Somewhere I remember reading that Marat Safin had a little bit more awesome left in him…where was that…oh wait, that was here! The guy I dubbed the ultimate has-been showed he’s not done yet when Safin dumped third-seeded Novak Djokovic out of Wimbledon in the second round in straight sets (6-4, 7-6, 6-2).
It took Safin […]
Well, yesterday I chose David Nalbandian to pick on and today, that torch has been passed to Nikolay Davydenko. The fourth-seeded player was booted by Benjamin Becker in the first round in three sets, all to the tune of 6-4. With that lackluster performance, Davydenko gets the Slacker of the Day award.
Venus Williams made the […]
Despite all the excitement of Wimbledon whirling around us, I wanted to take a quick break and focus on something else for a bit: John McEnroe, Tatum O’Neal and Andy Warhol to be exact.
McEnroe is planning to auction off a portrait of him and his ex-wife O’Neal at Sotheby’s in London during the Wimbledon fortnight. […]
Oh the carnage! Opening day at Wimbledon has come and gone, and half of those who took the court today are disappointed. The other half are not. (Deep - I know…)
I got home from work today and flipped through the draw to see who was still alive and kickin’. This morning I mentioned that Lleyton […]
And it’s here! The countdown is over, the waiting is past - now it’s time to just kick back and watch the drama unfold.
Roger Federer sailed through the first round in straight sets (6-3, 6-2, 6-2) over Dominik Hrbaty and will be squaring off against Robin Soderling in the second round. The experts say that’s […]
The votes have been cast and the three top-ranked men in the world are now members of the ATP Player Council. Roger Federer was elected to a two-year term Saturday and Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic were elected to terms that began Sunday.
Problems have been broiling around the ATP’s decisions as of late, specifically […]
Nothing gets me in the mood for Wimbledon more than looking back at some of the previous matches. The 2007 final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal was a classic: the first couple minutes are really all that matter. And the emotion Roger showed at the end of that match…it’s what it’s all about folks.
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The draws are out for Wimbledon and boy are they interesting. Rather than pick my own winners for this tournament (I mean - the French was easy - hello Nadal…but Wimbledon?), Tennis.com had a great rundown of the draws and who was going to be the winner. I’m not saying I agree; I’m just saying […]
I know it’s been said over and over, this whole mental aspect of tennis. The mental aspect of sport really: it’s not confined to just tennis. But since this is a tennis blog, we’re darn well going to talk about tennis.
When it comes to confidence, I think Novak Djokovic is just brimming with it. And […]
This is going to be short and sweet because, well, it’s not a surprise and do we care anyway? No, I didn’t think so. Because like any other sport, seedings and rankings are only a number. Once Wimbledon starts, then it’s all about who wins and who loses.
But for now, since Wimbledon hasn’t started yet, […]
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Written by Julie Bonner [email] for b5media.
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