24 Wednesday Aug 2011
Cincinnati ended almost as expected, considering who was left by the end of it. I’m not to pleased with the way the men’s final ended, though; Novak Djokovic versus Andy Murray. The women’s final was far more entertaining; some of the best (and worst) tennis all year; a resurgent Jelena Jankovic versus a formidable Maria Sharapova. Even the doubles finals were entertaining. And now…
… we wait.
18 Thursday Aug 2011
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djokovic, federer, ferrer, fish, jankovic, kvitova, mchale, murray, nadal, petkovic, roddick, serena, simon, verdasco, wozniacki
It has been a tough week so far in Cincinnati at the Western & Southern Financial Group Open. It is the first time that the tournament is being played as a joint tournament, much like Indian Wells, Miami, and Madrid. The weirdness has been left in Canada… somewhat. What that means is that not too many seeds have been randomly plucked off in first few rounds.
There have been multiple story lines coming into this match; will Serena continue her majestic return? Will someone take out Djokovic? Will Murray return to form? Will Rafa win a match? Will the WTA no. 1 play like her ranking denotes?
And my personal favorite: Where is Rory McIlroy going to be spotted next?
15 Monday Aug 2011
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azarenka, clijsters, djokovic, federer, fish, murray, nadal, serena, stosur, tsonga, us open, wozniacki, zheng, zvonareva
The Canadian leg of the US Open Series was enough to make one give up tennis altogether. It easily takes the prize for the WTF-factor this year. And no, I do not mean World Tour Finals when I use WTF. It had some of us literally scratching our heads in utter confusion as to what was going on.
Clearly there was something in the water in both Toronto and Montreal. Seeds crashed and burned early in the tournaments to qualifiers unknown. Chances are if you were a high seed and were pretty much already written into the next round, you lost your match. That is the beauty of the game nowadays. Nothing is written in stone.
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