Bracket Busters? Fabio Fognini, John Isner, Gael Monfils, Fernando Verdasco, Juan Monaco, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will be among those circled on the draw as possible problems for bigger name players. Tier 3 – A Puncher’s Chance? Probably Not 10. Tomas Berdych – The Big Czech may be more likely than many to reach the quarterfinal. However,…
Category: Roger Federer
2015 Power Ranking: Rome – Novak Crosses the Rubicon
2015 Power Ranking #6: Novak Abolishes the Roman Republic Novak Djokovic – Novak looked a little out of sorts in his first 3 matches in Rome. He then won four straight sets versus David Ferrer and Roger Federer to enter Paris with a ton of momentum. Will he complete his career grand slam and win…
Masters Rome 2015: Championship Prediction – #1 Djokovic vs. #2 Federer
[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs [2] Roger Federer (SUI) What can be said? #1 vs. #2 in the last big event prior to Roland Garros. Federer won the French Open in 2009, but has been where Novak is as a dominant #1 missing one big trophy. Djokovic knows Federer can gum up his clay court…
Masters Rome 2015: ATP Semifinal Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD [1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs [7] David Ferrer (ESP) H2H – Novak has a decided advantage heading into this match. He has not dominated any opponents in Rome to this point. Every match has seen Nole lose a set. That makes me think Novak may be vulnerable especially if his focus is exclusively on…
Masters Rome 2015: May 15th ATP Quarterfinal Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD This Day Has it All: The Big 3, The Big Czech, Kei, Ferrer, The Swiss #2, and The Shire’s Davis Cup Hope [2] Roger Federer (SUI) vs [6] Tomas Berdych (CZE) – I am tempted to take Berdych as he has been quite solid this clay court season while Federer has lost…
Masters Rome 2015: Partial ATP Predictions for May 14th
Predicted Winners in BOLD Djokovic’s Economy of Motion is One Reason He is #1 [2] Roger Federer (SUI) vs [15] Kevin Anderson (RSA) – Anderson’s serve could bother Roger as he did not return Kyrgios very well last week. However, Anderson is not a classic clay court player and that will probably be to Roger’s advantage…
Masters Rome 2015: May 13th ATP Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD [3] Andy Murray (GBR) vs Jeremy Chardy (FRA) H2H – Chardy’s forehand and serve could cause a few problems, but if Murray struggles he will find a way to Chardy’s backhand and grind out a win. I doubt Murray struggles. [4] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs [Q] Marsel Ilhan (TUR) H2H – Rafa’s opponent…
2015 Power Ranking: Madrid – Murray’s Clay Feat
2015 Power Ranking #5 – Murray Does Damage on the Dirt Novak Djokovic – Novak has not played since winning Monte Carlo because frankly he didn’t have to. Will he cross the Rubicon and take Rome? Andy Murray – I can’t move Andy to #1 because of Nole’s stellar 2015, but Murray won Munich and was…
Masters Madrid 2015: May 6th ATP Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD (This is an incredible slate of matches) [3] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Steve Johnson (USA) H2H – Johnson is a great story, but not every story has a happy ending. [1] Roger Federer (SUI) vs Nick Kyrgios (AUS) – I could see this going either way as Roger may be pacing himself for Paris….
Istanbul 2015: Federer vs. Cuevas Prediction
Roger Federer vs. Pablo Cuevas The first meeting between these two comes in the first ever Istanbul final. Cuevas has reached 3 clay court finals in the past 2 seasons. He took a title earlier this year in Sao Paulo. He also just soundly beat Grigor Dimitrov who provides ideal sparring prior to facing Federer….
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 