Del Potro...Plus Tennis Vocab...

I wanted to open up today's blog to first say thanks for all of the comments that have been coming in. They are greatly appreciated, and help me to try and make a better blog, so keep it going. Also, feel free to let me know of any new sections you want me to start, or anything you want me to write about.
Next order of business is that as the Master's Cup is upon us...I haven't seen ANYTHING on where to watch it on TV. I spent 20 minutes today on tvguide.com looking for when it is on...according to the tv guide this morning, I didn't find it once on either ESPN or ESPN2, which were the channels it was on last year. I haven't check the Tennis Channel yet, but I am pretty sure it's not on that. ATPTennis.com also has nothing about where to find it on TV, and neither does the Master's Cup site itself. Maybe I overlooked it (but I don't think so)...so if anyone knows where to find it on TV, comment me and I'll post it. If not, we'll just write it off to another awful marketing job of tennis. Put it this way, I can't go get a cup of coffee without seeing something about when and who is playing in the NFL on Sunday...the top 8 tennis player's of the world are playing a year end event, and you would barely know.

Now for my PREVIEW OF DEL POTRO.

Juan Martin Del Potro stormed onto the scene of tennis this year. I remember for the past couple of years, I have heard of how much potential he had, with his tall frame(6 foot 6), huge serve, and monster forehand...everyone knew if he put it together, he'd be trouble. Well he did...and he's trouble.
Del Potro had an unreal season going 45-13 and winning 4 titles. It would be hard to argue that anyone had a better season than him besides Rog, Rafa, Murray, and Novak.
Del Potro was placed in the round robin group with Novak, Tsonga, and Davydenko...which is a dream group for Del Potro. Novak had an awful first try at Shanghai last year, Tsonga is always a bit hot and cold, and Davydenko, well, is Davydenko.
Del Potro is technically second to last according to the rankings at number 8 (Simon is 9, but got in because of Rafa), but I think most people would place him as the favorite (with Novak) to get to the semis from this group.
The question is whether Juan can hold his nerves on a huge stage, and for the first time in the Master's Cup. He seems like a pretty "cool under pressure" kind of guy, and I look for him to play well.

THIS IS THE INTRODUCTION TO MY NEWEST WEEKLY, OR MONTHLY(DEPENDING ON MY MOOD) section of the blog WHICH IS CALLED TENNIS VOCAB.
Tennis vocab will pick one word from the tennis world and define it(to the best of my ability). This is another section that comments will be very helpful. If there is ever a word I use in the blog, or that you heard, in the tennis world...comment me and ask me to define it.

Grinder: Noun or Verb(to grind):
-one who is willing to fight for every point, usually winning with consistency.
_a version of a pusher, that goes for winners when necessary, and hits with pace.
_Verb: to grind: the act of fighting for every point.


See you soon.