Final Power Ranking of 2012 – Novak is the One

Dan Martin’s 2012 Power Ranking Year End Ranking Video Clips for A Player’s Biggest Moment of 2012 Provided Novak Djokovic – Nole won the Australian Open, the World Tour Finals, 3 Masters 1000 events and another title.  Throw in 2 Grand Slam runner-up finishes and 3 Masters 1000 finishes and Novak is the clear number one…

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Tennis Impersonations – How Much is Too Much? (Poll)

Nole’s recent hilarious send-up of Guga reminded us of how good these can be (remember US Open 2007).  Nole’s recent take on Serena was tedious.  Is this like tennis’ version of the comic book movie genre?

Djokovic Got One He Needed

Novak Djokovic was going to be number one for 2012 regardless of how his match versus Roger Federer to conclude the World Tour Finals.  Prior to the World Tour Finals Djokovic had reached 3 Grand Slam finals in 2012 and 6 Masters 1000 finals.  That consistency made him number one for the year. Number One…

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Post Paris Power Ranking: David Ferrer’s Leap Forward

Dan Martin’s 2012 Power Ranking Post Paris Edition Novak Djokovic – Nole posted the best Grand Slam and Masters 1000 records for 2012.  He must feel like he let a slam get away in 2012, but he’s #1 for the year.  Andy Murray – Murray’s US Open win and Gold Medal change the landscape of tennis, but…

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Hall of Fame Talk as Roddick and Ferrero Retire

New Balls We Hardly Knew Ye The New Balls generation has for the most part been replaced by a few new cans.  Marat Safin and Gustavo Kuerten did not last as long as I would have liked.  Lleyton Hewitt and Tommy Haas are still hanging around.  David Ferrer and of course Roger Federer are still…

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Reviewing Yahoo’s New Tennis Format

Yahoo Left Behind Everywhere Except for Sports Yahoo was at one time a trend setter.  Google dethroned them and basically, yahoo has been trying to remain relevant ever since.  Still, in the world of sports journalism yahoo has carved out a nice niche.  If one is looking for hard hitting criticisms of NCAA hypocrisy, BCS…

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Power Ranking – Djokovic Wins Shanghai

Dan Martin’s 2012 Power Ranking Post Shanghai Edition Novak Djokovic – While Novak Djokovic did not back up a 3 slam year in the manner that Federer did in 05 or 07, it is becoming clear that Nole has had the best 2012 on the ATP Tour.  Change from last ranking +1  Andy Murray –…

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Andy Roddick in Retrospect

Roddick Start to Finish I first heard of Andy Roddick during the 2000 US Open final when the announcers mentioned the winners of the junior US Open events.  I saw Andy Roddick’s final match as he lost to Juan Martin del Potro.  I will miss seeing Roddick in major draws.  It became apparent after some…

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Post US Open Power Ranking – The Rise of Andy Murray

Dan Martin’s 2012 Power Ranking Post US Open Edition Andy Murray – He has won the most recent Grand Slam event as well as a Gold Medal in singles.  Murray is riding high.  I am not sure where this will lead, but two things are fact.  First, Murray is no longer the best player to…

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Andy Murray vs. Novak Djokovic – My Pick

Dear readers, I have had some difficulty the past 8 days with predictable access to the internet.  This is not great timing for a Grand Slam, but life does what it does sometimes.  In tennis news: I am picking Andy Murray to win 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4. Why? I know Djokovic is 33-1 in his…

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