Who is the Master?

Ok so the Masters Cup is underway and after a lack-lustre first set Federer shows just how far he is ahead of the rest of the world by demolishing last years Champ (all be it a tad lucky in my opinion), Nalbandian.

Is there no end to the man's talents, is he that good or maybe everybody else is just average and we are all going a little overboard about Federer.

It will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow when one of the two men who have beaten Federer this year and the "other" Grand Slam winner takes to the stage - Nadal. Is he ready? He hasn't looked the same player over the past couple of months and has even complained about fatigue. Is the "Iron Man" beginning to melt?

What is for sure is that it is very difficult for players to sustain top levels of play throughout the year which is why the scheduling of their training and tournaments is vital, more so because it does not look like they are going to reduce the tournament calender!

Roddick won a good match today and although it's early days could well be the finalist along with Federer - it's clear to see that the addition of Jimmy Connors has got Andy back on track as perhaps the leader of the pack chasing Roger.

In terms of powertennistraining.com this is a time of the year when players are winding up their schedules but we are busy looking back to see what went well as well as things we could have perhaps done better. This will enable us to send our players out next year with a kick start - which is ecactly what everybody should be doing!