One day after Roger Federer personified patience on a tennis court, Dinara Safina evidently learned a few lessons of her own. Only 24 hours after Federer overcame a confident and hard-hitting opponent to win a full-length match, Safina–the No. 1 seed in the women’s portion of the 2009 French Open–withstood a ball-blasting barrage from Belarus’s [...]
If Roger Federer continues to play with fire, his hopes of Grand Slam glory will go by the wayside. Then again, after yet another remarkable escape at a major tournament, perhaps the iconic Swiss champion won’t have to dance so intimately with the grim reaper of tennis as the 2009 French Open continues. In a [...]
It will be the 19th career meeting between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer when the top two players in the world square off in a dream final on Sunday night at the Australian Open. Nadal is dominating the head-to-head series 12-6, but eight of those wins have come on clay, Nadal’s favorite surface and Federer’s [...]
Can anyone stop Rafael Nadal? That question has been on people’s minds ever since Nadal struck his first ball against Christophe Rochus in the first round of the Australian Open. And that question only grows louder and louder by the day. Following a dismantling of Roko Karanusic and a three-set blowout of Tommy Haas in [...]
Rafael Nadal put on his third straight dazzling performance in Melbourne with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Tommy Haas on Saturday night at the Australian Open. He needed just two hours and four minutes to book his place in the fourth round. Nadal dominated both Christophe Rochus and Roko Karanusic in his first two [...]
It will be the fourth career head-to-head meeting between Nadal and Haas when the two players square off in Rod Laver Arena on Saturday. Nadal leads the head-to-head series 3-0, but Haas has played him close, especially in Cincinnati last summer. The German had plenty of chances in each set before succumbing 6-4, 7-6(0). After [...]
Gilles Muller’s is the ‘Cinderella story’ of tennis. He captured the attention of every tennis fan at the 2008 US Open with his progress from qualifier to quarter finalist. On the way he knocked out Tommy Haas, Nicolas Almagro and Nicolay Davydenko before falling to Roger Federer. He entered the tournament ranked 130 in the [...]
