WARNING: NOT FOR DIE-HARD FED-FANATICS!

Before I move on from the world number 1, I’d like to say that I wasn’t overly impressed with Federer’s speech during the ceremony. “I can cry like Roger,” Murray said. “It’s just a shame I can’t play like him.” How many players do you think nodded their heads when they heard this?

Notes: Croats Cilic, Ljubicic, Karlovic among seeds; Cilic could face Crazi Dani 2nd rd.; (4) Troicki opens against Schuettler, and (2) Ljubicic vs. Clement; Cilic beat Mario “Baby Goran” Ancic in last year’s all-Croat final; Ljubicic won in 2006.

I wasn’t sure when to make a mid-tournament assessment.

Credit to Andy Roddick for hanging in long enough to allow a red-hot Fernando Gonzalez self destruct.

Sean Randall recaps Saturday play at the Australian Open and looks ahead to Sunday.

Since their first and only slam final to date, Federer reached the final at the next four slams.

With everyone doing top 10 lists of the decade or the year, I decided to take a slightly different approach.

What a day of drama at the Paris Indoors. Roger Federer gets upset and Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal nearly join him at the exits.

Sean Randall breaks down the Shanghai third round matches.