Originally posted on 01/04/2013:

Read up. Davydenko says he is the healthiest he has been in a long time. Sad that the guy is still most remembered more for match fixing - but most of the last year and a half was littered with injuries that sapped away most of his play. Let's also not over-react to the first tournament of the year -- there is a long way to go before anyone who wins or loses this week should be getting heavily backed or dodged based on this week's results.

First two weeks, very obvious that effort levels are going to vary greatly from the top to the bottom and good luck to us all figuring out who wants what. Best advice is to do some reading and see what players have done as far as off-season training. That helps you find guys like Davydenko & Baghdatis who seem recommitted to winning.