All Good Things Come To An End

It seems that when you write about a player, praising his attributes, you set a curse on him. Last week we mentioned Trujillo's remarkable run of wins, well the streak has ended at 20. He was defeated yesterday in the first round of the F10 event in Zaragoza, Spain. The man to put an end to the veteran's run was Ignacio Coll, winning 6/4, 4/6, 6/4.

Stay posted this week for information on the Masters 1000 event in Miami, Challenger events in Jersey, Barletta and Rimouski and other information on Future events.

Hot Streak

Our man to watch at this moment is Gabriel Trujillo Soler of Spain. It seems the Spaniard has found his best form at the age of 30 backing up Ljubicic in the veteran's renaissance. Trujillo is currently on a 20 match winning streak which includes four succesive ITF Future titles (Spain F6, F7, F8 and F9).

This week he enters the F10 event in Zaragoza looking to prolong that purple patch. We will keep you posted.

Old Habits Die Hard

At the start of the week, Ivan Ljubicic stated that he was starting to enjoy his tennis again, he was pressure free with nothing to prove and out there for the love of the game. It seems he has cracked the code for success in tennis. In contrast to this tennis philosophy we find Novak Djokovic, a man who seems to painfully struggle with every minute that passes on the court. Just watching him out there is enough to get you tense and nervous.

Back to the big Croatian though, having enjoyed a career high ranking of 3 back in 2006 it all started to go downhill as age was getting the better of him. Few would've predicted a comeback, fewer a Masters 1000 win. And not many can argue whether the 31 year old is a worthy champion as the likes of Djokovic, Nadal and Roddick went down en route. Ljubicic became the second oldest victor in the history of Indian Wells (5 months younger than Jimmy Connors) and ensured his first Masters 1000 title after three final defeats (Miami '06, Paris '05, Madrid '05).

The icing on the cake for a hard fought career.