As Nadal fans everywhere mourn the loss of the Australian Open final and struggle to manage their disbelief at a seventh consecutive loss to Djokovic with extreme fatigue on a Monday morning there are two important points to take away:
1) He almost won
2) The crippling depth of the Djokovic return can only be combated by more effective serving from Nadal Read more
Posted in Andy Murray, Australian Open, Injury, Physio Perspective, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, US Open, Wimbledon
Andy Murray was hoping to try and change the statistic that 26 of the last 27 Grand Slams have been won by Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic, but it was not to be. The strange almost five hour match was won, eventually, by Novak 6-3, 3-6, 6-7, 6-1, 7-5. Defending champion Novak will now face Rafa for the title.
In his quarterfinal Novak had been clutching at his hamstring and struggling to breathe but initially looked to be OK, but not at his best, in his match against Murray. Despite an early break Murray stayed unusually positive even after Djokovic took the first set despite increasingly struggling to breathe. Read more
Much is being made of Rafael Nadal’s recent comments towards Roger Federer’s attitude toward changing and improving the tour to preserve the bodies of the players. Nadal sees the changes as necessary to ensure that when they retire the players bodies are still healthy enough to allow them to enjoy all the things they avoided to stop them from voiding their professional insurance policies.
It reignites the argument of the thoroughbred vs the work horse – Federer being the thoroughbred and everyone else being the work horses. Read more
Posted in Andy Murray, Australian Open, Hard courts, Injury, Media, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, US Open
Serena Williams has won her first match of the season beating Chanelle Scheepers 6-2, 6-3 at the Brisbane International on today. She may have needed just 68 minutes to cruise to victory, only being broken in her first service game, but Serena needed only moments to create a stir.
Serena appeared at a press call in yellow cut off shorts and a zipper jumper that left little to the imagination. But who hasn’t seen Serena’s booty before?! Read more
Posted in Brisbane, Chanelle Scheepers, Media, US Open
Roger Federer has won his first Paris title defeating Jo Wilfried Tsonga 6-1, 7-6. The only hiccup for Federer on his way to his second title in as many weeks was the night time activity of one of his twin daughters.
“It happened many times that she wakes me up in the night this year, but I was not 25 times in the final. I was hoping that during the night it would go well, but suddenly I was running with Mirka in the room to see if everything was okay. And she said, ‘Let’s take her in our bed.’ I said, ‘Okay, let’s do that.’ I didn’t even question this. I just said okay. I can’t have a fight at 4:00 in the morning with her.” Read more
No 
one knows what goes on behind closed doors in a family but I don’t even know hoe to begin processing Jelena Dokic’s latest moves. In a way it’s like Lleyton’s latest injuries, I’ve given up reporting them because there’s always something, much the same way that there’s always drama with Jelena. Read more
Posted in Damir Dokic, Jelena Dokic, US Open
Today we were all reminded what a good loser Serena Williams is when she once again ripped into an official at the US Open in a high stakes moment. Williams became infuriated when she was given a point penalty after yelling out “Come on” before Stosur had hit the ball, therefore interrupting play. The point penalty gave Stosur a break of serve and Serena just lost it. Read more
Posted in Eva Asdaraki, Kim Clijsters, Sam Stosur, Serena Williams, US Open
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am Stosur has won her first Grand Slam title today beating Serena Williams in straight sets 6-2, 6-3 in one hour and 13 minutes. It has been 10 years since Lleyton Hewitt lifted the US Open trophy and 31 years since Australia had a female Grand Slam singles champion.
Stosur played a brilliant match and played some of her best ever tennis while Williams struggled to steady the ship and berated the umpire in a manner not too dissimilar from her implosion against Kim Clijsters in 2009. Read more
Posted in Sam Stosur, Serena Williams, US Open
Rafael Nadal has once again exposed the flaws in Andy Murray’s game and exploited his mental strength to defeat the Scot 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 and book his place in the US Open finals against nemesis Novak Djokovic. The win seems to have finally shown fans around the world that Rafael Nadal is confident again, feeling truly competitive again, and has finally found some great form.
Nadal has the misfortune of having played three best of five set matches in three days due to scheduling difficulties as a result of two days of constant rain in New York. Read more
Posted in Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Pete Sampras, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, US Open, Wimbledon
