In the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters Fabio Fognini took a Sunday (really Monday) walk, as he usually does in matches, and suddenly found himself down 7-5 5-2 30-0 against talented clay-courter Joao Sousa. Then he seemed to tell himself to stop walking and start running and suddenly he had turned the match around, winning in the end with 5-7 7-5 6-4 and booking himself a place against Robredo in the 2nd round of the Monte Carlo Masters. Fognini said after the match:Â “I’m not happy today. I was I think a bit lucky. It was a really difficult …
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The ATP World Tour takes a little “break” and heads into Davis Cup quarterfinals this weekend. Being from Sweden originally, Davis Cup has lost some of its appeal now that Sweden is such a “poor” tennis country, but I’ll try to cheer for Switzerland instead, as it starts with the same two letters in the alphabet (joke) and deserves a title with two players in the top 5. The quarterfinals in the Davis Cup 2014 are: Japan vs Czech Republic With Nishikori in the sidelines with injury this is all about the reigning champions with Berdych and Stepanek. France vs …
ATP World Tour writes today that Nadal’s road to the title in Indian Wells look complicated. They’re right. He needs to get through Murray, Federer and Djokovic to win the title and with his absence from the hard courts since his injury in the Australian Open final, there should rightly be doubts about his ability to get through such a field on his least preferred surface. I doubt that even the competitive monster of Rafael Nadal can do it. Miami with its slower surface is better suited for Nadal and I think both Federer and Djokovic with their recent good …
Week 42 brought out three winners on the ATP Tour. Three players with interesting styles and an ability to hit wonderful winners from pretty much anywhere on court: Grigor Dimitrov, Richard Gasquet and Tommy Haas. It was nice to see Haas win in Vienna, a title he won in 2001 (!). Talk about making an amazing comeback from the injuries that have plagued a long stretch of his career. Now he’s even in the race, albeit barely, for the ATP World Tour Finals. Another guy who has just made a play for The World Tour Finals is Richard Gasquet, who …