Power Ranking 2013 #12 A lot of movement after 2013’s FInal Grand Slam 1. Rafael Nadal – What can be said. He missed the Australian Open and lost at the first round at Wimbledon. Heck, Rafa has lost 2 clay court matches this year. All of that is true, and Rafa has locked up the…
Category: US Open
5 Factors in Nadal’s Win
Rafa got off to a better start. These two players were pretty evenly matched in the second and third sets, but the first set was already in the books. When the 3rd set ended, Rafa had a finish line in sight right as Nole was trying to regroup. Missed break point opportunities hurt Nole badly….
Tennis Abides Update
Dear Readers, Tennis Abides just passed its 3rd anniversary. Since the start of the 2013 Cincinnati event through the US Open, readership has jumped. I have also upgraded the look of the site. I think all of these changes have been for the positive. Beyond that, the site just passed a milestone in terms of…
2013 US Open: Men’s Final Live Commentary
I made the mistake of live blogging the 2012 Australian Open final. This time I will just add a few comments here and there as this could go a long time. Watching the US Open feed as my kids are running wild near the television. Nadal doing his OCD thing before the match starts To…
2013 US Open: Men’s Championship Prediction Djokovic vs. Nadal
2013 US Open Men’s Championship 1 Novak Djokovic vs. 2 Rafael Nadal The top two seeds meet in the final of the US Open just as happened in the 2013 Wimbledon championship match. Novak Djokovic has won 24 matches in Grand Slam play in 2013, and Rafa has won 13. Yet, they each have 1…
2013 US Open Women’s Final Analysis
The First Set: Windy Start Serena and Vika both struggled early with the windy conditions, but through the first 10 games of the match Vika seemed more comfortable. The trouble for her was that she was tied at 5-5. With Serena serving at 4-5, Vika forced two deuces, but could not generate a break point/set…
US Open 2013: Serena Williams vs. Victoria Azarenka Prediction
1 Serena Williams vs. 2 Victoria Azarenka This was so much fun. Why not do it again? I just wrote a column about Serena Williams being the third greatest female singles player of all time who is quite likely to reach #2 or higher. One might expect my prediction to be a coronation for Serena….
US Open 2013: Nadal vs. Gasquet Prediction
2 Rafael Nadal vs. 8 Richard Gasquet Richard Gasquet has had a great 2013 as he has won 2 tournaments, reached the round of 16 at the French and Australian Opens and is now in his second career Grand Slam semifinal. Gasquet was once a player so mired by inconsistency that I had a rule…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 