Roger Federer Goes 0-2 in the 2012 Davis Cup Roger Federer losing to John Isner in singles as well as losing the deciding doubles point for Switzerland will go into the files as one of his worst weekends. Going forward it will be interesting to see if Federer is suffering from tour fatigue or if…
Category: Davis Cup
Youtube Tennis for the Week of 12-4-11 through 12-10-11
4 Good Tennis Videos In honor of Davis Cup, it will be all Spanish and Argentine players featured this week. 1. Rafael Nadal vs. Juan Martin del Potro Davis Cup 2011 2. David Ferrer vs. Rafael Nadal Australian Open 2011 3. Guillermo Vilas winning the 1977 French Open 4. David Nalbandian vs. Andy Roddick 2006…
3rd War of Independence for Argentina? Davis Cup Final (Poll Included)
I opened my trusty copy of Independence in Latin America: A Comparative Approach by Richard Graham and re-learned a fact about Argentina. Argentina fought two wars of independence against Spain. These wars revolved around Argentina’s relationship to the deposed and later restored King Ferdinand VII of Spain. Interesting reading. For Juan Martin del Potro, David Nalbandian and company…
Federer Sweeps and Tsonga Advances
Roger Federer d. Mardy Fish 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 Roger did not play his best tennis in completing a 3-0 sweep of his pool. Even in the one-sided 1st set Roger faced a lot of challenges while serving. Still, Roger brushed back Fish in the 3rd set after Fish found his range in an impressive 2nd…
Gustavo “Guga” Kuerten: Coming to a Hall of Fame Near You
Gustavo Kuerten My earliest impressions of Gustavo Kuerten were mixed. I saw him play Jim Courier in the first round of the 1997 Davis Cup and could not believe Courier was struggling to post a 4 set win over such a frail looking opponent. My first impression of Guga was that he was too skinny…
Is Djokovic’s 2011 the Best Year Ever?
Wait Until the Year Ends or Did 2011 End in NY? There may be wisdom in letting the rest of 2011 play out before selecting Novak Djokovic’s awesome season as the best ever single season. Novak won the season ending championship in 2008 and adding a second season ending title would be a significant achievement….
Davis Cup Semifinal Predicitons
Preface – Who Put the Puritans in Charge of ITF Scheduling? Tennis has the best sense of scheduling of any global sport as fans can build up to big events and then ease off for a few weeks before building up again How can we be less than one week removed from one of the…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 