james4578's Blog

Hope you have a great birthday Joel! Btw there are some messages on am.com.

Really enjoyed watching the tournament and Andy was just fantastic in his wins over Federer and Nadal. Beating Federer again was brilliant but the win over Nadal was both superb and amazing due to the quality of the tennis and you tell it meant so much to both them, even if was an exhibition. the 7th game of the final set really was breathtaking. Doha could well be great too!

Thought I'd post here again. It was great to see Andy in action again and in such tremendous form in the 6-2, 6-2 against Blake (who admittedly didn't really produce) but Murray was so strong. Hopefully Andy will have another inspiring performance against Federer and if the match is near the quality of the Shanghai encounter we shall be in for a treat.

In the other match Davydenko had a fairly comfortable 6-4, 6-4 success against Roddick and the american was probably a bit predictable.

Well, Andy didn't make Valencia due to virus but was playing in Monte Carlo and had two fine wins but then came up short against Djokovic where he really didn't show his best form. Let's hope for a good showing in Barcelona, though tough draw as could be playing Ancic and then Almagro.

Looking forward to this as could be great encounter.

Well, Serena Williams took the title in a topsy turvey encounter with Jelena Jankovic which was high in drama as Williams leads ecvaporated in 2nd and 3rd sets. However a 5-0 deficit was too much for Jelena to overcome, even thoygh she did win three game on the trot.

Well, the upsets continued as Davydenko outplayed first Roddick (who he'd never beaten despite higher ranking)m and then Nadal pretty comprehensively in the end in the final. What a tournament!

Would you belivve it, A Rod goes on to neat Fed for first time in 5 years in entertaining match! Who could have predicted Federer would be withouta title at this stage!

Serena beat Svetlana impressively in the end (who put out Venus) in a tight 3 setter, though Kutsy probably missed her chance. She will face either Jelena or Vera Zvonareva.

It was an absolutely fantastic match between Nadal and Blake but Nadal proved the stronger and pulled away in the 3rd. Roddick holding his own so far against Federer in 1st set.

Looking forward to the clash between Nadal and Blake who both won fairly convincingly today.

The Serena/ Justine match was a rout for the american and Justine couldn't get anything going collecting only 2 games, so a disappointing spectacle. She could polay her sister Venus if she can overcome Kuznetsova.

It can be a weakness and is still work in progress. At times it can be very effective (was great when he neat Federer), but it's not consistently at a high level.

Well, unfortunately seemed well beaten by Davenport 6-4, 6-2 who of course can be still be tough. Could have been a bit jaded possibly.

Andy has had some fine success this season with 2 titles and a win over Rodger Federer coupled with some early exits and lost a tight battle with Mario Ancic in his forst match in Dubai. Some disappointments but his game will take a little while to fully progress and he can come back stronger. On Sky they were discussing his serve and saying that Federer's comments were misnterpreted by the media as he has sound advice.

I am hoping that Ana Ivanovic can follow up her Indian Win with a good run here. of course Henin, Jankovic, Kutnetsova and Serena Williams some of the other strong contenders. It is also good to see Lindsay Davenport back here.

There have certainly been a lot of shocks at this events, though of course back to back masters events can be difficult for players who have performed well i the previous one though was surprised that Djokovic lost to a qualifer. Disappointed to see Andy Murray lose a tight match to tough draw Ancic.