Maybe they’re going to start at the bottom and work their way up. Or maybe they’re just out to ruin a young tennis player’s life. Either way, it sucks for nine-year-old Lauryn Edwards who was banned by the Mount Caramel Tennis Club for grunting too loudly when she played. The ban came on the heels […]
It didn’t have a pretty start but the United States survived Germany in the quarterfinals of the Fed Cup and will be facing the Russians in the semifinals at the end of April. Time to get scared? I’m going to give that an affirmative.
Russia has its front-line battling for them. Maria Sharapova hasn’t lost a […]
After spending two and a half hours getting my car out of the snow, trying to find a place to park it, getting it stuck again and finally getting it out and landed at the liquor store, I find myself back on the couch and wondering why I got up this morning.
Considering the fact that I’m […]
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, […]
The chips are in and the cards are down. The fortnight at the Australian Open is a closed book, but there are 10 moments from Down Under that were pretty special.
10. No Americans at the Australian Open past the quarterfinals.
I should take that back. There was one American who lost in the semifinals and that […]
I knew Maria Sharapova was going to win the Australian Open after she beat Justine Henin in the quarters. Not that there is any great super power in that. I’m sure many tennis fans worldwide were cognizant of the same thing.
But watching Sharapova take a straight-set 7-5, 6-3 victory over Ana Ivanovic in the Australian Open […]
I may not like Maria Sharapova too much, but I’m not a complete jerk and I’ll give credit where credit is due. Sharapova rolled No. 1 Justine Henin in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in a dominant 6-4, 6-0 show.
Beating the world’s No. 1 is no easy task, and Sharapova made it look like […]
Gah. Lleyton Hewitt. He won. That was me eating my words. Now let’s move on.
In other news, David Nalbandian? Cremated. Burnt toast. Hasta la pasta in three sets (6-1, 6-2, 6-3) by Juan Carlos Ferrero. and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga took out Richard Gasquet in four. Is it going to be Tsonga in the final with Roger?
For […]
I took a break from watching reruns and when I came back to my television to watch some live 2008 Australian Open, my cable had stopped working.
What?!? You gotta be kidding me!
Oh no, it wasn’t. Thank goodness for the internet, I guess.
Maria Sharapova and Justine Henin are pretty determined to make this quarterfinal something amazing, aren’t […]
The second day of the Australian Open had its exciting moments even though it didn’t have the exit of the No. 9 men’s player Andy Murray (who now has time to focus on British team play, ironically enough).
For those who were worried (or hoping) Roger Federer might not be in top form for the Australian Open, well, he […]
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Written by Erica Beck [email] for b5media.
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