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Hardcourt Retrospective (Part 2)
Welcome to my continuing look back at the hardcourt season just ended. The first part, which goes into slightly more detail about why I’m even bothering, can be found here. Part One looked at the top...
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The Stories They Won’t Tell
Washington, Second Round Blake d. (8) Nalbandian, 6/2 6/4 In the dew-smeared eyes of the sadly uninitiated, it probably seems as though the last decade of men’s tennis belonged to Roger Federer and...
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He Just Can’t Win
Stockholm, First Round Nalbandian d. Malisse, 4/6 7/6 7/6 Nine years ago David Nalbandian and Xavier Malisse met in the semifinal of what is widely considered to be the most dreary Wimbledon in living...
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Thrown Under The Hooves
Davis Cup, Final Day One Nadal d. Monaco, 6/1 6/1 6/2 Ferrer d. del Potro, 6/2 6/7 3/6 6/4 6/3 Juan Monaco, in what he himself declared to be the most important tennis match of his career, was thrashed...
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On Their Day, On Their Clay
Davis Cup, Final Day Three Nadal d. del Potro, 1/6 6/4 6/1 7/6 The final stroke of the 2011 tennis season was a forehand winner by Rafael Nadal, and it won the Davis Cup for Spain. Neither occurrence...
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The Usual Rules of Taste or Sanity
Indian Wells, Quarterfinals (3) Federer d. (9) del Potro, 6/3 6/2 (2) Nadal d. Nalbandian, 4/6 7/5 6/4 The quarterfinals at the Indian Wells Masters are now complete. The question of whether anything...
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A Magic Box of Chocolates
Madrid Masters, First Round (12) Monfils d. Kohlschreiber, 7/5 6/7 6/3 Gael Monfils this afternoon defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber in a fine match in the first round of the Madrid Masters, and...
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A Modest Proposal
Halle, Semifinals The finalists at both Queens and Halle have been decided, and the line-up is about what one might expect, assuming you have just emerged from a decade-long coma. (If you have, then...
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And At His Age
Queens, Final (6) Cilic d. (10) Nalbandian, 6/7 4/3 default When Tommy Haas – who I am contractually bound to point out is 34 years old – upset Roger Federer in the Halle final, you would have been...
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A Tepid Glow
Sao Paulo, San Jose, Rotterdam: Finals Rafael Nadal won a tournament on clay, again. Julien Benneteau finished runner-up, again. Milos Raonic won San Jose, again. Whatever else one might expect from...
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