas Wawrinka in the final…
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