It’s been heard often enough in context to Roger Federer. Journalists and reporters reminding us to ‘write him off at your peril’ in the context of another Slam final after a disappointing few tournaments. It’s been heard plenty when talking about Rafael Nadal as he goes down two sets to love early in a Slam. ‘Write him off at your peril, he can comeback from anywhere.’ Yet it took Federer himself to drive the message home in relation to Novak Djokovic in yesterday’s post...

World number one Serena Williams has withdrawn from the US Open. Williams had surgery after cutting her foot on glass post-Wimbledon. Williams confirmed the news originally broken by ESPN2 In a statement released by her publicist. "It is with much frustration and deep sadness that I am having to pull out of the U.S. Open. My doctors have advised against my playing so that my foot can heal." Much speculation surrounded Williams's decision to withdraw from all tournaments leading up to the year's...

There’s been a fair bit of talk about the medical time out Rafael Nadal took in the fourth set in his five set match against Philipp Petzschner. No one has been more vocal about it than Petzschner himself. The lively German lost focus after Nadal took treatment for a leg injury and proceeded to squander his 2-1 set lead. He was quick to berate himself in his interview, saying he needs to work on his focus when disruptions happen in matches. But he also shed some light on Nadalâ...

I have a confession to make. Before I woke up yesterday and heard that Roger Federer had employed Paul Annacone on a trial basis, I had no idea who Annacone was. I’m not ashamed; it isn’t my fault I grew up in a rugby obsessed country and didn’t discover the world’s greatest sport until early 2007. I’m far too lazy to dig into the history books and read up on these people that used to do this thing called a volley, so my knowledge of tennis pre-Federer is pretty hazy. A quick...