So, I’m a little late getting started on the tennis season. Sorry. I was home for the holidays and family is distracting, then there was New Year’s Eve and I was drunk/hungover for a couple of days, then I was traveling and then I was sleeping. But now I’m back in my tiny New York apartment and in-between naps and meetings I’ve gotten somewhat caught up on the happenings. If you’re a bit slow like I am, here are 10 things you need to know:

1. Apparently it’s 2009 again and Nikolay “Playstation” Davydenko is back!
劳模回春了
Kolya has come out on fire in 2013, and man, has it been awesome to see. He’s carved up the field in Doha, taking out Mikhail Youzhny and No. 5 David Ferrer along the way, and he’ll face Richard Gasquet in the final. Mostly I’m just happy he’s back because his pressers are the best things in the world.

2. Everyone is still injured.
好多球员受伤了，佩特科维奇、莎娃、伊斯内尔、利斯基、特松加、龟皇、哈斯，当然还有我神还没复出。
Apparently the tennis gods didn’t hear our pleas for an injury-free 2013. So far, Andrea Petkovic is off the tour again for two months for hurting her ankle in Hopman Cup, Maria Sharapova withdrew from Brisbane with a collarbone injury, John Isner has a hurt knee, Sabine Lisicki had a viral illness, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has a hamstring injury, Victoria Azarenka got a bad pedicure, Kei Nishikori has a bum knee, and Tommy Haas has an injured toe (no word on whether he has the same pedicurist as Azarenka). Am I forgetting anyone?

舞娘的推特

3. Fernando Verdasco is now a doubles specialist.
顽强成为双打专家了，虽然单打还没开壶，但是双打在霍普曼杯全胜啊
Verdasco and Anabel Medina Garrigues are through to the Hopman Cup final despite the fact that Verdasco hasn’t won a singles match against a peer all tournament. (I’m ignoring the fact that he beat 16 year-old subThanasi Kokkinakis, although it is worth noting that this junior took Verdasco to a first set tiebreak.) Spain plays Serbia in the final, which means Verdasco faces Djokovic, so yeah … good luck with that, Fer.
He and AMG are undefeated in doubles though!

4. The up-and-comers might have arrived … especially Grigor Dimitrov.
这条要好好关注，新生代：
迪米开始atp巡回赛决赛处女游，刚刚输给雷雷，不过进步很明显。
托天王霍普曼杯三战三捷，其中击败了德皇
清奈赛，贝德尼与帕尔雷进入半决赛
The 21 year-old Bulgarian is into the first final of his career in Brisbane, where he’ll take on Andy Murray. He has looked impressive all week, taking out Milos Raonic, Jurgen Melzer, and Marcos Baghdatis along the way.
Meanwhile, the ever-controversial Bernard Tomic went 3-0 in singles play in Hopman Cup, notching exo wins over Novak Djokovic (!), Andreas Seppi, and Tommy Haas.
Elsewhere, Aljaz Bedene and Benoit Paire are in the semifinals of Chennai (haven’t played yet as of publication), and Daniel Brands made the semifinals in Doha, where he lost in two close sets to Gasquet. (I realize I’m being generous with the term “up-and-comer,” but the current state of the ATP allows for it.)
Things have been good on the WTA side as well. Sloane Stephens beat Domi and Arvidsson to make the Brisbane QFs before losing to Serena. In Auckland, Jamie Hampton upset Jie Zheng, Marina Erakovic, and Kiki Bertens to make the semis where she fell to Agnieszka Radwanska in three sets. And 19 year-old Monica Puig, No. 124, took Kerber to a third set tiebreak in the second round of Brisbane.
Oh, and Pavs is back! She took out Kerber and Kvitova on her way to the Brisbane final, where she’ll face Serena. Lollipops for everyone!
史提芬森布里斯班赛八强，汉普顿进入奥克兰赛四强，来自波多黎各的普格在第二轮与科贝尔战至决胜盘抢七惜败，帕芙娃复出，进入布里斯班决赛 @pattyloveless 

5. The new time violation rules are an extremely entertaining mess.
25秒发球
During the offseason, the ATP and ITF sent notice to players that umpires were going to be enforcing the 25-second (20 for ITFs) between-points rule this year. So far, it has not gone over very well. Lopez, Monfils, and Baghdatis have all thrown tantrums. Beyond The Baseline and Running Forehand have both done write-ups on the complex issue. This is sure to be a running storyline throughout the Australian Open, and I expect the tantrums will only get more intense as the stakes get higher.

6. There was a pothole on the court in Doha.

Yeah, just read this post from The Grandstand for more info. I don’t even know anymore.

7. Gangam Style is not dead.
Ugh. I thought we had all agreed to leave that in 2012? Did we forget to send Novak the memo?
闹来又跳骑马舞了，@crosa 你有动态图吗 @hayshun 

Berdych, Wozniacki, and many others have been the victims of a big upset.
爆冷情况，鸟人都说了，重心在gs上
Here are a few of the more significant upsets that have taken place so far this year. Time will tell if any of them hold any real significance:
No. 80 Roberto Bautista Agut d. No. 6 Berdych 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 Chennai QFs
No. 86 Aljaz Bedene d. No. 17 Wawrinka 6-2, 7-6 Chennai QFs
No. 48 Grigor Dimitrov d. No. 13 Milos Raonic 6-4, 6-4 Brisbane R2
No. 116 Lesia Tsurenko d. No. 32 Daniela Hantuchova6-3, 6-4 Brisbane QFs
No. 36 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova d. No. 5 Angelique Kerber 7-6, 7-6 Brisband QFs (she also took out Petra in R2)
No. 32 Daniella Hantuchova d. No. 7 Errani 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 Brisbane R2
No. 103 Ksenia Pervak d. No. 10 Caroline Wozniacki 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 Brisbane R1
No. 41 Sofia Arvidsson d. No. 9 Samantha Stosur 7-6, 7-5 Brisbane R1
No. 44 Nikolay Davydenko d. No. 5 David Ferrer 6-3, 6-3, Doha semis

9. Apparently Martin Klizan … well … just read this:
克里赞罚分情况
推特报道：

@hayshun @往事随风199 @加菲猫oh @for_everchina @阿兰特查鲁斯 @儒雅无极限 @jinni1134 围观下此事，早餐赞到底肿么了？ 

The ever-on-top-of-it Foot Fault has some more information:



10. There’s still drama in the WTA.

Maria Kirilenko is engaged. Caroline Wozniacki is not. Sloane Stephens felt disrespected by Serena Williams.Caroline Wozniacki got berated by her father. Hold on, folks. 2013 is going to be a wild ride.

我想知道有木有挑战赛擦网进算ace的相关影响。。