Juan Martin del Potro is looking forward to enjoying an injury-free year and challenging the leading players on a regular basis in 2014. The 25-year-old Argentinian, who won the US Open in 2009, had his career put on hold by a wrist injury the following year, but has now moved back up to five in the world rankings for the first time in more than three years. Del Potro, … [Read more...]
Roger Federer’s Wimbledon chances
2013 Wimbledon is about to start, what are Federer's Wimbledon chances? Will he be able to win a record 8 Wimbledon titles? If he's planning on doing so, he's got a lot of work ahead of him. Roger Federer's Wimbledon Chances There are plenty of favorites, but none more favored than the great Roger Federer. He's the defending champion and was won the darn thing seven (7) … [Read more...]
2013 French Open losing seeds
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...]
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...]
Murray targets fast start
World number three Andy Murray will be determined to get off to a fast start when he takes on Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro in the quarterfinal round of the 2013 BNP Paribas Open. Murray has shown signs of rustiness in the opening rounds at Indian Wells. He had to come from a set down to avoid an embarrassing defeat and potentially shocking result in the tennis betting … [Read more...]
The only US Open match you need to watch
Now that we've crept into the second week of the last major of the year, the world may witness the potential last match of the last American male in the US Open. On the verge of retirement, Andy Roddick will face off against the 2009 US Open champion, Juan Martin Del Potro. The two will meet under the lights of Arthur Ashe stadium in the round of 16. As you, I hope, have … [Read more...]
Men’s 2012 US Open dark horse picks
The 2012 US Open is going to start in less than 24 hours from the time I'm writing this. There has already been plenty of predictions on who is favored to win the US Open and who has better chances. I've noticed that nobody is really talking about the 2012 US Open dark horses. The definition of "Dark Horse" is a little-known person or thing that emerges to prominence, … [Read more...]