The 5 Most Exciting Women Tennis Players in the 80s
There will never be another era as emphatically exciting in women’s tennis…
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Federer and Nadal to Play in Blockbuster Semifinal
So much has happened at the French Open in the last few days. Wawrinka and Tsitsipas played what has to be the best match of the tournament, thrilling the crowd for approximately five hours. Serena pissed off Thiem by kicking him out of his press conference, after a shock defeat by Kenin, and crowd favorites ... Read more
Federer and Nadal Killing the Competition at French Open
It’s very interesting how everyone’s been talking about Federer and Nadal being outside favorites at the French Open. Most of the chatter has been legitimate given their results on the clay heading into the French Open. Nevertheless, both have come into the French Open and breezed into the fourth round, and only Nadal has lost ... Read more
Breaking Down the French Open Field
The odds are out for the French Open men’s winner. It’s not a surprise that Nadal is the even money favorite. Rounding out the field is Djokovic (9-4), Thiem (11-2), Tsitsipas (18-1) and Federer at (20-1). This is no surprise of course, as these guys have been the most consistent of the bunch throughout the ... Read more
Thiem, Bertens and Djokovic in Top Form in Madrid
It’s been an interesting week in Madrid, with lots of competitive matches, and some emotional story lines too. The hashtag #graciasferru was trending this week as David Ferrer played his last tournament of his fantastic and storied career. I’ve already written about what I think about Ferrer. Check it out here. Anyway, it was fitting ... Read more
Top Players Head to Italian Open
It’s been an interesting week in Madrid, and to keep the momentum going on the clay courts, we now we head into the third Masters clay court tournament in four weeks – the Italian Open. This tournament has a special place in my heart because as a 10-year-old I lived in Italy for a couple ... Read more
Nadal and Federer hit Madrid
The world’s top players have descended upon Madrid this week, as both the women and men will be playing this prestigious tournament. It promises to be an exciting week of tennis, with multiple interesting story lines in play. Roger Federer will be making his return to clay in Madrid after skipping the clay court season ... Read more
David Ferrer, The Little Big Man of Tennis!
Watching David Ferrer play, makes you want to get out on the court and hit! His focus, high level of energy, positive attitude and great movement make you feel a rush to pick up your racket and start to run! As a great fan of Ferrer, I cheered him on as a player who ... Read more
The Clay Season is Here
The Clay Season is here; how are the American women looking? I learned to play on red clay. It is an understatement to say that tennis on hard courts is a different game. As difficult as it is for a clay-courter to play on hard courts, it is even harder for players used to hard ... Read more
Wawrinka Falls To Cecchinato At Monte Carlo Masters
As they say, it ain’t over til it’s over! The three-time Grand Slam champion, Stan Wawrinka, went down against Marco Cecchinato at the Monte Carlo Masters. If you had watched the first set, you must have thought that Stan won convincingly, handing the Italian a decisive loss. After eight games, Marco Cecchinato at 0-6, 0-2, ... Read more
Federer and Barty Win in New Miami Open Venue
It’s been quite a fun week of tennis at the Miami Open. The women’s side was a complete mess, with all sorts of upsets happening throughout the whole event. In the end it was Ashleigh Barty displaying some tough tennis to beat an in-form Karolina Pliskova, 7-6, 6-3. On the men’s side, Roger Federer picked ... Read more
Federer falls to Thiem, while Adreescu wins 1st title
Federer walking over Nadal at the Semifinals of Indian Wells makes it 23-16 overall in favor of Nadal. Even though they didn’t play, Federer still gets credit. I have to believe that even if they had played Federer would have handled Nadal in straight sets. Ever since snapping a five-match losing streak to Nadal at ... Read more
Naomi Osaka splitting with her coach is no big deal
In the continuing saga of the coaching carousel, Naomi Osaka has split with Sascha Bajin. This is the coach who was with her during not just her quick rise to number one, but the two Grand Slams that she won on the way. It all seems very strange. Sascha also won 2018 coach of the ... Read more