There seems to have been a tennis explosion over the past day or so. With so much tennis happening, it’s hard to choose what to talk about but I’ve decided to keep it short and sweet.
Roger Federer avenged back-to-back losses to Guillermo Canas Thursday at the Madrid Masters. A short dismissal of 6-0, 6-3 left […]
I like a little fun now and then. Tennis wouldn’t be tennis without a few quotes to bat around, would it? I don’t know who decided these were the top 10, but if you’ve got a great tennis quote - put it in a comment below. Top 10 is subjective, right?
“Tennis is a perfect combination […]
Remember being told - “Think before you speak.” - when you were growing up? Maybe my folks were just old-school, but I heard it. Maybe Andy Murray did not.
His words and proclamation that corruption was commonplace in tennis have done nothing but bring on more questions for Murray and his knowledge about corruption.
Nikolay Davydenko, who pulled […]
Sometimes hitting the courts a few hours each day just isn’t enough for the tennis diehards. If you’re one such persona, get crafty and make some tennis ball headphones.
I was looking for a really cool picture but I couldn’t find one.
And I couldn’t find my digital camera to take a picture of my own super […]
It’s back to the scoreboard tonight. I’ve strayed from my commentation on tournaments to talk about other things but the beaten path is beaten for a reason and I’m back on it.
Nikolay Davydenko won his second straight Kremlin Cup title in a 7-5, 7-6 (9) win over Paul-Henri Mathieu on Sunday. Davydenko was the top […]
Sometimes I have observations and sometimes I like to talk about them.
Player-coach relationships can be a big deal. Look at Andy Roddick. Being coached by Jimmy Connors was a pretty big factor in his career. And how many times have we seen Maria Sharapova’s coach mimic a monkey and wave bananas around?
The relationships and the […]
In an Associated Press story printed earlier today, Roger Federer was quoted as saying “I’m surprised by all of these stories, shocked really that this might be happening. I’ve been around for the last 10 years and have never been approached or ever heard anything about it until these comments came out.”
I’m not surprised the […]
Claire Lyte, a tennis coach and an ex-professional tennis player, could tell you just how far is too far. I would also wager a guess she’s wishing it hadn’t gone that far. In 2005, Lyte was allegedly caught in bed with her 13-year-old tennis pupil. By the girl’s mother.
At the beginning of this month, the […]
Sometimes heat is just…it just sucks, you know? You could just be walking along and realize, wow, it’s hot outside. More often than not, when I was growing up, I had to work outside. In the middle of the summer at about 1 or 2 in the afternoon, you really began to wish you were […]
There aren’t a whole lot of people who can claim they play tennis on the pro tour. Even fewer can say they play pro tennis, starred in a reality television show and then returned to pro tennis. Mark Philippoussis can.
Philippoussis will be returning to the courts at the Stanford Championships at Dallas from October 18-21. […]
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Written by Erica Beck [email] for b5media.
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