Dan Martin’s 2012 Power Rankings for the Week of March 18 through March 24 1. Novak Djokovic – Novak is still holding the top spot, but his loss to John Isner may mean 2011 is in the past. 2. Roger Federer – Fed’s titles in Dubai, Rotterdam and Indian Wells have him looking strong. 73…
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Indian Wells Final Sunday Predictions
Final Round – Predicted Winners in BOLD Victoria Azarenka (1) vs. Maria Sharapova (2) – Maria may be due to beat Azarenka, but Vika is undefeated in 2012. I have said in my other picks that until someone beats Vika I am going to keep picking her. I think Azarenka wins in straight sets. She…
Indian Wells Picks 3-17-2012
Projected Winner in BOLD Semifinals Novak Djokovic (1) vs. John Isner (11) – John Isner is on the cusp of becoming a top 10 player. He is at worst the second hardest player on tour to break. Still, Novak should win this match. It is by no means a certainty because if a player holds…
A Bad Weekend for Roger Federer
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…
2012 Australian Open Day 5: Tomic d. Dolgopolov & US Washout
6 Quick Hits Roger Federer winning the 1st set vs. Ivo Karlovic made his match fairly simple. Playing from behind against a huge server can cause some anxiety. Jelena Jankovic sets up a match against Caroline Wozniacki. To hammer an obvious point, both players need some validation at majors. Juan Martin del Potro vs. Phillip…
2012 Australian Open Day 3: Nalbandian & the Challenge System
6 Quick Hits Caroline Wozniacki did not look sharp yesterday. She was lucky to not go 3 sets. Rafael Nadal looks healthy; he also looked healthy in round 1 Donald Young is not as far along as some hoped Sam Querrey has to feel good about winning a round and taking a set off of…
Who has the best chance of ending 2012 in the top 8? (Tennis Poll)
I tried to pick players who have never played in a Year End Championship, but who might put together a solid year and get into the season ending event next year.
Tsonga v. Federer
Federer is the Easy Pick Roger Federer is playing for history and won last week in Basel. Fed had the easier semifinal. Federer clobbered Tsonga at the US Open. This all points toward Roger winning in Paris. Not So Fast – Tsonga Has Reason for Hope Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has had a strong 2011 especially from…
Creating Frankenstein’s Monsters of Tennis
The Inspiration Every October James Rolfe reviews one monster movie per day in his Monster Madness feature. This year he started off with Frankenstein. I thought it would be fun to stitch together the best shots in tennis and imagine animating these amalgamation players. The Rules Four tennis monsters will be created. Only one stroke/aspect can…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 