Who wants another old-fashion Nadal whippin'?
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...seven years. Nadal has absorbed just three losses against members of the current top 25: Federer, David Ferrer and Fernando Gonzalez. You can bet that the eight members of that distinguished group who have...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 24, 2009Yet another year-end best and worst list -- sort of
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...and Juan Martin del Potro, faced a ragtag group of Spanish players led by badly slumping David Ferrer and missing Rafael Nadal. The Spanish team delivered an upset for the ages, with a guy...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 12, 2008Del Potro just what the doctor ordered
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...1, Rafael Nadal (he's sidelined with tendinitis of the right knee), and that the Argentine stalwart, David Nalbandian, has always been dangerous on fast courts. He's an anomaly because Argentina's traditional surface...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 21, 2008Querrey, Del Potro stand out in Davis Cup
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...keep in mind that one of them was the dead fifth rubber (Feliciano Lopez, subbing for David Ferrer, took out Querrey in a pair of tiebreakers), and in the other he held his own...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 22, 2008Don't dispute the pageantry of Davis Cup
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...why, ask yourself these questions: • How would you like Andy Roddick's chances against David Ferrer on red clay -- in, say, a Monte Carlo Masters quarterfinal? • Would you expect a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 19, 2008Davis Cup good chance for Querrey
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...is that he has sand, which is different from proving that he can beat Nadal or David Ferrer on clay in Spain. All in all, Querrey will get a great introduction to the pressure...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 12, 2008Federer is just fine
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...be forces to reckon with on the game's biggest stages. 3. David Nalbandian, Nikolay Davydenko, David Ferrer, Richard Gasquet and a few other regulars who are either established in the top 10 or...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 09, 2008Nadal poised to pass Federer
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comCINCINNATI -- I'm out here in southern Ohio, where the Western & Southern Group Financial Masters begins Monday. No, that isn't a stockbroker thro...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 28, 2008Bad case of spring fever for WTA
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...Safina and Jankovic. On the men's side, the champion's roll looks like this: Federer, David Ferrer, Nadal, Nadal, Fernando Gonzalez, Novak Djokovic and Nadal. There isn't a man on that list...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 19, 2008Dream quarterfinals
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...a clay-court litmus test in the form of his Spanish countryman and current No. 5, David Ferrer. Judging by his performance Thursday, Nadal's reply will be something on the order of "Test...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 24, 2008Thrown into the deep end
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...clay-court suspects, like Guillermo Canas and the guy one rung up in the food chain, David Ferrer. He won Valencia yesterday, and has a great shot over the next two months to solidify...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 21, 2008Good to be Andy
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...only guy currently ranked above Roddick with a winning H2H against him is No-Slam Wonder David Ferrer (3-2). The bottom line is that Roddick's reputation has taken a big, big hit...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 14, 2008My Davis Cup clutch players
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...reputation everywhere. Philipp Kohlschreiber: Spain is a prohibitive favorite in this tie, with Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer slotted to play singles. The only caveat is that the tournament is being played on an...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 10, 2008Champions' springboard
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...launching event. Last year, it was Novak Djokovic. The Serbian Sensation beat two very solid players, David Ferrer and Andy Murray, to earn a place in the final, opposite Rafael Nadal. Although Djokovic lost...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 14, 2008Tone set for 2008 season
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...This is particularly relevant to the men, where a host of contenders (including the two David's, Nalbandian and Ferrer) will need to re-think their unwillingness to come to the net. 3. Whither the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 29, 2008TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "david ferrer" make the list?