A month ago the Dubai tennis event looked like it had another incredible field of players.

Nikolay Dayvdenko has retired from his match in Dubai.

Popular American Andy Roddick and James Blake meet in a rare first round match in Memphis tonight.

Quality falls off the table after Sharapova and Oudin — Barrois seeded? Ouch; (1) Sharapova opens against resurgent American Shenay Perry (who had to sit out Fed Cup last weekend with injury) and could face another American in the second round in Mattek-Sands

Sean Randall gives his third round take on the Australian Open.

After almost 4-1/2 hours of effort, Blake was left pondering his hard luck and a 6-4, 6-7(3), 5-7, 6-3, 10-8 loss which leaves him 4-13 in career five-set matches.

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

In stunning news, Andy Roddick and James Blake will not be playing Davis Cup for the U.S. in 2010.

While 2009 was an exciting year for tennis, and many players enjoyed their best seasons ever, some players did not play as well as they could have, due to injury, mental fatigue, or other, more unusual factors.

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.