Federer Sweeps and Tsonga Advances

Roger Federer d. Mardy Fish 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 Roger did not play his best tennis in completing a 3-0 sweep of his pool.  Even in the one-sided 1st set Roger faced a lot of challenges while serving.  Still, Roger brushed back Fish in the 3rd set after Fish found his range in an impressive 2nd…

Federer d. Nadal 6-3, 6-0 – Are You Kidding Me?

The Indoor Setting Matters Before I make too much out of this match, it should be noted that Roger was 3-0 versus Rafael Nadal at the World Tour Finals/Masters Cup.  Roger had won 6 of 7 sets the two had played in this event prior to today.  Now, Roger stands 4-0 vs. Rafa at this…

Andy Murray’s Next Big Move?

What We Should Expect 3 of the 4 matches have gone deep into the 3rd set.  2 of those matches went to 3rd set tiebreaks.  The player with the better ranking won 3 of 4 matches to this point.  World #1 Novak Djokovic struggled with Thomas Berdych, but held up under pressure better than the…

Youtube Tennis for 11-14-2011 through 11-19-2011

3 Good Tennis Videos 1.  Roger Federer d. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga  6-1, 7-6 (3) to win the Paris Indoor – Highlights of Federer winning his 18th Masters Series Shield.  2.  Roger Federer vs. Andy Roddick Wimbledon 2004 – Roddick won the set featured in this video, but this video focuses on Roger’s shot-making skills. 3. Jimmy…

Tsonga v. Federer

Federer is the Easy Pick Roger Federer is playing for history and won last week in Basel.  Fed had the easier semifinal.  Federer clobbered Tsonga at the US Open.  This all points toward Roger winning in Paris. Not So Fast – Tsonga Has Reason for Hope Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has had a strong 2011 especially from…

Tsonga and Cilic Win

A Quick Post  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga improves his chances of playing the Year End Championships/Masters Cup/ATP World Championships/Masters (could they stick with one name?).  He defeated Juan Martin del Potro 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 in Vienna.  I was pulling for Delpo, but Tsonga has had a really strong year since his Queen’s Club runner-up finish.  Delpo has…