Roger Federer - Surpassing Samprass

Roger Federer surpassed his childhood idol Pete Samprass to set stand alone for yet another record. Federer surpassed Samprass for most weeks spent at the top spot, making it 287 weeks. Samprass had held the record previously, standing at 286 weeks. "I am extremely proud and honoured to have beaten Pete's record as he was my childhood hero and I have always looked up to him", Federer on the record.

With his win at Wimbledon, Federer not only levelled Pete Samprass's record of 7 Wimbledon titles, he also made a return to the top spot. By reaching the final, Federer set another mile-stone of making it to 8 Wimbledon finals (7-1), a record. The previous record was set by none other than Pete Samprass of reaching and winning 7 Wimbledon finals.

Federer also holds the record of making it to the finals of all grand slams at least 5 times.

Australian Open (2004,06-07,08-10)
French Open (2006-09,11)
Wimbledon (2003-09,12)
U.S Open (2004-09)

Federer turned professional in 1998, and made it to his first tour level final in 2000 at Marseille Open, where he lost to country man Marc Rosset.

Although 2003 was the year Federer made his breakthrough and won his first Grand Slam at Wimbledon, 2001 remains the year Federer got himself noticed. It was in 2001 that Federer won his first tour level title and it was in 2001 that he made it to his first Grand Slam quarter-final, doing it at Roland Garros. Federer entered Wimbledon on a high note, coming off his first Grand Slam QF at Roland Garros. Awaiting Federer in the 4th round round was Pete Samprass. It was a clash of current 7 time Wimbledon champion and future 7 time Wimbledon champion, and it did not fail to entertain the viewers, with Federer coming on top in the 5 set thriller. 

Federer first captured the top spot in 2004 on 2nd February, 2004, after his first Australian Open title, where he defeated Marat Safin. Federer overtook Andy Roddick and became the 23rd player since the computer rankings began to capture the top spot.. It started a magnificent reign at the top spot that saw Federer win three grand slam titles (Australian Open, Wimbledon, U.S Open) for three seasons (2004, 2006 and 2007). Federer's reign at the top spot came to an end  on August 18, 2008, when he failed to defend his Australian Open title (loosing in the semi-finals to eventual champion Djokovic) and his Wimbledon crown (lost to Nadal 9-7 in the fifth set in one of the best matches ever played). However, during the process Federer set the record of most consecutive weeks spent at the top spot by any player, male or female at 237.

2009 Saw Federer lose yet another Grand Slam final to Nadal at Australian Open, but Federer rebounded to win French Open and hence complete his career slam and in the process tie Pete Samprass's record of most Grand Slam titles. Federer then went on to win Wimbledon, thus surpassing Samprass's record of most grand slam titles won. In doing so Federer also completed the rarer French Open - Wimbledon double and recaptured the top spot on July 05, 2009.

In 2010, Federer won record equalling 4th Australian Open title, but went on to lose in the quarter-finals of French Open and Wimbledon, thus ending Federer's streak of 23 consecutive Grand-Slam semi-finals. Federer also lost his top spot after his quarter-final loss at Roland Garros on June 7, 2010.

2011 marked the first year since 2003 that Federer failed to win a Grand Slam. However, the highlights of the season were Federer's win in the semi-finals of Roland Garros, thus putting an end to the astonishing season opening winning streak of Novak Djokovic, and Federer's record breaking 6th title at Year end Championships.

Here we stand in 2012, with Australian Open going into Djokovic's pocket, French Open going into Nadal's hand and Wimbledon going into Federer's books, thus enabling the Swiss Express to win the coveted top spot again to break yet another of Smaprass's records.

No one could have said it better than Jimmy Connors "In an era of specialists, you're either a clay court specialist, a grass court specialist, or a hard court specialist...or you're Roger Federer."

Best Grass Court Players, never to win Wimbledon

With Wimbledon dust settled down, and Wimbledon mania over, and Roger Federer having won his record equalling 7th Wimbledon crown, let us have a look at the best grass court players who failed to lay their hands on the coveted Wimbledon trophy .

Ken Rosewall (Grass Court record : 108-31)

Rosewall was the first male player during the open era to win a Grand Slam without dropping a set (1971 Australian Open). Wimbledon is the only Slam that eluded him. He went on to win Roland Garros in 1968, U.S Open in 1970 and Australain Open in 1971 and defended his title in 1972.

Rosewall had even decided not to play Roland Garros any more in the seventies in order to be well rested for Wimbledon and the decision paid off immediately as he went on to reach the Wimbledon final in 1970 loosing to Newcombe in 5 sets. The final score being  5–7, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1.

He went on to reach the final of Wimbledon in 1974 as well, defeating the then World No.1, Newcombe in the QF in 4 sets, Stan Smith, the then World no.4 in the semi-finals in 5 sets. He lost the first 2 sets of his semi-final but made a great come-back to win the thrilling encounter 6-8 4-6 9-8 6-1 6-3. However, his gruelling semi-final win seemed to have effect on his final performance against Connors as he fell in straight sets 6-1 6-1 6-4.

Rosewall also reached two Wimbledon finals before the Open Era in 1954 and 1956, but fell at the hands of  Jaroslav Drobný and Lew Hoad respectively.

Ivan Lendl (Grass Court record : 81-25)


Although none of his 144 career singles titles came at Wimbledon, the towering Czech-born American was one of the best players to never win on grass. Hen went on to reach 2 Wimbledon finals but fell short at the final hurdle and thus failed to complete the career grand slam.

Lendl's 2 Wimbledon finals came in 1986 and 1987. Going into 1986 Wimbledon, Lendl was the top seed, he overcame the challenges put forth by Tim Mayotte and  Slobodan Živojinović in the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively, winning both matches in 5 sets. The finals scores being 6-4 4-6 6-4 3-6 9-7 for his quarter-final win over Mayotte and 6-2 6-7 6-3 6-7  6-4 for his semi-final epic win over Zivojinovic. The back to back 5 set wins seemed to take their tool in the final as he went down to 4th seeded defending champion Becker in straight sets (6-4 6-3 7-5).

Entering the 1987 Wimbledon, Lendl was seeded second behind 2 time defending champion Becker, he made his way to the final defeating 9th seeded Henri Leconte in straight sets and 4th seeded Stefan Edgberg in 4 sets. The final pit him against 11th seeded Pat Cash where Lendl failed to bring forth his game that took him to the final and hence he fell in straight sets to Cash.

Lendl is presently coaching Murray. Murray under lendl's guidance made it to his first Wimbledon final, falling in 4 sets to Roger Federer.

Patrick Rafter (Grass Court Record : 74-25)


Rafter is the shortest-reigning world No. 1 in ATP tour history, when he ascended to the top spot (taking over Agassi) in July 1999 after reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time, but he remained at that spot for just one week, before Samprass claimed back the top spot from Rafter just after one week.

Rafter made it to back to back Wimbledon finals, loosing to Samprass in 2000, 6–7(10–12), 7–6(7–5), 6–4, 6–2 and to wild card entrant Ivanesevic 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 9–7 in 2001. Ivanesevic became the first wild card to win a major. The win meant a great deal for Ivanisevic, as he had made the Wimbledon finals three times before (in 1992, 1994 and 1998) but lost each to Agassi, and Sampras twice, respectively.

Andy Roddick (Grass Court Record : 85-21)

Roddick has a game very much suited to grass, and this shows in his results at Wimbledon as well. He has been to the championship match at the Centre Court 3 times, the most recent coming in 2009. Unfortunately, all these 3 times he had the misfortune of running into one of the best grass court players ever, Roger Federer.


Roddick's first Wimbledon final came in 2004 as the 2nd seed. He took the first set off the defending champion and top seed Federer, but lost the next 3 tight sets to loose the match. The final score being 4-6 7-5 7-6 6-4.

2005 marked the repeat of 2004's Wimbledon final with the same outcome and the only difference that Roddick failed to win a set this time, falling in straight sets to Federer.

2009 saw the third time that Federer and Roddick fought a battle for the Wimbledon crown, making it the longest Grand Slam final in terms of the games played. This definitely was a heart breaking loss for Roddick who lost his serve only once during the entire match, but that one break of serve was so expensive that it cost Roddick the championship and it earned Federer his 6th Wimbledon trophy and a return to the top spot. Roddick lost his serve in the final game of the final set. The final score of the match being 5-7 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 16-14.

I have not put Murray in this category, since he is still in his prime and will definitely have some chances to get a hold on the Wimbledon trophy.

Who do you think was the bet grass court player never to win Wimbledon?

Majestic Swiss downs British Hopes (Federer d. Murray in Wimbledon Final 2012)

Andy Murray walked behind Roger Federer to enter the Centre Court for the championship match. Entering the court both players knew that history is on line for both of them, as Andy Murray was attempting to become first British player to win Wimbledon in 76 years, while Federer was chasing a record 7th Wimbledon title and with that the top spot in the tennis World.

Andy Murray entered the match with confidence knowing that he is one of only two men who have a leading H2H against Roger Federer, and that confidence showed when he broke Federer to open the championship match. Though Federer broke back to level the set at 2 each, Murray again raced to lead when Federer served at 4-4, breaking Federer and serving out to take one set lead. However, from then on Federer took charge of the match and did not let go of the match until the very end when he had won it.

Murray entered the Court walking behind Federer and that is what he did during the entire match after taking the first set, always trying to catch up with Federer from behind, however Federer was always one step ahead, never taking his feet off that pedal until the very end of the match, when at his second match point Murray's forehand went long. Federer dropped to the court with tears running down his eyes, got up walked to the net for a warm handshake with Murray.

Let us have a look  at the numbers (stats) behind Federer's win over Murray at Wimbledon 2012, Federer's 7th Wimbledon trophy:

Description	Federer	Murray
Aces	12	16
Double faults	3	1
1st serves in	69%	56%
1st serve points won	76%	69%
2nd serve points won	49%	48%
Net points won	78%	62%
Break points won	33%	29%
Receiving points won	40%	33%
Winners	62	46
Unforced errors	38	25

As mentioned in the preview of Final, three things proved to be the deciding factor in the final:

- 1st serve and points won on first serve: Coming into the final Andy Murray had been serving at an average of 63% and winning 77% of those points, however he failed to replicate that performance, his first serve falling to just 56% and he won just 69% of those points. Federer on the other hand served at 69%, 13% more than Andy Murray and won 76% of those points, 7% more than Andy Murray.

- Points won on 2nd serve: This was the only department Andy Murray held advantage over his rival in the final, but he failed here too, winning just 48% of his second serves, 17% less than he had won on his road to final. Federer's winning %age on second serve wasn't good either, but better than his opponent today.

- Receiving points won: Murray won 47% of the receiving points in the first set he took from Federer, but from then on it was a downward trend and he ended up winning just 33% of the receiving points as compared to Federer's 40%.

It was a match of missed opportunities for Murray, the 4 break point chances he had in the second set might haunt him for quite sometime as he failed to capitalise on a single one of them.

Federer showed his true class and legacy in fighting back from one set down to take the match in 4 sets and win Wimbledon trophy. "The trophy feels nice - like it's never left me. I've gone through some struggles and this one obviously comes at the right time," Federer on how it feels like to hold the trophy after 3 years.

Andy Murray won his first set in his 4th Grand Slam final appearance, in his prior 3 appearances he had failed to win a set, loosing the 2 to Federer (US Open 2008 and Australian Open 2010), and one to Djokovic (Australian Open 2011). This definitely is a positive sign for Murray and a sign of good things to come.

As for Federer, he will wake up tomorrow as Wimbledon Champion 2012, and new World no.1, equalling Samprass's record of 286 weeks spent at the top spot.

It is said that history repeats itself, and it did in fact at Wimbledon 2012. It was Roland Garros 2009, Nadal bowed out in the 4th round to Soderling, Federer played the next day, he lost the first 2 sets to Haas, but came back to win the match in 5 sets and went on to win the title. It was Wimbledon 2012, Nadal bowed out of WImbledon in the second round to Rosol, Federer was due to play his 3rd round match the next day against Benneteau, Federer lost the first 2 sets but came back to win the match in 5 sets, and this time again he went on to win the title.

For now on it was a happy ending to Federer's Wimbledon 2012 campaign, winning his 17th major title and returning to world no.1 and  silencing his doubters. However, the story continues and who knows where the tally of grand slam wins and weeks at top spot will end…..

Swiss Maestro or British Hopes (Federer vs Murray Wimbledon 2012 Final Preview)

There is a lot on line in this match for both players, for one it will be a record equalling 7th Wimbledon title and with that coveted World no.1, for other it will be his first major title, and he will become the first British player of the Open Era to win Wimbledon.

This is the first time since the Australian Open 2011, that neither Nadal nor Djokovic is the final of a Grand Slam.

Federer is coming off a great win over World no.1 and reigning Wimbledon chmapion, Novak Djokovic. Murray, on the other hand is coming off a confidence boasting win over French Power hitter, Tsonga.

Let us have a look at the performance of the players so far this year:

Description	Federer	Murray
YTD Match Record	45-6	32-9
H2H	7	8
Wimbledon Best Result	Winner	F
Year of best Result	2003-07 & 2009	2012

Murray leads the H2H 8-7, but he will not be happy going into the match knowing that in his previous 2 encounters against Federer in the Grand Slam Finals he went down in straight sets. (2008 U.S Open and 2010 Australian Open). In fact, those 2 were the only times they have faced each other in a Grand Slam. All of their meetings have come on hard courts, and this will be the first time that they will meet on grass. Federer has won the pairs' last two encounters, the most recent coming in the final of Dubai this year.

Let us have a look at the performance of the players so far in the tournament: 

Description	Federer	Murray
Aces	10	12
Double faults	1	2
1st serves in	66%	63%
1st serve points won	79%	77%
2nd serve points won	61%	65%
Net points won	72%	66%
Break points won	44%	37%
Receiving points won	44%	40%
Winners	32	40
Unforced errors	13	17

* I have used the average stats per match for their last 6 matches at Wimbledon.

There are 3 things separating the two if we talk in terms of the numbers:

-1st serve and points won on 1st serve: Federer has been serving well so far, and his serve has been too good in his QF and SF victories, he has been serving on average 3% more than Murray and has been winning 2% more points behind his 1st serve when compared to Murray. This no doubt will be the most important factor in the match. The player who will loose his serve first will be in grave danger. Murray has been broken 11 times so far in the tournament, Federer on the other hand has been broken 7 times. 

-Points won on 2nd serve: Murray has won on average 65% points behind his second serve so far in the tournament, Federer on the other hand has won 61%. Second serve will be the key, and both players will be keen on taking advantage of the other player's second serve.

Murray has won at least 40% points while returning Federer's 2nd serve during his 8 victories over Federer, Federer on the other hand hand has won at least 41.2% points while returning Murray's second serve during his 7 victories over the British player.

-Receiving points won: Federer has won 4% more points as compared to Murray on return of serve. Return of serve will be crucial for both the players, since it will earn them a chance to break others serve and move ahead.

Federer must serve the way he served in his semi-final match if he wants to have a chance against Murray. Murray has great defensive skills but at the same time he can be offensive. Murray will be keen to extract some revenge and given the history of their rivalry, Federer may be in danger. However, it will all depend on which Roger Federer shows up, the one we saw in the semi-finals against Djokovic or the one we saw against Haas in the Halle final? 

Federer will not have to let his concentration lapses haunt him during the final, and he must keep the tally of his unforced errors under-control like he has been doing for during his previous 6 matches here.

With so much on the line for both players, expect it to be an epic. It is only the second time in the Open Era that a 3rd and 4th seed are meeting in the final of Wimbledon. The last time it happened was way back in 1976, when 4th seeded Borg defeated 3rd seeded Nastase. Will Federer, the 3rd seed be able to win?

During the Open Era a 3rd seed has won Wimbledon 4 times, Edgberg being the last 3rd seed to win Wimbledon in 1990, whereas a 4th seed has won Wimbledon thrice during the Open Era. The last 4th seed to win Wimbledon was none other than Andy Murray's opponent in the final, yes, Roger Federer in 2003.

Federer in his last 7 Wimbledon finals has gone 6-1. The only man to beat Federer in Wimbledon final was Nadal in 2008. In fact only two players have beaten Federer in Grand Slam Final, Nadal (6times) and Del Potro (once). Will Andy Murray become only the 3rd player to beat Federer in a Grand Slam and only the second man to beat Federer in Wimbledon Final, remains to be seen.

Who do you think will walk away with the title?

Will Federer's Aura be too much for Murray to handle or Will the hopes of Nation lift Murray up and push Federer down?

I won't be picking one guy out this time, I leave it to you guys to decide who will walk away with his dreams fulfilled and history made.

P.S: My heart was constantly going roger while jotting this down ;)

Murray's win in numbers (Murray d. Tsonga Wimbledon SF 2012)

Both Murray and Tsonga walked onto the court today with the weight their Nation's hopes over their shoulders and it was Murray who started out well winning the first 2 sets, but Tsonga was not to go down so easily, he responded by taking the 3rd set and going the distance in the 4th set but ultimately going down 36 46 63 57. Murray booked a place in the final against Federer, after Federer downed reigning  Wimbledon champion, Djokovic, in the first semi-final.

It was a good performance by Murray, who was playing his 4th consecutive semi-final here at Wimbledon, and with the win today, he has been able to cast the spell of semi-final defeats away and in doing so has become the first British man to reach Wimbledon final since 1938.

Tsonga had his chances in the 4th set, but he blew them away, the home crowd lifted Murray up when he needed it and he won it in style, hitting a return winner over Tsonga's serve.

Let us look at the numbers behind Murray's win and Tsonga's defeat:

Description	Murray	Tsonga
Aces	9	11
Double faults	2	2
1st serves in	60%	63%
1st serve points won	75%	75%
2nd serve points won	64%	32%
Net points won	43%	59%
Break points won	33%	25%
Receiving points won	41%	30%
Winners	40	47
Unforced errors	12	42

There were only 3 things that separated the two, as highlighted in the stats:

- winning percentage on the second serve, Murray won twice as many points as Tsonga on second serve, winning 64% as against Tsonga's 32%. How can you win a match against World no.4 by winning just 32% of your 2nd serves.
- return of serve, Murray won 41% points as against Tsonga's 30%, a differential of 11%. Tsonga's huge serve had saved him until today, but today his serve could not pull him out of the hole he dug for himself with his second serve winning percentage.
- unforced errors, Tsonga's unforced errors hit the last nail in his coffin, Tsonga hit 7 more winners than Murray but he hit 30 more unforced errors than Murray. Coming into the match, Tsonga was hitting on average 16 unforced errors per match, but he just could not keep up that level and Murray's consistency proved too much for him.

Murray moves a step further towards achieving his dream, achieving the dream of a Nation, while Tsonga walks away after embracing his opponent and congratulating him, a fitting end to the clash of Nations, where British Murray survived French Flag bearer Tsonga.

Federer's win in numbers (Federer d. Djokovic Wimbledon Semi-Final 2012)

Roger Federer walked onto the court today knowing that no one has been able to beat him in the semi-finals of Wimbledon in his 7 prior attempts, knowing that he will have a shot at the record equalling 7th Wimbledon trophy should he get past Djokovic today, knowing that he will have shot to regain the top spot again and level Samprass's record of most weeks spent at top.

Djokovic walked onto the court knowing that he had won 6 of the last 7 encounters with Federer, knowing that he will have to win this match to retain the top spot, the position he got after his win at Wimbledon last year, knowing that he was one of the last players to beat Federer (the last being Haas).

Djokovic was trying to become the first man to beat Federer in the semi-final of Wimbledon, but Federer was trying to keep his record intact, and in the end it was the Majestic Swiss who downed the Magical Serb. The Swiss Aura was too much for the Serbian Spell as Federer marched into his 8th Wimbledon final, his first in 3 years.

Let us have a look at the numbers behind Federer's win and Djokovic's loss:

Description	Djokovic	Federer
Aces	9	12
Double faults	2	0
1st serves in	63%	64%
1st serve points won	71%	75%
2nd serve points won	57%	72%
Net points won	64%	52%
Break points won	33%	27%
Receiving points won	26%	34%
Winners	28	31
Unforced errors	21	10

Federer was clearly better than Djokovic in every department, winning 75% of his first serve points, 4% more than Djokovic. Djokovic had been winning 79% first points on average before his match-up against Federer. However, more telling was the winning %age on second serve, Djokovic maintained his winning %age on second serve at 57% as he had done in his previous matches, but Federer raised his to a whooping 72%. How can you win a match from a person who is winning 72% points behind his second serve?


Djokovic is considered as one of the best returners on the tour, but Federer outclassed him in this department today as well, winning 8% more points as compared to Djokovic while returning the serve.


Djokovic had winners-unforced errors differential of +24 on average, but he could not keep that level going compiling a differential of +7 only against Federer's +21.


Time and again Tennis experts have written Federer off, but every-time they do so he proves them wrong and comes back stronger. Remember 2008? 


Almost none of the tennis experts believed in Federer after his straight sets loss to Djokovic in Roland Garros semi-final and a straight sets loss at the hands of Tommy Haas in the Halle final. No one picked him to make the final, but here he is, in the final of Wimbledon again, proving his doubters wrong. What is more surprising is that the ones writing him off start praising him again when he proves them wrong.


For now, Federer walks into the final and has a shot at the 7th Wimbledon trophy, and a chance to regain the top spot, will he able to do it, remains to be seen. Once again, Federer comes back stronger to prove himself. Federer ended it in style with an un-returned serve and a sweet smile and a fist pump towards his box.

The Clash of Nations (Murray vs Tsonga Wimbledon SF 2012 Preview in numbers)

Tsonga and Murray have one similarity, both carry the weight of a nation's hopes on their shoulders. Murray carries the hopes of British Nation, while Tsonga carries French Flag and both will be eager to take one step further in the right direction to fulfil their own dreams and the dreams of their nations.

Murray is coming off the toughest quarter of the draw, any BIG 4 could have asked for, while Tsonga is coming off Nadal's quarter which was left open, courtesy Rosol.

Description	Murray	Tsonga
YTD Match Record	31-9	34-12
H2H	5	1
Wimbledon Best Result	SF	SF
Year of best Result	2009-12	2011-12

The two have met twice on grass and both meetings have gone into Murray's favour. The pair's first meeting on grass came in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in 2010 and Murray walked off the court smiling despite loosing the first set in tie break. The final result being, 6-7(5), 7-6(5), 6-2, 6-2. The pair's second and only other meeting on grass came in the finals of Queen's club last year and that also went the distance as Murray took it in 3 sets, winning 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-4. Tsonga's lone victory over Murray came in the first round of Australian Open in 2008, the year when Tsonga went on to reach the final of Australian Open. Tsonga has a chance to do it again, beat Murray and make his way into his very first Wimbledon final.

Let us have a look at the performance of the players so far in the tournament:

Description	Murray	Tsonga
Aces*	13	15
Double faults*	3	2
1st serves in	63%	64%
1st serve points won	78%	79%
2nd serve points won	66%	59%
Net points won	71%	72%
Break points won	38%	45%
Receiving points won	40%	34%
Winners*	39	45
Unforced errors*	18	16

* I have used the average aces, double faults, winners and Unforced errors per match.


Of all the 4 players still standing, Tsonga has the most aces and his winning percentage on the second serve is bettered only by his opponent in the semi-final, Murray. Tsonga also leads in the group of 4 in the winners-unforced errors differential. Talking about this very semi-final, Tsonga will have to keep up his first serve %age and not give Murray too many looks on his second serve. Tsonga has only been broken 4 times in making it to the semi-finals, twice in his 4th round victory and twice in his QF win. Murray on the other hand has been broken 7 times so far.

Though Tsonga's return game is poor as compared to Murray, Tsonga has been doing well on converting the break points as compared to Murray. Murray will have to step-up his return game and will be keen on not letting go of any break point chance, he might get on Tsonga's serve.

 Tsonga has been playing cleaner matches as against Murray, his winner-unforced errors differential is +29, while that of Murray's is +21.

Murray is into 4th consecutive Wimbledon SF, he has never progressed beyond the semi-finals, loosing to Roddick in 2009 and to Nadal in 2010 and 2011. Tsonga is into Wimbledon semi-final for the second consecutive year. Last year he lost to the eventual champion Djokovic in 4 sets in the semi-finals. Who will be the one to break this semi-final spell?

It is a tough call and although the head to head favours Murray, you have to like Tsonga's chances. Neither Murray, nor Tsonga has ever been to Wimbledon final, so we are guaranteed to have a first time Wimbledon finalist this year.

It will all come down to the player's serves and nerves, the player better able to handle both things will be emerge victorious. Murray has great defensive skills, but Tsonga can blow anyone off court on a given day. If both players are playing at their best we will of-course be in for a treat.

Pick: Tsonga in 5 sets.


Who do you favour in this clash of the Nations?
You can find the preview of Federer vs Djokovic semi-final here