Sony Ericsson Open Match of the Day: Federer vs. Nadal Tonight!

The two biggest names in tennis on court tonight.

A heavyweight fight to the finish tonight in Miami.

Nadal and Federer have not played this year in an ATP match.

Federer won the last meeting, a three-setter in London back in November.  Both are playing well, and even though the courts are playing slowly, I like Federer and him maybe being a little fresher than Rafa.

Look for another three-setter with Fed winning a tiebreaker in the 3rd.

Should be must see TV!

RickLimpert.info Picture of the Week: A Lot of Titles

To say that these three guys have hoisted up a bunch of trophies over the years is an understatement.

Roger Federer with 16 Grand Slam titles, Pete Sampras with 14 Slam titles, and Laker's Coach Phil Jackson with 11 NBA Championships.  Not too shabby.

Federer was in L.A. early this week preparing for the BNP Paribas Open being held in Indian Wells.

Fed an Sampras practiced together before heading tothe Laker's game.

Day 11: Australian Open Matches of the Day

It appears to be #3 vs. #2 day at the Australian Open.

Two semi-finl matches that should produce a lot of drama today and tonight in Melbourne.

First up will be the key women's match featuring Kim Clijesters and Vera Zvonareva.

Zvonareva is the higher ranked of the two, but Clijsters has to be the favorite.  Clijsters leads the head to head series 6-3 including a two meetings in Grand Slam events last year.  Each took one and this could be called the rubber match.  Normally I would be on the Clijsters bandwagon, but she has played a little sloppy in some matches.  Zvonareva has been solid and looks mentally tough.

Prediction:  I hate to go against Clijsters, but I have a feeling, Zvonareva in 3.

The mens semi between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will probably decide the Australian Open Championship.  These two are hitting on all cylinders coming into this match.

Djokovic got Federer at the U.S. Open last year.  He appears to be playing well enough to take out Federer again.  It's so hard to go against Federer.

I'm looking for Federer to pull it out in 4 tough sets.

Looking forward to a night of great tennis.

ATP Match of the Week: Roddick vs. Federer

A big semi in Basel on Saturday with Roddick and Federer.  With Federer leading 19-2 in head-to-head matches, can this be called a rivalry?

I think so, every time they two meet you have to throw out that record.  Even though Roger has 19 in the win column, these two will forever be linked.  They are close in age, turned pro about the same time and have played some great matches including the 2009 Wimbledon final that we all know Fed won 16-14 in the 5th.

Believe it or not, but these two haven't met since that final at SW19.  In Roddick's favor on Saturday is he appears fresh and in good form.  They also have gone the distance in their last 5 encounters whether it be 3 or 5 sets.  Andy's last win was in 2008 at Miami.

Federer is playing at home in Switzerland and has eased into the semis.

With the recent news that Roddick's IQ is 133 ( The Wechsler Intelligence Scale classifies an IQ Score of 133 as very superior intelligence. If you scored 133 on an IQ test, congratulations, you scored better than 98.6% of the general population) I like him to pull out a 3-setter tomorrow. 

So it will end up to be a good weekend for the #1 ranked American.  He'll notch his 3rd career win over the greatest player of all-time, and we now know he's smarter than 98.6% of the population.

Go Andy.  And notice I didn't mention your wife has an IQ 3 points higher than you at 136.

ATP Tennis Match of the Week: Federer vs. Djokovic

This should be great.  Federer vs. Djokovic in the semis of the Shanghai Rolex Masters.

Set your DVR, get up early or whatever for this one.

Fed holds the advantage 10-6 in head-tohead meetings, but Novak won the last meeting at the U.S. Open a little over a month ago.

They have never played in Asia before, so it should be a treat for the fans in China that will show up.  Both players have reached the semis fairly easily,

Prediction:  Federer gets revenge from his loss in New York and takes Novak out 7-5, 7-6.