Ivan Lendl

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DJOKOVIC 2010-2011 SEASON COMPARISONS

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has improved in every statistical category from last year. Here's a comparison going into the US Open from 2010 to this year

In his first match since retiring 16 years ago, Ivan Lendl looked nearly as fit as the man who dominated tennis in the 1980s. His game, however, wasn’t nearly as sharp.

Lendl committed a string of unforced errors and lost to former rival Mats Wilander 6-3 in a one-set exhibition match in the Caesars Tennis Classic on Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall.

Roger Federer will attempt at this year's Tennis Masters Cup to join Pete Sampras and Ivan Lendl as the only players to win five circuit finale titles. The Swiss is the two-time reigning champion and has won four of the past five titles. Federer also reached the 2005 final, losing an epic fifth-set tie-break battle against David Nalbandian.

Earlier this month Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final that was a match for the ages.  It had everything: a high quality of play, great drama in which Federer rallied from two sets down to finally lead and a battle to finish the match before impending darkness.  It had history riding on it since Federer was bidding to break the record he shared with Bjorn Borg of five straight Wimbledon titles and Nadal was aiming to become the first man since Borg in 1980 to win the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year. Tennis fanatics hi