As we are less than a week away from the first ball of the main draw being struck at the 2013 French Open, the world finds that the men's side of the draw is going to be missing a few players. Top ranked players are out of the 2013 French Open World #2 Andy Murray announced that he will be withdrawing from Roland Garros citing a back injury. It's not very surprising that he's … [Read more...]
What does Federer need to do to beat Nadal on clay?
After watching the beating that Nadal gave Federer at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, it got me thinking about what does Federer need to do to beat Nadal on clay? Historically, we all know that Rafael Nadal is king when it comes to red clay (he seems to be afraid of the blue clay from 2012), and Roger hasn't found a way to break down the buggy whipping Spaniard. The two … [Read more...]
Ferrer needs a good win in Portugal
David Ferrer must win the Portugal Open title this weekend if he is to stand any chance of success in Madrid and Roland Garros as the Spaniard gears up for a grueling few weeks of clay-court season. Ferrer is currently in the quarter-finals of Oeiras after eventually beating off Edouard Roger-Vasselin over three sets on Wednesday and now faces a relatively easy route to the … [Read more...]
So Rafa Nadal won the 2013 BNP Paribas Open
Well, it's been nearly three years since top Spanish tennis player Rafa Nadal has won an ATP level tournament on hard courts. Kind of a shocker right? We all know Rafa as the outright "King of Clay," winning the majority of his titles on that surface (38 clay court titles). Just today, Rafa won his first hard court tournament since his return from a 7 month "injury" layoff. … [Read more...]
2013 Australian Open round 1 complete
It's back! Finally the 2013 tennis season has started with the "Happy Slam," the 2013 Australian Open. I generally write my prediction of the tournament a week ahead of the start but this year there have been some personal things going on in my life that have prevented me from writing my predictions. In any event, I did watch the first two days of the tournament (at least … [Read more...]
Time violators will be held accountable in 2013
Tennis time violators beware of your 2013 tennis season. That's right, the players on the ATP will be held accountable to the 20 between points. There is no actual change to the current rule; (Rule 29, section a) CONTINUOUS PLAY - Between points, a maximum of twenty (20) seconds is allowed. When the players change ends at the end of a game, a maximum of ninety (90) seconds are … [Read more...]
Rafa Nadal pulls out of another tournament
When will the tennis world be fortunate enough to see Rafa Nadal play a competitive match again? He is becoming somewhat of an elusive creature who is beginning to sound like the Yetti of tennis...you know of them and hear of them, but they remain to be seen. As of today, it has been exactly six months since Rafa Nadal played a real tennis match, it just so happens that it was … [Read more...]
Players to watch out for in 2013
Well 2012 has been another fantastic year for tennis. Novak Djokovic cemented his place as world no1 with victory at the ATP Tour Finals, Roger Federer showed he truly is one of the all-time greats by claiming his record equalling 7th Wimbledon title, Rafael Nadal maintained his ‘king of the clay’ moniker by winning yet another Roland Garros and Andy Murray won gold at the … [Read more...]