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Federer after today’s win is 16-2 against Roddick, an 89 percent winning percentage.  The two most likely will meet again soon in the U.S.-Switzerland Davis Cup matchup to be played in Birmingham, Ala., March 6-8.

When Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal meet in Melbourne on Sunday, the endless discussion of the announcers will again turn to the debate of who is the GOAT — Greatest of All Time.  Fitting, then, that the match will be played in Rod Laver Arena, named for the diminutive redhead with the powerful forearms and holder [...]

I spent about four weeks at Nick Bollettieri’s tennis academy in Bradenton, Fla., in 1981-1982 over the Christmas holidays, when many of the real stars went elsewhere.  While I was there, most of his work was with Brian Gottfried, Jimmy Arias and Chip Hooper, but Nick ventured way out to my practice court one time [...]

The much-heralded Davis Cup match against Switzerland in March will be in Alabama, the USTA announced Wednesday — not San Antonio, Texas, a site for which Andy Roddick’s family had lobbied. So instead of the 35,000 rowdy fans that could pack into the Alamadome, the setting will be much like that of recent home matches in Winston-Salem [...]

The USTA next week soon will announce its decision for the location of the high-profile first round Davis Cup showdown with Roger Federer and Switzerland in the first weekend of March.  Contenders are reported to be San Antonio, Birmingham, Ala., and Greenville, S.C.  Here is why I think it should be in Texas:
1 – A Thank You to [...]

    The ultimate year-end showdown of the best eight male tennis players in the world starts Sunday with the Masters Cup in Shanghai—make that the best players ranked two through nine.  World No. 1 Rafael Nadal pulled out due to injury and the need to rest before Spain travels to Argentina for the Davis Cup [...]

Roger Federer beat Gilles Muller in three tight sets Thursday afternoon, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, 7-6 (7/5), ending the Luxembourgian’s run of seven straight wins that made him only the second qualifier ever to reach the quarterfinal.  It was a well-played match.  The New York Times reported that “Federer had 42 winners to his 19 unforced [...]

When I first heard earlier in the year that Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish were passing on playing in the Olympics, I was shocked that they would skip out on another chance to participate in the games. But after considering the crowded ATP schedule consisting of four Grand Slams, nine Masters tournaments and the [...]

Perhaps the most misleading feature of any ATP match are the digital boards that report the speeds of serves. Often crowds ooh and ah at the high numbers, but never do you hear as much about an impressive return of serve (and certainly no one gasps over consistency.) But as detailed in the [...]

John McEnroe, Bud Collins, Tennis Magazine’s Peter Bodo and Sports Illustrated’s L. Jon Wertheim all have rated Sunday’s final as the greatest match of all time, or at least of the Open era. (Sports Illustrated even put a match photo as the lead story on this week’s cover — when was the last time the [...]