February 2nd, 2008
Sports. We love them, right? I know I wrote earlier about how I fell in love with the game of tennis and this time, I want to speak a little more broadly about my relationship with sports. It’s a love/hate relationship. It’s up, and it’s down. When you’re winning (or your team or person is winning), you’re […]
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January 29th, 2008
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, […]
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January 27th, 2008
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 […]
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January 27th, 2008
I wasn’t planning on watching any of the Australian Open final live. Well - I take that back. Yesterday morning, I had every good intention of taking a nap and then staying up for it. Pacific Coast time is nice for matters such as that. But I went to bed and, after getting woke up […]
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January 25th, 2008
When Rafael Nadal was drop-kicked out of the Australian Open by a relative unknown, I thought - Hmm - wasn’t expecting that but a little bit of upheaval will be good for the tennis world.
So if a little bit is good, does that mean a lot is great?
Novak Djokovic punched Roger Federer’s ticket on the […]
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January 23rd, 2008
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 […]
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January 23rd, 2008
Yeah, I know the Australian Open is still going on. I know Venus Williams was beat by Ana Ivanovic but so do you probably. And Novak Djokovic is in the process of dismantling David Ferrer. But I feel like all I’ve talked about is what the stars are doing on the court (or not doing).
So […]
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