I never like this time of the year in tennis after Wimbledon as most of the top players take time off to rest ready for the US Open which starts at the end of next month. Federer has confirmed that he will play in the Cincinnati Masters and then the US Open, the Cincinnati Masters seems to be a good lead up tournament for most of the top players. We don't have to wait long for this tournament as it starts on August 10th.
The smaller tournaments are nice to win but people mostly only care about the grand slam titles. That is the first thing that is referenced when comparing players. Same thing applies to golfers. There was a time that I thought Roger had a lock on the career titles record but now I think Novak will eventually surpass him.