What the Cincinnati Masters Means For…

Roger Federer: One could point to Federer’s easy start to the week, with Denis Istomin quitting in the first set and Philipp Kohlschreiber not even picking up a racket, and call it luck. But, as Thomas Jefferson said, “I find the harder I work the more I have of (luck).” With a runner-up performance in Toronto and the win in Cincy, The Great Swiss has put forth his best pre-US Open... 

What the Toronto Masters Means For…

Andy Murray: Can you believe Canada is Murray’s first tournament win this year? Oh, wait, you probably can, since the Scot hasn’t really been dominating the conversation since his run to the Australian Open final. That doesn’t mean, though, that he hasn’t been listening to it. In response to charges that the Scot was too passive or just didn’t have the weaponry, he stepped... 

What Drives Thomas Muster?

Thomas Muster first attracted attention for his strokes. Ivan Lendl, who defeated the then-21-year-old in the semis of the Australian Open in 1989, said the Austrian had one of the hardest forehands on tour. Those strokes made him the first Austrian to go that deep in a major or reach the top 10, and he looked likely to keep ascending. Just a couple of months later, he backed-up his Australian run... 

Looking Back: How Chris Woodruff Conquered in Canada

While playing for the tennis team of my high school in small-town West Tennessee, I was occasionally asked about my chances of going pro one day. I always found this amusing; sure I was usually winning my matches, and sure, I eventually became, in my senior year, the No. 1 seed on our team. And of course, I was a teenager wholly ignorant of the workings of the world outside of the space I’d... 

Disappointed Wimbledon Entrants Look Ahead

Last time we looked at those who either met or exceeded their Wimbledon expectations. However, one player’s success at a major comes at another’s expense, and a surprise victory by one guy requires him to disrupt another’s plans. Here are some guys who left SW19 with regrets, and what we can expect from them on firmer footing.   Roger Federer There certainly have been better... 

Wimbledon Success Stories Look to The Hard Courts

It’s too early to make predictions for the US Open; I think they at least have to play the Masters Series events in Canada and Cincinnati before we do that. That’s especially true now that the defending champion of the event won’t be playing it due to injury; the player who has dominated the event in the past decade is slumping; and the man dominating the tour at the moment hasn’t... 

2010 Wimbledon Final: Tomas Berdych’s Lasers vs. Rafael Nadal’s Heart

The first time I watched Tomas Berdych play was in the fourth round of the US Open against Tommy Haas. He was only 18 then, but had already attracted some buzz for having knocked Roger Federer out of the Olympics in Greece just weeks earlier.  And at the time, it was impossible not to already be impressed with his shotmaking.  It was not like with Andre Agassi or Fernando Gonzalez, where... 

Wimbledon 2010: Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray Fight for the Future

There’s a famous scene in Chinatown where private detective Jake Gittes faces the evil tycoon Noah Cross, who has been stealing water away from the needy populace to lower the price of land that he wants to buy. “Why are you doing it?” Gittes asks, “How much better can you eat? What can you buy that you can’t already afford?” “The future,” Cross responds.... 

Wimbledon 2010: Andy Murray’s Opportunity

Andy Murray has everything a counterpuncher needs: speed, consistency, feel, and intelligence. Plus, standing 6’3”, Wimbledon’s fourth seed has a couple of things that even the game’s best counterpunchers—from Bjorn Borg to Mats Wilander to Lleyton Hewitt—didn’t have. Those guys had to serve clutch and take care of their volleys when they came to net, but... 

2010 Wimbledon: Why Roger Federer’s ‘Arrogance’ Really Isn’t

Following a clay court exhibition match against Bjorn Borg in 1978, John Newcombe was asked his opinion on how he would match up with the Swede on grass. He proceeded to explain why he, no matter the surface, enjoyed playing against the man from Stockholm. “I don’t feel he’s got anything that can really hurt me,” the Australian great said. At this point in his career, Borg... 

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