Tag: Andy Murray

Power Ranking for the Week of June 11 – June 17

Dan Martin’s 2012 Power Rankings for the Week of June 11 through June 17 The French Open Reshapes My Top 10 1.  Rafael Nadal – A French Open title, two Masters 1000 titles and 3 consecutive wins over Nole have Rafa moving into the top spot.  Change from last ranking +1 2.  Novak Djokovic –…

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French Open Predictions for June 4, 2012

My men’s predictions have been pretty accurate (14-4 or nearly 78% accurate) My women’s predictions have been poor (1-3 or 25% accurate) Projected winner in BOLD 5 Jo-Wilfriend Tsonga and 9 Juan Martin del Potro were my picks yesterday, and I have to stick with those picks. 2 Rafael Nadal vs. 13 Juan Monaco –…

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French Open Predictions for June 2, 2012

Predicted Winners in BOLD I went 6-2 with my June 1 Picks 2 Rafael Nadal vs. Eduardo Schwank  – Rafa rolls A big serve during Raonic’s blue period 13 Juan Monaco vs. 19 Milos Raonic – This may be the toughest match for me to predict.  Monaco is a fighter who will spill his guts…

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Power Ranking for the Week of April 29 – May 5, 2012

Dan Martin’s 2012 Power Rankings for the Week of April 29 through May 5 1.  Novak Djokovic – Novak is the number one player in the world, but he will face challenges to remain number one in 2012. 2. Rafael Nadal – A seventh consecutive Barcelona title have Nadal surging.  He is the greatest ever on clay. …

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Sony Ericsson/Miami ATP Final – Djokovic vs. Murray Prediction

Pain That was Ivan Lendl’s pre-match predictive description of Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray’s Australian Open semifinal match.  Two of the top returners on tour clashing.  Two of the fastest men on tour doing battle.  This should be a match with a lot of breaks of serve and long points.  In short, pain is the…

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Youtube Tennis for 3-6-2012 through 3-10-2012

1.  Video from the 2012 Dubai Semifinal Matches Novak Djokovic vs. Andy Murray & Roger Federer vs. Juan Martin del Potro 2.  Guillermo Vilas vs. Jimmy Connors at the 1977 US Open 3.  Roger Federer vs. Andy Murray in the Dubai Championship 4.  Steffi Graf vs. Martin Hingis at the 1999 French Open  

Tennis’ Big Four – A > B > C > D > A?!?!

Andy Murray deserves congratulations for avenging his Australian Open loss to Novak Djokovic with a straight set victory over the dominant force in tennis.  Nole will not have to wait until May to absorb his first loss this year.  Roger Federer deserves congratulations for beating Juan Martin del Potro for a third time in 2012…

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