Over the past four years, Roger Federer winning a title that wasn’t a grand slam wouldn’t be headline news. Heck, even Federer winning grand slams became so routine that it was just another blip in the sports section.
However, Federer won his first title of 2008 at the Estoril Open after Nikolay Davydenko retired with a […]
I’m a little late in putting in my two cents on this, but I spent the whole day moving cattle. Yes, it’s true - I wear my cowboy boots just as well as I wear my tennis shoes and I hold the reins of my horse just as proficiently as I hold my tennis racket. […]
It’s been quite awhile since we’ve had a clash of this nature: Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova will be facing each other in the quarterfinals of the Family Circle Cup. Lately, those big clashes that have been forecast usually end up being duds. Hopefully this one isn’t one of those.
Serena has had Sharapova’s number as […]
I found this on ESPN today while I was avoiding some of my work. It cracked me up so much that I had to share it with you all.
Patrick Hruby had a serving session with John Isner. Mostly, it consisted of Isner blowing is 140-mph serves past a drop-mouthed Hruby. Who, by the way, was […]
I haven’t picked on Andy Murray for awhile and any time he is linked to the Davis Cup is a perfect time to talk about him.
Murray stated he would play for Great Britain at the Davis Cup in September when the Brits play Austria. After the debacle that surrounded his decision to not play for […]
Roger Federer practiced with a new coach in Portugal to try and rebound from his less than stellar start to the 2008 season. (If you’re Roger Federer, anything less than perfect is an unstellar start.)
Jose Higueras from Spain coached Federer for a few hours over the weekend. Higueras won 15 ATP titles.
Whether Higueras had any […]
Ryan Harrison became the third youngest player (since 1990) to win an ATP match. Harrison defeated Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay 6-4, 6-3 at the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston, Texas. It took Harrison 57 minutes to establish his place in history.
The American is 15 years, 11 months and seven days old and is […]
I don’t know that it would have been so easy if she had to face Lindsay Davenport in the semis but that’s tennis and Maria Sharapova walked away from the Bausch & Lomb Championships with her first clay court title. Sharapova beat Dominika Cibulkova 7-6, 6-3 en route.
You know, I think my job would be […]
I played tennis yesterday. The weather was glorious and my tennis game…sucked. I realize I haven’t played in almost a year. That doesn’t do wonders for tennis skills.
There were moments of brilliance. A wicked cross-court backhand winner. A low bouncing forehand down the line. But they were fleeting - oh so fleeting. Obviously I […]
It wasn’t pretty and it certainly wasn’t short but Maria Sharapova managed to eke through a tough third round at the Bausch & Lomb Championships against Anabel Medina Garrigues.
Three set and three and a half hours later, Sharapova had survived a clay court test. It was just the thing she had been looking for […]
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Written by Erica Beck [email] for b5media.
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