It’s nice that Federer has reclaimed the #1 ranking. It’s an amazing feat considering that he first claimed the ranking on February 2nd, 2004. He last held the number one spot in on November 4th, 2012. Pretty amazing if you think about it. Roger holds the record for...
Everyone wants a mean and/or cool looking forehand. Most tennis players wish they could unwind and pull the trigger on a screaming forehand down the line or cross court. In the open era, there have been some standouts in the forehand department. In my opinion, the...
Like everyone else, I’ve been obsessively watching the Winter Olympics, and fixated on the curling competition. So, when an announcer stated that a competitor from Canada, John Morris, used to be referred to as the ‘Bad Boy of Curling’ I immediately started...
Unfortunately for Novak Djokovic, taking most of 2017 to heal his elbow and also to regroup mentally may not have been the best course of action. He has now needed a medical intervention on the elbow that has been bothering him for some time, which has led him to...
If you thought women’s tennis couldn’t get any better these last two months, think again. We have two former number ones, with a burning desire to get back on the court, coming back. Serena is making her official debut on February 10th against the Netherlands in Fed...
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This was one of the most exciting Grand Slams that I have seen in a long time. That being said, I think it’s fair to say that the women carried this Grand Slam. On the men’s side, we had some great matches, but in the end, it was Roger Federer holding the trophy. Not...
UOMO SPORT is about a man’s passion for fashion and tennis. And, as with any good story, it is always best to start at the beginning: Glory days of tennis fashion. The time is the seventies. A young Steven Siebert and his brother, Stuart, walk onto the tennis courts...
I’m obviously joking. There is nothing “Old Man” about Federer. He’s not the one that had to retire because of an injury. Actually, since turning pro in 1998, Federer has never retired from a match with an injury. That’s 1,338 straight matches. Federer is an Iron Man,...
The semifinal match between Kerber and Halep turned out to be one for the ages. When it was all said and done, Halep won 6-3, 4-6, 9-7. I was a nervous wreck watching at 1:30am Chicago time. I was rooting for Halep, partly because I lived in Romania for two years, and...
There were two storylines that caught my attention this first week of the Australian Open: The unbearable heat The new mechanical umpire chair While watching Monfils vs. Djokovic, and Vekic vs. Kerber, it was reported that temperatures reached 150 on court –...
Most of the top American seeds have lost in the opening round. On the women’s side, both Venus Williams (5), Coco Vandeweghe (10), and Sloan Stephens (13) were upset. On the men’s side Jack Sock (8), and John Isner (16) were upset. The highest American seeds remaining...
