Day six of the 2010 Australian Open could have been compared to an exhausted runner who, after finishing a race and drinking ample fluids, immediately finds a soft bed and blacks out for 10 hours of deep, reviving sleep.
Indeed, the end of the third round in the year’s first major tournament marked a point in [...]

QUESTION: Can Nikolay Davydenko break through?
Much like the Kim Clijsters-Justine Henin debate on the women’s side, tennis aficionados are wondering if Davydenko, the sixth-seeded Russian, can become a force at major tournaments, beginning with this event. Davydenko has defeated Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in two separate events over the past two months, at the [...]

As Roger Federer keeps winning Grand Slam matches, the history of tennis will continuously be rewritten. Most professionals play for numbers that deal with money; for a champion like Federer, the meaningful numbers can be found in the milestones he attains each time he steps on court.
Federer made more record-keepers and stat geeks happy on [...]

It’s surprising enough that Tommy Haas finds himself in his first Wimbledon semifinal at the age of 31. It’s far more remarkable that a tormented soul defeated his frail nerves en route to the final four at SW19.
Haas not only turned back fourth-seeded Novak Djokovic in Wednesday’s quarterfinals; the 24th-seeded German [...]