I was hanging on every updated point in the Rafael Nadal/James Blake quarterfinal when the game tracker punked out. It quit. Everytime I clicked on it - and believe me, it was a lot - I got an error message that said the “HTML can not be displayed.” HTML my butt, where’s my tennis scores!?!
However, […]
It’s getting to be a pretty normal sight, this United States Davis Cup team. Andy Roddick, James Blake and Bob and Mike Bryan will be suiting up for the U.S. for a record 10th time. The U.S. has had the same Davis Cup roster since Andre Agassi played the final time in March 2005.
Consistency - […]
Some players had a little easier time getting into the quarterfinals of the Pacific Life Open than Rafael Nadal did. Roger Federer is staying true to form beating Ivan Ljubicic 6-3, 6-4. The good news for Federer is that Tommy Haas gave Andy Murray his ticket out of the tournament in a three-set match. Murray […]
One of these days, i’m going to fiill out a tennis tournament’s bracket just like you fill out the March Madness bracket. Or the way I fill out a March Madness bracket anyway. Sadly, I can’t enter any bracket pools because of my job, but at least I can still fill it out and have […]
The world of sports naturally revolves around the rise and fall of athletes. Some shoot up for a brilliant few moments in the rays of glory and victory. Others stay there for a long time.
Remember Robby Ginepri? Don’t worry if you don’t. Ginepri hasn’t been in the top ranks of the world’s tennis players since […]
Kei Nishikori won the first ATP title for Japan in 16 years when he upset James Blake in the final of the International Tennis Championships. Nishikori lost the first set 6-3 but stormed back in the second, taking it 6-1, and then he closed out the match with a 6-4 third set.
Nishikori was a qualifier […]
I think rankings can really get in the way sometimes. As a player, if you get too caught up in where you sit in the top 10 - or the fact that you’re sitting outside the top 10 - it can take your focus off of where it really needs to be.
After the Australian Open, […]
Basically, there are two words that can sum up the United States representation in men’s tennis - it sucks.
Donnie Collins of the Times Tribune gives a great breakdown of the lackluster era in American men’s tennis. A few points from Collins’ article:
- Since 2003, an American has faced Roger Federer 41 times…and lost 41 times.
- […]
Roger Federer isn’t going to be dethroned easily as the king of the courts waved good-bye to James Blake in three sets to set up a semi-final match with Novak Djokovic.
After shutting out Blake to the tune of 7-5, 7-6, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, Roger will be one step away from […]
Wow. It’s amazing what happens in the tennis world over night, especially during the Australian Open.
Perhaps the biggest news is that Roger Federer got pushed to five sets. It would have been monumental had Federer lost, but we won’t go there. It took the Big Man over four hours to finally push Janko Tipsarevic (a […]
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Written by Erica Beck [email] for b5media.
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