Roger Federer might have shown a little rust after taking some time off after the birth of his twins but he’s back in top form and has captured the Cincinnati Masters title.   Facing Novak Djokovic in the final yesterday, Federer appeared to be in control from the very first set and easily went on to celebrate a 6-1, 7-5 victory.
His first championship win after the arrival of his daughters seems to be especially important to him:  “that’s the special part, especially winning for the first time as a dad,” Federer said. “It gets me going emotionally a little bit, because …read more

Talk about a shocker!  Both Venus Williams and her younger sister, Serena Williams, were eliminated from the third-round at the Cincinnati Open after playing miserably.  It was painful to watch, actually.
Venus took on Italy’s Flavia Pennetta and she made 38 unforced errors and just looked wild.  She kept dumping balls into the net and ended up losing 7-6 (2), 6-4.

If you thought that was bad, you’ll be shocked to learn that Serena actually fared worse.  On the very same court just hours later, a second Williams sister was eliminated after making 44 unforced errors and ended up losing to Austria’s …read more

Venus Williams made her Cincinnati Open debut and was predictably brilliant despite the fact that the evening’s only single match was delayed by 90 minutes because of rain earlier in the schedule.  She faced off against qualifier, Olga Govortsova, and the third-seeded Williams easily won 6-2, 6-2.
Things weren’t as smooth for top-seeded Dinara Safina who seemed to struggle to get control over her game early in the match against unseeded Roberta Vinci.  I don’t know if this had anything to do with the cut to the left hand that Safina suffered opening a coconut last week in Los Angeles but …read more