Michael’s Blog from Indian Wells #2

Hi Everyone,
I played a good match last night against Andreev.  Igor started the match serving exceptional.  He served 73% and every first serve was in the 130 mph range.  He broke me once in a tight game and that was all he needed.  Andreev has one of the heaviest forehands in the game, and his [...]

Michael’s Blog from Indian Wells #1

Hi Everyone,
Well I played another night match this year.  In Indian Wells, at night the conditions are completely different than during the day since the temperature when we stepped on court was 55 degrees!  The balls and the playing conditions are much slower, even though the desert here is elevated a little bit.  I played [...]

Russell vs Zeverev: Bump In The Road

 
I lost a tough match Tuesday in the Delray Beach ATP event to Mischa Zverev from Germany.  I struggled throughout the entire match with my game.  I just kept fighting the whole time trying to regain my usual form, but unfortunately it was not to be.  I served for the match in the third set, [...]

Russell vs Odesnik: A Match That Went Into OT

I played a crazy match last night!!  Wayne Odesnik and I finished our match at 1 am after 2 and half hours!!  I lost the first set 6-0 and was down 5-3 in the second set.  Playing well combined with a little luck I was able to fight my way back and win the match 6-4 in the third set.  It [...]

Michael’s New Blog

This is my second blog and I am going to regularly update my blogs in 2010.  So far this year has been great, lots of travel but I’ve played a lot of good tennis.  After traveling literally around the world (India, Australian Open, and Hawaii) I’m back playing in the United States for a couple of months.  Last [...]