Category Archives: Miami

Nadal Pulls Out Of Australian Open

Posted on December 28, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

Rafael Nadal has made the smart decision to withdraw from the Australian Open. Rafa’s recent injury issues have been well documented as has his need to hit a lot of balls to find his groove.

Recently a stomach virus has kept Rafa from training as he would like and as a result he withdrew from Abu Dhabi which was scheduled to be his first tournament back.

While the Abu Dhabi tournament organisers scrambled to replace Rafa’s after his last minute withdrawal (and after they had snubbed Roger Federer) the Australian Open looked to be in doubt. Read more »

Posted in Abu Dhabi, Australian Open, Doha, Illness, Indian Wells, Injury, Media, Miami, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer

Tomic The Tank Engine

Posted on October 24, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

To say it has not been an impressive year from Bernard Tomic is an understatement. The cocky teenager was all talk months ago about his chances of reaching the top ten and yet he has seen his ranking plummet to number 48 after a series of disappointing performances.

He started the year with legal troubles and accused police of targeting him in relation to his excessively powerful BMW (here). He then tried to have his dad ejected from his match in Miami (here). Tomic has failed to show any ability to maintain consistently good form in 2012, a challenge that many of the games elite were keen to see if Bernard would rise to. Read more »

Posted in Andy Roddick, Bernard Tomic, John Tomic, Media, Miami, Mikhail Youzhny, Roland Garros, Shanghai, Stockholm, US Open

Fish Talks About Heart Procedure

Posted on June 30, 2012 by admin| 2 Comments

At the Hopman Cup behind the scenes Mardy Fish was irritable and demanded answers from his team as to what he could do to lift his level and find some form as his body seemed to refuse to do what he wanted.

Just a few months later word was that Fish was struggling with a serious health issue but there was not a lot of information about what the issue was. Good friend Andy Roddick jumped to his defense when it was suggested that the American players were avoiding the European clay. Read more »

Posted in Andy Roddick, Davis Cup, Hopman Cup, Houston, Illness, Mardy Fish, Media, Miami, Roland Garros, Wimbledon

Nadal Talks Withdrawal

Posted on March 31, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

Doesn’t sound good.

Posted in Injury, Media, Miami, Rafael Nadal

Looking At Nadal’s Knees

Posted on March 31, 2012 by admin| 4 Comments

There is something about the Indian Wells-Miami hard court swing that seems to consistently destroy Rafa Nadal’s troubled knees. Today Rafa announced that he would not continue with the tournament by withdrawing from his semifinal match against Andy Murray.

There are two ways you can look at this latest set back:

1) It’s about self preservation.

Nadal’s been having trouble with his knees since the Australian Open (and years before that). His right knee locked up and he could barely move it when he stood up from a chair.

He stood up from a chair.

He wasn’t sprinting, twisting or changing directions he was just standing up after sitting down. To say this is unusual is an understatement. Since then, despite six weeks of training and rehab, Rafa hasn’t been right. Read more »

Posted in Andy Murray, Australian Open, Barcelona, Cincinnati Masters, Davis Cup, Indian Wells, Injury, Lleyton Hewitt, Madrid, Media, Miami, Monte Carlo, Physio Perspective, Rafael Maymo, Rafael Nadal, Rogers Cup, Roland Garros, Rome, Wimbledon

Nadal Battles Into Miami Semis

Posted on March 29, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

Nadal looked aggressive in the opening game finding with break of serve after being down 0-40 moved to 2-0 lead with a break point chance in the third game.

After having the tape on his foot adjusted Rafa seemed to lose his momentum briefly but managed to steady himself for a 5-1 while Tsonga sprayed errors all over the court. Read more »

Posted in Andy Murray, Injury, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Miami, Rafael Nadal

Nadal Rolls On As Knee Problems Resurface

Posted on March 28, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

Rafael Nadal has moved into the quarterfinals in Miami, a tournament he’s never won, after an interesting  6-4, 6-4 win over Kei Nishikori.

After a horribly slow start for Nadal, in which it took him almost 15 minutes to hold the opening service game he was broken in the third game before immediately breaking back. Read more »

Posted in Injury, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Kei Nishikori, Miami, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal

Roddick Takes Federer Out In Miami

Posted on March 27, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

Roger Federer’s been playing well there’s no doubt about it. Andy Roddick, on the other hand, has been searching for form and aggression in his game for the last two (or more) years. Today Roddick found some inspiration to beat Federer 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-4 in the home city of his friend and former agent who died last year.

It was just the third time in his career that Andy has beaten Federer.

“There is no script in sports, you know. I think that’s what makes it the best entertainment in the world. Nights like tonight are why you play the matches. You don’t know what’s going to happen.” – Andy Roddick Read more »

Posted in Andy Roddick, Miami, Roger Federer

Tomic Tries To Have His Dad Kicked Out Of Miami

Posted on March 26, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

The latest twist in the Tomic saga is that Bernard has asked an umpire – Cedric Mourier – in Miami to eject his father John. He also asked the umpire to give his dad a coaching violation and then thanked him when the umpire complied.

This unusual action from Bernard came after a series of negative reactions John had as he watched Bernie losing to David Ferrer. Read more »

Posted in Bernard Tomic, John Tomic, Miami

Fernando Gonzalez Retires

Posted on March 22, 2012 by admin| 2 Comments

The last of the great fiery giants, Fernando Gonzalez, has retired from professional tennis, widening the gap left by Marat Safin. The owner of one of the most powerful forehands in the game played his final match today in Miami losing to Nicolas Mahut, the Frenchman winning 7-5, 4-6, 7-6.

It can’t have been an easy match for Mahut knowing you’re ending someones career but true to form Fernando went down in style after defending three match points. Unfortunately the match ended on his double fault after years plagued with injury but Fernando seemed to lost in the moment as the crowd went wild to really care how the last point went down. Read more »

Posted in Fernando Gonzalez, Injury, Marat Safin, Miami, Nicolas Mahut