Sunday Viewing

Well, it's going to be hard think about tennis for at least a few more hours today, what with the New York Jets playing for the AFC Championship against the Indianapolis Colts this afternoon. But how about those performances by Nadia Petrova and Marin Cilic yesterday?

In my last post, I said the Juan Martin del Potro vs. Cilic match would be a good yardstick for measuring Cilic's progress over the last few months. If this win can be taken as representative, we have another legitimate contender at the Grand Slam poker table. I thought it impressive that Cilic won despite having made a boatload of errors (71), but the thing that got me juiced was that he made just four fewer winners -  won 41 points at the net. 

All that tells you that Cilic is playing very positive tennis - going for his shots, attacking and taking the game to his opponent. 

Real quick, the matches that catch my eye for today are the clashes between Vera Zvonareva and Victoria Azarenka, the coach swappers, and Serena Williams and Slammin' Sammy Stosur. And Lleyton Hewitt is up against it, judging from the gears Roger Federer has been finding.

Anyway, enjoy the tennis and hurry sundown!

-- Pete