As if there was any doubt, it’s now official – Roger Federer has made the semifinals at the 2009 U.S. Open in New York and is on pace to win the event a record six times in a row.  Federer faced Robin Soderling last night and, in all honesty, looked a little worried by the time he reached the third set.

Federer made the first two sets look easy but then Soderling came roaring back and challenged the Swiss tennis star in the following four sets.  Federer ended up walking away with a 6-0, 6-3, 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (8-6) victory …read more

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic eliminated Belgian, Olivier Rochus, at the $1 million Gerry Weber Open today with a straight set victory. The second-seeded star won the match 7-6 (9-7), 6-4 in 1 hour, 54 minutes.
Djokovic moves on to the event’s finals where he will attempt to secure his third title of 2009 with a win over German wildcard, Tommy Haas, who was the No. 2 player back in 2002 but has failed to win a tournament since 2007 in Memphis.  The pair have battled twice before with Djokovic winning both times. 
The winner of Sunday’s match will collect $160,000.  If …read more

Rafael Nadal is the master of the clay court. On Sunday (May 3), he defeated Novak Djokovic, 7-6 (2), 6-2 at the Rome Masters. This is his fourth Rome Masters title, his third clay-court title in three weeks and his 30th consecutive win on clay. It seems defeating Nadal on clay is next to impossible these days.

Djokovic took the Rome Masters title last year and had a chance to take it again after he defeated Roger Federer on Saturday (May 2) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. This now makes Federer’s title drought extended to seven months. That’s got to hurt.
Since Djokovic …read more

Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic are facing each other today (May 2) at the Rome Masters and their match has been halted due to a rain delay. Swiss second seed Federer was leading 6-4 2-1 when the match had to be stopped.

Djokovic’s focus was interrupted when someone in the stands whistled just as he was about to serve a crucial point. I hope they found out who it was and booted that jerk out of there!!
Rafael Nadal will play against Chilean 12th seed Fernando Gonzalez later today. If Nadal defeats him, the winner of the Federer/Djokovic match will …read more

This was my prediction! Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer all have advanced into the Rome Masters semifinals. Nadal defeated Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 6-3. Federer defeated Mischa Zverev 7-6 (3), 6-2 and Djokovic defeated Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 6-4. Next meeting: Federer against Djokovic today, May 2nd.

Djokovic and Federer both like the fast clay court, so it should be a great match.
“I think both of us like it, so it’s going to be interesting,” Djokovic said. “I feel quite confident playing here. Each match I play, I feel more comfortable moving on the court and just playing my …read more

Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic all defeated their third round opponents on Thursday (April 30) and have cruised their way into the ATP Rome Masters quarter-finals. Nadal played against Robin Soderling of Sweden and won 6-1, 6-0. Federer defeated Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-1 and Djokovic defeated Spaniard Tommy Robredo 6-1, 6-1.

In the match against Nadal, Soderling took the first set, but Nadal came back to win the match in 1 hr and 24 minutes.
“I think the match was really tough, if not the result," insisted Nadal. "In the beginning I was winning 4-1 …read more

On Sunday (April 19) Spain’s Rafael Nadal made tennis history by winning the Monte Carlo Masters title five times in a row. Congrats to the hunky tennis star! Nadal defeated third-ranked Serbian Novak Djokovic 6-3, 2-6, 6-1. Nadal is known to be great on the clay surface, but he knows there is always room for improvement.
“Everyone can improve in every surface, no? No one is perfect. Sure, I can improve,” Nadal said. “I always work to improve because when you feel you can’t improve, is difficult to wake up and go on court and practice.”

Nadal was not too happy with …read more

Andy Murray has defeated Novak Djokovic at the Sony Ericsson Open today in Miami. FL. He grabbed the title with a 6-2, 7-5 win. It was an unexpected win and was one fun match to watch. Murray was the first Brit to win this title.
Djokovic seemed to be a little confused in the second set and it was Murray’s to win.
The best example of that was the penultimate game of the second set today, in which Murray broke Djokovic in a way that was both unexpected and mortifying. Djokovic, playing spectator at his own execution, lost four straight points, at …read more

So the Australian Open finished off with the results I had predicted in this post. Masha, aka, Maria Sharapova sailed through to the trophy. As I said, nobody in the tournament weiled the kind of power she did, and on the men’s side, Djoker, aka, Novak Djokovic, got the better of suprise finalist Tsonga. We had been pretty much hooked to the tournament, so much so that we missed out on a lot of cricket. With the Commenwealth Bank Series on, we’re back to bats and balls.