THE OVERRULE

Welcome to another edition of The Overrule. This week we've got the remains of the US Open to dissect, the Davis Cup to look forward to and the Fed Cup to touch on.

US OPEN REVIEW

So Roger Federer isn't completely finished, then? Well, we never thought he truly was but I'll hold my hands up and say I couldn't see him winning the US Open given how he had performed since Wimbledon . Federer redeems his season by adding another slam to his collection and inching that closer to Pete Sampras' overall tally. The top three players in the world will end the 2008 campaign with their hands on all the slams – Nadal with two, Novak Djokovic and Federer with one apiece. Should we expect to see a similar story in 2009?

That brings me onto the performances of Andy Murray and Juan Martin del Potro. Murray reached his first slam final at the US Open and has had a great couple of months in general, bar a poor showing at the Olympics. Murray left Wimbledon this year without a victory over Djokovic or Nadal to his name, nor had he been beyond the last eight of a slam. Now he has victories over Djokovic and Nadal to count on and a slam final appearance, in addition to his first Masters Series shield. And it doesn't stop there; Murray has booked his place at the Masters Cup in Shanghai for the first time in his career. All in all it has been a season of excellent progression for the Scot and more will be expected in years to come.

And what of del Potro? Up until the past couple of months the Argentine had a lot of non-believers who were starting to seriously doubt whether all the previous talk of del Potro being a top 10 or potential world number one was just that – talk. Things have changed. Four successive titles were backed up by a good showing at the US Open where ‘Kamikaze' lost in a dramatic four set encounter to Murray. Those two will play many more times over the next few years, and they'll be doing so as established top five players.

On the women's side things went according to plan for us on Priceform. We recommended backing Serena Williams outright and Jelena Jankovic each-way from the outset and that proved to be a dream final for those who took our advice. With this triumph Serena takes over as world number one and the game of musical chairs at the position continues in the women's game. The difference being that since the retirement of Justine Henin, Serena is the first player to claim the number one spot who knows what it's like to be so. Could this be the opportunity for Serena to dominate the sport again? Well, the opportunity is certainly there, so we'll have to wait and see how things develop.

Although no player is happy to be runner-up, Jankovic has to be pleased that she made somewhat of a breakthrough at the US Open. Despite not playing well for a majority of the tournament, JJ managed to make use of a favourable draw and acquitted herself well in the final. I recently expressed my doubt as to whether Jankovic would be able to take the next steps at the top of the game after the disappointing manner in which she exited the French Open and Wimbledon . Hopefully, these two weeks in New York have instilled the belief in Jankovic that she will need if she is to become the bride rather than the bridesmaid.

YOUNG, TALENTED, GOOD LOOKING

If you were young man (which I am, late 20's, yeah, I wish I could have said early 20's) who was successful (which I am, remember success is relative) and single (which I'm not, I am very much in love with my fiancée ) where might you go to meet a young lady with similar qualities?

I'll tell you where you would go – to the official media ceremony of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo which took place on September 15th. I'm still waiting to hear from Priceform on where my accreditation and plane ticket for this event got to. I hear that Ana Ivanovic, Maria Kirilenko, Elena Dementieva and Dominika Cibulkova to name a few were all disappointed to discover I couldn't make it. Well, maybe not. Either way, here's how it would have looked had you or I been there.

FED CUP – RUSSIAN RULE

Russia won the Fed Cup for the fourth time in five years over the weekend thanks to a victory in Spain on clay. Russia were able to do without the services of Dinara Safina, Maria Sharapova and a host of other Russian players I could mention. Led by the out of form Svetlana Kuznetsova, the Russians proved far too strong for the Spanish and underlined yet again the strength of Russian tennis, particularly in the women's game.

I'm not going to say much else about the tie because there really is nothing more to add, Russia have by far the best strength in depth in women's tennis and that's they way it has been for a while and will be for a long time to come.

DAVIS CUP – SEMI FINALS

This weekend will determine who will face off for the 2008 Davis Cup and few will look past anything other than an Argentina-Spain final to be played in late November. Spain host defending champions, USA, on clay in Madrid. Argentina entertains Russia at what will be a raucous Parque Roca in Buenos Aires. Spain hasn't lost at home since 1999 while Argentina's unbeaten home record stretches back to 1998. Neither nation will expect to lose now although Russia will certainly be no pushover for Argentina. I'll predict 4-1 home victories for both that will give us a mouth watering final to look forward to in November. Spain are unbackable at 1/16 to take out the Americans but Argentina are more than worth a couple of points at 1/2 to see off Russia.

STAR IN THE MAKING

By now you should know the name Caroline Wozniacki; the 18 year old Dane is fast becoming a star on tour. Here you can check out her latest commercial.

I'll see you in two weeks. If you've got anything, anything at all to say to me or just in general about the world of tennis, feel free to do so in the forum.