Top 5 Women’s Clay Court Players
Unlike the top clay-court players of all time on the men’s side,…
Kim Clijsters
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Wozniacki is back! A Look Back at Her Amazing Career.
In this day and age of athletes retiring and unretiring, it seemed like just a matter of time before former number one Caroline Wozniacki would do the same. During her brief retirement, she started a family and was a staple on the commentary booth at major tournaments. She’ll now join a long list of players ... Read more
Can Pickleball and Tennis Coexist?
In the last couple of years when tennis players hear the word “pickleball,” you’ll get all sorts of responses. Some people hate it, some love it, some don’t care. Whatever the opinion of pickleball, you’ll surely get a lively response from tennis players. Some former tennis players have joined the professional pickleball ranks, and others ... Read more
Goodbye Serena. Goodbye Roger
It has been a couple of weeks since Serena exited the third round of the US Open and announced her retirement. This week, the great Roger Federer announced his retirement from the game. Both Serena and Roger dominated the competition for 20-plus years, collecting 43 Grand Slam titles along the way. Both Roger and Serena ... Read more
Top 5 Women’s Clay Court Players
Unlike the top clay-court players of all time on the men’s side, the women’s side of great clay-court players of all time has Americans. American women just seem to win on the stuff! It’s interesting that historically, there has been no such thing as a clay-court specialist on the women’s side, whereas the term has ... Read more
Classic Rivalries – Clijsters vs Henin
In the 2000s, Belgium produced two of the best tennis players of all time: Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters. Between the two they would go on to win 11 Grand Slam titles between 2004 and 2011. This is an astonishing feat considering the fact that Venus and Serena Williams were their contemporaries. Naturally, because of ... Read more
Serena Williams is a Super Mom
A few weeks back I wrote about how Serena is a tennis super hero. In part because of the amazing outfit she wore at the French Open, but mostly because she’s unbeatable when she’s in the zone. And has been unbeatable for almost two full decades. Recently, she’s also been a super hero mom to ... Read more
Top 5 Women US Open Champions in the Open Era
Last week I ran through the top 5 men US Open Champions in the Open Era. This week, I’m going to run through the women. My list will include some familiar names. However, one thing I found interesting was that there are not as many multiple champions as there are on the men’s side. That ... Read more