Surprise! It’s like a magic show. What did the Russian tennis team pull out of the black top hat tonight? Oh…nothing much. Just a - “Hey Nikolay Davydenko. You’re ranked No. 4 in the world; let’s leave you out of the singles competition and delegate you to doubles.”
Interesante, no?
I’m sure Andy Roddick and Co. thought […]
I know the Davis Cup is just around the sharp bend ahead. Believe me, it will get its due attention.
But for a brief moment, I’d like to glance ahead and look at the Australian Open and a few fun little facts about the event Down Under.
- Rod Laver played most of the 1961 Australian Open […]
Russian Davis Cup team captain Shamil Tarpischev went on the record today, telling the press fellow countryman Marat Safin would not be in attendance at the Davis Cup. There has been some speculation on whether Safin was flying under the radar and would be making an appearance in Oregon but Tarpischev was fairly emphatic with […]
A couple months ago, controversy swirled around the allegations that Tommy Haas was poisoned at a Davis Cup match in Moscow.
Haas pulled out of his match against Mikhail Youzhny with a suspected stomach virus which gave the 3-2 win to the Russians and a trip to the Davis Cup final. A German teammate of Haas’ […]
With all the hubub surrounding the Masters Cup and Roger Federer’s exhibition matches with Pete Sampras, the Davis Cup has slipped off my radar in recent days. But believe me, it’s back on it.
The Davis Cup is this Friday in Portland, Ore. The Pacific Northwest? Seriously? That’s right in my backyard - as close as […]
The year-end rankings are always a point of conversation, and since I’ve been giving so much attention to the men’s side of the game, I thought I should give the women’s tour a little love as well.
Justine Henin finished the year at No. 1 of course, but what I didn’t realize was that she wrapped […]
I have struggled with finding something to talk about this evening. It’s been one of those days where, at the end of it, you just fall into bed, stare at the ceiling and mutter, “Ugh, one of those days.”
And so - I’ll keep it short and sweet with my tennis tip for the day:
If you see […]
So I may have spoke prematurely yesterday. It’s okay. I can admit when I’m wrong. I think it makes me a bigger person…
Pete Sampras won the third game of the exhibition series, 7-6, 6-4 over Roger Federer. When I first read the news article, I thought my short night of sleep was causing me to […]
Well, I have been sadly absent for the past couple of days. After celebrating Thanksgiving with my adopted family who lives in the boonies with no internet access. Honestly? It was refreshing to “get away from it all.”
Anyway. Tennis. I’m sure my holiday tales aren’t as interesting as they seem to me.
Roger Federer took the […]
It doesn’t come as any great surprise that Roger Federer won the first of the exhibition matches over Pete Sampras, 6-4, 6-3. Sampras has been retired for five years and Federer is playing at the top of his game. No, no great big surprises here.
Sampras was one of Federer’s heroes when he was a young […]
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Written by Erica Beck [email] for b5media.
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