DAY ONE

Del Potro was left looking to the heavens for answers against a sharp Djokovic.
Day one is history in Shanghai...

RESULTS: NOVAK DEFEATED DEL POTRO 7-5, 6-3

Well this results was surprising to a lot of people.  Del Potro came in on fire, and Novak seemed to be struggling.  Let's not all forget how good Novak is..as much as it might feel a bit like it, this is FAR from an upset.  I think everyone thought it would be a war...which turned out to be a dud.  Novak controlled this all the way through.  Juan broke back in the first set and made everyone get excited...but Novak quickly put out that fire and comfortably earned his first win ever in the Masters Cup.  The good news is he won, the even better news is that he looks very sharp.

DAVYDENKO DEFEATED TSONGA 6-7(6-8), 6-4, 7-6(7-0)

Perfect timing for Davydenko to have this sort of win after my article on him.  This was full of grit.  He clawed his way form a set down, weathered the Tsonga storm, and even mentally bounced back from being up a break in the 3rd and giving it back.  When the third set breaker came...Tsonga had enough of Nikolay.  He made a bunch of errors to give Davydenko a lead, and Davydenko played rock solid for 7 points.  Experience won this match, and Nikolay, once again, moves along.  The good news for Tsonga is that he played well, and looks very dangerous on these courts.  

It was a good day of tennis...although I must admit finding it on TV is like trying to find the Holy Grail.  ATP tennis says it is on FSN, however it seems that FSN has a millions brother channels (MSG, MSG PLUS, FSNY,FSNESPANOL, AND ANY OTHER FSN YOU CAN THINK OF) so who knows what channel it was really on today.  Hopefully I'll have better luck tomorrow.  Comment if anyone else had trouble finding it today, and I'll try and help resolve it with you as best as I can.  

Tomorrow shows Fed open up action against Simon, as well as the blockbuster match up of Roddick vs Murray.  

See you all tomorrow for the Day Two recap....also don't forget to vote on my new poll.

Good luck channel surfing.