Sunday, January 29, 2006

January '06 Awards

==PLAYERS OF THE MONTH==
1.Roger Federer
2.Marcos Baghdatis
3.Nicolas Kiefer
4.David Nalbandian
5.Ivan Ljubicic
HM- Bob & Mike Bryan

==RISERS==
1.Marcos Baghdatis
2.Nicolas Kiefer
3.Ivan Ljubicic
4.Tommy Haas
5.James Blake

VETERAN: Fabrice Santoro
SURPRISE: Kristof Vliegen
FRESH FACE: Stanislas Wawrinka
DISAPPOINTMENT: Andy Roddick

==MATCHES==
1.Australian 4th - Baghdatis d. Roddick... a Cypriot legend is born
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2.Australian QF - Federer d. Davydenko... Roger the Dodger doesn't lose to a Russian in Melbourne for the second year in a row.
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posted by Todd Spiker @ 4:37 PM 

2 Comments:

Blogger Janoma said...

Roddick a dissapointment? Come on, he lost to an inspired rising star that then made the final.

In my way of thinking, Hewitt is a major disappointment: he lost a routine match against an average player. Remember that before the Aus Open, Hewitt had lost to the eventual champion in the 7 last slams he contested.

Wed Feb 01, 04:11:00 PM EST  
Blogger Todd Spiker said...

Yeah, but Hewitt had a lot of things he could hold up as an excuse for losing early.

Roddick was supposedly playing well coming into Melbourne, having won the Kooyang exhibition, and everything felt he was a gimme pick for the final. True, it turned out to be a "better" loss once Baghdatis reached the final, but Roddick still should have at least put up a better fight in their match than he did if he's truly the #3 player in the world. With Federer's career going the way it is, Roddick's looking more and more like a one-slam-title-in-a-career bet all the time, unless he makes some changes that make him a legit slam threat again (even if it's only at Flushing Meadows).

Thu Feb 02, 04:09:00 PM EST  

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