2-2 in the fifth, this is going to be epic, fasten your seatbelts, the new Lendlized Murray is fighting to the finish, both gladiators are fresh and ready to take this thing down to the wire…

Djokovic won the first set Murray took the next two and then faltered in the fourth 1-6.

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You always hear the complaints about Maria and Vika’s extreme grunting and shrieking, but why doesn’t anyone ever complain when the mens players grunt and groan? There are some notorious sound effects coming from the ATP Tour though we won’t name any names.

Shadow tennis on the beach?

Fed jumps up 3-0. Serve and volley and a dropper on successive points.

Rafa regains a foothold with some batterings of Fed’s backhand to get on the board 1-3.

But Roger holds again 4-1, battering Rafa’s backhand corner and then hitting forehand winners into the open court.

Nadal-Federer showdown

It’s the 27th meeting between Roger and Rafa (Rafa holds the 17-9 advantage–which really is 17-5 if you didn’t count indoor encounters–7-2 in slams and won the last four contests in slams; Roger hasn’t beaten Nadal in a slam since Wimby 2007) and if anyone thinks La Fed has a chance of winning tonight, they’re loco.

It's the Greatest Rivalry In the History of the Game

Jackson Browne had a song in the 70′s called “The Pretenders” and it opened with the stanza:

I’m going to rent myself a house
In the shade of the freeway
I’m going to pack my lunch in the morning
And go to work each day
And when the evening rolls around
I’ll go on home and lay my body down
And when the morning light comes streaming in
I’ll get up and do it again
Amen

The Pretenders Are Gone and The Business End Begins

From Jayita Belcourt via Ziggy from Poland

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By Jayita Belcourt

It is often said that the true measure of a person is seen not where they stand at times of comfort, but rather, how they stand in the face of adversity.

For former WTA # 1, Serena William competing at her 46th Grand slam event, times were surely testing. Battling an ankle injury after rolling it earlier this year in the Brisbane Open, the 30 year came into the match with high hopes but was soon left contemplating her performance after being crushed in two straight sets by Russian WTA ranked #56, Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-3.

Serena stunned by Russian lefty

Before the tournament, you were touting Monfils after he beat Nadal in a warmup tournament to Aussie O. And then Gael goes down to Kukushkin. You will never learn never to put your money on players like Monfils or Gasquet or Murray in slams.

Then you built up the Federer-Tomic match, saying you thought it would be a Battle Royale (I said right away it was a straight set match for Fed).

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By Jayita Belcourt

Tomic and Federer’s most recent encounter was during the Davis Cup in September last year. Federer edged the match away to secure a four sets victory 6-2, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. Although the young Australian was able to steal a set from the Swiss after some inspiring play, the end result did not seem questionable. It was always Roger’s match.

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By Jayita Belcourt

It is simply amazing what can change over time. Ravaged by injury leading up to the Australian Open and unable to play much tennis, 30 year old Hewitt says his tennis career was unknown.

“A couple of months ago, I didn’t know if I’d be able to play,” he said.

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