Strange headline, yes, but tennis guru Brad Gilbert’s nicknames for top players are sometimes worth re-using. And since Federer is sponsored (among other luxury brands) by Moet, well, it fits together. What doesn’t fit well together is wind and tennis and it was evident in blustery Rome yesterday. The red dirt whirled around the court, wreaked havoc on the predictability of a flying ball and made playing competent tennis extremely difficult even for seasoned professionals. Rough weather is the great leveller and perhaps it’s what made Jeremy Chardy play the match of his life and in the end outlast a …
It might sound like a weird headline to you, but there were quite a few upsets in Rome Masters today. Since it’s popular to use lists I will rank them here: Drumrolll……. Upset 1: Andy “Muzza” Murray lost to Granola Bar (Granollers) after being down 6-4 4-1, getting treatment and making it back to a tie-break, winning the tie-break and then quitting the match. Apparently he has some hip problems. Not a good warm-up for Roland Garros for the Scot who hasn’t had a good clay court season. Upset 2: Stan the Man Wavrinka didn’t show up against Dolgopolov. Don’t know what …
