January 14th, 2008
And this is why I don’t like predicting things…because more often than not, I’m wrong!
Andy Murray, at No. 9 in the world, became the highest-ranked player to exit the Australian Open the first day. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France showed Murray how to play tennis in 7-5, 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 victory. And here I had said I would […]
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January 13th, 2008
Jamila Gajdosova’s dreams of winning at the Australian Open have been dashed. Jamila Gajdo-who?
Exactly. But her opponent, not so much curiosity about who she is: Serena Williams.
Williams beat Gajdosova 6-3, 6-3 in the opening round of the Australian Open to start the push to repeating the title for a second consecutive year.
Other quick notes from the […]
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January 11th, 2008
With play for the Australian Open title set to kick off next week, every tennis fan worth his or her weight in garbanzo beans has looked over the draws for the tournament and drawn conclusions. Here’s mine for the women.
To get to the quarters, Justine Henin has to get through No. 5 Maria Sharapova. Also […]
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December 24th, 2007
The whole population of tennis followers knew Jelena Jankovic’s schedule was too ridiculously full. She wore herself out. I was wondering if Jankovic knew she was overbooked. Turns out she does.
“I’m going to cut back,” said the Serbian to Charles Bricker of the Sun-Sentinel in Florida.
Cut back indeed. Jankovic played 97 matches in 2007 and […]
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