Originally posted on JP Smith Tennis:
JP Smith has had quite a season of improvement in his fourth year on tour. He made a tough and crucial decision at the beginning of this year to focus mainly on playing singles, even though he has had great success on the doubles side of tennis. His career…

It is never too soon to look ahead.

Originally posted on The Grandstand:
Press conferences featured a little bit of everything at the 2015 World Tour Finals, from the ridiculous, to the serious, to the hilarious, to the perfectly blunt, to the honest, and to the downright false. Let’s take a look at the week that was in the interview room, in chronological…

Originally posted on Mcshow Blog:
Is the final surprising?  Afraid not. Granted, Stan has beaten Roger before; we saw quite the demonstration of this at the FO QF 2015.  Straight sets. Staminal was on a sort of mission then, mission impossible, mission cannibal, baseline missile mission, what-have-you. But beating Roger Stan has not done very…

Originally posted on The Grandstand:
Novak Djokovic just tied his lifetime head-to-head record against Rafael Nadal on Saturday at the World Tour Finals. Now he has a chance to do the same against Roger Federer in Sunday’s championship match. Federer broke what had already been a tie by beating Djokovic earlier in the tournament. Novak…

Originally posted on The Grandstand:
For the second straight year at the World Tour Finals, an all-Swiss semifinal between Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka will take place. The 2014 installment did not disappoint, as Federer outlasted his countryman in a third-set tiebreaker at the end of a heated, controversial battle. Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka…

Originally posted on The Grandstand:
A semifinal showdown between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal was not entirely unexpected when the World Tour Finals draw was revealed. But the script took a twist in making the matchup come to fruition, as Nadal won his group while Djokovic finished second in the other foursome. Novak Djokovic and…