Henin Coughing, Federer and Nadal Down: Tennis-X Funk/Trunk

Posted on November 7, 2007

Who's Got the Funk...

1. Lindsay Davenport
Wins 2 titles in 3 events returning from having her first child, now events like Auckland offering her six figures to just show up in 2008 -- life is good.

2. David Nalbandian
No entry to the Masters Cup Top 8 but two Masters Series tourney wins in a row shows The Fat One is back.

3. ATP Bonus Pool
Sure, Djokovic tanked to Santoro because he had to play Paris to qualify for his year-end bonus pool cash, but a better scenario than Paris last year with no bonus pool where all the stars skipped out.

4. U.S. Davis Cup
P-Mac in driver's seat as his boys skip ATP events to rest-up for the big show.

5. The Bryan Brothers
Win 11th title at Paris, then pull from Masters Cup with Mike elbow injury to rest for D-Cup final.

...Who's in the Trunk

5. Venus Williams
Injury/illness leaves eldest Williams out of year-end championship.

4. Beijing Olympics 2008
World No. 1 Justine Henin says she might pull because Beijing is so polluted it makes her asthma flare up -- not great PR for the event/city.

3. Nikolay Davydenko
Should just play hard and stop talking to the media -- pretend you're Marcelo Rios.

2. Rafael Nadal
David Nalbandian owns you.

1. Roger Federer
See above.